I was tired of overpaying for SaaS tools as a founder so I built the solution
A year ago I was building my startup and every tool had a price tag. AWS, Notion, Figma, HubSpot... the costs pile up fast when you're pre-revenue and every dollar counts.
I knew free credits and discounts existed — but finding them was a full-time job. Scattered across the internet, buried behind confusing applications, hard to track.
So I built SaaSOffers.tech . One platform where any founder can unlock $500,000+ in SaaS credits across 500+ tools in minutes, not hours.
Today, 2,000+ founders are using it. Some saved $5,000 on AWS in a week. Others got their entire MVP stack for free.
It's free to start. No credit card needed.
If you're building a startup right now what's your biggest SaaS expense? Drop it in the comments, I might have a deal for you. 👇
Same pattern here :) Your story is inspiring.
Love the problem — SaaS costs definitely hit hard early on, and what you’ve built makes a lot of sense for founders trying to stretch runway.
At the same time, I’m also exploring a different angle around how early-stage founders actually spend their limited budget. We’re building something where you can turn a simple idea into a $19 entry into a real competition — winner gets a Tokyo trip (flights + hotel booked, minimum $500 guaranteed). Round just opened, so odds are best right now: tokyolore.com
That insight about the paid tier solving a different problem is something more founders need to hear. People assume premium = more of the free thing, but what actually converts is when you layer on a different kind of value entirely.
I'm building aisa.to (AI skills assessment) and we ran into the same pattern early on. The assessment itself could have been the free/paid split, but what employers actually wanted to pay for was the structured evidence and comparison data around the assessment, not the assessment alone.
Also, 10k signups from Reddit alone with zero budget is genuinely impressive. What was your approach there? Were you posting deals directly to relevant subreddits or doing something more community-driven?
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This is a solid idea especially solving the discovery problem. Curious, have you tested how your landing page performs in converting first-time visitors? With that many users, even small tweaks could make a big difference.
Thanks, appreciate it. I have not run proper A/B tests yet, most of the optimization so far has come from session replays and reading founder DMs. If anything stood out to you as unclear or weak when you looked at it I would genuinely love to hear it
One more thing I noticed is that the headline doesn’t immediately communicate the outcome founders get so people might not instantly understand the value. Have you tested different variations of that?
That makes sense session replays are a great start. One thing that stood out when I checked your page is how the value isn’t immediately clear above the fold, especially for first-time visitors. That alone can affect how many people stick around or sign up.
Nice idea — solving a real pain for early founders 👍
Curious how you keep the offers updated and legit over time?
Keeping the list clean is where I spend most of my time, every offer gets verified manually before going live and I use AI to monitor for broken links and changes in vendor terms between audits.
This is a real pain point — SaaS costs add up fast when you're solo. I'm building Focus Today right now and trying to keep my own stack as lean as possible. What's been the most expensive tool you've replaced so far?
Keeping the stack lean early on is smart. One thing I’ve noticed with early products is that sometimes the website ends up doing too much or not converting enough, which makes every tool feel more expensive than it should.
I've done somewhat the same thing
That's an inspirint story. Where do I sign up?
https://saasoffers.tech/
Thank you for this! I’ve been manually hunting for deals for my MVP and it’s such a time-sink. Great to have it all in one verified place.
Really like the idea. Good luck!
Thank you!
I like the idea. I ended up paying for tools as soon as I decided to try building a small business and I still haven't actually made any revenue. I have, therefore, bookmarked your site now, thanks
That's exactly why I built this nobody should be paying full price before they've even made their first dollar. Bookmark it and come back whenever you need a tool . Good luck with your build! 🚀
Your story is amazing!
These seems to be genuinely basic business approach - solving a specific problem. May I ask you, how do you identify which particular offers and features you offer to users? Do you conduct some sort of marketing analysis across your user pool? How did you do it in the beginning. Did you start by solving your own problem (seems like that) and then offered solution to others, trying to find others who needed that very specific solutions? It seems to me that niching down to smaller segment of very devoted users is the way to go for new founders these days. Again - this is called differentiation. From MBA strategy class I remember there are just two ways to enter the market - either by competing on cost (undercutting) or by differentiation (distinct features of the product or service which no other competitor offers).
