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167 tools ranked by real usage. Stats updated 23 hours ago.

ToolCategoryPricingGitHub starsnpm a weekLast release
CockroachDBDistributed SQL database from Cockroach Labs, sold as a cloud service or licensed to self-host.DatabasesPay as you go32.6kNoneNone
OpenAI APIPay-per-token API access to OpenAI's GPT models for building AI into your own applications.AI Platforms & APIsPay as you go11.2k51M2 days ago
AWS AmplifyAWS's platform for building and hosting full-stack web and mobile apps, priced pay-as-you-go.HostingPay as you go9.6k2.2M3 days ago
StripePayment processing and financial infrastructure APIs, priced pay as you go per transaction.PaymentsPay as you go4.5k27M2 weeks ago
Stripe BillingStripe's subscription and recurring billing product, with usage-based billing via Metronome.PaymentsPay as you go4.5k27M2 weeks ago
AnthropicAI research company that makes the Claude models, the Claude apps and the Claude API.AI Platforms & APIsPay as you go2.1k54M1 day ago
Anthropic ClaudeAnthropic's Claude model family, accessed through the Claude apps, the Claude API, or major clouds.AI ModelsPay as you go2.1k54M1 day ago
Fly.ioPlatform for running apps and databases close to users globally, billed by the second for compute used.HostingPay as you go1.7kNone2 days ago
PlanetScaleManaged database platform built on Vitess, now offering both MySQL and Postgres.DatabasesPay as you go1.2k493k3 weeks ago
RailwayUsage-billed cloud platform for deploying apps, databases and cron jobs from GitHub or Docker images.HostingPay as you go621415k1 day ago
ReplicateRun and deploy machine learning models in the cloud through a simple API, billed by the second.AI Platforms & APIsPay as you go598693k11 months ago
AdyenGlobal payments platform for large businesses, with transaction-based pricing and no monthly fees.PaymentsPay as you goNone329kNone
Amazon SESAmazon Web Services email service billed by usage, from $0.10 per 1,000 emails.EmailPay as you goNoneNoneNone
BraintreePayPal-owned payment platform for cards, PayPal, Venmo and digital wallets, with a single integration.PaymentsPay as you goNone231kNone
Claude 3.5 SonnetRetired Anthropic model from 2024 with a 200,000-token context window and the first computer use beta.AI ModelsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
Claude Opus 4.7A previous-generation Anthropic flagship model, since superseded by Claude Opus 5.5.AI ModelsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
Claude Sonnet 4.6A previous-generation Anthropic mid-tier model, since superseded by Claude Sonnet 5.AI ModelsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
CohereEnterprise-focused AI company offering language, embedding and rerank models through an API.AI Platforms & APIsPay as you goNone543kNone
Gemini 2.0 FlashAn earlier Google Gemini fast, cost-efficient model, since superseded by newer Gemini 3.x Flash models.AI ModelsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle's third-generation Gemini Pro model, currently in preview, for complex reasoning tasks.AI ModelsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
GPT-5An earlier OpenAI flagship model generation, since superseded by newer GPT-5.x and GPT-6 family models.AI ModelsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI's specialized coding model, priced separately from its general-purpose GPT models.AI ModelsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
Grok 3An earlier xAI Grok model, since superseded by newer Grok releases including Grok 4.7.AI ModelsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
Grok 4An earlier xAI Grok model, since superseded by newer Grok releases including Grok 4.7.AI ModelsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
Grok 4.3 BetaAn interim xAI Grok beta release from April 2026, since superseded by later Grok updates.AI ModelsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
GroqAI inference company behind GroqCloud, a fast API for running open models on its own LPU chips.AI Platforms & APIsPay as you goNone1MNone
GumroadSimple storefront for selling digital products, courses and memberships directly to customers.PaymentsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
JevTypeSafe AI's System One model: returns typed decisions with probabilities instead of text.AI ModelsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
Lemon SqueezyMerchant-of-record platform for selling software, handling global tax and payments for you.PaymentsPay as you goNone148kNone
Meta Muse SparkMeta's proprietary flagship AI model, its first major release since the Llama line.AI ModelsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
Mistral AIFrench AI company building open-weight and proprietary language models, accessed via API or Le Chat.AI Platforms & APIsPay as you goNone9.6MNone
Mistral Large 3Mistral AI's flagship large language model for complex reasoning and general-purpose tasks.AI ModelsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
OpenRouterOne API for 500+ AI models from 80+ providers, announced on 19 August 2026 that it is joining Stripe.AI Platforms & APIsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
PaddleMerchant-of-record billing platform for SaaS and digital products, with one flat transaction fee.PaymentsPay as you goNone255kNone
Pagar.meBrazilian payments platform, now operating as part of Stone Pagamentos.PaymentsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
PayPalWidely used online payment platform for checkout, invoicing and peer-to-peer transfers.PaymentsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
PaystackStripe-owned payment platform focused on Nigeria and other African markets.PaymentsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
RazorpayIndian payment gateway and business banking platform for accepting payments and making payouts.PaymentsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
Together AICloud platform for running and fine-tuning open source AI models, with serverless inference and GPU clusters.AI Platforms & APIsPay as you goNone118kNone
UpstashServerless data platform with Redis, Vector, QStash, Workflow, Box and Blob, billed per request.DatabasesPay as you goNone6.3MNone
WiseInternational money transfer and multi-currency account platform with low conversion fees.PaymentsPay as you goNoneNoneNone
Developer and AI tools, ranked by real usage | ScratchDB