Deal Archive

75K MAU free BaaS —€” Firebase alternative with auth, database, storage, and functions

Open-source Backend-as-a-Service with authentication, database, storage, and serverless functions. Free cloud tier includes 75,000 monthly active users, 2 GB storage, 750,000 function executions, and 5 GB bandwidth. No credit card required.

Free unlimited AI autocomplete in 70+ IDEs -- Copilot alternative with zero cost for individuals

AI-powered code autocomplete and chat. Free tier for individuals gives unlimited autocompletions and basic chat across 70+ IDEs. No credit card required.

$200 free credits for speech AI —€” real-time transcription and TTS without upfront cost

Real-time speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and audio intelligence API with $200 free credits.

Best free form builder —€” unlimited forms, submissions, logic, file uploads, e-signatures, payments, no CC

Tally's free forever plan includes unlimited forms, unlimited submissions, conditional logic, file uploads, e-signatures, payment collection (Stripe), and Google Sheets integration. No user limits. Pro ($29/mo) adds workspace members, custom branding, and webhooks. No credit card required.

Free for 7K MAUs —€” saves $30/mo vs. Auth0 Pro plan

Authentication and authorization platform with social login, MFA, and free tier for 7,000 active users.

$200 free AWS credits for everyone —€” works on Bedrock/Claude, no startup program needed

AWS gives $200 in free promotional credits to every new user. $100 automatically on signup + $100 for completing 5 onboarding tasks ($20 each). Credits valid for 12 months. Works across 200+ AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, and Bedrock (Claude models).

Free for 10K MAUs —€” saves $25/mo vs. Clerk Pro

Authentication and user management for Next.js, React, and web apps.

Free multi-agent IDE from Cognition — unlimited SWE-1.7 access, full IDE, supercomplete AI predictions

Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) is an agentic IDE from Cognition. Free tier gives full IDE access, Cascade AI agent, supercomplete predictions, and unlimited SWE-1.7 model access. Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo. Built on Code OSS with VS Code extension support.

$20 free credits on signup + $10/mo ongoing — neural search API for AI agents, sub-180ms latency, no subscription

AI-native search API with neural embeddings for company, people, and code search. New accounts get $20 in free credits (~2,800 searches) plus $10 in free credits every month. No subscription required. Sub-180ms instant search and deep-research endpoints available.

$25K-$100K Kong credits + 50% off for 2 years —€” YC companies pre-qualified

Kong for Startups offers up to $100,000 in Kong Konnect Plus credits valid for 12 months, plus 50% off list pricing for 2 years after credits expire. YC companies pre-qualified for full $100K. Most early-stage startups receive $25K-$100K. Covers AI Gateway, API Gateway, Metering, and Event Gateway.

$5 credits + permanent free tier at ~200K tok/day —€” fastest inference on open models, no CC required

Fastest inference for open models using custom RDU hardware. $5 free credits (~30M tokens on Llama 8B) plus an ongoing rate-limited free tier (~200K tokens/day, ~40 requests/day) that continues after credits expire. No credit card needed. Models include DeepSeek V3.1, Llama 3.3 70B, MiniMax M2.7, Gemma 4.

$5 free credits = several million tokens —€” access 50+ open models including Llama 3.3 70B

Together AI offers $5 in free credits on signup. Access to 50+ open-source models including Llama 3.3 70B, Mixtral 8x7B, and many others. At Together AI's pricing, $5 covers several million tokens. No credit card required for the free credits.

Free CDN + Workers + Pages + D1 + R2 —€” saves $200+/mo vs. AWS

Free CDN, DDoS protection, serverless Workers, Pages hosting, D1 database, and R2 storage.

$200 free credits —€” deploy VMs and K8s clusters to test before paying

Deploy VMs, databases, Kubernetes, and serverless functions. $200 credits for 60 days.

Free frontier model APIs with just a GitHub account —€” GPT-4o, DeepSeek-R1, Llama 3.3 at zero cost

Free rate-limited API access to 40+ frontier models including GPT-4o, GPT-5, DeepSeek-R1, Llama 3.3 70B, and Mistral. Requires only a GitHub account. OpenAI-compatible endpoint at https://models.github.ai. Prototyping only per ToS.

Free 50 credits with Claude Sonnet 4.5 access — spec-driven agentic IDE with $20 sign-up bonus

Agentic AI development tool by AWS with spec-driven development, parallel agents, and property-based testing. Free tier includes 50 credits with access to Claude Sonnet 4.5 and open-weight models (Qwen3 Coder Next, DeepSeek 3.2). $20 sign-up credit for first paid upgrade. CLI + IDE + web + mobile.

50+ verified startup deals in one place —€” instant claims for free tiers, applications for high-value credits

SaaSOffers is an aggregator platform that verifies eligibility and provides direct application links for 50+ startup deals. Free-tier deals (Notion, Linear, Figma) can be claimed instantly. Higher-value credits (AWS, Chargebee, Mixpanel) require short applications. Total value can exceed $500,000 across all programs.

Save $100+/mo on managed Postgres, MySQL, Redis —€” free tier covers dev and staging

Managed open-source databases including Postgres, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, and more.

$50 free speech-to-text credits —€” transcribe ~185 hours of audio for free

Speech-to-text API with high accuracy, speaker diarization, and content moderation. $50 free credits on signup.

Free public repos with unlimited CI/CD minutes via Actions

Free source code hosting with CI/CD, Pages, and Actions for public repositories.

Fastest LLM inference at 30 RPM free —€” no credit card, 240 tok/s on Llama 3

Ultra-fast LLM inference API with free tier supporting 30 requests/min and 14,400 requests/day. No credit card required.

Free per-user vs. $10/mo on Jira (standard)

Issue tracking and project management for software teams.

