What free websites provide insane value?

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Tool

Gutenberg.org, Remove.bg, Khan Academy, Libbyapp.com, Pluto.tv, Tubi.tv, Google Scholar, TinyPng, TinyJpg, Camelcamelcamel, Wikipedia, Unsplash, Digisigner, Photopea, FreeCodeCamp, Code.org

Issue

Early-stage founder with no budget seeking free alternatives to paid software tools to minimize startup costs before product launch and revenue generation.

Cost

unstated

Recommendation

Camelcamelcamel browser extension for price history tracking, Wikipedia, Unsplash for royalty-free images, Digisigner for PDF signing, Photopea, FreeCodeCamp, Code.org

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anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 · 2026-05-08

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I’m trying to find free websites that are actually super useful and don’t feel like scams or paywalls. Here are some I am already using * [Gutenberg.org](http://gutenberg.org/) \- 70k free ebooks * [Remove.bg](http://remove.bg/) \- a free background remover for images. * [Khan Academy](https://www.khanacademy.org/) \- free lessons for basically everything (quality is actually amazing). * [Libbyapp.com](http://libbyapp.com/) \- borrow ebooks + audiobooks free with your library card. * [Pluto.tv](http://pluto.tv/) and [Tubi.tv](http://tubi.tv/) \- Free movies + TV. Yes, ads. But sometimes gems. * [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/) \- Free academic search engine * [TinyPng](https://tinypng.com/) / [JPG](https://tinyjpg.com/) \- Free, reduces the file size of your PNG/JPEG images I just started building my startup (no money or product yet lol ) and want to use as many free tools as I can find before paying for anything.

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[score=33] Big-Track-7843

camelcamelcamel browser extension. shows you the price history on amazon so you can see if that 50% off deal is actually cheaper or they just raised the price last week. saved me from fake sales so many times during prime day lol

[score=48] crazy4hole

And you forgot the biggest of all wikipedia

[score=23] ivijucm

https://unsplash.com/ is good source of royalty free images, free images which you can use for personal or commercial uss for free

[score=8] vodafine

If you need to sign a PDF and don't have Adobe, you can use an online version. https://www.digisigner.com/free-electronic-signature/ We used it during lockdown where we had many people with computer systems not under our control, and they were able to sign paperwork that we needed with minimal instructions.

[score=11] xpatmatt

https://photopea.com

[score=19] NoDent420

Xhamster.com

[score=11] AcanthisittaMobile72

FreeCodeCamp, Code .org

[score=6] [deleted]

I swear this used to be a promoted post with the same kinks I just never figured out what company paid for it.