FeedPulse is a $0-paid-tier toolkit for indie devs and bootstrapped founders. 13 SEO checkers (DA, DR, SERP, schema, AI audit + more), 18 embeddable widgets (live traffic, flag counter, weather, GitHub stars + more). No signup, no email gate. Wrote about the unit economics behind keeping it free here: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/0-paid-tier-saas-the-unit-economics-actually-work-if-you-replace-arr-with-distribution-7c7df99521 Open to feedback on what's missing.
The part I found interesting isn't the tools.
It's the idea that distribution can substitute for revenue in the economics.
That's a very different claim than "free can work."
I'm curious what convinced you distribution is the asset accumulating here rather than simply the thing being spent.