1B free tokens/month on Mistral models —€” no credit card, open-weight models

Open-source LLM API with generous free Experiment tier offering 1 billion tokens/month. No credit card required.

Free $15/mo Postgres with branching —€” instant database branching for dev workflows

Serverless Postgres with branching, instant provisioning, and generous free tier.

Best free internal tool builder —€” unlimited apps, 5 users, 500 workflow runs, 20h agents, no CC

Retool's free tier includes unlimited web and mobile apps, 500 workflow runs/month, 5GB database capacity, up to 5 users, 20 hours/month of Agents runtime, and 250 AI credits/month. Connect to any database or API to build internal tools. No credit card required. Self-hostable version available.

1K free API credits/mo with no credit card — production search/extract/crawl API built for AI agents, 180ms p50

Web access layer for AI agents. Search, extract, crawl, and deep-research endpoints. 1,000 free API credits per month, no credit card required. Trusted by 2M+ developers and used by JetBrains, IBM WatsonX, and Databricks.

$2,500 startup credits —€” visual no-code web dev with CMS and hosting, use code DEVDEALS

Webflow offers $2,500 in startup credits through devdeals.org. Includes visual web development, CMS, hosting, and SEO tools. Code DEVDEALS unlocks the credits at signup. No-code visual web development platform with fully managed hosting.

Cheapest domain registration available —€” pay exact registry cost with no markup, free WHOIS privacy

Domain registration with zero markup —€” you pay only the wholesale registry cost plus ICANN fee. No hidden fees, no renewal surprises, no upsells. Free WHOIS privacy redaction, free DNSSEC, and Cloudflare DNS management. Typical .com domains around $9.15/year.

Industry-standard front-end testing —€” free open-source test runner with time-travel debugging and real-time reloads

Front-end testing framework for end-to-end, component, integration, and API tests. Free and open-source test runner with time-travel debugging, automatic waiting, and real-time reloads. Dashboard free for open-source projects with 5 users. No credit card required.

1 month free DeepLearning.AI Pro —€” full AI course catalog with labs and projects, use code AMDAIDEV22

DeepLearning.AI Pro membership gives you full access to the complete course catalog including hands-on labs, projects, and expert-led content. Get 1 month free exclusively through the AMD AI Developer Program. Code works for new DeepLearning.AI Pro members. Must join the free AMD AI Developer Program to access the code.

Most convenient free static hosting —€” deploy from any GitHub repo, unlimited sites, free SSL, no CC

Free static site hosting directly from GitHub repositories. Unlimited sites (1 per account + unlimited project pages), free SSL via Cloudflare, custom domain support, 100GB/month bandwidth, 1GB storage per repo. Built-in Jekyll integration. No credit card required.

Up to $120K IBM Cloud credits —€” no VC needed for Builder tier, includes Watson AI and Kubernetes

IBM Cloud for Startups offers up to $120,000 in cloud credits for qualifying early-stage startups. Access to IBM Cloud services including compute, storage, AI/ML (Watson), Kubernetes, and databases. No VC backing required for Builder tier. Includes technical support and co-marketing opportunities.

2 months free JetBrains Junie —€” AI coding agent that writes and tests code in your IDE

AI coding agent by JetBrains that plans, writes, and tests code directly in your IDE. 2 months of free access through Shipaton 2026. Available in IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, PhpStorm, Rider, and RustRover.

1 month free Lablab Builder plan —€” AI agents build and deploy production React apps from a single prompt, connect Fireworks AI for hackathon credits

AI-powered software factory —€” describe what you need and specialized agents plan, code, test, and ship a production React app. Sign up, go to Manage Plan > Change Plan, and enter promo code AMDXBUILDER for 1 month free Lablab Builder plan. Connect Fireworks AI API key in Integrations for hackathon credits.

Free 2-service + 1-DB tier with CI/CD, custom domains, GPU support from $0.80/hr — production PaaS with BYOC

Runtime platform for AI-native companies. Free Sandbox tier with 2 always-on services, 1 database, 2 cron jobs, CI/CD, free SSL, custom domains, and GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket integration. Pay-as-you-go from $0.0038/hour. GPU support from $0.80/hour. BYOC to AWS/GCP/Azure.

3 months free OneSignal Growth plan —€” push, in-app, email, and SMS at no cost

Customer engagement platform for push notifications, in-app messaging, email, and SMS. 100% off the Growth plan for up to 3 months (up to $600/month in usage) through Shipaton 2026.

4 ARM cores + 24GB RAM free forever —€” unmatched value for a permanently free VPS from a major cloud provider

Oracle's Always Free tier includes 4 ARM Ampere A1 instances (up to 4 OCPU, 24GB RAM total), 2 AMD micro instances, 200GB block storage, 10GB object storage, and 10GB autonomous database. No time limit. Credit card required for signup.

Free open-source project management built around AI agents — self-hostable, MCP server, native Plane AI

Open-source project management built for AI-native teams. Free self-hosted with unlimited projects, cycles, docs, MCP server, and Plane AI workspace. Cloud Free tier available. 14-day Business trial for teams wanting roles, allocations, and advanced workflows.

100 free devices on zero-config WireGuard VPN —€” the simplest, most modern secure networking for dev teams

Zero-config WireGuard-based VPN for secure device connectivity. Free tier includes 100 devices, 3 users, subnet routing, MagicDNS, and ACLs. Works across all platforms. No credit card required.

$25-$175/mo free Grok API credits —€” access cutting-edge LLM for free

Grok API from xAI with $25 free credits for new users and up to $150/month via data sharing program.

