One of the interesting side effects of the cloud computing revolution: We now have all kinds of new ways to discover which apps people are using for work.
That’s why Zapier was able to create this list of the fastest-growing apps in 2016, according to its network.
Zapier is like an IFTTT for business apps. It lets people connect their work apps together to tasks and automatically move data between them. It boasts 1.5 million registered users who have hooked up over 750 business apps.
By looking at which apps are used the most all day on its network, Zapier determined which apps were rising in popularity.
It divided its analysis into two parts: the fastest-growing established apps and the fastest-growing new apps, which doesn’t necessarily mean new-to-market apps, but those that are new the Zapier network.
No. 10 overall: <a href="https://airtable.com/"target="_blank">Airtable</a> is an easy-to-use online database that bills itself as a cross between a spreadsheet and a database.
Foto: source Airtable
No. 9 overall: <a href="https://acuityscheduling.com/"target="_blank">Acuity Scheduling</a> is a service that lets clients check the business' calendar and schedule appointments themselves.
Foto: source Acuity Scheduling
No. 8 overall: <a href="https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm"target="_blank">HubSpot CRM</a> is a free "customer relationship management" tool that salespeople use to manage their interactions with customers and prospects.
Foto: source HubSpot
No. 7 overall: <a href="https://www.agilecrm.com/"target="_blank">Agile CRM</a> is a CRM tool that comes with online marketing tools.
Foto: source Agile CRM
No. 6 overall: <a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus"target="_blank">OmniFocus</a> is a popular to-do app for the "Getting Things Done" time management system.
Foto: source OmniFocus
No. 5 overall: <a href="https://www.google.com/sheets/about/"target="_blank">Google Sheets</a> is a popular spreadsheet used as an alternative to Excel.
Foto: source Google
No. 4 overall: <a href="https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm"target="_blank">HubSpot</a> is a popular cloud service that handles email, online and social media marketing campaigns.
Foto: source HubSpot
No. 3 overall: <a href="https://products.office.com/en-us/business/explore-office-365-for-business"target="_blank">Office 365</a> is Microsoft's growing online productivity suite.
Foto: source Office 365
No. 2 overall: <a href="http://www.activecampaign.com/"target="_blank">ActiveCampaign</a> is a cloud service that helps companies do email marketing.
Foto: source ActiveCampaign
No. 1 overall: <a href="https://slack.com/"target="_blank">Slack</a> is hot team communication and collaboration tool.
Foto: source Slack
No. 10 new: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/business/news/lead-ads-launch"target="_blank">Facebook Lead Ads</a> is new ad product.
Foto: source Facebook
No. 9 new: <a href="https://www.google.com/forms/about/"target="_blank">Google Forms</a> is an online form and survey creation tool that's been updated with new features.
Foto: source Google
No 8 new: <a href="https://calendly.com/"target="_blank">Calendly</a> is a popular meeting-time finder that has added an application programming interface (API). The API makes it possible to integrate it Calendly with other apps.
Foto: source Calendly
No. 7 new: <a href="https://convertkit.com/"target="_blank">ConvertKit</a> is an email marketing tool that's specifically geared for bloggers.
Foto: source ConvertKit
No. 6 new: <a href="https://www.meistertask.com/"target="_blank">MeisterTask</a> is a task management app focused on the Kanban board project management method, which uses colored sticky notes.
Foto: source MeisterTask
No. 5 new: <a href="https://www.clickfunnels.com/"target="_blank">ClickFunnels</a> is a landing page builder that helps businesses sell their products online.
Foto: source Click Funnels
No. 4 new: <a href="https://newkajabi.com/"target="_blank">Kajabi</a>, the popular online course management platform, has added an API, meaning other apps can tap into it to work together.
Foto: source Kajabi
No. 3 new: <a href="https://office.live.com/start/Excel.aspx"target="_blank">Excel Online</a>, the online version of the long-time favorite spreadsheet leader, has added an API, meaning other apps can now tap into it to work together.
Foto: source Microsoft
No. 2 new: <a href="https://basecamp.com/3/new"target="_blank">Basecamp 3</a>, the latest version of the popular project management tool from Basecamp, has added an API, meaning other apps can tap into it to work together.
Foto: source Basecamp 3
No. 1 new: <a href="https://chatfuel.com/"target="_blank">Chatfuel for Facebook</a> is an app that lets anyone create their own artificially intelligent chat bot.
Foto: source Chatfuel