That’s a solid breakdown especially the point about differentiation. I’ve noticed a lot of founders focus on features but miss how their website actually communicates that differentiation clearly to users.
Great question and yes, I started by solving my own problem.
I was building projects for years and constantly paying full price for tools I later discovered had free startup programs. AWS, HubSpot, Notion they all had deals I didn't know about. So I built a place to find them all.
For identifying offers I started manually. Researching every tool I personally used or wanted to use, checking if they had a startup program, and adding it. Then users started suggesting tools they needed. That organic feedback loop shaped the catalog.
You're right about differentiation. I'm not competing on price with the tools themselves I'm competing on curation and access. The deals exist publicly but finding them is the problem.
We solve the discovery and verification problem.The niche is very specific early stage founders who are resource constrained. That's intentional. A bootstrapped founder saving $10,000 on tools in year one is a completely different user than an enterprise buyer. Serving that specific person well is the strategy.
Thank you. But each provider which offers help to startups is offering with the view startup will be focusing on provider's service, correct? Like AWS will be offering help to startups which either use AWS, or promote use of AWS. From marketing point of view. How do you manage multitude of those self-serving offers, so to speak? They all serve their own interests, of course. Promoting own platforms, own services. Or it doe snot matter in your business model?
Currently my biggest expense is anthropic token usage.. You have a deal for that ?
Super cool platform btw. Bookmarked!
Yes actually! We have an Anthropic API credits deal on the
platform search Anthropic And thank you for the kind words glad you
bookmarked it! Let me know if there's any tool you need that we don't have yet.
For AWS Activate the approval process is actually straightforward if you meet the basics:
- You need to be an early-stage startup
- Not previously received AWS Activate credits
- Have a working product or prototype
This is genuinely useful — I'm building a content site and the
SaaS costs add up fast even at early stage. Cloudflare,
Mailchimp, analytics tools... it compounds quickly before
you have any revenue. Adding this to my stack now.
Good news we have deals for almost everything you just mentioned: - Cloudflare — free plan + startup perks - Mailchimp — $500 in credits - Analytics — Mixpanel ($50,000 credits), Amplitude ($1,000 credits), both free for startups For a content site you'll also want to check: - Vercel — 1 year free Pro - Brevo — 6 months free for email All on the platform.
I liked this most - you took a disconnected problem and made a simple, unified value proposition. ~
Instead of chasing one tool or discount, you consolidated everything - the value is apparent immediately.
Biggest expense was honestly time, not money. I spent more hours researching free tiers and credit programs than actually building.
Ended up going with a full free-tier stack - Supabase (auth + DB), Brevo (email), Hetzner VPS at 5€/month, and Stripe. Total infra cost under 10€/month for a live product with payments.
The real hidden cost nobody talks about: the tools you pay for "just in case" and barely use. I was paying for 3 tools I touched maybe once a month before I cut them all.
Does SaaSOffers cover European/EU-specific tools too, or is it mostly US-focused?
Yes we cover EU tools. We actually have Scaleway (€25,000 in credits) which is a strong Hetzner alternative for when you scale, plus Brevo which you're already using.We're actively adding more EU-focused tools if there are specific ones you'd love to see on the platform just reply here or drop a message on the site. We add based on what founders actually need.
kk thanks !
Founder pain point #1: Burn rate. This is exactly what the community needs. I'm currently wrestling with scaling infra for a video generation product, and every dollar saved on the stack means more runway for experiments. Signing up to see how much of my MVP stack I can trim down. Appreciate the resource!
