In the dynamic and competitive landscape of app development, startups and developers often find themselves navigating tight budgets and limited resources. Building a successful app requires a blend of creativity, dedication, and, most importantly, the right tools. In the early stages of my startup journey, I quickly realized the immense value of leveraging free resources to kickstart app development without breaking the bank.
Server costs, software licenses, and development tools can quickly add up, potentially hindering the progress of a promising project. However, in today's tech-driven era, a wealth of free resources is available, offering developers a lifeline to overcome financial barriers and transform their ideas into reality.
So, today I will share some free resources that developers can utilize in their projects. The tools are divided into multiple categories like API, Cloud, BugTracking etc.
Go ahead and explore the free resources and it might give some ideas.
Some of my favorites:
1- Upstash
Serverless redis, no need to spin up your own instance. Free 10k Requests per day.
2- fly.io
Fly is a platform for applications that must run globally. It runs your code close to users and scales compute in cities where your app is busiest. Write your code, package it into a Docker image, deploy it to Fly's platform, and let that do all the work to keep your app snappy. Free allowances include up to 3 shared-CPU-1x 256mb VMs, 3GB persistent volume storage (total), and 160GB outbound data transfer.
3- IPinfo
Fast, accurate, and free (up to 50k/month) IP address data API.
4- Zoho
Started as an e-mail provider but now provides a suite of services, some of which have free plans. I use their email services for all my startups. Free upto 5 users.
5- ConfigCat
ConfigCat is a developer-centric feature flag service with unlimited team size, excellent support, and a reasonable price tag. Free plan up to 10 flags, two environments, 1 product, and 5 Million requests per month.
6- PostHog
Full Product Analytics suite free for up to 1m tracked events per month.
There are hundreds of these tools for you to use. Go check it out.
My name is Zain and I am building devtree where developers can get hired without any job search.
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