1. Financial Management Tools
Zoho Books
✅ Practical operation: Supports automatic exchange rate updates for 180+ currencies, 22 language interfaces; automatically generates quotations, invoices, and tax reports; integrates real-time bank account reconciliation and inventory linkage management .
QuickBooks
🔗 https://quickbooks.intuit.com/
✅ Practical operation: Full-process accounting for small and medium-sized enterprises, supporting multi-currency invoices and expense tracking; online payment integration, generating income statements/cash flow statements .
Xero
✅ Practical operation: cloud accounting software, automatic bank reconciliation, multi-currency reimbursement; support PayPal/Stripe payment integration [[ ]].
FreshBooks
✅ Practical operation: Focus on freelancers and SOHO, automated time billing, project cost accounting, and customer online payment .
Sage 50cloud
✅ Practical operation: local + cloud hybrid deployment, advanced inventory cost calculation, compliant tax declaration (suitable for European and American markets) .
Wave
✅ Practical operation: free basic accounting, support for scanned bill OCR recognition, basic report generation (suitable for start-up teams) .
XTransfer
✅ Practical operation: opening of cross-border collection accounts, foreign exchange settlement risk control system, low-fee small and medium-value collection and payment .
Kashoo
✅ Practical operation: simple mobile accounting, multi-currency transaction records, support CSV data import and export .
Zoho Expense
🔗 https://www.zoho.com/expense/
✅ Practical: automation of employee expense reimbursement, credit card synchronization, and travel policy compliance checks .
NetSuite
✅ Practical operation: ERP-level financial management, cross-border tax compliance, real-time financial analysis (suitable for medium and large enterprises) .
2. Email Communication Tools
Zoho Mail
✅ Practical operation: Custom domain mailbox, storage starting from 10GB; rule filtering + email classification, team collaboration sending .
Microsoft Outlook
✅ Practical operation: smart schedule reminders, email classification labels, attachment cloud storage (OneDrive integration) .
Gmail
✅ Practical: Powerful spam filtering, multi-tab management, seamless integration with Google Workspace .
ProtonMail
✅ Practical operation: end-to-end encrypted email, Swiss server to ensure data security, anonymous registration .
Mailbird
✅ Practical operation: multi-account aggregation management, integrated calendar/Todoist/WhatsApp, unified desktop operation .
Spark
✅ Practical operation: intelligent inbox classification, team email collaboration annotation, quick template reply .
Front
✅ Practical operation: assign tasks through shared inbox, assign responsibilities to customers’ emails, and calculate response time. .
Thunderbird
🔗 https://www.thunderbird.net/
✅ Practical operation: open source free client, strong plug-in extensibility, support PGP encryption .
Yandex Mail
✅ Practical: Dedicated to the Russian market, supports large attachments, and integrates Yandex.Disk cloud storage.
Tutanota
✅ Practical: Encrypted calendar + contact management, open source code audit, GDPR compliance .
3. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System
Zoho CRM
✅ Practical operation: sales funnel visualization, customer life cycle tracking, AI prediction of transaction probability .
Salesforce
✅ Practical: customized marketing journey, 360° view of customer data, advanced analytical reports .
HubSpot CRM
✅ Practical operation: free basic version, integrated form/email marketing, customer interaction timeline recording .
Pipedrive
✅ Practical operation: drag-and-drop sales pipeline management, automated reminder follow-up, convenient mobile operation .
Futong Tianxia
✅ Practical operation: CRM dedicated to foreign trade, integrated customs data query, email open rate tracking .
Fumeng Software
✅ Practical operation: Active customer acquisition marketing engine, WhatsApp integration, business opportunity conversion analysis .
AB customer
🔗 https://www.cnabke.com/customerManagement.html
✅ Practical operation: customs data + LinkedIn mining, email mass tracking, CRM customer segmentation .
Insightly
✅ Practical operation: project and customer relationship management, task dependency setting, team collaboration board .
Nimble
✅ Practical operation: Social CRM, aggregate customer social data, and automatically update contact information .
Freshsales
🔗 https://www.freshworks.com/crm/
✅ Practical operation: AI chatbot integration, phone recording to text, and behavioral event triggering automation.