$2,000 in Airtable credits —€” spreadsheet-database hybrid with automations, use code CARTA

Airtable offers $2,000 in credits for Interfaces, Sync, and Extensions through the CARTA partnership. Spreadsheet-database hybrid with rich views, automations, and integrations. Perfect for project management, CRM, and data tracking. Enter code CARTA at signup.

Free TEE-secured inference for 100+ open LLMs — no subscription, pay-per-token, GPU from $1.80/hr for private deploys

Open-source decentralized serverless AI compute. Free TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) inference for 100+ open models including Kimi K2.6, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.8, and GLM 5.1. Pay-per-token with no subscription required. Plus plan $10/mo with 6% off PAYG rates.

10K metric series + 50GB logs + 50GB traces free —€” full-stack observability at zero cost

Full-stack observability platform with Grafana dashboards. Free tier includes 10,000 active series metrics (14-day retention), 50 GB logs, 50 GB traces (7-day retention), and 3 team members. Built-in alerting, on-call management, and incident response. No credit card required.

Free open-source workflow orchestration with 1,900+ plugins — YAML-native, self-host on Docker/K8s, 690+ blueprints

Open-source declarative workflow orchestration platform for data, AI, and infrastructure. 1,900+ plugins. Self-host on Docker/Kubernetes free forever with Apache 2.0 license. YAML-native workflows, 690+ ready-to-use blueprints, agentic automation built in. Enterprise and Cloud editions available.

$100 free credit —€” high-performance VMs at competitive pricing

Developer-friendly cloud hosting with high-performance compute instances, GPU, and global data centers.

$25/mo free email credits —€” modern email API with great developer experience

Email API for developers with generous free tier and pay-as-you-go pricing.

1M free tokens on EU-hosted models —€” GDPR-compliant inference with Qwen 3.5 and Mistral Medium

Scaleway's European cloud generative AI API offers 1 million free one-time tokens plus 60 minutes of free audio transcription. Access to 17 models including Qwen 3.5 397B, Mistral Medium 3.5, Gemma 4, and Llama 3.3. GDPR-compliant with EU data centers. Credit card and phone verification required.

Free Rust backend PaaS with annotation-driven infra — built-in Postgres/Redis/MongoDB, no YAML required

Backend PaaS for Rust. Free tier with instant deploys, built-in databases (Postgres, MongoDB, Redis), secrets, and zero-config infrastructure annotations. Annotation-driven infrastructure means no YAML or Terraform. Vercel for backends. Self-hostable to your own AWS.

$100 free processing —€” test payment infrastructure at scale for free

Accept payments, send payouts, and manage subscriptions globally.

1 year free Amplitude Growth ($36K/yr) —€” enterprise product analytics with behavioral cohorts and experimentation

Amplitude Growth plan free for 1 year for qualifying startups. Includes product analytics, behavioral cohorts, real-time dashboards, user paths, and experimentation tools. Single application gives $36K/year value.

Free uptime monitoring with 100GB logs —€” saves $20/mo over Datadog

Uptime monitoring, log management, and status pages with generous free tier.

10K free characters/month for TTS —€” generate professional voiceovers at no cost

AI voice synthesis and text-to-speech API with 10,000 free characters per month and 29 languages.

$10/mo free credits —€” deploy globally with Docker at no cost

Deploy full-stack apps globally with Docker. $10/month free credits.

Free Gemini Flash with 1M token context —€” build AI apps at zero cost

Google's multimodal AI API with free tier for Flash models featuring a 1M token context window.

$0.10/mo free inference credits —€” token-level pricing on thousands of open models from HuggingFace

HuggingFace's official inference API with $0.10/month in free credits. Access to thousands of open-source models via serverless inference (limited to models under 10GB; some popular larger models also supported).

$1 free inference credit —€” test DeepSeek and Llama models at near-zero cost, no CC needed

LLM inference API with $1 free credit on signup. Access to DeepSeek V3, Llama 3.3 70B, DeepSeek-R1, and Qwen models. No credit card needed.

93% off Intercom year 1 with Fin AI free —€” saves $3K-$10K on enterprise customer support platform

Intercom Early Stage program offers 93% off the first year of the Support or Growth plan plus free Fin AI chatbot credits. Includes ticketing, live chat, knowledge base, and automation. Requires application through partner programs like FounderPass or Secret.

Free collaborative whiteboarding —€” 3 editable boards, unlimited team members, templates included, no CC

Collaborative whiteboard platform for brainstorming, diagramming, and workshops. Free plan includes 3 editable boards, unlimited team members, pre-built templates, basic integrations, and core diagramming tools. No credit card required.

Best free open-source Figma alternative —€” unlimited projects, unlimited team members, self-hostable, no CC

Free and open-source design and prototyping platform. Figma alternative with unlimited projects, unlimited team members, 1GB cloud storage, SVG-native format, design systems, and developer handoff. Self-hostable on your own infrastructure for complete control. No credit card required.

Free 10GB MySQL-compatible database with branching —€” $30/mo value

Serverless MySQL-compatible database with branching and deploy requests.

Free AI coding assistant for individuals — full codebase context via Sourcegraph Search API, no credit card

AI coding assistant from Sourcegraph. Free for individuals across VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, and web. Uses frontier LLMs with full codebase context via Sourcegraph's Search API. Pro adds more models and chat credits. No credit card required for free tier.

$10/mo free for 3 months —€” deploy Next.js apps with instant CI/CD

Deploy frontend apps with automatic CI/CD. Free Hobby plan for 3 months.

Free 10K records with typo-tolerant search saves startups $50/mo

Hosted search API with typo-tolerance, faceting, and analytics. Free for 10K records.

