The Ultimate Indie Developer Toolkit for Global SaaS (2026 Edition)

Building a SaaS product for global markets? Here's every tool you need — from domain registration to deployment, payments to analytics — all curated for indie developers outside the US.

The Stack (All Free to Start)

Domain & Hosting

**Porkbun** for domains (续费不涨价)

**Vercel** for deployment (100GB bandwidth free)

**Railway** for full-stack apps with databases

Database & Auth

**Supabase** — PostgreSQL with real-time subscriptions, free 500MB

**Clerk** — Auth in 10 minutes, free for 10K monthly active users

Payments (The Hard Part for Non-US Founders)

This is where most indie devs get stuck. If you don't have a US company:

**Lemon Squeezy** — Merchant of Record, handles global tax. 5% fee. Sign up in 5 minutes with a Chinese ID.

**Paddle** — Better for SaaS subscriptions. Also MoR, also 5%.

Don't use Stripe unless you have a US LLC (via Stripe Atlas, $500 setup).

Analytics & Email

**Plausible** — Privacy-first analytics, $9/month

**Resend** — Email API for developers

**MailerLite** — Newsletter tool, free up to 1,000 subscribers

Total Monthly Cost: $0-20

Start with the free tiers. Upgrade when you have revenue.

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