toolalternatives

Catalog

Every tool we track

Commercial and open-source alternatives across 51 categories. Open-source entries link to their source repository, and we say plainly which ones can replace the incumbent and which cannot.

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AI & machine learning 86

AI chat assistants 9

Google Gemini

Google's assistant, with the longest context window of the major three.

Alternative to ChatGPT Claude

Microsoft Copilot

GPT-class assistant wired into Windows and Microsoft 365.

Alternative to ChatGPT

Grok

xAI's assistant, with live access to X.

Alternative to ChatGPT

DeepSeek

Open-weight reasoning models at a fraction of US API pricing.

Alternative to ChatGPT Claude

Le Chat

Mistral's assistant, EU-hosted with open-weight models behind it.

Alternative to ChatGPT

Poe

One subscription that fronts many models at once.

Alternative to ChatGPT

Open WebUI

open source

Self-hosted chat interface for Ollama and any OpenAI-compatible API.

Alternative to ChatGPT

LibreChat

open source

Self-hosted multi-model chat with users, roles and conversation search.

Alternative to ChatGPT

HuggingChat

open source

Hugging Face's open chat UI running open-weight models.

Alternative to ChatGPT

AI coding assistants 7

Cline

open source

Autonomous coding agent inside VS Code, bring your own key.

Alternative to GitHub Copilot Cursor

Continue

open source

Open-source IDE assistant you point at any model.

Alternative to GitHub Copilot

Aider

open source

Pair programming in the terminal that commits as it goes.

Alternative to GitHub Copilot Cursor

Tabnine

Completion with a self-hosted option for regulated teams.

Alternative to GitHub Copilot

Zed

open source

A fast native editor with collaboration and agents built in.

Alternative to Cursor

OpenHands

open source

Agents that run the whole loop: edit, run, test, fix.

Alternative to Cursor GitHub Copilot

Goose

open source

Block's local coding agent, extensible over MCP.

Alternative to Cursor

AI image generation 8

Ideogram

The one that reliably renders legible text in images.

Alternative to Midjourney DALL·E

Leonardo.Ai

Generation with fine-grained control and its own model training.

Alternative to Midjourney

Adobe Firefly

Trained on licensed stock, which matters for commercial use.

Alternative to Midjourney DALL·E

Recraft

Vector and brand-consistent output rather than one-off art.

Alternative to Midjourney

Krea

Real-time canvas generation and upscaling.

Alternative to Midjourney

ComfyUI

open source

Node-graph interface for running diffusion models locally.

Alternative to Midjourney Stable Diffusion

InvokeAI

open source

A polished local Stable Diffusion studio with a real UI.

Alternative to Midjourney Stable Diffusion

Fooocus

open source

Local generation tuned so you only write a prompt.

Alternative to Midjourney

AI video generation 6

Pika

Short generated clips with strong motion control.

Alternative to Runway

Luma Dream Machine

Text and image to video from Luma Labs.

Alternative to Runway

HeyGen

Avatar presenters and video translation.

Alternative to Synthesia

Kling AI

Longer generated shots with consistent characters.

Alternative to Runway

Captions

Short-form editing, captions and dubbing in one app.

Alternative to Descript

Sora

OpenAI's video model and its social app.

Alternative to Runway

AI voice, speech & music 7

Murf AI

Studio-style voiceover for narration and training video.

Alternative to ElevenLabs

Resemble AI

Voice cloning with deepfake detection alongside it.

Alternative to ElevenLabs

Suno

Full songs, vocals included, from a prompt.

Alternative to ElevenLabs

Udio

Music generation with fine control over structure.

Alternative to ElevenLabs

Whisper

open source

OpenAI's speech recognition model, free to run yourself.

Alternative to Otter.ai

Coqui TTS

open source

A deep-learning speech toolkit you host yourself.

Alternative to ElevenLabs

Piper

open source

Fast local neural text-to-speech, small enough for a Pi.

Alternative to ElevenLabs

AI writing & editing 8

ProWritingAid

Long-form style and structure reports rather than inline fixes.

Alternative to Grammarly

Hemingway Editor

Flags dense sentences and passive voice; no account needed.

Alternative to Grammarly

Rytr

Cheap short-form copy generation.

Alternative to Jasper Copy.ai

Sudowrite

Built for fiction rather than marketing copy.

Alternative to Jasper

Wordtune

Rewriting and tone control rather than generation.

Alternative to Grammarly

QuillBot

Paraphrasing, summarising and citation help.

Alternative to Grammarly

LanguageTool

open source

Open-source grammar checking in 30+ languages, self-hostable.

Alternative to Grammarly

Anyword

Copy generation scored against predicted performance.

Alternative to Jasper Copy.ai

AI meeting notes 5

Fireflies.ai

Meeting recorder with search across everything it captured.

Alternative to Otter.ai

Fathom

Free-tier meeting notes with CRM sync.

