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A curated list of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS offerings that have free tiers useful for DevOps engineers, sysadmins, and infrastructure developers.
A curated list of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS offerings that have free tiers useful for DevOps engineers, sysadmins, and infrastructure developers.Is this a tool or just a list of links?It's purely a curated reference list (an awesome-list style README), not any kind of software to install or run.
It's purely a curated reference list (an awesome-list style README), not any kind of software to install or run.How is the list organized?It's organized into categories like Cloud Providers, CDN, CI/CD, CMS, DNS, Monitoring, Storage, and dozens more, each with entries describing the free tier limits.
It's organized into categories like Cloud Providers, CDN, CI/CD, CMS, DNS, Monitoring, Storage, and dozens more, each with entries describing the free tier limits.Do these are actual free trials or real free tiers?The list only accepts services offering a genuine free tier, not just a time-limited trial; if the tier is time-bucketed, it must last at least a year.
The list only accepts services offering a genuine free tier, not just a time-limited trial; if the tier is time-bucketed, it must last at least a year.Does it include self-hosted software too?No, it's scoped strictly to as-a-Service offerings; self-hosted software is explicitly excluded.
No, it's scoped strictly to as-a-Service offerings; self-hosted software is explicitly excluded.Who curates and maintains this list?It's community-maintained through pull requests, with contributions and reviews from over 1600 people, and entries are pruned if offerings change or get retired.
It's community-maintained through pull requests, with contributions and reviews from over 1600 people, and entries are pruned if offerings change or get retired.Does it consider security when vetting entries?Yes, services that lock TLS behind paid-only plans are rejected on security grounds, even if SSO-gated access is fine.
Yes, services that lock TLS behind paid-only plans are rejected on security grounds, even if SSO-gated access is fine.Where should a beginner start?Jump to the Table of Contents and pick a category relevant to your stack, such as Major Cloud Providers, CI/CD, or Monitoring, each entry links directly to the offer with its free limits.
Jump to the Table of Contents and pick a category relevant to your stack, such as Major Cloud Providers, CI/CD, or Monitoring, each entry links directly to the offer with its free limits.What kind of free limits can I expect?Specific numeric quotas per service, like AWS Lambda's 1 million requests/month or Cloudflare Workers' 100k daily requests, so you can compare providers at a glance.
Specific numeric quotas per service, like AWS Lambda's 1 million requests/month or Cloudflare Workers' 100k daily requests, so you can compare providers at a glance.Is it still updated?Yes, it's actively maintained via community pull requests that add new services and remove ones whose free offerings have changed or been discontinued.
Yes, it's actively maintained via community pull requests that add new services and remove ones whose free offerings have changed or been discontinued.What are similar projects?stack-on-a-budget, awesome-sysadmin, professional-programming, awesome-software-architecture, awesome-actions, awesome-docker, DevOps-Roadmap, awesome-sysadmin
stack-on-a-budget, awesome-sysadmin, professional-programming, awesome-software-architecture, awesome-actions, awesome-docker, DevOps-Roadmap, awesome-sysadminWhich topics is it in?ci-cd, storage, dns, cloud-native, career, ci, monitoring, cloud, devops, html, database, awesome-list
ci-cd, storage, dns, cloud-native, career, ci, monitoring, cloud, devops, html, database, awesome-list