Stories From Both Sides of the Stack

Ubersuggest

User-friendly SEO tool offering keyword suggestions, content ideas, and site audit capabilities at a more accessible price point.

Semrush

Comprehensive SEO suite offering keyword research, competitor analysis, and site auditing capabilities with extensive backlink monitoring.

Screaming Frog

Technical SEO crawler for detailed website audits, focusing on identifying structural issues and optimization opportunities.

Ahrefs

Powerful SEO toolset specializing in backlink analysis, keyword tracking, and competitive research with robust site audit features.

SEOptimer

Rapid website analysis tool that performs comprehensive SEO audits in under 30 seconds, with detailed reporting features for small businesses and marketing agencies.

SurveyMonkey

Advanced survey platform with robust analytics, branching logic, and professional research tools for comprehensive data collection.

Tally

Modern, user-friendly form builder focusing on simplicity and customization with clean interface and responsive design.

Jotform

Feature-rich form builder with extensive templates, integrations, and no-code functionality for creating complex forms and workflows.

Typeform

Conversational form builder known for engaging, interactive design and dynamic question flows with modern aesthetics.

PostHog

Open-source platform combining product analytics, session recording, and feature flags for comprehensive user behavior tracking.

Netlify

Specialized in frontend deployment with excellent static site hosting and serverless function support.

Railway

Popular among indie hackers for hosting Node.js projects with streamlined development workflow and simple deployment process.

Fly.io

Offers global edge deployment capabilities with developer-friendly tooling and reasonable pricing for indie projects.

Render

Developer-friendly platform offering automatic deployments and simple hosting solutions, perfect for small to medium projects.

UXtweak

Comprehensive usability testing platform offering features for user research, behavior analysis, and prototype evaluation.

UserTesting

Craft experiences that win
hearts—and markets

Userlytics

Remote user testing platform specializing in real-time customer feedback and UX improvement for websites and apps.

Maze

Leading platform for prototype testing, usability studies, and product discovery with integrated analytics capabilities.

Umami

Open-source, self-hosted analytics platform with a clean interface and privacy focus, perfect for personal projects and small websites.

Plausible

Privacy-focused, lightweight alternative to Google Analytics with minimal performance impact and GDPR compliance.

GoatCounter

Lightweight, open source web analytics platform that doesn't require JavaScript, ideal for performance-conscious developers.

Pirsch

Privacy-aware analytics tool with no cookies required, offering real-time data and simple integration for indie developers.

Offen

Fair and open web analytics tool that gives users access to their own data while providing site metrics to operators.

PostHog

Open-source platform combining product analytics, session recording, and feature flags for comprehensive user behavior tracking.