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Awesome Freestack Awesome

Curated free developer tools, student unlocks, startup-lean / AI / security / PH campus options — with limits, who can claim them, and commercial notes.

Companion site: freestack.kuyacarlo.dev · repo freestack. Offers rotate; re-check vendor pages.

Contents

Databases

  • Neon: Serverless Postgres that scales to zero. Limits: 0.5 GB · 5 GB egress/mo · scale-to-zero after 5m. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Turso: LibSQL at the edge — strong for read-heavy apps. Limits: 5 GB · 500M reads/mo · 100 DBs. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Supabase: Postgres BaaS with auth, storage, and REST out of the box. Limits: 0.5 GB DB · 50k MAU · pauses after 7d idle. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Upstash Redis: Serverless Redis for cache and queues. Limits: 256 MB · 10k commands/day. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Convex: Reactive backend with realtime sync for collaborative UIs. Limits: 0.5 GB · 1M function calls/mo. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Cloudflare D1: SQLite at the edge on Workers. Limits: 5 GB / DB · 5M rows read/day on free Workers. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • MongoDB Atlas M0: Classic document store, free forever shared cluster. Limits: 512 MB shared. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Appwrite Cloud: Auth + DB + Functions in one BaaS. Limits: 2 projects · 2 GB storage. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.

Hosting

  • Cloudflare Workers & Pages: Edge functions + unlimited static hosting. Limits: 100k requests/day · static unlimited. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Koyeb: Managed containers that stay up 24/7 on free micro. Limits: 1 web service · 512 MB · 0.1 vCPU. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Vercel Hobby: Next.js-native deploys. Personal projects only. Limits: 100 GB bandwidth/mo · non-commercial. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. hobby only.
  • Railway: Git-push containers with a small monthly credit. Limits: ~$5 credit/mo then $5 base + usage. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • Render: Web services without a credit card. Sleeps when idle. Limits: 750 hrs/mo · sleep after 15m · free Postgres expires 30d. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Netlify: JAMstack hosting + serverless functions. Limits: 100 GB bandwidth · 300 build min/mo. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. check ToS.
  • Deno Deploy: TypeScript at the edge; pairs with Deno KV. Limits: 1M requests/mo. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Oracle Cloud Always Free: Real VMs forever — if you survive signup. Limits: 2× AMD VMs + 4 ARM OCPUs · 200 GB block. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.

Auth & secrets

  • Clerk: Pre-built auth UI for B2B/B2C. Limits: 50k MRU. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Kinde: Auth with SSO and feature flags. Limits: ~10.5k MAU. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Doppler: Secrets sync to Vercel, Koyeb, Railway. Limits: 5 users free · Team free via GitHub Pack while student. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Hookdeck: Webhook ingest with retries and queues. Limits: 100k events/mo · 3-day retention. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Infisical: Open-source Doppler alternative. Limits: Free cloud tier for secrets sync. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.

Email & forms

  • Resend: Transactional email with React Email DX. Limits: 3k emails/mo · 100/day · 1 domain. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Brevo: Marketing + transactional in one forever-free tier. Limits: 300 emails/day. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Loops: Product/lifecycle email for SaaS onboarding. Limits: 1k contacts free. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Tally / Formspark: Drop-in forms without standing up a backend. Limits: Generous free form caps. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Twilio Trial: SMS/voice for OTP and alerts — trial credit, then meter hard. Limits: Trial credit · numbers can be restricted · PAYG after. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Vonage (Nexmo): SMS/voice alternative when Twilio pricing or coverage is awkward. Limits: Signup credit crumbs · PAYG. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Postmark: Transactional email with serious deliverability — trial then paid. Limits: Free trial / approval · not forever-free. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Twilio SendGrid: Legacy free forever email tier — still useful, watch reputation limits. Limits: Free forever ~100 emails/day class · verify current Free plan. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.

