Software Tools reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 184 Reddit reviews across 32 subreddits and 34 posts to rank the best Software Tools brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/youtubers, r/PLC, r/crestron, r/startups, r/LawnCarePros. Top-rated brands include Adobe (4.1/5), Blackmagic Design (4.3/5), Canva (4.3/5).
Stats
Reviews184
Subreddits32
Posts34
Brands97
Products15
184 reviews from
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By Brand
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#1
Adobe
4.1
(14)
"I just use Photoshop for anything picture related like editing pics, drawing, coming up with different layouts."
"Great for video editing and effects."
"I learned Premiere Pro over time and found it to be a powerful tool for video editing."
"Excellent for creating thumbnails."
"I’m a film nerd so I prefer Premiere Pro."
"Adobe programs work well for drawing."
"Premiere Pro is great for editing."
"Premiere Pro - Editing"
"Photoshop - Thumbnails"
"I first edited my videos on Adobe Premiere Elements and it was a great starting point."
#2
Blackmagic Design
4.3
(7)
"DaVinci is perfect for beginners."
"Resolve is great because it’s so immersive and can do anything you can dream of."
"Excellent for editing and animation."
"Davinci Resolve is an excellent video editing software with powerful features."
"DaVinci Resolve is great for editing."
"Considered better for color grading and it's free."
"I regret wasting so much time on the other software now."
#3
Canva
4.3
(7)
"Super basic but Canva's great for a beginner!"
"Canva is great for simple video edits for shorts or reels."
"Canva is useful for background removal."
"Canva is a great tool for design."
"Other times I will do it in Canva."
"Useful for stock photos and videos."
"For thumbnail creation, I also use Canva."
#4
Notion
4.8
(5)
"Notion is great for organizing with templates for tracking filming/upload dates and editing notes."
"Notion is an excellent tool for organization and note-taking."
"I like Notion! It’s very good for organization, at least."
"I second Notion, it's a great platform, keeps me on track."
"Notion for scripting and planning"
#5
OBS Studio
4.2
(5)
"OBS is fantastic for video and audio recording, very reliable."
"OBS Studio for recording."
"Although it has a steep learning curve at times, OBS Studio is the best. It's not 100% perfect though but as completely free and open source it's unbeatable."
"OBS is a good software for recording; it may seem scary at first but there’s YouTube videos that teach you how to get familiar with obs; for editing I recommend filmora pro"
"OBS is helpful for adjusting mic settings."
#6
Microsoft
4.8
(4)
"Excel is an excellent tool for data analysis and visualization."
"Spreadsheets are incredibly useful for data analysis and organization."
"Excel is a powerful tool for data analysis."
"Excel is used fairly often for data management."
#7
OBS
4.3
(4)
"Obs is a must have for recording videos."
"It's so nice to have tools that do so much."
"Great for PC recording."
"Good for screen recording."
#8
PuTTY
4.3
(4)
"Putty is my go-to terminal for SSH connections."
"Putty is a tool I use a ton."
"PuTTY is essential for SSH connections."
"Putty."
#9
HubSpot
4.0
(4)
"Hubspot"
"HubSpot for SEO and analytics"
"For CRMs, take a look at Pipedrive and HubSpot"
"HubSpot offers a pretty steep discount (along with a good free tier)"
#10
CapCut
4.0
(4)
"Easy to use and effective with all editing and thumbnail creation in one spot."
"CapCut is free on the phone and has a cheap subscription."
"Capcut for Windows"
"I still use CapCut, it’s time to upgrade…"
#11
ChatGPT
4.7
(3)
"ChatGPT is an excellent tool for generating content."
"ChatGPT helps in creating outlines and brainstorming titles."
"Chatgpt for random questions lol."
#12
Lightwright
4.7
(3)
"Lightwright an absolute must for paperwork like hookups and patches."
"Lightwright an absolute must for paperwork like hookups and patches."
"I have found in my experience that Vectorworks and Lightwright are the programs designers use."
#13
DaVinci
4.3
(3)
"Davinci."
"DaVinci is still free and worth revisiting."
"Davinci Resolve. Reaper for audio."
#14
CloudCompare
3.7
(3)
"Either Meshlab or Cloud Compare."
"Cloudconpare is what I use."
"I've done it once with cloud compare and it worked well, but not the easiest piece of software."
#15
Filezilla
3.7
(3)
"Filezilla."
"FileZilla FTP."
"Filezilla is my choice for an FTP client."
#16
Deeplawn
3.3
(3)
"Their lawn measuring/quoting features are pretty much the tip of the spear."
"Deeplawn is effective for lawn care management."
"Positive review for DeepLawn."
#17
Afforai
5.0
(2)
"It's an AI research assistant that can not only summarize and search through multiple documents but also organizes everything neatly."
"It's been a game-changer. It helps me keep track of all my drafts and notes with its AI assistant and awesome annotation features."
#18
LiveChat
5.0
(2)
"LiveChat integrates well with Shopify and social platforms, enhancing customer interaction."
"I use it to set-up marketing campaigns on website (mainly lead gen), and the support team is chatting with clients."
