derrick app > Best Tools for sales
This page cuts through the noise and brings together the only tools that actually matter.
cold email, LinkedIn, data, and automation. A forward-looking selection built for teams who want real leverage, not just another list.
There’s no universal “best.”
It depends on your channels, volume, and workflow. But high-leverage categories are:
- Sales engagement (Apollo, Outreach)
- Multichannel prospecting (La Growth Machine)
- Data enrichment (Clearbit, FullContact, and native company enrichment via Derrick App)
- CRM (HubSpot, Pipedrive)
Start with your bottleneck: data, outreach, qualification, or follow-up. Then pick the tool that removes friction, not the one with the longest feature list. Test quickly, measure impact, and avoid tool sprawl. A lightweight connector like Derrick App helps keep your workflow flexible instead of locked into one platform.
CRM tools store interactions and pipeline data. Sales engagement tools run the actual outreach (email, LinkedIn, calls, sequences). In practice, you’ll need both. Some companies try to force their CRM to do engagement… and usually regret it.
Tools like Instantly, Smartlead, or La Growth Machine lead the pack. What matters most: deliverability, sending flexibility, and analytics. Derrick App can help enrich, clean, and prep your lead lists before they hit your sender — which directly boosts results.
La Growth Machine, Waalaxy, and Sales Navigator are the mainstream picks. But remember: better data beats more automation. Combine LinkedIn tools with enrichment or scoring layers (e.g., via Derrick App inside Google Sheets) for smarter targeting.
Sometimes. AI is good at summarising, drafting, and scoring. But it still struggles with context and nuance. The best results come from pairing AI with clean inputs and clear rules.
Derrick App helps enforce that structure by cleaning, enriching, and transforming data before AI touches it.
Zapier, Make, Clay, and n8n cover most needs. Derrick App acts as a lightweight sales data automation layer directly inside Sheets — ideal when you don’t want a full-blown automation platform but still need scraping, enrichment, or workflow logic.
For structured data: HubSpot, Salesforce, or Airtable. For operational workflows: Google Sheets (yes, still). With Derrick App, Sheets becomes a mini-sales ops hub with enrichment, validation, and connectors — without rebuilding your whole stack.
A CRM, a prospecting tool, a data source, and something to automate grunt work. The exact names vary. The pattern doesn’t.
Primarily through:
- Better targeting (data & enrichment)
- Better timing (engagement tools)
- Better messaging (AI + analytics)
- Better follow-up (automation)
No tool replaces strategic thinking, but smart tooling amplifies it.
Sometimes. HubSpot free CRM, Apollo free tier, or simple Google Sheets setups can work. But “free” usually means “limited.” Tools like Derrick App give small teams leverage quickly without enterprise pricing.
Anything that gets you talking to customers faster. Typically: one CRM, one outreach channel, one data source. Everything else is optional. Complexity kills speed at this stage.
All-in-one is simpler. Specialized tools perform better. Most teams eventually choose a hybrid. Derrick App helps you glue specialized tools together, so you don’t need to redesign your stack every time you upgrade part of it.
.svg)
