Holiday tool swap

We ran a "tool swap" to trade intel on our favorite work-related tools of 2023. Here's what participants shared.

At the end of 2023, we sent a Versive survey asking people to join in a holiday "tool swap" to share their favorite work-related tools of the year. We got back a wide variety of tools, reflecting diverse needs and roles. Overall, respondents appreciated tools that simplified work, improved efficiency, and fostered collaboration.

Themes

• Automation and Productivity: Many respondents loved tools like ChatGPT, Superhuman, n8n, and Sunsama for their ability to automate tasks, manage time, and increase productivity.
• Content Creation and Management: Tools like Notion, ChatGPT, Claude.ai, and Grammarly were popular for creating, organizing, and improving content.
• Collaboration and Communication: Platforms such as Count.co facilitated collaborative work environments, while Slack, Screen Studio, and Cleanshot X improved communication and content sharing.

Tools

• ChatGPT: "Makes it easy to get a first draft" - loved for coding and productivity.
• Claude.ai: "Language is more appropriate and authentic sounding compared to ChatGPT" - favored for content writing.
• Github Copilot: "It writes code for me saves me time" - favored by software engineers for coding.
• Superhuman: "I can't imagine reading or managing email in any other way" - preferred for email management.
• Sunsama: "Helped [me] with organization" - noted for its organizational capabilities.
• Motion: "Tells me what I need to work on to meet my deadlines" - appreciated for calendar and task management.
• Grammarly: "Has been my go to for over 6 years" - appreciated for improving English and grammar.
• Notion: "Quick to setup and iterate quickly on" - appreciated for its versatility in organizing knowledge.
• Coda.io: "Clean UI. Helpful widgets. Flexible formats." - praised for collaboration and project tracking.
• Obsidian: "For note-taking and finding relationships between notes" - favored by researchers and academics.
• Screen Studio: "Pretty easy to use, not too expensive" - liked for recording and sharing content.
• Cleanshot X: "It's just a fantastic screenshot tool that's 10x better than default mac screenshots" - loved for its extensive features and one-time payment option.
• Gifski: "Makes putting my prototypes into GIFs easy" - loved for its simplicity in creating GIFs from videos.
• Slack: "I could remember my colleagues' birthdays." - one participant particularly loved bots, like Birthday Bot.
• Count.co: "People can edit the canvas at the same time" - praised for collaborative SQL dashboard creation.
• Mixpanel: Used for gaining behavioral insights from product data.
• n8n: "Sending transaction notifications, billing automatization" - valued for automating complex processes.
• Magical: "Saves a lot of time when writing repetitive messages" - used for automating outreach messages.
• JustCall: "AI features like call scoring, sentimental analysis" - appreciated for customer interaction management.
• Clari Copilot: "Seamlessly fits into our sales process" - liked for call recordings and transcripts.
• Office Timeline: "Visually appealing. Logically helpful." - valued for creating timelines.

Disclaimer: This overview was generated by Versive using AI analysis of survey transcripts, with some light human editing.

Versive, AI Analysis

January 4, 2024