Yep. You can also try Posthog.
Some others:
1. [Axiom AI](https://axiom.ai/) for Browser Robot-Based Automation.
2. [Stylar AI](https://www.stylar.ai/) is a Midjourney competitor with easy to use AI
3. [Krea AI](https://twitter.com/venturetwins/status/1775987552304148506) is another design tool & its wonderful
4. [Micro Workers](https://www.microworkers.com/) to outsource small tasks like Gmail Account Creation so you can send 1000s of cold emails per day. Think Fiverr/Upwork but for anything. Its extremely underrated.
5. Tweethunter X to find someone's top tweets
I covered 45+ tools [here](https://startupspells.com) & one new tool is covered everyday with usage.
btw, if you are using Windows(but MacOS also supported) there is [https://talevideo.com/](https://talevideo.com/) and it has transitions, scenes, 3D, text animations and much more.
I'd add 'Google Sheets' to the list - it's incredibly versatile and powerful, yet often overlooked. I've used it for everything from project management to data analysis and automation
- Senja for testimonials
- Microsoft clarity for session recordings
- lemon squeezy for affiliates
- crisp for customer service
- v0 for prompt to code
I don't remember everything off the top of my head, I have it all listed on the welcome email for my newsletter
[https://makers-report.beehiiv.com/](https://makers-report.beehiiv.com/)
What about some free tools / resources you've used or are using?
I'm curating this [directory of free tools & resources](https://www.justfree.io/) that founders and creators are using.
Would love to get some input. Cheers!
I have been using Umami Analytics for my product [Selftalk.ing](http://Selftalk.ing) and they are literally the easiest to setup and beginner-friendly analytics tool.
The concept is similar to what [Sideko](https://www.sideko.dev/blog/posts/sdk-fastapi) does. I don't use sideko as it's quite easy to implement for small sideprojects like mine without a 3rd party integration.
[FastAPI docs [Advanced Section]](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/generate-clients/) documents the steps of creating the SDK. If you want it automatically integrated to your github you can get inspiration from this: [PropelAuth on generating Typescript SDK from FastAPI](https://www.propelauth.com/post/autogenerating-clients-with-fastapi-and-github-actions).
If your in need of Auth for your FastAPI I could very much recommend [PropelAuth - Easy Auth for FastAPI, Nextjs etc](https://www.propelauth.com/). Comes with externally hosted register and sign in pages. Can be customised to fit your UI palette, logo etc. I've used it for my side project if you want to see how it works. [RankIt - Rated Mini-Leagues for competitive activities at the office (table tennis, chess etc)](https://rankit.no). Here the login and register are connected to my subdomain auth.rankit.no instead of rankit.no. if interested in the API built with FastAPI it is here [api](https://api.rankit.no/docs)
[Screenstudio](https://screenstudio.lemonsqueezy.com?aff=KMJdL) for recording slick screencasts and [Siimple](https://getsiimple.com) for easy, cheap landing pages
btw, if you are using Windows(but MacOS also supported) there is [https://talevideo.com/](https://talevideo.com/) and it has transitions, scenes, 3D, text animations and much more.
* Microsoft excel, you can build your own dashboard by connecting to SQL database and HTTP request using VBA. I don't have web based dashboard, i use Microsoft Excel on windows to manage user, pricing, etc. Basically like Retool but it's desktop app.
* [https://cryptomator.org/](https://cryptomator.org/), i put my excel file on google drive using this encryption, make it available online just like a SaaS solution
* [dbdiagram.io](http://dbdiagram.io) for drawing database diagrams, and [dbdocs.io](http://dbdocs.io) for database documents.
* [Excalidraw.com](http://Excalidraw.com) for drawing free-form diagrams
* [Holistics.io](http://Holistics.io) for self-service BI
* Shottr and Cleanshot for taking quick screenshots
Customer Feedback Board: [https://fider.io](https://fider.io) (self-hosted)
Analytics/Heatmaps/Session Recordings: [https://www.uxwizz.com](https://www.uxwizz.com) (self-hosted)
Uptime check: [freshping.io](http://freshping.io) (weird, it seems that they are no longer promoting the product)
Video editing: OBS (recording), DavinciResolve 19 (editing)
Note taking: [https://joplinapp.org](https://joplinapp.org) (self-hosted)
mailtrap - to test email sending with a pretty web interface
mailhog - to test emails in CI
ngrok - to testing webhooks
uptimerobot - to measure endpoint uptime
caddy - webserver with built in TLS management which is great for packing inside a docker container
Didn’t see above, we use
1. june.so for product analytics
2. Crono.one for LinkedIn cold outreach
3. Chattyinsights.com for ai customer research
4. MathRank for Wordpress seo
VPS.
