I Replaced 7 Paid Developer Tools with Free Alternatives — Saving $104/Month

Every SaaS tool you pay for has a free alternative. I replaced 7 of them and saved $247/month. Here's my exact stack swap. 1. Postman ($12/mo) → HTTPie (Free) HTTPie CLI does everything Postman does for API testing, without the 400MB Electron app. http POST api.example.com/users name = John email = john@test.com Syntax highlighting, JSON formatting, sessions — all built in. Zero dollars. 2. Notion ($8/mo per member) → Obsidian (Free) Obsidian stores everything as local Markdown files. No vendor lock-in. No subscription. Works offline Plugin ecosystem (500+ plugins) Graph view for connecting ideas Git sync instead of paid cloud sync Your notes live on YOUR disk, not someone else's server. 3. Vercel Pro ($20/mo) → Cloudflare Pages (Free) Cloudflare Pages free tier includes: Unlimited sites Unlimited bandwidth 500 builds/month Custom domains + SSL Preview deployments Vercel charges $20/mo after your hobby tier limits. Cloudflare doesn't. 4. GitHub Copilot ($10/mo) → Codeium (Free) Codeium