Alternative to Otter.ai

Granola

Notes that augment what you typed instead of transcribing everything.

Alternative to Otter.ai

tl;dv

Recording and highlights across Zoom, Meet and Teams.

Alternative to Otter.ai

Read AI

Meeting summaries plus engagement analytics.

Alternative to Otter.ai

AI search engines 6

You.com

AI search with switchable modes and agents.

Alternative to Perplexity

Phind

Answer engine aimed at developers.

Alternative to Perplexity

Kagi

Paid ad-free search with optional AI summaries.

Alternative to Perplexity

Exa

Search API built for retrieval by models rather than people.

Alternative to Perplexity

SearXNG

open source

Self-hosted metasearch that profiles nobody.

Alternative to Perplexity

Perplexica

open source

An open-source answer engine you can run at home.

Alternative to Perplexity

AI agent frameworks 10

DSPy

open source

Programs prompts as modules you compile rather than hand-tune.

Alternative to LangChain

LlamaIndex

open source

Data framework for connecting models to your own documents.

Alternative to LangChain

CrewAI

open source

Role-playing agents that co-operate on a task.

Alternative to LangChain

AutoGen

open source

Microsoft's framework for multi-agent conversations.

Alternative to LangChain

Dify

open source

Visual builder for LLM apps, self-hostable.

Alternative to LangChain

Flowise

open source

Drag-and-drop LLM flows on top of LangChain.

Alternative to LangChain

Langflow

open source

Visual authoring for agents and RAG pipelines.

Alternative to LangChain

Haystack

open source

Production search and RAG pipelines from deepset.

Alternative to LangChain

Pydantic AI

open source

Type-safe agents from the Pydantic team.

Alternative to LangChain

Mastra

open source

TypeScript agent framework with workflows and evals.

Alternative to LangChain

AI presentations 2

Beautiful.ai

Slides that lay themselves out as you add content.

Alternative to Gamma

Marp

open source

Decks written in Markdown, versioned like code.

Alternative to Gamma

Vector databases 6

Weaviate

open source

Open-source vector database with hybrid search.

Alternative to Pinecone

Qdrant

open source

Rust vector database built for filtered search at scale.

Alternative to Pinecone

Chroma

open source

The embedding database that starts as an import.

Alternative to Pinecone

Milvus

open source

Distributed vector database for billion-scale collections.

Alternative to Pinecone

pgvector

open source

Vector search inside the Postgres you already run.

Alternative to Pinecone

LanceDB

open source

Embedded vector store that works straight off object storage.

Alternative to Pinecone

LLM gateways & observability 6

OpenRouter

One API and one bill across hundreds of models.

Alternative to OpenAI API

LiteLLM

open source

Self-hosted proxy giving every provider an OpenAI-shaped API.

Alternative to OpenAI API

Langfuse

open source

Open-source tracing, evals and prompt management.

Alternative to LangChain

Helicone

open source

Observability and caching that sits in front of your calls.

Alternative to LangChain

Portkey

open source

AI gateway with routing, fallbacks and guardrails.

Alternative to OpenAI API

Phoenix

open source

Open-source tracing and evaluation for LLM apps.

Alternative to LangChain

Local LLM runners 6

Ollama

open source

Run open-weight models locally with one command.

Alternative to ChatGPT OpenAI API

LM Studio

A desktop app for downloading and running local models.

Alternative to ChatGPT

llama.cpp

open source

The C++ inference engine most local tooling is built on.

Alternative to OpenAI API

vLLM

open source

High-throughput serving for your own GPUs.

Alternative to OpenAI API

Jan

open source

An offline ChatGPT-style desktop app.

Alternative to ChatGPT

GPT4All

open source

Local models on ordinary laptops, no GPU required.

Alternative to ChatGPT

Work & collaboration 66

Project management 11

Linear

Fast, opinionated issue tracking built for product teams.

Alternative to Jira

Shortcut

Issue tracking that sits between Jira's depth and Trello's simplicity.

Alternative to Jira

OpenProject

open source

Open-source project management with Gantt and portfolio views.

Alternative to Jira Monday.com

Plane

open source

Modern open-source issue tracking, a Jira and Linear alternative.

Alternative to Jira Linear

Taiga

open source

Open-source agile project management for scrum and kanban.

Alternative to Jira

Vikunja

open source

Self-hosted task management with list, kanban and gantt views.

Alternative to Asana Trello

Wekan

open source

Open-source kanban board you can host yourself.

Alternative to Trello

Planka

open source

Open-source kanban that looks and works like Trello.

Alternative to Trello

Wekan

open source

Open-source kanban boards, self-hosted.

Alternative to Trello

ClickUp

One app trying to cover tasks, docs and goals.

Alternative to Monday.com Asana

Wrike

Work management aimed at larger, process-heavy teams.

Alternative to Monday.com Asana

Notes & knowledge 9

Obsidian

Local-first Markdown notes with powerful linking.

