We use about 20 tools to run our SaaS business (excl. dev tools). 12 of these we started using on a free plan and we are still using them today:
These are all good tools that we use more or less daily. We're still on the free plan for some of them, but most of them we are now paying for. For context, we're less than one year old and bootstrapped.
Any other tools with a free plan that you would recommend instead of these? And why?
We really like testing and evaluating tools, but try not to spend a crazy amount of time evaluating which tools to use (I find Farnam Street's decision matrix helpful for framing these types of decisions).
For more details on what we use the tools for and the pricing, here's the full post.
Good list Helena!