Storage & media

  • Cloudflare R2: S3-compatible object storage with zero egress fees. Limits: 10 GB · 1M Class A · 10M Class B · $0 egress. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Backblaze B2: Cheap archive storage; egress waived via Cloudflare. Limits: 10 GB free. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • UploadThing: File uploads wired for Next.js in minutes. Limits: 2 GB storage. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Cloudinary: On-the-fly image and video transforms. Limits: 25 credits/mo. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.

Jobs & automation

  • Inngest: Durable functions, retries, cron — no Redis babysitting. Limits: ~50k steps/mo. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Trigger.dev: Long-running Node jobs with observability. Limits: Generous free tier. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Upstash QStash: HTTP queue that wakes serverless endpoints. Limits: 500 messages/day. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Pipedream / n8n Cloud: Glue APIs together without writing glue code. Limits: Free workflow caps. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. check ToS.

Observability

  • PostHog: Product analytics, session replay, feature flags. Limits: ~1M events/mo · no CC for free caps. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Sentry: Error tracking with source maps. Boosted via Pack. Limits: ~5k errors/mo public · Pack: ~50k + Team features. Who: student helps. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Axiom: Structured logs that don't melt your laptop. Limits: Generous free ingest (~500 GB/mo class). Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • UptimeRobot: Know when the free PaaS fell asleep. Limits: 50 monitors. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.

Security

  • Cloudflare Turnstile: CAPTCHA alternative — bot checks without the UX tax. Limits: Free widget · generous request caps on free plan. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Better Auth: Open-source auth library — own the sessions, skip Clerk bill until you need hosted UI. Limits: OSS · self-host · your infra cost only. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • SuperTokens: Open-source auth with optional managed cloud — self-host free. Limits: Self-host free · managed free tier then paid. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • WorkOS: Enterprise SSO/SCIM when a B2B customer asks — free until you have orgs paying. Limits: Free up to active-user thresholds · then usage. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Snyk Free: Dependency + container vuln scanning in CI before you ship known CVEs. Limits: Free for open source / limited private tests · check current Free caps. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Socket.dev: Supply-chain alerts for npm/pypi — catch malicious packages early. Limits: Free tier for public / small private · paid for orgs. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Gitleaks: Secret scanning in git history — run in pre-commit and CI. Limits: OSS CLI free · Gitleaks Cloud optional paid. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • TruffleHog: Deep secret hunting across repos and history — verify before you rotate everything. Limits: OSS free · enterprise cloud paid. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Tailscale: Zero-config mesh VPN for homelab, staging, and private admin panels. Limits: Personal free · 3 users / 100 devices class Free plan. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • CrowdSec: Collaborative IDS — block noisy scanners without a WAF invoice. Limits: OSS agent free · Console free tier then paid. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Let's Encrypt: Free TLS certificates — boring, required, still the default. Limits: Rate limits per domain · 90-day certs. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Have I Been Pwned API: Check passwords / emails against breach corpora (k-anonymity range API). Limits: Free Pwned Passwords API · paid for some enterprise feeds. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. check ToS. Verified: 2026-07-24.

Search & data

  • Typesense Cloud: Typo-tolerant search without standing up Elasticsearch. Limits: Free/hobby cluster sizes · or self-host OSS free. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Meilisearch Cloud: Fast product/docs search — generous free docs + cloud starter. Limits: Cloud free tier · self-host OSS unlimited. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Algolia DocSearch: Free search for open-source documentation sites (DocSearch program). Limits: Free for qualifying open-source docs · paid for product search. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. check ToS. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • ClickHouse Cloud: Analytics warehouse without babysitting shards — free tier for experiments. Limits: Development free tier · then usage. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • DuckDB: $0 local warehouse — Parquet/CSV analytics on a laptop before MotherDuck. Limits: OSS · runs in-process · MotherDuck for cloud. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Sequin: Postgres change streams / sync when “just poll the DB” stops scaling. Limits: OSS + cloud free tiers · check current caps. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Parquet + Arrow: Columnar files as your cheap datalake — pair with DuckDB, skip Snowflake early. Limits: Open formats · storage = your disk/R2 bill. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.