$10K Algolia search credits for startups —€” enterprise search API with typo-tolerance and AI recommendations

Algolia Startup Program offers $10,000 in search API credits for qualifying early-stage startups. Access to hosted search with typo-tolerance, faceting, analytics, and AI-powered recommendations. In addition to the existing free tier (10K records).

Free for 15 teammates —€” project management with timeline, boards, and automation for growing teams

Project management platform with timeline, boards, calendars, and workflow automation. Free tier supports up to 15 teammates with unlimited tasks, projects, and messages. Includes list, board, and calendar views. No credit card required.

Test Claude via AWS Bedrock using $200 free credits —€” no Anthropic account needed, works with onboarding tasks

AWS Bedrock provides free access to Claude models using AWS's $200 free credits for new users. The credits work across 200+ AWS services including Bedrock. One of the onboarding tasks specifically involves running a model in the Bedrock playground, making it easy to test Claude without an Anthropic account.

Free open-source Postman alternative —€” Git-native, offline-first, no account needed

Open-source API client for testing REST, GraphQL, and WebSocket APIs. Git-native collaboration, offline-first, with collection-level authentication and pre-request scripts. No account required. MIT licensed.

Daily brief of verified tech deals —€” source-backed, risk-labeled, confidence-scored for builders

Builder Deals Intel provides a daily operating brief comparing AI tools, SaaS, hosting, cloud credits, and developer infrastructure. Every item includes source links, risk labels, and confidence scoring. Tracks deals from GitHub Student Pack, Supabase, Neon, Sentry, Upstash, MongoDB, Clerk, and more.

Free distributed SQL with 50M RUs + 10GB —€” PostgreSQL-compatible, multi-region, auto-scaling database at zero cost

Distributed SQL database with free Serverless tier. 50M request units/month, 10GB storage, multi-region replication, automatic scaling, and PostgreSQL compatibility. Ideal for global applications needing resilience without operational complexity.

$25K Composio credits —€” AI agent development tools with multi-model support for startups

Composio offers $25,000 in credits for startups. Provides AI agent development tools, multi-model support, and enterprise-grade infrastructure for building AI applications. Access to cutting-edge AI capabilities and development resources.

~$20K Confluent Cloud credits —€” managed Kafka and Flink for real-time data streaming startups

Confluent for Startups offers approximately $20,000 in credits for Confluent Cloud (managed Apache Kafka and Flink). Real-time data streaming, event-driven architectures, and stream processing. Includes access to Kafka clusters, Flink compute, and ksqlDB. Application required for qualifying startups.

$200K credits across Databricks + Neon —€” technical guidance and GTM support included

Databricks Startup Program provides up to $200,000 in credits across Databricks and Neon. Single application gives access to all Databricks services. Includes hands-on technical guidance and go-to-market support. Purpose-built for early-stage, venture-backed startups building on data and AI.

$500K+ aggregated startup credits —€” one-stop platform for AWS, Google Cloud, Stripe, and more

F6S is a global networking platform for founders that aggregates deals, discounts, and credit opportunities. Access exclusive offers on hosting, design, software, email, and more. Connect with other startups, recruit talent, and apply for funding. Most AWS, Google Cloud, and Stripe credits can be accessed through F6S.

$500K+ bundled credits across 50+ partners —€” single application for comprehensive startup support

Fin.ai Startup Pack bundles $500,000+ in credits across 50+ partners. Single application gives access to multiple high-value programs including cloud credits, AI APIs, developer tools, and business services. Designed to provide comprehensive startup infrastructure support.

Covers engineering tooling for small teams —€” Enterprise, Copilot, and Advanced Security for a year without the usual seat cost.

Eligible early-stage startups get 20 seats of GitHub Enterprise free for 12 months plus $10,000 in flexible platform credits for Copilot, Advanced Security, Actions, and more.

1 year GitHub Team free —€” protected branches, required reviews, 3K CI/CD minutes for startups

GitHub for Startups provides qualifying teams with GitHub Team plan free for 12 months. Team plan includes protected branches, required code reviews, 50 CI/CD minutes/month per user, 3,000 shared Actions minutes, code owners, required status checks, and advanced audit logging. Value: $252-$1,200+ depending on team size.

$2K+ Gradium voice AI credits —€” build voice agents with NLU and real-time voice processing

Gradium offers $2,000+ in voice AI platform credits for qualifying startups. Build and deploy voice agents with natural language understanding, text-to-speech, and real-time voice processing. Includes access to Gradium's voice AI API and agent building tools. Application required.

$1 free + $25 survey credit —€” decent trial for testing open model inference

LLM inference API with $1 free credit on signup and $25 additional credit for completing an email survey. Various open-source models available.

100GB free + 5 users on full-stack observability —€” APM, logs, traces, and AI-powered insights for startups

New Relic startup program provides 100GB of data ingestion free, 5 full-platform users, APM, infrastructure monitoring, logs, and traces. Full-stack observability platform with AI-powered error grouping and incident intelligence.

—‚¬10K-—‚¬100K OVHcloud credits —€” bare metal, VPS, and private cloud for European startups

OVHcloud Startup Program provides —‚¬10,000 to —‚¬100,000 in cloud credits for early-stage startups. Access to bare metal servers, VPS, hosted private cloud, and AI/ML infrastructure. 30+ data centers worldwide. Strong European data privacy compliance (GDPR).

$1,800 SendGrid email credits —€” cloud email delivery with 99.9% uptime, use code DEVDEALS

Twilio SendGrid offers $1,800 in email credits through devdeals.org. Cloud-based email delivery service with 99.9% uptime, analytics, and deliverability tools. Includes transactional and marketing email APIs. Use code DEVDEALS at signup.

