| name | known-services |
| description | Setup steps, credentials, free tiers, and documentation links for 70+ commonly used services. Use when listing required accounts or recommending third-party services. |
Known Services Library
Condensed profiles for commonly used services in modern software architecture. Each profile includes what you need to get started: signup, setup steps, credentials, free tier, and documentation.
For the full extended library, see references/service-profiles.md.
Authentication
Auth0
Clerk
Firebase Auth
Supabase Auth
Kinde
Payments
Stripe
Paddle
- Signup: https://www.paddle.com/signup
- Setup: Create account → Approval process (1-3 days) → Configure products → Install Paddle.js
- Credentials: Vendor ID, Auth Code, Public Key
- Free tier: No monthly fee, 5% + $0.50 per transaction (merchant of record)
- Docs: https://developer.paddle.com
LemonSqueezy
Databases
Supabase (PostgreSQL)
- Signup: https://supabase.com/dashboard
- Setup: Create project → Choose region → Database is ready immediately → Install client
- Credentials: Project URL, Anon Key, Service Role Key, Database Connection String
- Free tier: 500 MB database, 2 projects, 50K MAU auth
- Docs: https://supabase.com/docs
MongoDB Atlas
Neon (PostgreSQL)
- Signup: https://neon.tech
- Setup: Create project → Database is ready → Copy connection string → Install client
- Credentials: Connection String
- Free tier: 0.5 GB, 1 project, 100 compute hours/mo
- Docs: https://neon.tech/docs
PlanetScale (MySQL)
Upstash (Redis)
Turso (SQLite)
- Signup: https://turso.tech
- Setup: Install CLI →
turso db create → Create auth token → Copy URL
- Credentials: Database URL, Auth Token
- Free tier: 9 GB total storage, 500 databases
- Docs: https://docs.turso.tech
Email
Resend
SendGrid
Postmark
AWS SES
- Signup: Via AWS Console
- Setup: Verify domain → Request production access → Configure SMTP or API
- Credentials: SMTP credentials or AWS Access Key + Secret
- Free tier: 3,000/mo free (from EC2), $0.10/1,000 otherwise
- Docs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses
SMS & Messaging
Twilio
Hosting & Deployment
Vercel
- Signup: https://vercel.com/signup
- Setup: Connect GitHub repo → Auto-detect framework → Deploy
- Credentials: None needed for basic deploy (uses GitHub OAuth)
- Free tier: Hobby (personal, non-commercial), 100 GB bandwidth
- Docs: https://vercel.com/docs
Netlify
Railway
Render
- Signup: https://render.com
- Setup: Connect GitHub → Create service → Configure → Deploy
- Credentials: None needed for basic deploy
- Free tier: Free web service (sleeps after 15 min inactivity)
- Docs: https://render.com/docs
Fly.io
Storage
AWS S3
- Signup: Via AWS Console
- Setup: Create bucket → Configure CORS → Create IAM user → Get access keys
- Credentials: Access Key ID, Secret Access Key, Bucket Name, Region
- Free tier: 5 GB, 20K GET, 2K PUT (12 months)
- Docs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/s3
Cloudflare R2
Uploadthing
Monitoring & Analytics
Sentry
PostHog
Datadog
Search
Algolia
Typesense
Meilisearch
Elasticsearch
Azure Cognitive Search
Vector Databases
Pinecone
Qdrant
Weaviate
Message Queues
RabbitMQ (CloudAMQP)
Amazon SQS
Apache Kafka (Confluent Cloud)
Azure Service Bus
CI/CD
GitHub Actions
- Signup: Included with GitHub
- Setup: Create
.github/workflows/ directory → Add workflow YAML files
- Credentials: Automatic
GITHUB_TOKEN, custom secrets via repository settings
- Free tier: 2,000 minutes/mo (free plan)
- Docs: https://docs.github.com/en/actions
Vercel (CI/CD)
- Signup: Included with Vercel account
- Setup: Connect repo → Auto-deploys on push → Preview deploys on PR
- Credentials: None needed
- Free tier: Included with Hobby plan
- Docs: https://vercel.com/docs/deployments
Maps & Location
Google Maps
Mapbox
Push Notifications
OneSignal
Novu