Updated October 2026
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Everything you need to plan, brand and run a small business, in one place. Every tool is free, needs no sign-up, and runs in your browser: what you type, upload or design stays on your device and isn’t sent to Advanton.
Start
Plan your business step by step: name, structure, startup costs, pricing, break-even and funding, ending with a one-page plan.
- Business Idea Reality Check
Test your business idea with real data. Pick an industry, adjust a real business model to your plans, and see your break-even month, the cash you would need, three scenarios, BLS survival rates for your industry and state, and a reality score that explains itself. Free, private, no sign-up.
- Business Planner
Plan your business in seven connected steps, from name and structure to startup costs, pricing, break-even and funding, ending with a one-page plan that fills itself in.
Launch
Get online step by step, and design everything with your brand: cards, flyers, postcards, signs, QR codes and more.
- Launch your business online
A free, step-by-step guide to getting your business online: choose a domain, build a free website, get hosting, and get found on Google, Apple Maps and Yelp.
- Brand & Print Studio
Set up your brand once, then design business cards, flyers, EDDM postcards, yard signs, door hangers, gift certificates, QR codes and email signatures that all match.
- Website builder
Build a beautiful small business website free in about 10 minutes, with local SEO built in and a page for every city or county you serve.
Market
Check how you look online, fix the gaps, win more reviews and learn which marketing brings customers. Design flyers and mailers in the Brand & Print Studio.
- Marketing Hub
Score your online presence, fix the gaps with the right tool, collect more reviews and see which marketing brings customers at the lowest cost.
- Local SEO checker
Scan your contractor website for the local ranking signals that matter, then plan service and town pages, generate LocalBusiness schema, check your Google Business Profile and compare yourself with the top three competitors. Free, no sign-up.
Grow
Get paid, keep customers coming back and stay on top of your cash.
- Quotes and invoices
Create professional quotes and invoices with your logo, turn quotes into invoices in one click, and save them as PDFs.
- Cash & Payroll Planner
See your next 13 weeks of cash, the true cost of hiring, and your unpaid invoices together, and add them to your forecast in one click.
- Mileage log
Log business trips with the details the IRS expects, see your deduction at 72.5 cents a mile for 2026, and download your log for tax time.
- Rewards program
A simple loyalty program for your shop. Print numbered stamp cards, add a stamp in two taps, and celebrate rewards. No app, no sign-up, and it works offline.
- Word to PDF
Convert a Word document (.docx) to PDF for free, right in your browser. Your file is never uploaded.
- Business credit card finder
A free, independent business credit card finder. Enter what your business spends and get a personal report: the cards that fit best, what each would earn, the fees and fine print, and what to do next.
Where to start
Starting a business? Begin with the startup cost calculator, set your prices with the service pricing calculator, check the numbers with the break-even calculator, and bring it together in a one-page business plan.
Ready to look professional? Set up your brand kit once: your name, logo, colors and contact details. The business card, flyer, gift certificate, loyalty card and invoice tools all use it automatically, so everything matches.
Want more customers? Take the online presence checkup to see what to fix first, then use the review request kit to make asking for reviews part of your routine. You can also add your business to our free directory.
Getting paid? Create quotes and invoices with the quote and invoice generator, and turn Word documents into PDFs with Word to PDF.
Your privacy
These tools don’t need an account. Your work is saved in your own browser so you can come back to it, and it isn’t uploaded to Advanton. Because it’s saved in your browser, it won’t appear on your other devices, and clearing your browser data removes it, so keep PDF copies of anything important.
Learn more
Pair the tools with our guides: the Start a Business A–Z guide, how to price your product or service and how to get your first 10 customers.
Last reviewed October 22, 2026.