$500K+ worth of exclusive deals for YC companies —€” 100+ tools with free credits and discounts

Y Combinator provides current and alumni companies access to a private portal with 100+ discounts and exclusive offers on industry-leading tools. Includes deals from PostHog, Fivetran, OneSignal, Deel, Vanta, Gusto, GitHub, Algolia, Amplitude, and more. Total value exceeds $500,000 in free credits and discounts.

10GB free S3 storage —€” cheaper than AWS for data egress

S3-compatible cloud object storage with 10GB free and affordable egress pricing.

$30/mo free GPU credits (with CC) —€” open-source, fast cold starts, wide GPU selection

Open-source serverless GPU platform. $30/month free credits (requires credit card; $1 without). Supports T4, A10G, A100, H100, RTX 4090. Sub-second cold starts, Python SDK.

30-min free live browser testing on real devices —€” quick cross-browser checks (paid plans start at $12.50/mo)

BrowserStack's free trial includes 30 minutes of Live manual testing on real mobile and desktop devices (no CC required). 1 parallel test on Automate (requires CC). Paid plans start at $12.50/month for Live testing. Best for quick cross-browser checks.

6 months Claude Max free ($1,200 value) —€” for OSS maintainers with 5K+ stars or 1M+ downloads

Claude for Open Source program gives qualifying open source maintainers 6 months of Claude Max 20x for free (total value $1,200). 10,000 total spots available. Eligibility requires demonstrated maintainer status on a meaningful OSS project with 5,000+ stars or 1M+ npm downloads/month.

15 free AI code reviews/month -- automated PR review saves hours per sprint

AI-powered code review platform. Free tier includes 15 PR reviews per month with inline suggestions across GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket.

Free self-hosted Heroku/Vercel alternative —€” deploy anything via git push on your own VPS

Open-source self-hostable Platform-as-a-Service. Deploy Docker containers, static sites, Node.js, Python, PHP, and more via git push. Built-in auto SSL, reverse proxy, database provisioning, and monitoring. Requires your own VPS (~$5-10/mo). AGPL licensed.

1 year Cursor Pro free —€” unlimited AI completions, codebase-aware chat, multi-file editing

Cursor offers 1 year of Pro plan free for startup developers through SaaSOffers. Pro plan ($20/user/month) includes unlimited AI code completions, codebase-aware AI chat, multi-file editing, inline editing, codebase indexing, and custom model selection (GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet, etc.).

Free open-source whiteboard with hand-drawn style —€” end-to-end encrypted, unlimited boards, no account needed

Free open-source whiteboard with a hand-drawn feel. Unlimited boards, real-time collaboration, end-to-end encryption, image export, and diagramming tools. Self-hostable via Docker. No accounts or credit card required for the web version.

Complete free DevOps platform with built-in CI/CD and container registry

Free DevOps platform with Git repos, CI/CD, container registry, and project management.

50 free hours/month of cloud dev environments —€” no local setup needed

Cloud development environments that spin up instantly from any Git repository.

Free open-source API testing —€” Postman alternative with zero cost

Open-source API development platform for testing REST, GraphQL, and WebSocket APIs.

$30/mo free GPU credits (with CC) —€” run A100 or H100 inference, per-second billing, no idle cost

Serverless GPU platform for AI/ML workloads. $30/month free compute credits (requires credit card; $1 without). Per-second billing, no idle costs. 10 GPU concurrency on free tier.

Free 512MB Atlas tier —€” perfect for prototyping and small apps

Document database with free tier for up to 512MB storage.

Best serverless Postgres free tier for modern stacks —€” branch per PR, scale to zero, no credit card required.

Serverless Postgres with 100 projects, 100 CU-hours per project/month, branching, instant provisioning, and scale-to-zero compute. No credit card required.

Free for 5 users -- incident alerting and on-call scheduling for dev teams

Incident management and alerting platform. Free tier includes 5 users, basic alert scheduling, and 2 notification channels.

$5/mo free credits —€” instant full-stack deploys with databases included

Full-stack hosting with instant deploys, databases, and monitoring. $5 free credits monthly.

Free 30MB managed Redis —€” caching and pub/sub for small projects

Managed Redis database with caching, pub/sub, and vector search. Free 30MB tier.

Free $5/mo tier —€” deploy web services and databases with zero config

Deploy web services, databases, and background workers for free.

100 free compute hours/month -- instant online IDE for prototyping without setup

Online IDE with built-in hosting and databases. Free Starter gives 3 public repls and 100 compute hours/month.

$100/mo free for startups —€” error monitoring without the enterprise price tag

Error monitoring and performance tracking for web and mobile apps.

Free Postgres with auth, realtime, and edge functions —€” Firebase alternative

Hosted Postgres database with authentication, instant APIs, edge functions.

Free 10K requests/day serverless Redis —€” built for edge and serverless

Serverless Redis and Kafka for edge applications.

1M free tokens per model on Qwen —€” test Alibaba's latest LLMs including Qwen 3.5/3.6

Alibaba Cloud's Model Studio offering 1 million free tokens per model. Access to Qwen family models including Qwen 3.5 and Qwen 3.6. International account and credit card required.

Up to 1B free tokens on Arcee AI —€” domain-adapted LLMs and model merging for specialized AI apps

Arcee AI's Trinity Builders program offers up to 1 billion free tokens for qualifying developers and startups. Access to Arcee's domain-adapted LLMs and model merging technology. Build specialized AI applications using distilled and merged open-source models. Application required.

60% off Bitrig Pro ($10/mo) —€” build native Swift apps with AI and distribute to TestFlight/App Store

Build native Swift apps with AI. 60% off Bitrig Pro ($10/month) through Shipaton 2026. Unlimited daily requests, 200 monthly credits, TestFlight and App Store distribution, and Claude/ChatGPT integration.

