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Dev infrastructure / APIs

Hosting, model APIs and building blocks for technical builds.

ESSENTIAL IN DEV INFRASTRUCTURE / APIS

  1. AI SDK (Vercel)

    Open-source TypeScript toolkit for building AI apps and agents, by Vercel.

    FREE / OPEN SOURCE

  2. fal

    The generative media cloud: pay-per-use APIs for image, video, audio and 3D models, plus serverless GPUs.

    PAY AS YOU GO

  3. Google Cloud

    Google Cloud's technical account: how-tos, demos and product news.

    PAY AS YOU GO

All 30 Dev infrastructure / APIs tools

  1. AI SDK (Vercel)

    Open-source TypeScript toolkit for building AI apps and agents, by Vercel.

    EssentialFree / open source

  2. fal

    The generative media cloud: pay-per-use APIs for image, video, audio and 3D models, plus serverless GPUs.

    EssentialPay as you go

  3. Google Cloud

    Google Cloud's technical account: how-tos, demos and product news.

    EssentialPay as you go

  4. OpenRouter

    Unified API for 400+ LLMs (50+ free) with price/performance routing.

    EssentialFree tier

  5. Supabase

    The Postgres development platform (database, auth, storage, functions, vectors).

    EssentialFree tier

  6. Vercel

    Frontend cloud and AI app platform (@vercel_dev is the developer/changelog account).

    EssentialFree tier

  7. Baseten

    Inference platform to deploy and scale open-source and custom AI models.

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  8. Chrome built-in AI (Gemini Nano)

    On-device AI APIs in Chrome (Prompt API etc.) running Gemini Nano locally.

    Worth a lookFree

  9. Cloudflare (Workers AI)

    Connectivity cloud; Workers AI runs AI models on Cloudflare's network.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  10. Convex

    Reactive backend platform (database, functions, realtime) popular with AI app builders.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  11. Gemini API CLI (Google)

    Google's official command-line tool ('gemini-api') for calling the Gemini API from a terminal or from any coding agent with shell access (Claude…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  12. Hugging Face

    The AI community hub for open models, datasets, Spaces and inference.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  13. InsForge

    Open-source, agent-native cloud: a coding agent provisions Postgres, auth, storage, functions and an AI gateway via one CLI.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  14. Knock

    Customer messaging infrastructure for software products, now pitched as 'agentic customer engagement'.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  15. Modal

    AI infrastructure developers love: inference, sandboxes, batch jobs and training, billed per second.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  16. Ollama

    Run open AI models locally or in Ollama's cloud.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  17. OpenShip

    Open-source, self-hostable application deployment platform (a Vercel/Heroku-style alternative) with managed cloud servers.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  18. Requesty

    AI gateway: one API for 600+ models with routing, caching, fallbacks, spend tracking and EU data residency.

    Worth a lookFree

  19. Resend

    Email for developers: an API, SMTP relay and SDKs for sending transactional and marketing emails at scale with good deliverability.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  20. Together AI

    Research-optimized platform for inference, fine-tuning ('model shaping') and pre-training.

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  21. Applied Compute

    'The best AI is built, not bought': train, serve and continuously improve open models for your business.

    NicheContact sales

  22. DigitalOcean

    'The AI-Native Cloud': droplets, GPU droplets, inference, agent sandboxes and an action gateway.

    NichePay as you go

  23. FriendliAI

    The frontier inference cloud for agents: serverless model APIs, dedicated GPUs and BYOG.

    NichePay as you go

  24. json-render

    Generative UI framework: AI to JSON to UI, constrained to components you define.

    NicheFree / open source

  25. Novita AI

    AI and agent cloud for developers: 200+ model APIs, GPU instances and agent sandboxes.

    NichePay as you go

  26. Overmind

    Turn your agents' production data into specialised models you own.

    NicheFree / open source

  27. scriptc (Vercel Labs)

    Compiles TypeScript/JavaScript to native executables and WebAssembly.

    NicheFree / open source

  28. supastarter

    SaaS starter kit for Next.js, Nuxt and TanStack, built for coding agents.

    NichePaid

  29. vLLM

    High-throughput, memory-efficient open-source inference and serving engine for LLMs.

    NicheFree / open source

  30. wafer

    Continual inference: the fastest inference for open models, continuously optimised to your workload.

    NichePay as you go