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Trello Free
1 Power-Up, 10MB max, 10 team boards
A configurable kanban-style board
Azure Boards Free
Up to 5 Developers, unlimited Stakeholders
A scrum / kanban board that comes as part of Azure Devops
Onenote Free
Up to 5 GB
Microsoft's notekeeping app, part of Office
Evernote Free
Unlimited notes, no team features
Notekeeping app with organization features
Github Project Boards Free
No Limits
Kanban-style cross-repo board hosted by Github and included with every Github repo
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Slack Free
10k Message history, 10 apps, no group calls
An extremely popular IM platform with a large collection of bots and apps that help customize your chat to your workflow
Microsoft Teams Free
300 Users, 2GB storage / user, no 2FA
Microsoft's IM offering with tight Office integration and a growing app marketplace
Discord Free
8MB File Upload, 720p screen share
An IM option aimed at gamers, Discord offers excellent channel organization options with no limits to voice channels, screen sharing, or message history. Development / Work focused apps are lacking but are slowly being added
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Azure Repos Free
Unlimited public and private repos, up to 5 developers
A Git repo that comes as part of Azure Devops
Github Free
Unlimited public and private repos, up to 3 developers
The definitive place for open source, comes with integrated issue tracking and basic project management
Bitbucket Free
Unlimited private repos, up to 5 developers
A Git repo that is part of the Atlassian suite
Gitlab Free
Unlimited private repos and developers, no merge approvals
A private Git repo that comes with integrated issue tracking and chatops
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Xamarin Open source C# framework for apps that compiles to native Android, iOS, Mac, and UWP with maximal codesharing
Blazor Open source C# framework for websites that compiles to webassembly
Bootstrap Open source mobile-first web UI framework
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Auth0 Free
7000 active users, 2 social providers
Wraps OAuth options into one management layer for easy integration. Supports most social and enterprise OAuth providers, manages username-password logins for you, and allows customization with serverless rules
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Azure Table Storage $0.045 / GB / Month, $0.00036 per 10,000 transactions
No limits
A Key-Value database that scales automatically and stores your data globally
Azure Blob Storage $0.0184 / GB / Month, various read / write prices
Prices increase after 50 TB / month
A No-SQL database that scales automatically and stores your data globally. Has various automatic-archive options. Cheaper to store in, more expensive to read / write.
Azure Serverless SQL $0.2609 / core / hr
4 cores, 12GB RAM
A fully-featured SQL database that auto-scales in response to demand and only charges you for your use
mLab Free
0.5GB storage
A sandbox instance of MongoDB hosted and supported by MongoDB Inc
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Sendgrid Free
100 / day
Transactional email API with good library support and a matching Marketing email offering
Mailgun Free
10k emails / month, 100 email address validation / month
Transactional email API with an email validation sister API
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Fiverr $5 and up / design
No Limits
An online marketplace of freelancers providing various services such as graphical and ux design. Most freelancers offer a $5 tier, hence the name "Fiverr"
Figma Free
2 members, 3 projects, 30 days version history
A browser-based UX tool with easy collaboration and code-exporting for styles
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Github Wikis Free
No Limits
Markdown wiki hosted by Github and included with every Github repo
Read the Docs Free
Open Source projects only, no private documentation, ad supported
Automatic CI/CD for documentation hosted for free by Read the Docs
GitBook Free
2 Users, 1 Public space, 1 Private space
Git-enabled documentation editor that makes it easy for non-developers to contribute
Azure Functions OpenAPI / Swagger Free except Azure Functions pricing
No Limits
Serverless hosting of API endpoint documentation using the popular OpenAPI / Swagger format
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Azure Application Insights Free
5GB storage / month, 90 days retention
An end-to-end sampled view of user interactions that can be installed in one-click for most Azure resources
Azure Metrics Free
150 MB / month
Helps capture the exact number of times a certain thing occured in your app / API
Papertrail Free
50MB / month, 7 days retention
Solarwinds provided aggregated tail logs with automatic filters for non-structured logs
Loggly Free
200MB / day, 7 days retention, no alerts
