The business management tools that SMEs love to use
11 mins
By Mark Davis, June 20,2022

Business accounts, accounting and insurance
These software may not make you fall in love with admin. But they can simplify it for you.
Business accounts: click your way to solid finance management
Accounting software: stay compliant but save on time and paperwork
- Your chartered accountant probably uses software already. You could keep things simple by getting the same.
- Nowadays, business accounts can be connected to accounting solutions. Your transactions (and your receipts, if your business account provider has that capacity) can be input automatically. Account reconciliation is done quicker than you can ask ‘where’s that darned restaurant receipt?’
Both of the solutions mentioned can be connected automatically to a Qonto account. This will save you time when it comes to doing your accounting. For one, you’ll be able to add receipts digitally to the relevant transactions as soon as you’ve paid an expense, directly from your business account (rather than scramble around at the last minute looking for the matching paper versions). Also, you can share with your accountant all the information she or he needs to prepare your books, as well as connect your Qonto account to more advanced accounting software to enjoy the extra features they provide.
Insurance: protect your business from risk
SaaS for HR: payroll, company health insurance and employee savings schemes
Where there are teams involved, there’s always a bit more paperwork to do. Not a fan of paperwork? HR software can help you out.
Payroll software: automate your HR processes
Company health insurance: taking care of staff
Meal tickets and employee savings schemes: perks for your people
- Meal tickets
- Employee savings schemes
Project management, group work and internal comms: build your teams’ togetherness
If the SaaS we’ve looked at so far are designed to make business admin smoother, what about operational tools? We’ll now examine the tools that can boost productivity more directly by making it easier for your staff to work in or between teams.
Project management: online tools for aligning on tasks
Teamwork tools: making sure everyone is on the same page
Internal messaging channels: for quick and clear communication
- Team communications platforms
- Videoconference software
CRM, emails and social media: managing your customer relations
CRM: all your customers and leads in one place
💶 How much does it cost? Hubspot’s contact management solution is free and if you’re simply looking to keep all your client and lead contact data together in one platform, that should do the trick. You can check out their pricing page to learn how much each extra feature will cost.
Email management: keep in touch with your client base
Social media: boost your reach and engagement
Time spend now is time saved later
From finance and admin to internal and external communications, the SaaS discussed above are the most popular among small businesses. Spend an hour now investigating each solution and you could save yourself days, weeks or even months further down the line.
If you want get started on a business account that will power up your company finances, then look no further than what Qonto has to offer.