5K free CI minutes/month —€” hybrid CI/CD with your own infrastructure, no credit card needed

Hybrid CI/CD platform with your own infrastructure. Free tier includes 3 users, 5,000 job minutes/month, unlimited pipelines, and parallel builds. Runs on your own build agents for full control. No credit card required.

Free open-source Calendly alternative —€” unlimited event types, self-hostable

Open-source scheduling infrastructure. Free cloud tier includes unlimited event types, unlimited calendar connections, team scheduling, and customizable booking pages. Self-hostable version also available. AGPLv3 licensed.

1M free tokens/day at 2,100 tok/s —€” fastest LLM inference available on cutting-edge hardware

Cerebras provides ultra-fast LLM inference using Wafer-Scale Engine hardware. Free tier includes 1 million tokens per day at 2,100 tokens/second speed. Access to cutting-edge models optimized for Cerebras hardware. No credit card required.

8GB RAM VPS at $6.99/mo —€” best RAM-per-dollar in the VPS market, 4x competitors' specs at the same price

Budget cloud VPS known for offering far more resources per dollar than competitors. Basic VPS S: 4 vCPU, 8GB RAM, 200GB NVMe, 32TB traffic at $6.99/mo. 14-day money-back guarantee. 9 global data center regions. 99.996% uptime SLA.

$100 free cloud credits with no credit card —€” managed Kubernetes hosting for startups

Embercloud offers $100 in free cloud credits for startups with no credit card required. Managed Kubernetes hosting with automated scaling, built-in CI/CD, and global edge deployment. Simple pricing with no hidden costs.

$1 free inference credits —€” test fast open model API at near-zero cost

Fast LLM inference API with $1 free credits on signup. Access to various open-source models including Llama, Mistral, and Qwen. Optimized for low-latency inference.

1.5M free tokens/day on Gemini Flash —€” no credit card, perfect for prototyping

Google AI Studio provides free access to Gemini Flash models with 1.5 million free tokens per day. No credit card required. Includes access to various Gemini models with generous daily limits. Perfect for development, testing, and prototyping.

20GB free image CDN with real-time transformations —€” Cloudinary alternative with generous free tier, no CC

Image CDN and optimization platform with real-time transformations, automatic optimization, and global CDN. Free tier includes 20GB bandwidth/month, 20GB storage, 2 user seats, and 1,000 transformations/month. No credit card required.

2 months free Layers Pro —€” AI-powered product design framework for content, ads, social, and ASO

AI skills for product designers that walks through seven layers of product design. 2 months of free Layers Pro access through Shipaton 2026. Automate content generation, paid ads, social management, and App Store listing optimization.

2,000 free mobile dev credits ($100 value) —€” cloud Xcode and iOS/Android simulators for AI agents

Cloud infrastructure for mobile development with remote Xcode, iOS/Android simulators, and Xcode build environments. 2,000 free credits ($100 value) upon account creation, plus 50% off additional credits with code LIMSHIPATON2026.

Free forever API development tool —€” visual debugger, type-safe client, no CC

Open-source API development platform with a visual debugger, type-safe API client, and live request inspection. Free forever tier includes unlimited projects, API collections, and local debugging. No credit card required. Launched January 2026.

Free workshop whiteboarding —€” 3 murals, unlimited team members, voting and timer features, no CC

Digital whiteboard platform designed for workshops and team collaboration. Free plan includes 3 murals, unlimited team members, pre-built templates, timer and voting features, and guest access. No credit card required.

$16K Neo4j AuraDB credits —€” managed graph database for recommendation and knowledge graph startups

Neo4j Startup Program offers $16,000 in AuraDB (cloud graph database) credits for qualifying startups. Fully managed graph database with Cypher query language, built-in visualization, and ACID compliance. Perfect for recommendation engines, fraud detection, and knowledge graphs.

$0.50 free inference credits valid for 1 year —€” minimal but enough for a quick API test

LLM inference API with $0.50 free credits valid for 1 year. Access to various open-source models. Minimal but usable for a quick API test.

Free access to 30+ LLMs via one API —€” compare GPT-4, Claude, Gemini from a single endpoint

Unified API for 30+ LLMs including free models with 20 requests per minute rate limit.

Pay $69 once vs. $50/mo for ScrapingBee —€” web scraping API with no monthly cap

Web scraping and data extraction tool with API access, proxy rotation, and structured JSON output.

$500 incorporation + $2.5K Stripe credits + $50K partner perks —€” all-in-one startup launch package

Stripe Atlas incorporates your startup as a Delaware C-Corp or LLC for $500. Includes $2,500 in Stripe product credits for payment processing and access to over $50,000 in partner discounts from AWS, Google Cloud, Notion, GitHub, MongoDB, and more.

Simplest static hosting —€” one CLI command deploys unlimited sites with custom domains, no CC needed

CLI-based static web publishing with unlimited projects, custom domains, and basic SSL. Single-command deployment (surge). Supports SPA pushState routing, custom 404s, CORS headers, and password protection. No credit card required.

3 months free Tenjin Plan S ($600 value) —€” mobile attribution and analytics for gaming studios and app teams

Mobile marketing analytics and attribution platform. All-Inclusive Plan S free for 3 months ($600 value) using promo code SHIPATON2026. Includes attribution, cohort reports, LTV, ROAS, SKAN, raw data access, and fraud prevention.

Free 3GB edge SQLite —€” global read replicas without the complexity

Edge SQLite database for global applications with generous free tier.

Best free wireframing and diagramming tool —€” unlimited team members, all file types, 100 AI actions, no CC

Visual collaboration tool for wireframing, mind maps, flowcharts, docs, and sticky notes. Free plan includes unlimited team members, all file types, 100 AI actions, and unlimited docs. Clean, fast interface. No credit card required.

