Tools, Services, and Products

Tools, Services, and Products that we used, plan to use, or are backup alternatives (nor sorted in any particular order).

Warning: This needs a lot more information, and reviews. Right now, I’m just dropping them here as I find them. – Brajeshwar

• Analytics
  • Amplitude
  • Counter (Open Source, DonateWare)
  • DataDog
  • Fathom
  • GoAccess
  • Intercom (Communication, Lead Gen)
  • Mixpanel (I have a lifetime free account)
  • Plausible Open Source
  • PostHog Open Source Analytics
  • RudderStack Open Source Segment
  • Segment
  • Shynet Free and Open Source, Self Hosted
  • SigNoz Open Source alternative to DataDog
  • Umani, Source
• Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML)
  • Deep AI
  • Explosion builds developer tools for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Data Annotation.
  • OpenAI
  • Plotly
  • Replicate Version control for machine learning
  • StreamLit
• Data, Big Data
  • MetaPlane
  • DataFrame
  • MetaFrame
  • ClimaCell
  • Google Data Search
  • Our World in Data
• Satellite Data
  • Planet
  • Sentinel Hub
  • UP42
• Design
  • Color
    • Color Designer
    • Color Scheme Generator
    • Color x Color (Source)
    • Colormind is a color scheme generator that uses deep learning.
    • Coolors The super fast color schemes generator!
    • Nippon Colors
    • Nord An arctic, north-bluish color palette.
  • Icons
    • Icon Duck free open source icons
    • Nucleo (paid) is a beautiful library of 30,000+ icons, and a powerful application to collect, customize and export all your icons.
    • macOS Icons
    • OpenMoji
    • SVG Repo
  • Illustrations
    • Vektors
    • Free Illustrations
    • Handz
    • Humaaans
    • Illlustrations
    • Illustratious
    • Isometric
    • Open Doodles
    • PixelTrue
    • unDraw
  • ClipArt
    • Open ClipArt
    • ArtVee
• Support & Customer Care
  • Intercom
  • Crisp
  • ZenDesk
• Automation, (almost) No-Code
  • Zapier
  • Integromat
  • n8n
  • ActionFlow
  • D2C easy deployment of app to containers.
  • AppGyver no-code platform, to build apps for all form factors, including mobile, desktop, browser, TV and others.
  • Canva
  • WebFlow
  • Retool
  • MemberStack
• Marketing
  • Amplifr
  • AutoPilot
  • Drip
  • Hubspot
  • MailBuster works with AWS SES *
  • MailChimp
  • Marketing Examples
  • Marketing-for-Engineers
  • mjml responsive email framework
  • mPonics
  • Postable
  • Send with SES
  • SendInBlue
  • Sendy - Self Hosted
  • BuzzSumo
• Press / PR
  • Get Tech Press
  • Places To Post Your Startup
  • PostBag
  • Startup Ranking
• Remote
  • Embracing asynchronous communication - article from Gitlab.
• Location / Geo
  • Pelias is a modular open-source geocoder using Elasticsearch. (Source)
  • AWS Location
• Administration / Operations
  • Earth Class Mail Virtual Mail Service
  • PostScanMail
• Search
  • Stork
  • Algolia
• Decision
  • Satchel - Make more informed decisions about SaaS
  • BizPlan
• Incubators & Accelerators
  • Accelerators
  • The 50 Best Startup Accelerators in the World
  • Y Combinator
  • Network Catalyst
  • BoostVC - Invest $500k in Sci-Fi Founders for 15% equity.
  • NextVentures
  • Sequoia Surge
  • TechStar
  • XX
• Banking & Finances
  • Brex
  • Kite (India)
• Tools / Product
  • WRKSHP
  • Xtensio Apply for Startup Pricing
  • Design a Better Business
