Affordable Apps to Keep Your Business Organized

So many files, so little time? These tools promise an easy way to organize, store, and find the information you want.

For forms

With Formstack, you can create any type of online form—contest entry, job application, lead generation, data collection, and more—with a simple drag-and-drop form builder. You can also customize the form by uploading your company’s logo and color scheme.

 “You can use Formstack even if you’ve never cracked open an HTML book,” says customer Miles Jennings, chief operating officer of Connecticut-based RecruitingBlogs.com.

Once the form is created, Formstack generates a code to embed in your website; and once uploaded, the form stays active for as long as you need it to be. You can manage and edit the data on Formstack’s database.

Formstack also offers integration with a variety of third-party applications, including FreshBooks, MailChimp, Salesforce, Google Apps, PayPal, and more.

The company offers a trial version that allows users to create three free forms, and then prices range from $14 to $159 a month. There’s a 30- day money-back guarantee. Formstack.com.

To manage the hiring process

In today’s economy, a job posting can attract hundreds of resumes—but you only have time to look at the most promising ones. To the rescue: The Resumator, a “virtual HR department” that posts your listing onto free job boards, collects and filters resumes according to your criteria, creates a searchable database, and allows you to read, track, and discuss resumes with your team.

You can view resumes in a browser, rather than having to download e-mail attachments, and also track a candidate’s progress through the interviewing and hiring process.

Worried that the sorting procedure might miss a quirky-but-great candidate? The Resumator has a nifty feature called WMYU? (What makes you unique?), which gives applicants a chance to explain why they’re outstanding.

The Resumator offers a free 30-day trial period, and prices start at $29/month thereafter. TheResumator.com.

To stay on top of projects

Projecturf allows small- to midsize businesses to organize the status and function of a project online with the team members working on the plan.

In addition to features you’d expect—file-sharing, a calendar, online discussions—the app’s easy interface allows dozens of cool new functions: whiteboards for collaborating on documents online, a section for design presentation, comment and approval, instant tracking reports, time tracking, and more.

Projecturf offers a 14-day free trial, and subscriptions start at $34.99/ month for up to 10 active projects. Projecturf.com.