Build and launch a SaaS MVP on free tiers. Supabase, Vercel, Clerk, Sentry, Resend, GitHub Actions — published limits, cost at scale, stability ratings.

Best Free Stack for a SaaS MVP

Published 2026-04-04 · Not yet reviewed

Everything you need to build and launch a SaaS product without spending a dollar.

The SaaS MVP stack prioritizes developer experience and speed-to-market. Every service here has a generous free tier that covers development through early traction. You can have a production-ready app with auth, database, email, monitoring, and CI/CD — all for $0/month until you have paying customers.

Free$0/mo0 users
Starter$71/mo~1K MAU
Growth$95/mo~10K MAU
Scale$516/mo~100K MAU
$0 covers all 6 picks: our own badge reads every one of their free tiers as active.
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The Stack

CategoryServiceStability Free~1K MAU~10K MAU~100K MAU
Database SupabasePostgres development platform: database, Auth, Storage, Realtime and Edge Functions. The… active $0 $25 $25 $75
Hosting VercelHobby plan, $0 a month, for non-commercial personal use only. Includes 100 GB Fast Data… active $0 $20 $20 $150
Auth ClerkDrop-in auth with 50K monthly retained users free, unlimited apps active $0 $0 $0 $100
Monitoring SentryDeveloper tier: 1 user, 5K errors/month, 5M spans/month, 50 session replays, 5GB… active $0 $26 $26 $80
Email ResendDeveloper-first email API — 3K emails/month free (100/day cap), 3 domains, 1K marketing… active $0 $0 $20 $90
CI/CD GitHub ActionsFree CI/CD for public repos (unlimited minutes). Private repos: 2,000 min/mo… active $0 $0 $4 $21
Total $0/mo $71/mo $95/mo $516/mo

Why These Services?

Database: Supabase active

Postgres + auth + storage + realtime in one platform. Perfect for MVPs that need to move fast.

Postgres development platform: database, Auth, Storage, Realtime and Edge Functions. The Free plan is $0: unlimited API requests, 50,000 monthly…

Hosting: Vercel active

Best-in-class Next.js deployment with instant previews and edge functions.

Hobby plan, $0 a month, for non-commercial personal use only. Includes 100 GB Fast Data Transfer, 1M Edge Requests, 1M Function Invocations, 4 hours…

Auth: Clerk active

Most generous free auth. Drop-in components, MFA, organizations — all free up to 50K MAU.

Drop-in auth with 50K monthly retained users free, unlimited apps

Monitoring: Sentry active

Industry-standard error tracking with source maps, breadcrumbs, and release tracking.

Developer tier: 1 user, 5K errors/month, 5M spans/month, 50 session replays, 5GB application logs, 1GB attachments

Email: Resend active

Modern email API built for developers. React email templates, excellent deliverability.

Developer-first email API — 3K emails/month free (100/day cap), 3 domains, 1K marketing contacts/month, 5 AI credits, 30-day data retention

CI/CD: GitHub Actions active

Native to your repo. No extra config, generous free tier for private repos.

Free CI/CD for public repos (unlimited minutes). Private repos: 2,000 min/mo GitHub-hosted runners, 500 MB artifact storage, 10 GB cache/repo…

Alternatives & Swaps

Want to customize this stack? Here are smart swaps that can save money at scale:

Swap Vercel for Cloudflare Pages unrated — change not reconciled

Save $150/mo at 100K users — unlimited bandwidth, $0 at any scale

Swap Sentry for Grafana Cloud active

Save $80/mo at 100K users — 10K metrics and 50 GB logs free