4. Instant Messaging Tools
WhatsApp Business
🔗 https://www.whatsapp.com/business
✅ Practical operation: Create a company profile page to display products, send group promotional messages (user authorization required), automatically reply to inquiries, and support document/location sending.
LINE
✅ Practical operation: Use mainstream tools in Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia to establish an official account to push text and picture messages, and use "LINE VOOM" for short video marketing.
Viber
✅ Practical operation: Commonly used by customers in the Middle East/Eastern Europe, free international voice calls, create a public account to publish product updates.
Telegram
✅ Practical operation: Create a channel with 1,000 members to push new products in batches, transfer large files (support 2GB), and encrypt chats to ensure business privacy.
WeChat Work
✅ Practical operation: Associate enterprise WeChat to manage customers, active code diversion consultation, integrated OA approval/schedule meeting.
KakaoTalk
✅ Practical operation: A must-have for the Korean market, open a Plus Friend account to send coupons, and support payment function.
Signal
✅ Practical: End-to-end encrypted calls, a privacy and security alternative to WhatsApp, suitable for sensitive business communications.
Skype
✅ Practical operation: Global voice/video conferencing, purchase Skype Number to get local number to improve trust .
Messenger
✅ Practical operation: bind Facebook homepage to automatically reply, send product catalogs, and support payment collection.
Talk2All
✅ Practical operation: Bulk purchase of virtual numbers in multiple countries, mass SMS marketing, call recording and archiving .
5. Project Management Tools
Asana
✅ Practical: Kanban-style task allocation, setting dependencies, and automating repetitive processes (such as order follow-up).
Trello
✅ Practical operation: manage order status in card format, add deadline reminders, and share design drafts as attachments .
ClickUp
✅ Practical operation: Customize foreign trade order view (inquiry → production → delivery), time tracking team efficiency.
Basecamp
✅ Practical operation: Centrally manage customer documents, automatically generate project progress reports, and reduce email communication .
Wrike
✅ Practical operation: Gantt chart scheduling production plan, real-time dashboard monitoring delivery risks.
Jira
🔗 https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
✅ Practical operation: split complex orders into subtasks, track bugs and resolve quality disputes.
Notion
✅ Practical operation: Build a foreign trade knowledge base (terminology/customs declaration process) and generate templated quotations.
Zoho Projects
🔗 https://www.zoho.com/projects
✅ Practical operation: Link CRM to automatically create customer projects, calculate working hours and cost .
Smartsheet
✅ Practical operation: Manage supplier progress in a tabular manner and automate payment reminders via email.
Bitrix24
✅ Practical operation: The free version supports task + IM + document collaboration and integrates call center.
6. Instant Messaging Tools
WhatsApp Business
🔗 https://www.whatsapp.com/business
✅ Practical operation: Create a company profile page to display product catalogs, send mass promotional messages (user authorization required), automatically reply to common inquiries, and support document/location sending .
Telegram
✅ Practical operation: establish a channel for thousands of people to push new product pictures and texts, transfer 2GB large files (such as product videos), and use end-to-end encryption to protect business secrets .
WeChat Work
✅ Practical operation: manage customers through corporate WeChat, provide consultation on active code diversion, and integrate calendar meetings/approval processes .
Signal
✅ Practical operation: High-security call alternative to WhatsApp, support for group encrypted chat, no advertising interference .
KakaoTalk
✅ Practical operation: A must-have for the Korean market, open a Plus Friend account to send coupons, and integrate payment functions .
Skype
✅ Practical operation: Purchase a Skype Number to get a local number, reduce international call costs, and share screen to demonstrate products .
Messenger
✅ Practical operation: bind Facebook homepage to automatically reply to consultations, send product catalog cards, and support PayPal payment .
Viber Out
✅ Practice: Make international calls to non-Viber users for as low as $0.02/minute (applicable to the Middle East/Eastern Europe) .
Line Works
🔗 https://line.worksmobile.com
✅ Practical operation: Japan/Southeast Asia business version of Line, schedule collaboration + cloud storage integration, compliant with GDPR .