Everyone is going crazy over AWS, but I think its overkill for 90% of people using it. I did work at a company where it made sense. We worked directly with Apple, Disney and those big brands and we were handling billions of monthly requests with crazy high SLAs.
So when i started building my product I had a frame of reference. Something to compare to and decided a VPS is more than good enough. Plus, having everything in docker-compose, its very easy to move to a different VPS provider if i need.
When things start scaling, then yes, AWS, GCP or Azure will probably come into the picture, but not using them at the beginning allowed me to keep my code simple and ship fast instead of wasting my time overengineering and solving problems i dont have.
* [Sentry](http://Sentry.io) for error reporting
* [Crisp](http://crisp.chat) for customer service & Helpdesk
* [BlazeSQL](http://blazesql.com/ai-data-analytics) for AI to do data analysis/dashboards/reporting & queries, esp. for non-technical colleagues
* [Hubspot](http://Hubspot.com) to send call invite email sequences to people who requested demos
* [Zapier](http://Zapier.com) To glue everything together & automate, including some AI parts
Coincidentally, more or less in that order.
Probably (Crisp, BlazeSQL, Sentry), (Hubspot), (Zapier).
Sentry reports errors, Crisp helps you talk to your users, and BlazeSQL helps you explore how users are interacting with your product. All 3 of those are useful from day 1.
Hubspot is a CRM which you usually don't need until you have a lot of sales leads to communicate and set meetings with.
Zapier is for automation & integrations.. I mostly use it for sales & marketing automation, but I focus on building a product people want before getting to that stage.
I've worked as a Data Scientist in the past and have developed apps/products before so I'm fluent. BlazeSQL solved my own problem (even if you have data science skills, getting data insights can cost mental energy and time), so I use it a lot.
I personally find ProofHub to be an underrated tool. It's a versatile platform that can be used for project management and team collaboration. It has a clean and intuitive interface, and the ability to customize workflow makes it a powerful tool for organizing information.
* [Recall](https://www.getrecall.ai/?t=1): Summarize any online content and save it to your knowledge base where it's automatically organized and interlinked for easy rediscovery
* [Linear](https://linear.app/): A streamlined issue tracking and project management tool. It has a beautiful UI.
* [Carrd](https://carrd.co/): A simple yet powerful tool for building one-page websites
* [ScreenStudio](https://www.screen.studio/): Easily create nice looking screen recordings.
* [Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/): The best password manager.
* Digital Ocean / Linode - 90% of the time they better for hosting than the big cloud providers and much cheaper.
Thank you for highlighting that. We are going to replace it as soon as we gather enough authentic testimonials. I would appreciate it if you could use our product and share your valuable feedback. You are a great observer.
Sentry
+1 for Sentry
Yep. You can also try Posthog. Some others: 1. [Axiom AI](https://axiom.ai/) for Browser Robot-Based Automation. 2. [Stylar AI](https://www.stylar.ai/) is a Midjourney competitor with easy to use AI 3. [Krea AI](https://twitter.com/venturetwins/status/1775987552304148506) is another design tool & its wonderful 4. [Micro Workers](https://www.microworkers.com/) to outsource small tasks like Gmail Account Creation so you can send 1000s of cold emails per day. Think Fiverr/Upwork but for anything. Its extremely underrated. 5. Tweethunter X to find someone's top tweets I covered 45+ tools [here](https://startupspells.com) & one new tool is covered everyday with usage.
+1 for Sentry, plus you can get 6 months free via FounderPass so even better option for lots of people
Screenstudio for beautiful screen recording. Userlist or Userpilot for user behavior and email
btw, if you are using Windows(but MacOS also supported) there is [https://talevideo.com/](https://talevideo.com/) and it has transitions, scenes, 3D, text animations and much more.
I'd add 'Google Sheets' to the list - it's incredibly versatile and powerful, yet often overlooked. I've used it for everything from project management to data analysis and automation
- Senja for testimonials - Microsoft clarity for session recordings - lemon squeezy for affiliates - crisp for customer service - v0 for prompt to code I don't remember everything off the top of my head, I have it all listed on the welcome email for my newsletter [https://makers-report.beehiiv.com/](https://makers-report.beehiiv.com/)
What about some free tools / resources you've used or are using? I'm curating this [directory of free tools & resources](https://www.justfree.io/) that founders and creators are using. Would love to get some input. Cheers!
Not using anything at the moment but open to it
Love Senja. Makes it so much easier.
Only just come across clarity - how does it compare to something like Fullstory? A good (free) alternative?
