Operations · 19 tools
Best Operations & Workflow Automation
tools for founders
Glue code, workspaces, automations. Here are the 19 operations & workflow automation tools founders reach for — and which ones Foundry's agents can watch for you.
The operations & workflow automation toolkit
AirtableRelational databases with spreadsheet ergonomics.Team $20/uAsanaProject and task management for cross-team work.Starter $10.99/uClayData enrichment and outbound automation for GTM teams.Starter $149/moClickUpTasks, docs, goals — one app to replace them all.Free / Unlimited $7/uFigJamWhiteboarding companion to Figma for workshops.Free / $5/uGoogle WorkspaceGmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Meet for teams.Starter $6/uImprovMXFree email forwarding for custom domains.Free tierJiraIssue tracking and project management at scale.Free / Standard $7.53/uLinearFast issue tracker for product and engineering teams.Free / Standard $8/uMakeVisual workflow automation with deep branching.Free / Core $9/moMicrosoft 365Office, Outlook, Teams, OneDrive for business.Business Basic $6/uMiroInfinite whiteboards for workshops and diagrams.Free / Starter $8/un8nOpen-source, self-hostable workflow automation.Free / Cloud $20/moNamecheapDomain registrar — cheap renewals, free WHOIS privacy.~$10/yr per domainNotionDocs, wikis, databases, and projects in one place.Free / Plus $10/uRaycastProductivity launcher with extensions and AI.Free / Pro $10/moRelayHuman-in-the-loop automation for teams.Free / Pro $9/uRetoolInternal tools and admin panels in hours.Free / Team $10/uZapierNo-code automation across 7000+ apps.Free / Starter $19.99/mo
Put a operations agent on it
2 of these tools have a Foundry monitoring agent, so you don’t have to keep checking them: Jira, Linear. Connect one and its specialist reports into your daily briefing. See how the team of agents works.
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