Zoho Cliq
✅ Practical operation: Integrate CRM to automatically push customer dynamics, create cross-departmental task flows, and encrypt file transfers .
7. Project Management Tools
Asana
✅ Practical operation: manage the order process in a kanban style and set task dependencies (such as "inspection completed → delivery") .
Jira
🔗 https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
✅ Practical operation: break down complex orders into subtasks, track production bugs, and generate SLA reports .
Notion
✅ Practical operation: Build a foreign trade SOP knowledge base (customs declaration process/trade terms), and generate quotations using templates .
Wrike
✅ Practical operation: Gantt chart scheduling and stocking plan, real-time dashboard warning of delivery risks .
Smartsheet
✅ Practical operation: Manage supplier progress in a tabular format and automatically send email reminders for payment milestones .
ClickUp
✅ Practical operation: Customized order view (inquiry → production → logistics), time tracking team efficiency .
Basecamp
✅ Practical operation: Centrally store customer POs/contracts, @mention collaboration to reduce email back and forth .
Bitrix24
✅ Practical operation: The free version supports task + IM + document collaboration and integrates call center .
Monday.com
✅ Practical operation: Visualize order status dashboard and automatically trigger emails to notify customers of progress .
Airtable
✅ Practical operation: Database management of customer files, associated product images/specifications, support for API docking with ERP .
8. Market Research Tools
SEMrush
✅ Practical: Analyze competitor traffic sources, score keyword overseas expansion difficulty, and monitor competitor advertising strategies .
Ubersuggest
🔗 https://neilpatel.com/ubersuggest
✅ Practical operation: Batch export long-tail keywords, monitor competitor SEO changes, and generate creative content .
GlobalWebIndex
✅ Practical: Obtain consumer profiles in emerging markets (such as Indonesian online shopping habits) and guide product localization .
AnswerThePublic
✅ Practical: Visualize user search questions (such as "how to import from China") and generate content marketing topics .
CIA World Factbook
🔗 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook
✅ Practical: Query economic/infrastructure data (such as port throughput) of 266 countries and evaluate market access conditions .
TradeMap
✅ Practical operation: Free query of HS code global trade flow and identification of blue ocean markets .
OEC Observatory
✅ Practical operation: Visualize the competitiveness matrix of products in various countries and identify alternative suppliers .
Google Market Finder
🔗 https://marketfinder.thinkwithgoogle.com
✅ Practical operation: Enter the product to automatically recommend potential markets and provide localized keyword suggestions .
Statista
✅ Practical application: Download industry white papers (such as "Global Smart Home Trends") and cite data to enhance the persuasiveness of your proposal .
SimilarWeb
✅ Practical: Analyze the traffic sources of competitor websites and identify their high-conversion channels (e.g. Spanish users prefer social media platforms) .
9. Translation Software
DeepL Pro
✅ Practical operation: Contract/technical document translation retains the original format, and customized term base ensures consistency (German/Japanese has high accuracy) .
CNKI Translation Assistant
✅ Practical operation: accurate translation of academic terms (such as mechanical/chemical fields) and providing contextual reference for papers .
Smartcat
✅ Practical operation: One-click translation of multilingual websites, AI + manual proofreading, support for TMX memory library import .
Trados Studio
✅ Practical: Professional localization tools, translation project management (assignment/progress tracking), suitable for manuals/instructions .
Linguee
✅ Practical application: Translate examples in context and identify industry idiomatic expressions (such as legal clauses) .
Memsource
✅ Practical operation: Cloud-based collaborative translation platform, real-time update of vocabulary, reducing team communication costs .
MateCat
✅ Practical operation: free open source CAT tool, supports TMX/TBX files, fast batch processing .
iTranslate
✅ Practical operation: real-time voice translation of conference conversations, offline package to cope with unstable network .
PROMT
🔗 https://www.online-translator.com
✅ Practical: Specialized for Eastern European languages (such as Polish/Czech), technical documentation engine optimization .
Sonix
✅ Practical operation: Automatically translate multilingual text from conference recordings and generate subtitles with timeline .