The monthly cost of the design studio for electronic services
Talk about Monthly i> is spent on electronic services that are needed for a small studio with a remote team, deals with the design on the Internet. Let's see what we use paid services in Genue .
50 $ Basecamp h4>
Simple and convenient system for managing projects from the team 37signals. This is the main tool of interaction both within the studio and with customers. All tasks are got as a simple list and are easily interchangeable with each other by simply dragging. Each task appears as a publication with comments. Anyone can specify which of the teams will be notified by email about his comments. You can limit the visibility of some problems for the client.
49 $ Adobe Creative Suite h4>
Software package that combines all the tools Adobe. One of the main tools of any designer. We use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Previously, this product has a one-time fee and cost about $ 1,000 for each program that for many excluded the possibility of legal use. And now the whole package of about 20 programs available for the entire monthly subscription, which at times makes it easy to purchase.
20 $ Dropbox h4>
Universal store files online. Very convenient system of automatic sync local folders with virtual storage. You can rassharivat desired folder within the team and for the customer to keep everyone up to date with the latest developments. We use the package to 200 gigabytes and we are still more than enough.
13 $ Elba h4>
Electronic Accountant. Indispensable for billing, record keeping and a good Russian web service that lets you keep accounts on their own, without hiring a professional for this. Integration of the Elbe with Alfa-Bank further automates the process. Bank automatically uploads the data on the operations of the Elbe in the accounts, and Elba automatically generates and sends reports to the tax.
10 $ Flinto h4>
Very easy to use program that allows you to assemble your application screens in the prototype specify a certain sequence and animation.
10 $ Buffer h4>
Service delayed publication of content for social services. Very handy thing. Just imagine, you're sitting at 2am and find very interesting link, which urgently need to share a studio Twitter. But who needs it at 2am? So Buffer allows you to schedule the publication to any suitable time (eg at 11 am sledushchego days) to multiple channels.
4 $ Typekit h4>
Service, allows you to use custom fonts for your project. License restrictions imposed by the authors of many fonts do not allow them to use the direct link (specify link in css). Therefore, the majority of web fonts are embedded in the projects through a special third-party services with safeguards against downloading.
4 $ Flickr h4>
Community of photography enthusiasts. We use this service to our catalog interesting finds on the Internet. We automatically translate the tape found on inspiration.genue.ru .
2 $ Dribbble h4>
Design community in which everyone can share, over which he now works, and get feedback. Here is our account: http://dribbble.com/genue
Total, get about $ 160 a month. If you are in your team work using some services, which we have not mentioned, share them and tell you how it helps and how much it costs.
