Tool Freebie

PocketBase is a free, open-source backend in a single Go binary: SQLite, auth, storage & realtime. Self-host it for $0/month. Full 2026 setup guide.

Upstash is serverless Redis built for the world traditional Redis breaks in: serverless functions and the edge, where a persistent TCP connection means…

SambaNova Cloud is the free fast-inference API for people who need big models to move quickly. Where Groq and Cerebras win on small-model speed, SambaNova runs…

We measured Zhipu GLM 4 Flash at 20 tok/s, the slowest free AI API we tested. Here is where it still makes sense: Chinese text, no credit card, Claude Code backend.

Appwrite is the open-source Firebase alternative: auth, database, storage, functions and realtime in one platform. 75K free MAU on Cloud, or self-host free.

Coolify is a free, open-source self-hosted PaaS: a one-command Apache 2.0 Heroku alternative for any VPS with push-to-deploy, auto-SSL & 280+ services.

Open WebUI is the free, self-hosted ChatGPT UI for Ollama and any OpenAI-compatible API. Install in 5 minutes; add RAG, web search and multi-user.

Modal gives you serverless Nvidia GPUs in pure Python, billed by the second, with $30 in free compute credits every month. See what that actually buys.

LiteLLM is a free, open-source gateway to call OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and 100+ LLMs through one API. SDK, self-hosted proxy, fallbacks, budgets.

Firecrawl turns any URL into clean, LLM-ready Markdown or JSON via one API. Free tier: 1,000 credits/month, no card. Scrape, crawl, map & extract.