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Visma Avendo is a software package designed for micro businesses to create and manage a simple website. The system is designed for the average business owner who is not as web-savvy as a designer or a developer. The system takes care of all the technical bells and whistles to provide a very simple to use interface. What’s even cooler is the integration with other Avendo products – especially with accounting and bookkeeping. This means that orders received from the website are fed automatically into these systems. The software package is offered in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian only. You can test drive the service here.

AceProject is an easy-to-use project management system that takes care of work colloboration, task assignment, work hours tracking and reporting. The system is designed for the project manager in mind and offers a free subscription service upto 5 team members. Additional users and features can be bought for a monthly fee.

Reporta is a comprehensive web-based tool that acts as your CRM, Project Management and Invoicing tool. Its a good fit for professional service organizations, such as marketing agencies, accountants and lawyers. It lets professionals identify leads and help them convert to paying clients. The same interface can then be used to manage the projects of these clients and at the end of the billing cycle, spit out an invoice. The service is offered in two different levels (pro and premium) and starts off at 10 euros per month. Its currently offered for the German market only.