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Rezliant Maestro

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AI-driven security automation for fintech engineering teams — scans ledger logic, payment rails, and banking APIs for real risks and helps meet PCI-DSS/SOC2/bank compliance requirements.

Domain registered 3 years ago

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How it works
AI security engineers scan financial ledger logic, payment rails and banking APIs, isolating real risks and enforcing PCI-DSS, SOC 2 and partner bank compliance requirements.
What's different
Claims to save engineering teams roughly 2 months of manual security and compliance work.
Best for
Fintech engineering teams that need to secure payment systems and meet compliance requirements.

Watched for 12 days · last checked today

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Lexora Network

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A pay-as-you-go API for hosted AI models, RAG and knowledge bases, aimed at developers who want to skip renting and idling expensive GPUs.

Domain registered 1 month ago

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How it works
Provides a unified API to hosted AI models — including Qwen3, FLUX Schnell, DeepSeek, Kimi, and FLUX Dev — plus RAG-backed knowledge bases and AI assistants built from your documents.
What's different
Pay-as-you-go pricing with OpenAI-compatible endpoints, avoiding the cost of renting and idling dedicated GPUs.
Pricing
Pay-as-you-go, billed for actual usage rather than GPU rental time.
Best for
Developers and startups who want to ship AI products without managing or paying for idle GPU infrastructure.

Watched for 14 days · last checked 8d ago

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AICostPass

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Tracks spending across OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and Groq with real-time cost monitoring, budget alerts and weekly reports — for developers and agencies trying to avoid surprise AI bills.

Domain registered 17 days ago

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How it works
Monitors spending across OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Groq and other AI providers with real-time cost tracking, budget threshold email alerts, and weekly spending reports.
Best for
Developers and agencies who want to catch AI spending before the invoice arrives rather than after.

Watched for 12 days · last checked 6d ago

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Freepaycalc, A Free Freelancer's Friend

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A fee and margin calculator for freelance developers, designers and agencies that shows real take-home pay after gateway fees and currency conversion before you invoice.

Domain registered 27 days ago

FreeNo ads
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How it works
Calculates international payment gateway fees, cross-border currency exchange splits, and true net take-home pay before you bill a client, including a Client Friction Multiplier to price out high-maintenance accounts.
What's different
Prices out difficult clients mathematically via the Client Friction Multiplier rather than through emotional negotiation.
Pricing
Free, ad-free.
Best for
Freelance developers, designers, and creative agencies billing international clients.

Watched for 13 days · last checked 7d ago

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The OS Suite

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76 separate browser-based, offline, pay-once workspaces built for specific roles like real estate agents, fitness coaches and developers, pitched as an escape from stacked SaaS subscriptions.

Nothing to installWorks offlineData stays with youPay once
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How it works
76 self-contained, browser-based workspaces, each with 8-10 purpose-built modules for a specific role or niche (real estate, fitness coaching, cybersecurity, development, etc.), running 100% offline and locally.
What's different
Data never touches a server (local-first architecture) and it's a one-time purchase instead of a stack of monthly SaaS subscriptions.
Pricing
Pay once, own forever (one-time payment, no subscription).
Best for
Professionals in specific niches who want purpose-built tools without recurring SaaS fees or sending business data to the cloud.

Watched for 14 days · last checked 8d ago

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LeadPulse

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Monitors Hacker News, GitHub Issues, Stack Overflow, Reddit, Dev.to and Lobste.rs for people describing a problem your product solves, and scores the posts as leads. For indie founders and small SaaS teams tired of cold outreach or paid ads.

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How it works
Monitors Hacker News, GitHub Issues, Stack Overflow, Reddit, Dev.to, and Lobste.rs for posts where people express frustration or ask for tool recommendations, scores each post 1-10 for relevance using Claude AI, and generates a context-aware reply draft for each lead.
What's different
Surfaces warm leads from where potential customers already discuss problems, instead of cold outreach or paid ads.
Best for
Indie founders, solo developers, and small SaaS teams looking for warm leads without cold outreach or ad spend.

Watched for 18 days · last checked 2d ago

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Dynasight

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A cost and performance auditor for DynamoDB that flags wasteful spend before it shows up on the AWS bill.

Domain registered 3 months ago

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How it works
Analyzes tables, indexes, usage and configuration for cost/performance issues
What's different
Purpose-built for DynamoDB rather than generic cloud cost tools
Best for
Developers running DynamoDB who want to catch overspend early

Watched for 5 days · last checked 4d ago

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J-sey Data API

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One API for real estate, patents, court records, forex and on-chain risk data, billed per call instead of a subscription — built for developers and AI agents, not consumers.

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How it works
A pay-per-call data API covering real estate, company records, patents, court records, forex, clinical trials and blockchain/wallet risk data across 10 EVM chains, unified under one API.
What's different
No API keys or monthly plans — each request is paid instantly in USDC via the x402 protocol instead of a subscription.
Pricing
Pay-per-call via USDC (x402 protocol), no subscriptions.
Best for
Developers and AI agents that need many different data types through one API without managing subscriptions.

Watched for 13 days · last checked 11d ago

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CostPilot

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Real-time cost analysis and optimization for Kubernetes clusters, for engineers who need to cut cloud spend.

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How it works
Provides real-time cost analysis and optimization for Kubernetes clusters.
Best for
Engineers managing Kubernetes infrastructure who want to cut cloud spend.

Watched for 17 days · last checked 8d ago

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Slashbar

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A macOS shortcut for 185+ built-in actions — writing, translation, dev tools, clipboard, files, windows — using AI accounts you already have, avoiding extra subscriptions. A general Mac tool, not developer-only.

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How it works
Highlight text anywhere on a Mac, press a shortcut, and run one of 185+ native macOS actions for writing, translation, developer tools, clipboard, files, windows, reminders and AI.
What's different
Works through AI accounts you already have (Claude, Codex, Gemini, Apple on-device models) instead of requiring separate API keys or subscriptions.
Best for
Mac users who want quick text and system actions from one shortcut without juggling separate AI subscriptions.

Watched for 15 days · last checked today

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PassTIA

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An all-in-one CompTIA exam prep platform (A+, Network+, Security+, Data+) with a question bank, flashcards and labs on web and mobile, for people who want to skip bloated courseware.

Domain registered 17 months ago

Pay onceNo subscription
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How it works
A CompTIA certification prep platform covering A+, Network+, Security+, and Data+, with a question bank of over 500 practice questions, smart flashcards, hands-on labs, and detailed explanations per answer.
Best for
People studying for CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, or Data+ certifications who want to skip outdated courseware.

Watched for 14 days · last checked 8d ago

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NotIncluded

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Logs out-of-scope client requests and gets a yes-or-no approval before you do the extra work, so freelancers get paid for scope creep instead of eating it.

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How it works
You log out-of-scope client requests, send the client a simple approval link, and get a clear yes or no before doing the extra work; approved changes flow through to payment with documentation.
What's different
Requires explicit client approval before extra work happens, instead of tracking scope creep after the fact.
Best for
Freelance designers, developers, copywriters and small agencies who want to get paid for 'just one more thing' requests.

Watched for 15 days · last checked 9d ago

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Find AI Credits

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Free directory aggregating AI, cloud, API and GPU credit offers and startup perks.

Free
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How it works
Free directory aggregating free AI, cloud, API, and GPU credit offers and startup perks from AI companies in one place.
Pricing
Free.

Watched for 3 days · last checked 1d ago

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