Under 15 people. Free tiers that actually work.
B2B SaaS starter
What to buy at seed. Defer the expensive suite until there is a motion worth the seats. Every layer has a free or near-free start.
- Layers 01
6
- Average score 02
83/100
- Free tier 03
6of 6
- Budget 04
$0 to $400 / mo
- Team 05
Founders and first hires
[ 01 ] Layer by layer
The tool, and why it is in this set.
- Layer 01
CRM
82/100 - Layer 02
Product
PostHogPostHog
DataUsage-basedFrom $0Analytics, replay and flags on one allowance instead of three vendors.
84/100 - Layer 03
Support
PlainPlain
SupportSubscriptionFrom $0Free, API-first, and it still works when you hire the second support person.
77/100 - Layer 04
Wiki
83/100 - Layer 05
Issues
LinearLinear
ProductivityFreemiumFrom $0Defaults that end process arguments a small team cannot afford.
84/100 - Layer 06
Glue
85/100
[ 02 ] Other stacks
Different job, different set.
AI Agent Hub
First agent in production. You can replay a bad run, not argue about it.
Automation Stack
n8n for the volume. Zapier only for the connector nobody else has.
Ops, no engineers
Nothing here needs a repo, a deploy, or someone's afternoon in GitHub.
Revenue signal
Clay in front of the CRM. Cap credits and domains in week one.
Lean AI support
The agent takes first contact. Plain, Notion, PostHog and Linear do the rest.