AI & models

  • OpenRouter: One API for many models — route cheap for drafts, frontier for hard steps. Limits: Pay-per-token · free-tier models available · set spend caps. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • Groq: Very fast inference — good for chat/tool loops before you need GPT-class quality. Limits: Free quota then PAYG · rate limits apply. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. check ToS.
  • Google AI Studio: Gemini API for prototypes — often the cheapest path to a capable model. Limits: Free quota for experimentation · check commercial ToS. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. check ToS.
  • Cloudflare Workers AI: Edge inference next to your Workers — tiny models, low ops. Limits: Daily free neurons · then usage pricing. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Together AI: Open-weight hosting when you want control without self-hosting GPUs. Limits: PAYG · occasional free credits via promos. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • Fireworks AI: Fast open-model inference for product features that don't need Opus. Limits: PAYG · free trial credits often. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • OpenAI API: Pay only when cheaper models fail — wire hard budget alerts day one. Limits: No forever free · usage billing · project spend limits. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • Anthropic API: Claude for agent/tool use — keep it off the hot path until revenue. Limits: Usage billing · set org spend caps. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • Replicate: Run public models (vision, voice, image) without owning GPUs. Limits: PAYG per second · free trial credit windows. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • Modal: Serverless GPU/CPU jobs — batch embeddings and fine-tunes without a cluster. Limits: Free credits on signup · then usage. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • Langfuse: LLM observability — traces, costs, evals before your bill surprises you. Limits: Generous free cloud · self-host free. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Helicone: Proxy for LLM APIs — caching + spend visibility with one base URL swap. Limits: Free tier with request caps. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Mem0: Managed memory layer for agents so you don't reinvent user context stores. Limits: Free tier for early agents. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Browserbase: Hosted browsers for agent scraping/automation without Playwright ops. Limits: Free trial / starter caps · then usage. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • Ollama: Local LLMs on your machine — true $0 inference for drafts and offline work. Limits: OSS · your GPU/CPU · model licenses vary. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • LM Studio: GUI local models + OpenAI-compatible server — good teammate to Ollama. Limits: Free app · model licenses vary. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. check ToS. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Voyage AI: Strong embeddings API when retrieval quality matters more than chat. Limits: Free tokens on signup · then PAYG. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Together Embeddings: Open-weight embeddings via Together — cheaper RAG than closed APIs. Limits: PAYG · promo credits sometimes. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Vercel AI SDK: Pattern/library for streaming UI — not a free model tier. Bring your own keys. Limits: OSS SDK free · inference cost = your provider. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Continue.dev: Open-source coding assistant in the IDE — point at Ollama or cheap APIs. Limits: OSS · your model backend. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.

