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== Free Tier Services Directory ==
A directory of hosted software and infrastructure services that offer a genuine free tier, organised by what they do. It is meant for small organisations, independent projects and anyone building without a budget, for whom knowing which tools are free to start on is a practical part of not being locked to a single large vendor.

This is a curated subset of [https://free-for.dev/ free-for.dev], covering the ten sections most relevant to ALT-TEXT's work: 437 services in total, snapshotted on 7 September 2026.

=== Sections ===
* [[Free tier: Generative AI]] &mdash; 21 services. Model APIs, image and audio generation, inference platforms.
* [[Free tier: APIs, data and machine learning]] &mdash; 150 services. Public and freemium APIs, datasets, speech, vision and model hosting.
* [[Free tier: Email services]] &mdash; 73 services. Transactional and bulk sending, forwarding, inbox testing, validation.
* [[Free tier: Storage and media processing]] &mdash; 50 services. Object storage, file delivery, image, audio and video processing.
* [[Free tier: Forms and surveys]] &mdash; 34 services. Form builders and back-ends that accept submissions without a server.
* [[Free tier: Analytics and statistics]] &mdash; 34 services. Web and product analytics, including privacy-preserving alternatives.
* [[Free tier: Design and user interface tools]] &mdash; 33 services. Design tools, icons, illustrations, colour and UI resources.
* [[Free tier: Web hosting]] &mdash; 25 services. Static and application hosting.
* [[Free tier: Content management systems]] &mdash; 12 services. Hosted and headless content management.
* [[Free tier: Privacy management]] &mdash; 5 services. Consent management, cookie banners, privacy policy tooling.

=== What is and is not listed ===
The upstream list admits only as-a-service offerings with a real free tier. Free trials do not qualify, nor does self-hosted software, and a time-limited free tier must run for at least a year. Services that restrict TLS to paid plans are excluded on security grounds.

The sections not mirrored here cover ground further from ALT-TEXT's remit, including CI and CD, artifact repositories, log management, package build systems and remote desktop tools. The [https://free-for.dev/ full list] has 57 sections and about 1,300 entries.

=== Source, currency and attribution ===
All entries and their descriptions come from [https://free-for.dev/ free-for.dev], a list maintained by R.I. Pienaar and more than 1,600 contributors at [https://github.com/ripienaar/free-for-dev ripienaar/free-for-dev]. This directory reproduces their work with light formatting changes only; it adds no independent assessment.

Free tiers change constantly, and nothing here has been verified against the providers. Treat this as a starting point and check the linked service before relying on any allowance. For the current state of the list, go to the source.

=== See also ===
[[Digital sovereignty]], [[Open-weight model]], [[AI Terminology Glossary]]

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[[Category:Digital Sovereignty]]