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Hugging Face

huggingface.co
AI

Hub for open-source machine learning models, datasets, and demo Spaces with hosted inference.

Access & pricing

Free account with unlimited public models/datasets, community GPU-backed Spaces, and a rate-limited Inference API.

  • ai
  • ml
  • llm
  • data-science

Ollama

ollama.com
AI

Run open large language models like Llama, Mistral, and Gemma locally with a single command.

Access & pricing

Completely free and open source; runs entirely on your own hardware with no usage caps.

  • ai
  • llm
  • local
  • open-source

Groq

groq.com
AI

Ultra-low-latency LLM inference served on custom LPU hardware via an OpenAI-compatible API.

Access & pricing

Free developer tier with generous daily token limits across supported open models.

  • ai
  • llm
  • api
  • inference

OpenRouter

openrouter.ai
AI

Unified API gateway that routes requests across hundreds of LLMs from many providers.

Access & pricing

Free access to a rotating set of free models plus credits to trial paid models.

  • ai
  • llm
  • api

Google AI Studio

aistudio.google.com
AI

Browser-based workspace to prototype prompts and build with the Gemini family of models.

Access & pricing

Free prompt prototyping and a free Gemini API tier with per-minute rate limits.

  • ai
  • llm
  • api
  • ml

Vercel

vercel.com
Hosting

Frontend cloud for deploying Next.js and other frameworks with global edge delivery and previews.

Access & pricing

Hobby plan: free personal projects, automatic HTTPS, preview deployments, and 100 GB bandwidth/mo.

  • frontend
  • hosting
  • deployment
  • fullstack

Netlify

www.netlify.com
Hosting

Platform for deploying static sites and serverless functions with CI from Git.

Access & pricing

Free Starter: 100 GB bandwidth/mo, 300 build minutes, deploy previews, and serverless functions.

  • frontend
  • hosting
  • deployment
  • serverless

Cloudflare Pages

pages.cloudflare.com
Hosting

JAMstack hosting on Cloudflare's edge network with tight Workers integration.

Access & pricing

Free unlimited sites and requests, 500 builds/mo, and unlimited bandwidth.

  • frontend
  • hosting
  • deployment
  • edge

Render

render.com
Hosting

Unified cloud for hosting web services, static sites, cron jobs, and managed databases.

Access & pricing

Free static sites and free web services that sleep after inactivity; free Postgres for 30 days.

  • backend
  • hosting
  • deployment
  • fullstack

Railway

railway.com
Hosting

Infrastructure platform to deploy apps, databases, and services from a Git repo with minimal config.

Access & pricing

One-time $5 trial credit to start; the Hobby plan is $5/mo and includes $5 of usage.

  • backend
  • hosting
  • deployment
  • fullstack

Supabase

supabase.com
Databases

Open-source Firebase alternative offering Postgres, auth, storage, edge functions, and realtime.

Access & pricing

Free project: 500 MB Postgres, 1 GB storage, 50k monthly active auth users, and realtime.

  • backend
  • database
  • fullstack
  • auth

Neon

neon.tech
Databases

Serverless Postgres with branching, autoscaling, and scale-to-zero for development workflows.

Access & pricing

Free plan: 0.5 GB storage, autoscaling compute, and database branching for one project.

  • backend
  • database
  • serverless
  • postgres

PlanetScale

planetscale.com
Databases

MySQL-compatible serverless database platform built on Vitess with non-blocking schema changes and online schema migrations.

Access & pricing

No free tier — the free Hobby plan was discontinued in April 2024; paid plans now start at $39/mo. Listed for comparison; see Turso, Neon, or Supabase for free options.

  • backend
  • database
  • serverless
  • mysql

MongoDB Atlas

www.mongodb.com
Databases

Fully managed cloud document database with global clusters and full-text search.

Access & pricing

Free M0 shared cluster with 512 MB storage on AWS, GCP, or Azure.

  • backend
  • database
  • nosql
  • fullstack

Firebase

firebase.google.com
Databases

Google's app development platform with realtime/Firestore databases, auth, hosting, and storage.

Access & pricing

Spark plan: free Firestore reads/writes quota, 1 GB storage, auth, and hosting.

  • backend
  • database
  • nosql
  • auth

Google Analytics

analytics.google.com
Analytics

Web and app analytics platform for tracking traffic, events, and conversions.

Access & pricing

Free for standard use with event-based GA4 reporting and audience insights.

  • analytics
  • frontend
  • marketing
Analytics

Lightweight, privacy-friendly, cookie-free website analytics that is open source.

Access & pricing

Free when self-hosted; 30-day trial on the managed cloud service.

  • analytics
  • privacy
  • open-source

PostHog

posthog.com
Analytics

Open-source product analytics suite with funnels, session replay, and feature flags.

Access & pricing

Generous free tier: 1M events, 5k recordings, and feature flags each month.

  • analytics
  • product
  • open-source
  • fullstack

Umami

umami.is
Analytics

Simple, fast, privacy-focused open-source analytics you can self-host in minutes.

Access & pricing

Free and open source when self-hosted; free hosted tier with 100k events/mo.

  • analytics
  • privacy
  • open-source

Clerk

clerk.com
Auth

Drop-in authentication and user management with prebuilt UI components for modern apps.

Access & pricing

Free up to 10,000 monthly active users with prebuilt components and social logins.

  • auth
  • frontend
  • fullstack
  • security

Auth0

auth0.com
Auth

Identity platform providing authentication, authorization, and single sign-on as a service.

Access & pricing

Free up to 25,000 monthly active users with social and passwordless login.

  • auth
  • security
  • backend
  • fullstack

Supabase Auth

supabase.com
Auth

Postgres-native authentication with row-level security, OAuth providers, and magic links.

Access & pricing

Included in the Supabase free tier with 50,000 monthly active users.

  • auth
  • backend
  • fullstack
  • security

Firebase Authentication

firebase.google.com
Auth

Managed authentication backend supporting email, phone, and federated identity providers.

Access & pricing

Free for most providers; phone auth includes a limited free monthly verification quota.

  • auth
  • mobile
  • fullstack
  • security

Cloudinary

cloudinary.com
Storage

Media platform for uploading, transforming, optimizing, and delivering images and video.

Access & pricing

Free plan with 25 monthly credits covering storage, transformations, and bandwidth.

  • storage
  • media
  • frontend
  • cdn