25 free monthly credits for image/video optimization and CDN —€” standard media transformation tool, no CC

Cloudinary's free tier provides 25 monthly credits (reset each month) for image and video transformations, optimization, and CDN delivery. Includes 3 users and 1 account. Credits cover transformations, storage, and bandwidth. Low-volume but free. No credit card required.

Pay $149 once vs. $50/mo for Zapier —€” managed n8n automation at 70% off

Managed n8n instance with pre-configured integrations, unlimited workflows, and isolated deployment.

$2K—€“$150K AI startup credits —€” only useful for registered companies with funding

AI cloud platform for ML training and inference. AI Explorer: $2K cloud + $2K inference credits. AI Builder/Scaler: up to $150K (requires VC backing, legal entity, logo exchange). Not available to individuals.

1,000 free transactional emails/month —€” reliable delivery for startups

Transactional email service with 1,000 free emails per month.

Free open-source dependency scanning —€” catch vulnerabilities before they ship

Developer security platform for finding and fixing vulnerabilities in dependencies.

$15 free API credit —€” test SMS, voice, email APIs before committing

Cloud communications platform for SMS, voice, video, email (SendGrid), and authentication APIs.

$10 free Jamba API credits for 3 months —€” test 256K-context models at no cost

Jamba family LLM API (Jamba Large 398B, Jamba Mini 52B, Jamba 3B) all with 256K context window. $10 free credits valid for 3 months. No permanent free tier —€” credit card required after trial.

$30 free GPU credits for model deployment —€” test custom LLM inference on A100s/H100s

GPU model deployment platform. $30 one-time free credits for deploying custom models or using the Model Library. Pay-per-minute GPU billing (T4: $0.63/hr, A100: $4.00/hr, H100: $6.50/hr). Credit card required after credits are exhausted.

$1,000 Coda credit —€” all-in-one docs/spreadsheets/apps platform, use code DEVDEALS

Coda offers $1,000 in credits through devdeals.org. All-in-one doc platform that combines docs, spreadsheets, and apps. Features automations, formulas, and deep integrations. Use code DEVDEALS at signup.

EUR 20 cloud credit —€” high-performance VPS at 60% less than AWS

European cloud provider with affordable VPS, dedicated servers, and storage. —‚¬20 credit for new accounts.

Free serverless hosting with global edge deploys

Serverless hosting platform with global deployment, Docker containers, and free tier.

Separate high-value startup credit program on top of the existing Atlas free tier.

MongoDB Atlas startup credits for managed document database hosting on AWS, GCP, or Azure. Credits apply to paid Atlas tiers and include technical advisor support.

$15 free NLP API credits —€” test various open models with a generous trial (phone verification needed)

NLP API platform offering $15 free credits on signup. Access to various open-source models for text generation, embeddings, and classification. Phone number verification required.

1K-5K free inference credits on NVIDIA hardware —€” test A100/H100 inference for free (phone verification often broken)

Free LLM inference API with 1,000-5,000 inference credits. Access to 160+ models with ~50 free endpoints including Nemotron, Llama, Qwen, and DeepSeek. 40 requests per minute. Self-host available free on up to 16 GPUs. Phone verification required —€” system is frequently reported as broken.

Free open-source backend —€” SQLite, auth, file storage, realtime in one binary

Open-source backend with realtime database, auth, and file storage.

$300-$3,900 Pruna AI compute credits —€” model compression and optimization for efficient AI deployment

Pruna AI offers $300 to $3,900 in compute credits through their Build program. Optimize and deploy AI models with Pruna's compression and acceleration tools. Supports pruning, quantization, distillation, and hardware-aware optimization. Application required, credits depend on project scope.

Free security scanning for bootstrapped startups —€” secrets detection and dependency analysis at zero cost

Developer security toolkit for secrets scanning, dependency analysis, and security posture monitoring. Free for bootstrapped startups. Paid Starter plan at $0.99/month for early-stage funded companies. CLI and CI integration with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket.

EUR 20 cloud credits —€” European cloud at a fraction of Big 3 prices

European cloud provider with VMs, Kubernetes, object storage, and serverless functions.

$10 free Solar API credits for 3 months —€” test Korean AI lab's LLM for free

Solar Pro/Mini LLM API from Upstage (Korean AI lab). $10 free credits valid for 3 months. No permanent free tier.

Free CRM + $1,000 startup credits —€” enterprise sales tools for free

CRM, marketing automation, and sales tools with generous startup program credits.

Pay $49 once vs. $30/mo for Mailchimp —€” email 5K subscribers forever

Email marketing for content creators —€” unlimited emails to 5,000 subscribers with a one-time payment.

6,000 free CI credits/week (Linux) —€” viable for small projects and open-source builds, 4 concurrent jobs, no CC

CircleCI's free tier provides 6,000 credits/week (Linux builds), 1 user, and 4 concurrent jobs. Each credit covers ~1 minute of CI/CD build time. Useful for small personal projects and open-source. No credit card required.

$100 credits + 14-day trial —€” test full APM suite for free

Monitor infrastructure, logs, and applications with 14-day free trial.

Pay $29 once vs. $12/mo for Calendly —€” breaks even in 3 months

Alternative to Calendly with unlimited booking types, calendar integrations, and payment collection.

1 year Vercel Pro free —€” 1TB bandwidth, team features, advanced analytics for startups

Vercel offers 1 year of Pro plan free for qualifying startups through SaaSOffers. Pro plan ($20/user/month) includes team collaboration, 1TB bandwidth/month (vs 100GB free), advanced analytics, serverless functions with 60-second execution, Edge Functions, and preview deployments for every PR.