  • Product Board
  • Viable Fit follow the SuperHuman Product Market Fit Style
• Audio / Video
  • Loom
  • Screen
• Dashboard
  • OneMetric
  • GeckoBoard
  • ChartMogul
• Communication / Collaboration
  • Slack
  • Zulip Threated Chat, Open Source.
• Meetings
  • Zoom
  • Calendly
• HR & Healthcare
  • Gusto
  • PaPayGlobal
  • Plum
  • Qandle
• Accounting / Book Keeping
  • Pilot
• Incorporation
  • StartupPack
  • Stripe Atlas
  • Clerky
• Leadership / Management / Team
  • Know your Team
  • Fellow
  • Manager’s Playbook
• Team Wiki / Knowledge Base
  • Wiki.js
  • Outline - Open Source
  • Nuclino
  • Coda
• Design and Development
  • FeaturePeek
  • Shieldfy for Code Review and Debugging
  • UIDesignDaily
  • Mutiny
  • Linear
  • Figma
  • Abstract
  • ZeroHeight
  • Prettier
  • Pull Request Code Review as a Service (On Deck Perk)
• Services &
  • OpenID Connect Credential Provider
  • Authelia Open Source Single Sign-On and 2 Factor.
  • FastAPI
  • SuperTokens
  • xKit
  • Canonic A low code platform to craft APIs
  • KeyCloak - Open Source Identity and Access Management
  • Auth0
  • Paragon
  • Azure Director
  • Okta
  • Google Identity
  • Decentro
  • KSense
  • Apple
  • Facebook
  • Strapi
  • ForestAdmin
  • MetaMate
  • WorkOS
  • Forex & Crypto
• DevOps
  • CloudCraft
  • Pulumi
  • LayerCI
  • HealthChecks - Cron Job Monitoring
• Virtual Machines
  • Vagon
  • WorkStream
• Documentation
  • Read the Docs
  • Docsify
  • Docusaurus
• Legal
  • Lexion
  • Clerky generate legal documents for fund raising (SAFE) and hiring contractors.
  • CapTable by LTSE
• Phone, telephony, VOIP
  • Asterisk open source framework for building communications applications
  • Community Phone
  • Phone
  • VOIP.ms
  • Ting
  • FreePBX
  • Clearly Anywhere
• WordPress
  • Hosting
    • Closte
    • CloudWays
    • Strattic WordPress to Static Site
  • Plugins
    • All-in-One WP Migration
    • UpdraftPlus
• Security, Alerts & Notifications
  • Abnormal Security
  • Spike
  • BitWarden
  • GitGuardian
• Writing
  • CoSchedule
  • Ghost Blog Writers
  • My Blog Squad
  • Scripted
  • TextBroker
  • Verblio
• Form, Surveys
  • Paperform (I have a lifetime Pro account.)
• Comment System
  • Cactus federated comment system, based on the Matrix protocol.
  • RemarkBox Free
• ECommerce
  • Podia - sell online courses, webinars, downloads, and memberships
• Finance and Money
  • Capital One Spark for checking account
  • Bonvoy Business Amex Card — You can earn Marriott Bonvoy points for luxury hotels and flights. It’s the best credit card points for traveling.
  • Is it Worth the Cost
• Community & Support
  • Element
  • Talkyard
  • Commsor
  • BirdSeed (I have a lifetime Pro account.)
  • Papercups
  • Forem open source software for building communities
• Virtual Assistants
  • Magic
  • Double
  • Fancy Hands
  • Wing
  • Persona (founder in ODF)
• Others
  • Verkada for physical location security
  • ZoneMinder A full-featured, open source, state-of-the-art video surveillance software system.
  • Home Assistant
  • Tight Home Contro
  • Twillio
  • Seam API for controlling homes and buildings.
  • Tasmota Open source firmware for ESP8266 devices
  • FastoCloud
• Device Management
  • FleetSmith

References

• Free for Developers have collected an exhaustive list of services that has free tiers (view source).
• Open Source Alternatives to B2B Tools