Solarwinds provided aggregated structured logs with filters
Logz Free
3GB / day, 3 days retention, 50 users, no alerts
A hosted ELK stack with Grafana with filters for structured logs
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Azure Pipelines Free
1 Hosted agent (1800 build minutes / month), 1 Self-Hosted agent
A CI / CD chain that comes as part of Azure Devops
Bitbucket Pipelines Free
50 build minutes / month
Docker-based CI / CD by Atlassian
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Azure Search Free
50 MB, 3 indexes
AI-Powered search index that integrates easily with SQL and Azure Table Stoarge
Azure Playfab Free
No professional features Multiplayer game services in a box, incuding profiles, commerce, and leaderboards
Microsoft Flow Free
No Limits
A code-free logic flow creator that connects to popular sources so that you can create flows such as "send me an email when a new mailchimp member signs up for my site"
Moosetracks Free
1k requests / month
API debugger by Iron Moose Development that collects API calls from your app / service for easy visualization and built-in issue analysis
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Digital Ocean $5 / month
1GB RAM, 25GB SSD
Developer-focused VM provider with easy DNS setup and one-click-deploy options
Azure Linux VMs $0.0075 / hr
1GB RAM
Azure VM that can temporarily burst to handle higher loads
Azure Windows VMs $0.008 / hr
1GB RAM
Azure VM that can temporarily burst to handle higher loads
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Azure App Service (Free) Free
1GB RAM, 1GB Storage, 60 minutes / day
Host your site / service straight out of Visual Studio for free on shared infrastructure
Azure App Service (Shared) $0.013 / hr
1GB RAM, 1GB Storage, 240 minutes / day
Host your site / service straight out of Visual Studio for cheap on shared infrastructure
Azure App Service (Basic) $0.075 / hr
1.75GB RAM, 10GB Storage
Host your site / service straight out of Visual Studio on a scalable infrastructure
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Azure Functions Free
1 million executions, 400,000 GB-s
Azure hosted functions that spin up on the fly based on http / timer / queue messages
Iron Functions Free, Self-Hosted
None
A Docker image that manages running FaaS on your own infrastructure. Supports directly importing AWS Lambdas
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Netlify Free
1 User, 1 Concurrent Build
A popular globablly-distributed static site host that has built-in CI / CD
Github Pages Free
1 per Account / Org, 1 per Project, Non-Commercial
A Github hosted static site solution - just push and host. Great for project readmes
Azure Storage Static Site Free except Azure Storage Pricing
No Limits
Blob stored Azure distributed static site hosting
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Freshstatus Free
Up to 250 subscribers, no scheduled reports
Status page provided as an offering from the Freshworks suite
Cachet Self-Host
No Limits
Open source Status page with multi-language and planned downtime features
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Sendgrid Free
2k contacts, 6k emails / month, 1 user
Marketing email platform with email designer and analytics, with a matching Transactional email offering
Mailchimp Free
7 channels, basic templates, 2k contacts
Marketing email platform with easy email designer, 1 click automations, and landing page creator
Ghost Self Host
No Limits
A popular open source publishing platform for blogs and journals
Landbot Free
100 chats / month, 30 logic blocks, basic integrations
A chatbot bot driven landing page that directs users through to what they want to know
GitPitch Free
Public repos only, no exporting
A git-enabled markdown-powered presentation tool
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Waveapps Free for accounting / invoicing / receipts, $20 / month + $4 / person for payroll
No Limits
Invoicing software with a payroll option for both employees and contractors
Invoicing and Subscriptions
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Invoicely Free
1 User, PayPal only, no Recurring
Estimate and Invoicing tool designed for the web, hosted by ApiLayer
Chargebee Free
First USD $50k revenue
Subscriptions-as-a-service offering that allows users to manage their credit cards and subscriptions in a hosted page. Has coupon and free-trial features built-in.
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Purechat Free
Unlimited chat, 3 Users, 1 website
Livechat support chatbot that falls back to email if no one is online to answer a question
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Termly Free
1 Policy
Automatic generator and hoster of Terms of Conditions and Privacy Policy documents
Cookie Consent Free
No Limits
Open source Cookie Consent banners provided by Osano
Eversign Free
5 documents / month, 1 user
Legally-binding eSignature platform with Google Drive template importing features hosted by ApiLayer