HACKER Q&A
📣 jerrygoyal

I'm bootstrapping, How to get free credits for Notion,GitHub,Slack etc.?


I'm bootstrapping a SaaS AI-based startup, is there a way to get free credits for tools like Notion, Github, Slack, and Figma?


  👤 d--b Accepted Answer ✓
Not sure it's worth the time looking for free credits. Even if you get a year for free you'll end up saving maybe $500 max.

If you're worried about costs, look for alternatives. In the apps you've listed, only Figma is a real useful app.

Notion is just documents, a markdown editor and a shared drive will give you 99% of Notion you need. The rest is overengineered anyways.

Github free tier gets you pretty far already.

Slack is just chat, tons of free alternatives there.


👤 joshxyz
not sure about those you mentioned, but yc startup deals can give you other things.

go to startupschool.org

create your company profile

post weekly updates for 2 to 3 months

apply to yc startup deals, get $5k aws credits, discounted stripe, etc.

apply to next yc batch.


👤 ale_jacques
As @d--b mentioned, look for alternatives.

I use Gitlab free tier (I can even use the CI/CD as I have a Linode small VPS box - US$5/month with their runner installed - no minutes from their end needed).

Rocket.Chat used to be a very look-a-like Slack.