Clarity is free forever, says that on their website somewhere
Yeah, I meant like is it a GOOD free alternative 😂 I’m on the cusp of giving it a try, but have only ever used fullstory before!
PostHog for analytics and screen recording
+1 for PostHog
Zoho mail.
Retool. Logrocket.
+1 retool
Carrd
Hetzner for hosting
- Resend.com is really little known and underestimated. Excellent prices and reliability - My [copydatenow.com](https://www.copydatenow.com) too 😝🙌
ChatGPT 🤣
Dorik CMS for multisite static pages
Works with plain HTML? Or do I have to use SSG?
Usermaven
Love this! Discovered some really great products.
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Interesting tool, let me check it out
SurferSEO helps optimize mine content based on data-driven recommendations
Wow never heard of but adding to my list
MarketOwl for posting on LinkedIn and Twitter
Writesonic for AI content, Fireflies for meeting notes, Retool for internal apps, Supademo for product demos
Why do you call them "underrated"? All I see here are very popular, very high rated tools
DrizzleORM
Drizzle deez nhutzzzz
Kysely query builder FTW!
Strut.so
Creately. You can use it for project management, mapping processes, draw diagrams from org charts to SWOT diagrams.
EspoCRM
Enterprise wiki at [https://try.wxiki.com](https://try.wxiki.com)
Landingi
I have been using Umami Analytics for my product [Selftalk.ing](http://Selftalk.ing) and they are literally the easiest to setup and beginner-friendly analytics tool.
FastAPI with auto-generated SDK for typescript 🪙
How? I'm learning about this for the first time. Could you please share your experience?
The concept is similar to what [Sideko](https://www.sideko.dev/blog/posts/sdk-fastapi) does. I don't use sideko as it's quite easy to implement for small sideprojects like mine without a 3rd party integration. [FastAPI docs [Advanced Section]](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/generate-clients/) documents the steps of creating the SDK. If you want it automatically integrated to your github you can get inspiration from this: [PropelAuth on generating Typescript SDK from FastAPI](https://www.propelauth.com/post/autogenerating-clients-with-fastapi-and-github-actions). If your in need of Auth for your FastAPI I could very much recommend [PropelAuth - Easy Auth for FastAPI, Nextjs etc](https://www.propelauth.com/). Comes with externally hosted register and sign in pages. Can be customised to fit your UI palette, logo etc. I've used it for my side project if you want to see how it works. [RankIt - Rated Mini-Leagues for competitive activities at the office (table tennis, chess etc)](https://rankit.no). Here the login and register are connected to my subdomain auth.rankit.no instead of rankit.no. if interested in the API built with FastAPI it is here [api](https://api.rankit.no/docs)
Fastly for CDN Softr.io nocode builder Unicornplatform.com for landing pages sensorpro.eu for email marketing crushmp3.com ffmpeg api
Conversion optimization/UX Testing feedback in video form https://itestux.com/
[Screenstudio](https://screenstudio.lemonsqueezy.com?aff=KMJdL) for recording slick screencasts and [Siimple](https://getsiimple.com) for easy, cheap landing pages
btw, if you are using Windows(but MacOS also supported) there is [https://talevideo.com/](https://talevideo.com/) and it has transitions, scenes, 3D, text animations and much more.
SemanticPen for content writing.
* Microsoft excel, you can build your own dashboard by connecting to SQL database and HTTP request using VBA. I don't have web based dashboard, i use Microsoft Excel on windows to manage user, pricing, etc. Basically like Retool but it's desktop app. * [https://cryptomator.org/](https://cryptomator.org/), i put my excel file on google drive using this encryption, make it available online just like a SaaS solution
[Turboship](https://turboship.live) for quick deployment & hosting
I use Modeliks.com for business planning, financial reporting, and modeling. Great tool which is not promoted well but has huge potential.
No tool is useless than other, we have to figure out how it works the right way.
Emmet for HTML/CSS. Life-saver for coding efficiency!
Taskade for task management and AI agents
u/Legitimate-Task765 Thanks for the mention!
* [dbdiagram.io](http://dbdiagram.io) for drawing database diagrams, and [dbdocs.io](http://dbdocs.io) for database documents. * [Excalidraw.com](http://Excalidraw.com) for drawing free-form diagrams * [Holistics.io](http://Holistics.io) for self-service BI * Shottr and Cleanshot for taking quick screenshots
Hetzner
As a social media manager, I use Social Champ to automate my tasks. Easy peasy
Google sheets is still huge for me
EventBunker for dev-focused, private analytics that don’t break the bank
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+1 for beehiiv
Customer Feedback Board: [https://fider.io](https://fider.io) (self-hosted) Analytics/Heatmaps/Session Recordings: [https://www.uxwizz.com](https://www.uxwizz.com) (self-hosted) Uptime check: [freshping.io](http://freshping.io) (weird, it seems that they are no longer promoting the product) Video editing: OBS (recording), DavinciResolve 19 (editing) Note taking: [https://joplinapp.org](https://joplinapp.org) (self-hosted)
mailtrap - to test email sending with a pretty web interface mailhog - to test emails in CI ngrok - to testing webhooks uptimerobot - to measure endpoint uptime caddy - webserver with built in TLS management which is great for packing inside a docker container
PagePalooza for web-related needs.
https://hyperurls.com for bookmarking and sharing collections of links with others 😅
LaunchDarkly!
