SaaS Companies Offer Help to Businesses During Coronavirus Outbreak

The coronavirus is hitting people hard. Not only have major events been canceled, but businesses are closing their doors until further notice as well, to protect both their employees and the public. During this time, social distancing is more crucial than ever, but how are we supposed to stay connected? Many businesses are turning to digital solutions as an alternative.

Here are some excellent Software as a Service (SaaS) companies that are providing support during these hard times.

Multimedia5

Multimedia5 lets you make videos for social media. With this tool, you can quickly turn product pages, news articles, and blog posts into high-quality images optimized for social media. You'll also have access to millions of videos, soundtracks, and stock photos, along with an advanced AI which can automate tasks during the video-making process.

Multimedia5 is offering a free upgrade to those who are looking to make content that shares knowledge and safety tips. When signing up for this service, make sure you message their team to ask about this free upgrade!

WP Project Manager

WP Project manager is a project management plugin that helps your team collaborate, plan, and deliver projects faster. In an effort to help during the COVID-19 crisis, weDevs is offering WP Project Manager Business Packages free for three months.

Story Chief

Story Chief is a social media management tool that allows you to publish content across all of your channels at once. You'll also be able to collaborate with your team and get insights into how well your content is performing.

Due to coronavirus, Story Chief is offering Story Chief: Social for free until May 19^th.

Microsoft

In response to COVID-19, Microsoft is offering Microsoft Teams for free for the next six months, so small businesses have an easier time transitioning to working remotely while still being able to collaborate.

Tribe

Tribe allows you to build a community platform that enables users to connect and communicate under your brand. Your users can start discussions, ask questions, comment, follow, upvote, and share content on this platform.

Tribe is opening up their free tier for unlimited users for non-profits, educational institutes, researchers, and people working on the frontlines looking to build an online community that is centered around collaborating and sharing knowledge.

Stackby

Stackby is an excellent tool for marketers and businesses who are looking for a better way to plan, manage, and organize their team's work. This tool allows you to combine spreadsheets, business APIs, and databases all on a single platform.

To help during the crisis, Stackby is offering a free LTD code to non-profits and NGOs working towards coronavirus prevention and relief efforts. They are also gifting two additional users for free to anyone who stacks five codes, so it's easier for businesses to work remotely.

Discord

While Discord was a voice and text chat originally designed for gamers, it has found that its users rely on it much more, including for communication while working from home. In an effort to help businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak, they're enhancing their features on their Go Live streaming service to allow for 50 users (this is a considerable upgrade from the previous limit of 10). You can read more about their efforts to help here.

Yay Images

Yay Images is a premium stock image library, and they know that stock photos, illustrations, and vectors are all necessary assets for a business, but they can be expensive. The team at Yay Images has decided to offer all stock image plans at 75% off for three months, when you sign up between now and April 30^th. Use the promo code "YAYCARES" to get this deal!

Cloudflare

Cloudflare is a website performance and security platform that is currently offering their Cloudflare for Teams service free for small businesses for the next six months.

Hopin

This virtual event platform was launched on AppSumo in September 2019. They're currently offering event organizers, and anyone affected by the coronavirus early access to the platform with discounted pricing. To learn more about what Hopin is doing to help during this time, you can check out their article here.

PeakMetrics

PeakMetrics helps you track mentions across social media platforms, news sources, and TV/Radio markets, whether it be about your business, your competitors, or any other phrase you want to keep an eye on. Figure out what people care about using PeakMetrics!

Due to the outbreak, PeakMetrics has released a free tool that allows you to receive news updates about coronavirus in your local area via email and Slack.

Zoho

Zoho Remotely is a suite of mobile and web apps that are designed to help you communicate and be productive while working remotely. They've decided to make this tool free until July 1^st, 2020, to support the teams that have been impacted by the coronavirus.

Vectera

Due to social distancing standards, many companies are having their employees work remotely, making video calling a popular option among businesses right now. Vectera is making it super easy to transition to virtual calls - they are making their software free and public to everyone from now until June 1^st. Existing paid users will automatically receive a free upgrade to the next tier, and new users will get the full package for free.

WebARX

WebARX is an excellent website security platform that helps you monitor and protect all of your websites. They've put together a list of cyber-attacks and threats related to COVID-19. Because website exploitation attempts are increasing during the pandemic, it's essential to stay protected, which is why WebARX is also offering 20% off on all accounts for six months with the code get20offnow.