Startup lean

  • AWS Activate: Startup cloud credits — apply via accelerator/partner or Activate Founders. Limits: $1k–$100k+ depending on path · expires. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • Google for Startups Cloud: GCP credits for eligible startups — pair with Skills Boost for learning. Limits: Program credits vary · application required. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • Microsoft for Startups: Azure credits + GitHub/OpenAI perks for accepted startups. Limits: Application + eligibility · credit packages vary. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • Stripe Atlas: Incorporate + bank + Stripe in one path — not free, but fewer lawyers early. Limits: One-time fee · not a free tier. Who: anyone. Cost: discount. commercial ok.
  • Clerk (startup path): Auth that ships — stay on free MAU until you have users worth billing. Limits: 50k MRU free · then paid. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • PostHog: Product analytics without a $enterprise contract — free until you scale events. Limits: ~1M events/mo free across products. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Plausible / Umami: Privacy-first analytics when PostHog is overkill for a brochure site. Limits: Umami Cloud free tier · Plausible paid (or self-host). Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Cal.com: Scheduling without Calendly tax — self-host or free cloud seats. Limits: Free cloud plan · self-host unlimited. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Crisp / Chatwoot: Customer chat on a budget — Chatwoot self-host if you want $0. Limits: Crisp free tier · Chatwoot OSS. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Linear: Issue tracking that teams actually use — free for small startups. Limits: Free for small teams · startup programs exist. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Notion (team): Docs + wiki — Free/Plus until you need SAML; don't buy Enterprise early. Limits: Free plan solid · student Plus via Edu. Who: student helps. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Loom / Screen Studio lite paths: Async demos for sales and support without a video team. Limits: Loom free caps · or OBS + R2 for $0 hosting. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. check ToS.
  • Paddle / Lemon Squeezy: Merchant of record — taxes/VAT handled so you can sell globally early. Limits: Fee % of revenue · no monthly until you sell. Who: anyone. Cost: discount. commercial ok.
  • Plain / Freshdesk Lite: Support inbox when Discord DMs stop scaling. Limits: Free tiers / trials · graduate when ticket volume hurts. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Fly.io: Global VMs near users — PAYG after free allowances changed; still lean vs hyperscale. Limits: No classic free tier for new accounts · small bills if sized right. Who: anyone. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • HTMX + Go/Python SSR: Skip SPA tax until product-market fit — fewer JS bundles, cheaper hosting. Limits: Open source · pairs with Cloudflare/Koyeb/Oracle. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Intercom: Support suite — free crumbs exist; paywall hits fast. Prefer Chatwoot early. Limits: Limited free/trial · expensive at seat scale · anti-reco for day-0. Who: anyone. Cost: discount. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.

Student unlocks

  • GitHub Student Developer Pack: One verification unlocks 80+ partner offers + Pro/Copilot/Codespaces. Limits: Re-verify ~2 yrs · partner offers rotate. Who: student required. Cost: student free. check ToS.
  • JetBrains All Products: IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, Rider, CLion — full pack. Limits: Free while student · renew yearly · edu/non-commercial. Who: student required. Cost: student free. edu only.
  • GitHub Copilot Student: AI pair programmer free via GitHub Education. Limits: While verified · offer sometimes pauses. Who: student required. Cost: student free. commercial ok.
  • GitHub Codespaces: Cloud dev environments on your personal account. Limits: ~180 core hours/mo. Who: student required. Cost: student free. commercial ok.
  • Azure for Students: $100 credit/year, no credit card, renewable while enrolled. Limits: $100 / 12 mo · 25+ free services. Who: student required. Cost: credits. edu only.
  • MATLAB Campus-Wide / Online: Full toolbox suite + browser MATLAB if your uni licenses it. Limits: Via university email · 100+ academic toolboxes. Who: student required. Cost: student free. edu only.
  • Notion Education: Plus-class notes; Pack adds extra AI responses. Limits: While student · school email / Pack. Who: student required. Cost: student free. commercial ok.
  • Perplexity Pro Student: Research AI with citations — often 1 year free. Limits: Promo term (typically 1 yr). Who: student required. Cost: student free. commercial ok.
  • Unity Student: Unity Pro Editor for verified students 16+. Limits: SheerID · personal machines. Who: student required. Cost: student free. check ToS.
  • Termius Premium (Pack): SSH synced across laptop and phone. Limits: While in GitHub Pack. Who: student required. Cost: student free. commercial ok.
  • LocalStack (Pack): Full AWS emulator — practice without burning credits. Limits: Full license via Pack. Who: student required. Cost: student free. check ToS.
  • 1Password (Pack): Password manager + Developer Tools for a year. Limits: 1 year free via Pack · export before expiry. Who: student required. Cost: student free. commercial ok.

Design & CAD

  • Figma Education: Professional plan free for higher-ed students. Limits: Yearly reapply · edu-only · K-12 gets Enterprise. Who: student required. Cost: student free. edu only.
  • Figma Starter: Anyone can design with free Starter limits. Limits: Starter plan caps. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Autodesk Education: AutoCAD, Fusion 360, Maya, Revit — renewable yearly. Limits: 1-year renewable · non-commercial. Who: student required. Cost: student free. edu only.
  • Adobe Creative Cloud Student: All Apps cheaper — still a subscription. Limits: ~60% off retail. Who: student required. Cost: discount. check ToS.
  • Godot: Open-source game engine. No student ID needed. Limits: Fully free / open source. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.