#19
Notepad++
5.0
(2)
"Notepad++ is an excellent text editor for coding."
"Much better than Notepad"
#20
MobaXterm
5.0
(2)
"MobaXterm has been my Swiss Army Knife for deployments, config, and service."
"Haven’t seen anyone mention my go to to which is MobaXTerm."
#21
Zendesk
5.0
(2)
"I would suggest Zendesk."
"Zendesk accomplishes what you're looking for."
#22
Nextiva
5.0
(2)
"Cheap, tons of features and easy to use"
"The pricing is great compared to other tools I've used in the past like Hootsuite, etc and it's stacked with features (AI, automation, multichannel intelligence, etc.)"
#23
Photoshop
4.5
(2)
"Photoshop is useful for creating thumbnails."
"Photoshop is a solid choice for background removal."
#24
Vectorworks
4.5
(2)
"I have found in my experience that Vectorworks and Lightwright are the programs designers use."
"I have found in my experience that Vectorworks and Lightwright are the programs designers use."
#25
WinSCP
4.5
(2)
"WinSCP is a reliable FTP client for file transfers."
"WinSCP is very useful for file transfers."
#26
Ahrefs
4.5
(2)
"Ahrefs is a powerful tool for SEO and tracking."
"Ahrefs, vidIQ, and answer the public for keyword research"
#27
Sony
4.5
(2)
"Sony Vegas for editing videos."
"I got Sony Vegas in a humble bundle and recently upgraded it."
#28
4.5
(2)
"Great for script writing."
"I prefer Google Docs for screenwriting."
#29
Adobe Premiere Pro
4.0
(2)
"Premiere pro for the vids, canva and procreate for thumbnails"
"Promovie, premiere pro, photoshop, chrome"
#30
Midjourney
4.0
(2)
"It's so nice to have tools that do so much."
"Great for stock photos and videos."
#31
Gorilla Desk
4.0
(2)
"Gorilla desk"
"Try out different ones. There are tools like Gorilla Desk, House Calls Pro, and Jobber."
#32
Davinci Resolve
4.0
(2)
"All of them kind of get my content up to a 'livable' standard now."
"Davinci resolve"
#33
Filmora
4.0
(2)
"I like the UI and asset library. It's served me well for over a year."
"Filmora is good for video editing."
#34
GIMP
4.0
(2)
"Sometimes I make my thumbnails in GIMP."
"Gimp is a free image manipulation software."
#35
Photopea
4.0
(2)
"Excellent for creating thumbnails."
"Photopea is a good alternative for those without Photoshop."
#36
MeshLab
4.0
(2)
"Either Meshlab or Cloud Compare."
"MeshLab is another free open source software where one can align pointclouds."
#37
Pipedrive
4.0
(2)
"Pipedrive makes the CRM experience smoother."
"For CRMs, take a look at Pipedrive and HubSpot"
#38
Distrobird
4.0
(2)
"We switched to Distrobird recently, and that's practically all we use for sales tracking and emails."
"We switched to https://www.distrobird.com/ recently, and that's practically all we use for sales tracking and emails."
#39
Obsidian
4.0
(2)
"Obsidian, Canva, Notion and sometimes ChatGPT"
"Obsidian and Sourcetree (git)"
#40
Yardbook
4.0
(2)
"Yardbook is great for my lawn care business. Estimates, invoicing, I use Stripe, linked to Yardbook, for charging credit cards. Very pleased with it."
"I tried Yardbook, and it is good, but I'm too lazy to really get into it."
#41
ImageJ
3.5
(2)
"ImageJ is a great option for geometric morphological measurements if photos are standardized."
"ImageJ. Clunky but tried and tested."
#42
Mailchimp
3.0
(2)
"Mailchimp is user-friendly and offers solid reporting features."
"Mailchimp just seems clumsy, not intuitive."
#43
Odoo
3.0
(2)
"Odoo+mail+office is enougth"
"Just started playing with Odoo, looks interesting so far."
#44
Akash Thakkar YouTube Tutorials
5.0
(1)
"I highly recommend the work of Akash. It's the sound designer from Hyper Light Drifter and Destiny."
#45
Python VSCode
5.0
(1)
"Now, thankfully, I am using Python and VSCode, dev containers, MNE, edfio, and the usual suspects, scikit-learn, numpy, etc."
#46
SKIL KNET
5.0
(1)
"For QEEG, SKIL and KNET, which provides reliable neuromarkers for everything from anxiety to anger to suicidality and psychological trauma."
#47
Lansweeper
5.0
(1)
"I like on prem LanSweeper - it can do quite a bit of it, including document retention."
#48
Bluebeam
5.0
(1)
"Studio sessions are an amazing productivity hub."
#49
mDash
5.0
(1)
"MDash is a pm tool for web development offers instant product scoping, auto project setup, velocity and budget tracking."
#50
Total Commander
5.0
(1)
"Total commander (file management)"
#51
Drata
5.0
(1)
"But the best thing about Drata is that they have built a ton of automated control tests that beat most GRC tools and can reduce testing by 40%."