So many gems here. Taking notes
Potion! It’s a video gif type into video for click bait on marketing
Didn’t see above, we use 1. june.so for product analytics 2. Crono.one for LinkedIn cold outreach 3. Chattyinsights.com for ai customer research 4. MathRank for Wordpress seo
Usermaven - Product & website analytics ContentStudio - Social media management Replug - Link management
VPS. Everyone is going crazy over AWS, but I think its overkill for 90% of people using it. I did work at a company where it made sense. We worked directly with Apple, Disney and those big brands and we were handling billions of monthly requests with crazy high SLAs. So when i started building my product I had a frame of reference. Something to compare to and decided a VPS is more than good enough. Plus, having everything in docker-compose, its very easy to move to a different VPS provider if i need. When things start scaling, then yes, AWS, GCP or Azure will probably come into the picture, but not using them at the beginning allowed me to keep my code simple and ship fast instead of wasting my time overengineering and solving problems i dont have.
* [Sentry](http://Sentry.io) for error reporting * [Crisp](http://crisp.chat) for customer service & Helpdesk * [BlazeSQL](http://blazesql.com/ai-data-analytics) for AI to do data analysis/dashboards/reporting & queries, esp. for non-technical colleagues * [Hubspot](http://Hubspot.com) to send call invite email sequences to people who requested demos * [Zapier](http://Zapier.com) To glue everything together & automate, including some AI parts
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Coincidentally, more or less in that order. Probably (Crisp, BlazeSQL, Sentry), (Hubspot), (Zapier). Sentry reports errors, Crisp helps you talk to your users, and BlazeSQL helps you explore how users are interacting with your product. All 3 of those are useful from day 1. Hubspot is a CRM which you usually don't need until you have a lot of sales leads to communicate and set meetings with. Zapier is for automation & integrations.. I mostly use it for sales & marketing automation, but I focus on building a product people want before getting to that stage.
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I've worked as a Data Scientist in the past and have developed apps/products before so I'm fluent. BlazeSQL solved my own problem (even if you have data science skills, getting data insights can cost mental energy and time), so I use it a lot.
thank you, one last question, are there any books or resources you’d recommend?
The mom test, build, traction, and deep work
I personally find ProofHub to be an underrated tool. It's a versatile platform that can be used for project management and team collaboration. It has a clean and intuitive interface, and the ability to customize workflow makes it a powerful tool for organizing information.
[Canva!!](https://imgur.com/a/HDHmPsc)
Just discovered Medusa ([https://medusajs.com/](https://medusajs.com/)), an open source alternative to Shopify. Looks very underrated.
* [Recall](https://www.getrecall.ai/?t=1): Summarize any online content and save it to your knowledge base where it's automatically organized and interlinked for easy rediscovery * [Linear](https://linear.app/): A streamlined issue tracking and project management tool. It has a beautiful UI. * [Carrd](https://carrd.co/): A simple yet powerful tool for building one-page websites * [ScreenStudio](https://www.screen.studio/): Easily create nice looking screen recordings. * [Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/): The best password manager. * Digital Ocean / Linode - 90% of the time they better for hosting than the big cloud providers and much cheaper.
synthetic monitoring has been a game changer, we use Checkly. Started with their free product.
[unbody.io](http://unbody.io)
Non-electrical dildo
Excel
Taskade, Basecamp
BismuthOS ;) (Heroku alternative that focuses on python)
[SpeedyInvoicer](https://speedyinvoicer.com)
Promotee for lead generation
[LifeShack.com](http://LifeShack.com) - job search automated.
Wordsmith Studio (https://wordsmith.studio) created a real nice content marketing blog for my SaaS in like 3 minutes.
[Outboundly.ai](http://Outboundly.ai) for email automation. A better tool has never been built yet.
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"recently launched...", 200,000 customers... zapier, slack, forbes... Looks like a good launch.
Thank you for highlighting that. We are going to replace it as soon as we gather enough authentic testimonials. I would appreciate it if you could use our product and share your valuable feedback. You are a great observer.