Cloud credits

  • DigitalOcean (Pack): Platform credit for droplets and App Platform. Limits: ~$200 windows · check GPU exclusions / expiry. Who: student required. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • Heroku (Pack): Simple PaaS credit for 24 months. Limits: $13/mo × 24 months. Who: student required. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • MongoDB Atlas Credits (Pack): Stacks on top of free M0 forever tier. Limits: $50 credits + free University cert path. Who: student required. Cost: credits. commercial ok.
  • AWS Educate: Learning paths, badges, sandboxed labs. Limits: Lab credits vary by path. Who: student helps. Cost: credits. edu only.
  • Namecheap .me (Pack): Free domain year for a portfolio. Limits: 1 yr .me + SSL · renew paid later. Who: student required. Cost: student free. commercial ok.

Learning

  • Frontend Masters (Pack): Deep frontend and systems courses. Limits: 6 months via Pack. Who: student required. Cost: student free. commercial ok.
  • Educative (Pack): Interactive courses — system design, interviews. Limits: 6 months · 30% off later. Who: student required. Cost: student free. commercial ok.
  • DataCamp (Pack): Data and ML course supplement. Limits: 3 months individual. Who: student required. Cost: student free. commercial ok.
  • Boot.dev (Pack): Backend / DevOps learning path. Limits: 3 months full membership. Who: student required. Cost: student free. commercial ok.

PH & campus

  • uplb.tools: UPLB campus utilities — rooms, gradesim, housing links. Privacy-first. Limits: Free web tools · not an official UP site. Who: student helps. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Room TBA: Find UPLB rooms, schedules, jeepney routes — offline-capable PWA. Limits: Free · open source. Who: student helps. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Elbi GradeSim: AMIS grade overlay for GWA / Latin honors simulation — data stays local. Limits: Browser extension · free. Who: student helps. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Awesome PH EdTech: Curated PH education tech list — K-12, college, offline-first. Limits: Markdown list · CC0. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Awesome PH Student Life: Campus navigation, housing, grades, getting started — PH student ops. Limits: Markdown list · CC0. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • CodeChum: PH auto-grader ubiquitous in college CS — know it even if you don't love it. Limits: Institutional licenses · student access via class. Who: student helps. Cost: discount. check ToS. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • DepEd Commons: National SLMs / modules — useful if you build for K-12 or tutors. Limits: Free content · gov platform. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. check ToS. Verified: 2026-07-24.
  • Abakada: PWA directory of 1000+ free tools for Filipino students/teachers — offline UI. Limits: Free · open source. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok. Verified: 2026-07-24.

Niche gems

  • MotherDuck: DuckDB in the cloud — analytics without a warehouse. Limits: ~10 GB. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Val Town: Serverless JS as shareable vals — cron + HTTP. Limits: Free tier vals. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. check ToS.
  • LiveKit Cloud: WebRTC SFU for voice/video without Coturn ops. Limits: Free A/V minutes. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Tinybird: ClickHouse-backed APIs from event streams. Limits: Free starter tier. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Svix: Outbound webhook delivery (Hookdeck's dual for sending). Limits: ~50k messages/mo. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Dub.co: Link shortener with analytics — no Bitly tax. Limits: Free plan. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Hugging Face Spaces: Prototype ML demos on free CPU Spaces. Limits: Free CPU · limited inference. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Cron-job.org: External cron — ping sleeping Render apps before demos. Limits: Free external cron jobs. Who: anyone. Cost: free forever. commercial ok.
  • Zyte Scrapy Cloud (Pack): One Scrapy Cloud unit forever via Pack. Limits: 1 unit forever · 120d retention. Who: student required. Cost: student free. commercial ok.

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