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8 tools · sorted by Free Tier
The best free and freemium options — ranked by free tier generosity, not marketing claims.
We scored 8 indie saas stack tools ranked specifically by free tier — generosity and usefulness of the free plan. Cloudflare comes out on top at 98/100, Cloudflare leads this list by a clear margin over Supabase and the rest of the field. As with every list on RadarTrek, the ranking reflects our independent scoring methodology, not advertising — use the dimension scores below to check whether the top pick actually fits your specific situation, since "best for best free options" rarely means best for every use case within that category.
CDN, DNS, DDoS protection, and edge workers
98
Free Tier
93
Overall
Free
freemium
Open-source Firebase alternative — Postgres + Auth + Storage
90
Free Tier
89
Overall
Free
freemium
Based on our independent scoring, Cloudflare ranks highest for best free options at 98/100 on free tier. Supabase is the closest alternative, followed by Vercel. See the full ranked list above for the complete breakdown across every scored dimension.
Cloudflare currently ranks above Supabase for best free options in our scoring. For a full side-by-side breakdown across every dimension, not just this one use case, visit the head-to-head comparison page for these two tools — it's the more reliable way to decide between them than this ranking alone.
We review category rankings whenever a tool's underlying dimension scores change meaningfully, when a new tool enters the category, or when a tool is deprecated or acquired. The ranking reflects current scores, not a one-time snapshot — check the methodology note below for what specifically feeds into the free tier score driving this list.
No — rankings are generated purely from our independent dimension scores, the same scores used across every tool review and comparison page on RadarTrek. Some listed tools have affiliate links, which may earn us a commission if you sign up, but commission has no influence on score or rank order.