Curated directory of the best startup tools
type: NewsArticle
description: This article presents a curated directory of free and low-cost tools for startups in 2019, covering categories like version control (GitHub, GitLab), cloud computing (Google Cloud, AWS, Azure), and web hosting (Netlify, GitHub Pages). The list emphasizes services with generous free tiers, such as unlimited private repositories with limited collaborators and significant monthly usage allowances for cloud functions and storage.
date published: 2019-05-08T11:14:49+00:00
date modified: 2026-05-23T20:36:50+00:00
language: en
is accessible for free: true
article body: Here are the best startup tools of 2019 that will help you build out your startup business as quickly, cheaply, and efficiently as possible. This is a curated list of tools for everything from productivity to web hosting to development tools to designing. Most of these tools are either free or have limited free option that is enough for startups. We love all the free services out there, but it would be good to keep it on topic. It's a bit of a grey line at times so this is a bit opinionated; feel free to suggest and contribute in this list. ## Source Code Repos - [GitHub](https://github.com/) — Unlimited public repositories and unlimited private repositories (up to 3 collaborators). - [GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/) — Unlimited public and private Git repos with unlimited collaborators. - [BitBucket](https://bitbucket.org/) — Unlimited public and private repos (Git and Mercurial) for up to 5 users with Pipelines for CI/CD. - [Visual Studio](https://www.visualstudio.com/) — Unlimited private repos (Git and TFS) for up to 5 users/team. ## Major Cloud Providers' Always-Free Limits - [Google Cloud Platform](https://cloud.google.com) - App Engine - 28 frontend instance hours per day, 9 backend instance hours per day - Cloud Firestore - 1GB storage, 50,000 reads, 20,000 writes, 20,000 deletes per day - Compute Engine - 1 non-preemptible f1-micro, 30GB HDD, 5GB snapshot storage (restricted to certain regions) - Cloud Storage - 5GB, 1GB network egress - Cloud Pub/Sub - 10GB of messages per month - Cloud Functions - 2 million invocations per month (includes both background and HTTP invocations) - Google Kubernetes Engine - No cluster management fee for clusters of all sizes. Each user node is charged at standard Compute Engine pricing - BigQuery - 1 TB of querying per month, 10 GB of storage each month - Cloud Build - 120 build-minutes per day - Cloud Source Repositories - Up to 5 Users, 50 GB Storage, 50 GB Egress - Full, detailed list - https://cloud.google.com/free/doc…
publisher: Web Pulse
keywords: developer-tools, cloud-computing, startups
mentions: GitHub
mentions: GitLab
mentions: BitBucket
mentions: Visual Studio
mentions: App Engine
mentions: Cloud Firestore
mentions: Compute Engine
mentions: Cloud Storage
citation: CreativeWork