Runway is everything at the MVP stage every dollar saved is another week to find what works. Video generation infra is expensive you'll want to check these on the platform:
- Google Cloud — up to $100,000 in credits (GPU instances included)
- AWS Activate — $5,000 in credits
- Scaleway — €25,000 in credits with GPU instances
- MongoDB — $500 in Atlas credits for your DB
These three alone could cover months of infra costs while you're scaling experiments.Sign up free and filter by Cloud & Infrastructure everything you need is there.
would love to see what you're building.
Nice resource - just claimed the Clerk deal. Already using Clerk on my SaaS Mrrx so the $1,000 credit is a no-brainer. Thanks for putting this together.
Good luck with Mrrx and let me know if there's a deal you need that we don't have yet.
Appreciate it! Actually — would you be open to listing MRRX as a deal? We're offering a free 30-day pilot for SaaS founders, no credit card required. It's a cancellation interception platform for Stripe-based SaaS.
Thanks for reaching out, MRRX sounds like a strong fit for the audience since. You can contact me https://saasoffers.tech/contact
Hi There
I am planning to build a Job Tracking SaaS application. I am planning to build a startup of my own after that . I would appreciate any healthy feedback and suggestions
Welcome to the journey building something you understand the problem of is always the right starting point. A few honest thoughts on Job Tracking SaaS: The market is competitive but there's always room for a focused solution. The key is picking a very specific niche job tracking for developers, for remote workers, for a specific industry rather than building for everyone.
This is actually super relatable… I wasted a lot of time hunting random credits when starting out too. Having everything in one place would’ve saved me hours 🙌
That's the problem SaaSOffers solves. Everything verified, updated weekly, in one place.
This is a really strong and practical idea especially for early-stage founders trying to keep costs down. Love how clearly you’ve packaged something that’s usually scattered and time-consuming.
One small thought, with such a large amount of credits and tools, it might help to make the value feel more immediate upfront (like what someone could unlock quickly), just so new users can grasp it instantly without feeling overwhelmed.
Really solid build! I can see this being super useful for a lot of founders
Thank you, honestly that is the feedback I have been wrestling with most. The $500k number is great for a headline but the moment someone lands they see too many options and bounce. I have been testing a version that leads with 3 or 4 specific wins up top, things like $5k in AWS credits in your first week or $1,500 off Deel on your first hire, and lets the full list breathe below that.
You’re welcome:)
Yeah, that direction makes a lot of sense.
The shift from total value to specific, immediate wins usually changes how people process the offer almost instantly. It goes from “this is a lot” to “this is something I can actually use right now.”
One thing I’ve seen in similar cases is that it’s not just about highlighting those wins, but also how quickly someone can act on them once they see them.
If the path from “that’s useful” to actually claiming or using one of those offers is really tight, it reinforces the value immediately and reduces that initial hesitation.
I’ve seen this come up quite a bit with bundled tools like this, once the first benefit is both clear and easy to access, the rest of the offering starts to feel lighter instead of overwhelming.
If you’re testing different versions, I’d be happy to take a closer look and map out where that first “usable win” can land faster.
very nice and informative
Biggest one for me is HubSpot. Went from “free is fine” to staring at a Starter quote that felt absurd for a solo founder with like 200 contacts. Every “startup deal” I find for it seems to require already being in an accelerator, which kinda defeats the point.
Curious — are your AWS credits the standard Activate ones, or on top?
The HubSpot pricing jump is brutal — I've seen so many early founders get surprised by that exact moment. It's one of those tools where you almost need it, but the free tier is deliberately limited to push you toward paid. Appreciate the breakdown; this kind of aggregated visibility is genuinely useful when you're bootstrapped.
What a great story here! 👌
This is real talk. The subscription stack creeps up fast before you're even making money. I've been cutting costs by building more of my own infrastructure instead of renting it, but for tools you can't replace yourself this kind of resource is exactly what's needed. Bookmarking this.
I have watched founders burn their first MRR on subscriptions they did not really need. Curious what you have been self-hosting versus renting. Thanks for the bookmark.
nice!
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