#52
Khan Academy SQL Class
5.0
(1)
"Kahn Academy has a fairly large and comprehensive SQL class available for free."
#53
Twinmotion
5.0
(1)
"The rendering tools I would recommend should be Twinmotion and Enscape, just try them."
#54
Harvest
5.0
(1)
"Harvest has been great and pretty much any good pdf manager/mark up will do."
#55
SeaChat
5.0
(1)
"SeaChat matches your criteria. Free to start and you can upgrade to Ai chat later."
#56
Alora
5.0
(1)
"I’ve been using Alora for a while, and it’s made managing patient care way easier."
#57
Imaris
5.0
(1)
"I use Imaris for image analysis"
#58
Excalidraw
5.0
(1)
"For remote meetings, excalidraw is underrated."
#59
Everything
5.0
(1)
"Void tools Everything"
#60
Unbiased Software Reviews
5.0
(1)
"This is the fastest resource to get what you need."
#61
Helcim
5.0
(1)
"We've just launched a completely free online invoicing tool."
#62
Figma
5.0
(1)
"If for user interfaces, figma is lit."
#63
Google Workspace
5.0
(1)
"Same with Google Workspace, very useful for sharing documents."
#64
GrowVeg Garden Planning App
4.0
(1)
"I watch GrowVeg on YouTube and they mention they have a garden planning app."
#65
Overleaf
4.0
(1)
"My network of collaborators and I, who are all geographically separated, use zoom (meetings) overleaf (our documents) git (code) and Google drive (papers we have found)."
#66
Zoom
4.0
(1)
"My network of collaborators and I, who are all geographically separated, use zoom (meetings) overleaf (our documents) git (code) and Google drive (papers we have found)."
#67
Willard CRM
4.0
(1)
"We use Willard CRM. Sends Emails, texts, and phone dial. CRM. Sales Pipeline/funnel. Lead Generation. All in one single platform."
#68
ACC
4.0
(1)
"Forma for site and early design, Revit for documentation, Docs review tools, basic clash, Build for CA... It's all there and more or less working in one integrated ecosystem."
#69
KeyedIn
4.0
(1)
"KeyedIn for portfolio management, Time Tracking, High level planning, resourcing, financials and status reporting."
#70
Kapwing
4.0
(1)
"I use Kapwing"
#71
RevoScan
4.0
(1)
"Revoscan lets you select points to connect together, it’s pretty granular."
#72
Smartsheet
4.0
(1)
"We use Smartsheet to run the whole program for a few clients."
#73
ServiceNow
4.0
(1)
"We use service now's GRC module"
#74
Sublime Text
4.0
(1)
"Sublime Text (coding, notes, cisco configs with syntax highlighting) and Sublime Merge."
#75
Atlassian
4.0
(1)
"It has essentially taken over crm, timesheet, project management, asset management and also on and off boarding."
#76
Polyga
4.0
(1)
"You might want to check out the latest update to Polyga's PointKit, which includes several enhanced features, including improvements to alignment."
#77
Apollo.io
4.0
(1)
"I've been using Apollo.io (emails/calls/prospecting/analytics), and Google Sheets (CRM), with Zapier to tie things together automatically."
#78
Acronis
4.0
(1)
"Totally worth it to have a 'fall back' position after someone breaks your shit."
#79
PLC Tools SIM IPE
4.0
(1)
"I use this guy probably once a week atleast. It is great for finding and or changing up addresses."
#80
Finch
4.0
(1)
"I like finch!"
#81
Opteo
4.0
(1)
"A tool like Opteo works well for Google ads, automatically flags big changes etc."
#82
ModPoll
4.0
(1)
"Modpoll."
#83
FCPX
4.0
(1)
"FCPX, MotionArray, EpidemicSound for editing"
#84
Icons8
4.0
(1)
"Icons8 and FlatIcon for more advanced visuals ( infographics, etc)"
#86
Inkscape
4.0
(1)
"Inkscape is a free vector editor."
#87
Riverside
4.0
(1)
"I've used Riverside's free transcription options at work with great results."
#88
PyCharm
4.0
(1)
"Pycharm (I use Pandas a lot for dealing with excel files, merging, filtering etc.)"
#89
QuillBot
4.0
(1)
"Quillbot is handy sometimes but be careful."
#90
ModScan
4.0
(1)
"Modscan."
#91
Mixmax
4.0
(1)
"Mixmax, Nextiva, Deeplawn and a kid that's good at Tiktok"
#92
RealTerm
4.0
(1)
"Realterm."
#93
GreenPal
3.0
(1)
"For job supply I'm on LawnStarter and GreenPal, and for CRM I started an Excel sheet."
#94
LawnStarter
3.0
(1)
"For job supply I'm on LawnStarter and GreenPal, and for CRM I started an Excel sheet."
#95
Capture
3.0
(1)
"Capture is an excellent option for pre-vis that has a free (but quite limited) student version available."
#96
BQE
1.0
(1)
"Avoid Unanet, i thought BQE sucked until we changed"
#97
Newforma
1.0
(1)
"If anyone puts newforma on the list, run screaming from the room."
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