93% off hosting + free domain —€” cheapest entry point for new projects

Web hosting, domains, VPS, and cloud solutions from a global provider. Deep discounts on hosting plans.

Free Kubernetes cost optimization during beta —€” identify over-provisioned resources and reduce cloud spend

Kubernetes cost optimization and management platform. Free during beta period. Provides real-time cost visibility, resource rightsizing recommendations, and namespace-level cost allocation. Helps teams reduce cloud spend by identifying over-provisioned workloads and unused resources.

Free diagramming with 500 shapes per doc —€” 3 editable documents, real-time collaboration, no CC

Diagramming and visualization tool for flowcharts, org charts, network diagrams, and wireframes. Free plan includes 3 editable documents, 500 shapes per document, real-time collaboration, and basic templates. No credit card required.

Run 100+ LLMs locally for free —€” fully offline, no rate limits, OpenAI-compatible API

Run large language models locally with a simple CLI and API. Supports 100+ models including Llama 3, Mistral, Gemma, Phi, and Qwen. OpenAI-compatible API endpoint. No cloud dependency, no rate limits, fully offline. Mac, Linux, and Windows. MIT licensed.

Pay $59 once vs. $30/mo for Ahrefs —€” AI web and SEO analysis with page speed

AI-powered SEO and web analysis tool with page speed tests, competitor analysis, and keyword tracking.

$5/mo free AI gateway credits —€” unified billing and observability, but many models blocked on free tier

AI gateway with unified billing and observability across providers. $5/month free credits for a restricted subset of models. Many premium models (Gemini 3, Claude Opus, DeepSeek, Grok) are blocked on the free tier. Best for Vercel ecosystem users.

1 month free VocalBridge Developer plan ($49 value) ï—¿—½ 1,000 voice minutes, 5 agents, use code VBHACKMONTH

Voice AI platform for building voice agents with 1,000 voice minutes, 5 agents, and 10 calls/day. 1-month free trial of the Developer plan ($49/mo) using code VBHACKMONTH from the DeepLearning.AI Voice AI Hackathon. Credit card required.

Pay $69 once vs. $15/mo for BrowserStack —€” responsive design testing without subscription

Specialized browser for responsive design and web development with multi-viewport preview and accessibility audit.

Best-in-class product analytics suite for early-stage startups —€” $50K credits make it effectively free while you grow.

Product analytics, session replay, feature flags, surveys, and error tracking in one platform. Early-stage startups can apply for $50,000 in startup credits on top of the generous free tier.

Free cron scheduling —€” replaces costly cloud scheduler services

Free cron job service for scheduling tasks and running scripts.

Free S3-compatible storage —€” self-hosted alternative to AWS S3 at zero cost

Open-source S3-compatible object storage for on-premise and hybrid cloud deployments.

Free secure tunnels —€” expose localhost for testing webhooks without deploying

Expose local servers to the internet securely with free tunnels.

Free open-source monorepo tool —€” enterprise build caching at no cost

Monorepo build system with intelligent code generation, caching, and dependency graph analysis.

1,000 free API calls/month for embeddings and RAG —€” no credit card required

Enterprise LLM API for embedding, RAG, classification, and text generation. Free trial with 1,000 calls/month.

Free open-source Google Analytics alternative —€” privacy-first, no cookie banner needed

Open-source privacy-focused web analytics platform. Self-hosted with a simple JS snippet. No cookie banners required, GDPR-compliant by design. Track page views, events, sessions, and custom metrics. MIT licensed. Also offers hosted cloud option at umami.is.

Free NVIDIA Inception membership —€” unlocks GPU credits and partner discounts for AI startups

NVIDIA Inception program provides free membership with access to GPU credits, discounts, and technical support. Unlocks higher tiers at partner platforms like Nebius and CoreWeave. Includes investor intros, go-to-market support, and access to NVIDIA AI expertise.

6 months free Zendesk Support + Sell —€” ticketing, live chat, AI agents, use code DEVDEALS

Zendesk offers 6 months free of Support Suite and Sell Suite through devdeals.org. Customer service platform with ticketing, live chat, AI agents, and CRM functionality. Includes omnichannel support and automation tools. Use code DEVDEALS at signup.

Free team plan trial —€” all-in-one docs and project management

All-in-one workspace for docs, wikis, databases, and project management with AI features.

20% off workspaces —€” saves $100+/year on project management

All-in-one productivity platform with docs, sprints, goals, and AI-powered project management.

20% off annual plan —€” saves $60+/year on Playwright-based monitoring

Synthetic monitoring for APIs and browser apps. Uptime checks, Playwright-based browser checks, and alerting.

80% off hosting —€” shared plans start at $2/mo for developers on a budget

Budget-friendly hosting with shared, VPS, and cloud plans. Includes free SSL, domain, and 24/7 support.

50% off domains + free WHOIS privacy —€” saves $10+/domain/year

Register domains and get 50% off hosting plans. Free WHOIS privacy included.

25 Business seats for 1 year —€” async video messaging with HD recording, use code SU25DEEL

Loom offers 25 Business seats for 1 year through a special partnership. Async video messaging platform with recording, transcription, comments, and viewer insights. Business tier includes HD video, custom branding, and team analytics. Use code SU25DEEL at signup.

30-day free trial of privacy-first analytics —€” cookie-less, GDPR-compliant, no CC required ($9/mo after)

Plausible offers a 30-day free trial (no credit card required) of their privacy-focused web analytics. After trial, pricing starts at $9/month for 10,000 pageviews. Cookie-less, GDPR-compliant, open-source alternative to Google Analytics.

75% off managed hosting —€” optimized WordPress with top-rated support

Premium web hosting with managed WordPress, WooCommerce, and cloud hosting solutions.