Our Working Stack

The Platforms Behind Every Campaign We Run

No filler tools added to look impressive, and nothing pulled just because it's popular. This is the real software our senior team opens every week, from the AI engines we optimize for to the platforms we book media on and the stack we build websites with.

50

Platforms in active use, right now

10

Categories, from AI search to checkout

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Paid placements or affiliate deals

Search, AI & Answer Engines

This is where a search actually starts today. Some of these still hand someone a list of blue links. Most of them just hand someone an answer, and our job is making sure your business is part of that answer.

  • Google Search(opens in a new tab)

    Still the single biggest source of new business for most of our clients, and still the platform every other tool on this page eventually reports back to.

  • Google AI Overviews(opens in a new tab)

    The AI generated summary that now sits above the regular results on Google. Getting quoted here takes different structured data than ranking the old fashioned way.

  • ChatGPT(opens in a new tab)

    A huge number of people now ask ChatGPT the question they used to type into Google. We build the entity signals that get a business named in that answer instead of skipped.

  • Perplexity(opens in a new tab)

    Built entirely around citing its sources. If a site is not clean and well organized, Perplexity simply moves on to a competitor whose site is.

  • Google Gemini(opens in a new tab)

    Google's own answer engine, pulling from the same index as regular search but summarizing instead of listing links.

  • Microsoft Copilot(opens in a new tab)

    Built into Bing and Windows, with a real audience of its own and a separate set of citation rules from Google's tools.

SEO & Site Intelligence

The tools that tell us the truth about a website. Where it loads slowly, where it's broken, and where a competitor is quietly pulling ahead.

Local Search & Maps

Where a nearby customer actually finds you. For a local business, this is most of the game, and the profile itself matters more than almost anything else on this page.

Social Media Management

Posting, scheduling, and actually reading the comments. These platforms keep a brand's presence consistent across every channel without anyone logging into six different apps a day.

Reputation & Reviews

What people find when they search your name instead of your services. We watch these platforms so one bad week doesn't turn into a bad year.

  • Trustpilot(opens in a new tab)

    A globally recognized review platform that carries real weight with buyers doing their homework before a big purchase.

  • Birdeye(opens in a new tab)

    Pulls reviews from every platform into one place and automates the request that goes out after a good customer experience.

  • Podium(opens in a new tab)

    Built around text based communication, so review requests and customer messages happen where people already are, on their phone.

Email, SMS & Marketing Automation

The channels a business actually owns. No algorithm change can take away a list of people who already said yes.

Brand, Design & Content Systems

Where the actual work gets built and approved before it ever goes live. A brand only stays consistent if everyone on the team is pulling from the same file.

  • Figma(opens in a new tab)

    Where every website and app design gets built and reviewed before a single line of code gets written.

  • Canva(opens in a new tab)

    Fast, on brand social graphics and simple print materials without waiting on a full design cycle.

  • Notion(opens in a new tab)

    Keeps content calendars, brand guidelines, and project notes in one place instead of scattered across old email threads.

  • Slack(opens in a new tab)

    Client and internal communication in one place, with a real paper trail instead of a lost text message.

  • Asana(opens in a new tab)

    Keeps a multi service engagement with several moving parts on schedule and visible to everyone involved.

Website & Application Development

What we actually build with once the strategy is set. No templates and no page builders that cap performance, just real code on infrastructure built to stay fast.

  • Next.js(opens in a new tab)

    The framework behind this website. Built for speed and clean structured data, which is exactly why we default to it on most new builds.

  • WordPress(opens in a new tab)

    Still the right call for a lot of clients, especially running headless behind a faster front end instead of a slow theme.

  • Vercel(opens in a new tab)

    Where we deploy most of our Next.js builds. Fast by default, with none of the server maintenance older hosting used to require.

  • Webflow(opens in a new tab)

    A visual build tool with real code underneath, useful for marketing sites that need a design team to move fast without a developer on every change.

  • Amazon Web Services(opens in a new tab)

    For clients who need custom infrastructure beyond a standard website, this is usually where it lives.

Ecommerce Infrastructure

The platforms behind a storefront that actually needs to process a transaction, not just describe a service.

Questions We Get About This List

Do you get paid to list any of these platforms?
No. Nothing on this page is a sponsored placement, an affiliate link, or a paid partnership. This is the actual software our team is hands on with during a normal week, and every name links straight out to the real platform.
Do I need to already be using one of these platforms to work with you?
No. Tell us what you already run and we build around it. A fair number of the clients we take on end up switching one platform in the first ninety days, but only when the old one is genuinely the problem, not because we push a switch for the sake of it.
Why does this list change over time?
Because the tools our team actually uses change. When something disappears from this page, it's because something better replaced it, not because we forgot about it. We would rather keep this page honest than keep it long.
What if the platform I use isn't listed here?
This isn't every platform on the internet. It's the shortlist our senior team actually reaches for on client work. If you run something else, tell us on a call and we will give you a straight answer on whether it's worth keeping or worth replacing.
What happens when a platform on this page can't do what my business needs?
That is usually when we bring in our sister company, BuildToSuit.ai, to build custom software instead of forcing an off the shelf platform to do something it wasn't built for.

Not sure which platforms your business actually needs?

Tell us what you run today. We will tell you what's worth keeping, what's quietly holding you back, and which of the 50 platforms above should be part of your next ninety days.

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