VectorGrove

VectorGrove offers 1.2 million royalty-free vector images for personal and commercial use. They are currently offering two months for free on any plan when you use the promo code VGSUPPORT. Vector Grove has both Standard and Extended licenses available.

Remo

Remo is a tool that helps you create custom summits, webinars, conferences, live Q&A's, and much more! Remo is offering anyone who has a physical event scheduled within the next three months a free virtual event online. They are also offering support on how to get them up and running.

Remo is also offering 20% off their annual pricing plans right now, in response to COVID-19. And they have a free 14-day trial, so you can see if it is something that would work well for your team.

Techsmith

Techsmith is a tool that allows for screen capturing and recording. Right now, they are offering free access to their TechSmith Snagit and Techsmith Video Review tools through the end of June for any company that needs it.

HeySummit

HeySummit is used for hosting virtual summits and conferences. They've put together a great guide for event organizers who are concerned about the coronavirus. If you're an organizer of in-person events, check out HeySummit. They are currently offering a free summit on the platform, free access to their Sidekick advisory service, and waived transaction fees. Want to learn more? Check out their article on how to transition from an in-person to a digital event.

Intellifluence

If you're looking for influencers for your marketing campaigns, look no further than Intellifluence. As a response to COVID-19, the team at Intellifluence has started a charity initiative. They are currently offering a free lifetime plan to any small business that has been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. You can apply for it here.

SpyFu

If you're looking to get the upper hand on your competition by learning the secrets behind their search marketing, look no further than SpyFu. SpyFu allows you to download your competitors' most profitable ads and keywords. Right now, they are helping businesses affected by COVID-19 by offering a free subscription to anyone who needs it, whether you're an SMB or a remote worker.

Krisp

Krisp is an awesome tool that mutes background noise during meetings, so your audio will come through super clear every time! Because more and more businesses are having their teams working remotely, video and audio conferencing are becoming more and more popular. To meet the demand, Krisp is introducing a free tier with 120 minutes per week of noise cancellation for the next six months.

In addition to this, students, teachers, government, and hospital workers will get unlimited Krisp for free. If you're already paying for this service, Krisp has cut the price by 30% - making it $5/month.

Loom

Loom is all about video recording and messaging, and they're offering additional features through July 1^st, 2020. These features include removing the limits on their free plan, reducing the price of the Loom Pro plan by 50%, and extending all free trials of Loom Pro from 14 to 30 days.

LiveAgent

LiveAgent helps businesses connect to their customers with tools such as live chat, email ticketing, and social messaging. LiveAgent is currently offering its tools free of charge to public and government organizations that are dealing with the transition to digital work due to COVID-19. See if you qualify by reaching out to their team.

Standuply

The Standuply team just released a new tool on ProductHunt called Covid-19 Check-ups. What Standuply will do is run company-wide surveys to find out if anyone has traveled recently or come into contact with travelers. This way, you'll automatically know which of your employees are at risk so you can set them to work from home.

RemoteReady

Another team, Soapbox, has also released a new tool on ProductHunt. Soapbox created the RemoteReady Questionnaire, which is designed to help businesses make the sudden transition to working from home. Based on the answers you give, the tool will show you recommendations on how to improve your remote work setup.

Shorby

Shorby is a great tool for businesses that are looking to maximize their bio links and drive their audiences to a variety of content. The team at Shorby is making it easy to access the latest, relevant news about coronavirus. Just choose any reliable news source with coronavirus information and integrate its feed into your Shorby.

They are also giving away free lifetime subscriptions to researchers and non-profits that are working to quell the pandemic or support others through it. Reach out to their team for more information and to get an account for your organization.

Alugha

If you're creating educational content about the prevention and awareness of coronavirus, you'll want to check out Alugha. This tool allows you to make your messages multilingual so you can reach a broader audience. They are currently offering their toolkit for free for the next three months to anyone who is in the video and translation industry, if you sign up by May 25th. This allows you and your team to handle translations, transcriptions, and voice-overs entirely from the safety of home.

To get this offer, pick their Small Business tier here, and enter the code HomeOffice2StaySafe during checkout.

If you don't create videos, you can still get some use out of Alugha. Their team has created hundreds of educational videos that you can watch for free.

We know that this is a tough time for businesses, and we want to help your business maintain its success amidst the outbreak. We have tons of experience in the digital world and working remotely. If you need help transitioning your business and team to working from home, reach out to us at AnoLogix so we can get you on the right track with the right support!