Alternative to Evernote Notion

Joplin

open source

Open-source notes with encrypted sync and Evernote import.

Alternative to Evernote

Logseq

open source

Outliner-style local-first knowledge base.

Alternative to Notion Evernote

Standard Notes

open source

End-to-end encrypted notes on every tier.

Alternative to Evernote

AppFlowy

open source

Open-source Notion alternative, local-first by design.

Alternative to Notion

Anytype

open source

Local-first encrypted workspace and knowledge graph.

Alternative to Notion

Outline

open source

Team wiki and knowledge base you can self-host.

Alternative to Confluence Notion

Trilium Notes

open source

Hierarchical note-taking for building personal knowledge bases.

Alternative to Evernote

BookStack

open source

Self-hosted documentation wiki organised into books and chapters.

Alternative to Confluence Notion

Team chat 5

Mattermost

open source

Self-hosted team chat that closely mirrors Slack.

Alternative to Slack

Rocket.Chat

open source

Open-source team chat plus customer-facing livechat.

Alternative to Slack Intercom

Zulip

open source

Topic-threaded chat that stays readable at scale.

Alternative to Slack

Element

open source

Matrix-based secure chat with federation and E2E encryption.

Alternative to Slack

Microsoft Teams

Team chat and meetings, bundled with Microsoft 365.

Alternative to Slack

Scheduling 4

Cal.com

open source

Open-source scheduling that can be self-hosted and white-labelled.

Alternative to Calendly

SavvyCal

Scheduling links that let recipients overlay their own calendar.

Alternative to Calendly

Easy!Appointments

open source

Self-hosted appointment booking for service businesses.

Alternative to Calendly

Zoho Bookings

Appointment scheduling, strongest if you already use Zoho.

Alternative to Calendly

Forms & surveys 5

Tally

Form builder with unlimited responses on the free tier.

Alternative to Typeform

Fillout

Forms with strong conditional logic and deep integrations.

Alternative to Typeform

Formbricks

open source

Open-source surveys built for in-product research.

Alternative to Typeform SurveyMonkey

LimeSurvey

open source

Long-established open-source survey platform.

Alternative to SurveyMonkey

Google Forms

Free form building that everyone already has access to.

Alternative to Typeform

No-code databases 5

NocoDB

open source

Turns an existing Postgres or MySQL database into a spreadsheet UI.

Alternative to Airtable

Baserow

open source

Open-source Airtable alternative with unlimited self-hosted users.

Alternative to Airtable

Grist

open source

Spreadsheet-database hybrid with real Python formulas.

Alternative to Airtable

Teable

open source

Postgres-backed no-code database with an Airtable-like interface.

Alternative to Airtable

Directus

open source

Open-source data platform and headless CMS over any SQL database.

Alternative to Airtable Contentful

Design & whiteboards 3

Penpot

open source

Open-source design and prototyping platform, a Figma alternative.

Alternative to Figma

Excalidraw

open source

Hand-drawn style virtual whiteboard, self-hostable.

Alternative to Miro Figma

tldraw

open source

Infinite canvas whiteboard you can embed in your own product.

Alternative to Miro

Screen recording 2

Cap

open source

Open-source screen recorder and Loom alternative.

Alternative to Loom

Screen Studio

Polished macOS screen recorder with automatic zoom effects.

Alternative to Loom

Graphics & photo editing 13

GIMP

open source

The long-standing free photo editor; deep, but its own way of working.

Alternative to Adobe Photoshop

Krita

open source

Open-source painting and illustration, built by and for digital artists.

Alternative to Adobe Photoshop

Photopea

A Photoshop-like editor in the browser that opens PSD files.

Alternative to Adobe Photoshop

Affinity Photo

Professional photo editing sold outright rather than by subscription.

Alternative to Adobe Photoshop Adobe Creative Cloud

Inkscape

open source

Open-source vector illustration, the usual Illustrator replacement.

Alternative to Adobe Creative Cloud

Pixlr

Browser-based editing and templates aimed at quick social assets.

Alternative to Canva Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Express

Adobe's template-driven design tool, its direct answer to Canva.

Alternative to Canva

Scribus

open source

Open-source desktop publishing for print-ready layouts.

Alternative to Adobe Creative Cloud

DaVinci Resolve

Professional video editing and colour grading with a free tier.

Alternative to Adobe Creative Cloud

Canva

Template-first design for people who are not designers.

Alternative to Adobe Creative Cloud

Figma

Collaborative interface design, the industry default.

Alternative to Adobe Creative Cloud

Sketch

Mac-native interface design with a one-off or subscription licence.

Alternative to Figma

Lunacy

Free design tool that opens Figma and Sketch files offline.

Alternative to Figma Sketch

Video conferencing 4

Jitsi Meet

open source

Open-source video meetings you can self-host, no account needed.

Alternative to Zoom

Google Meet

Meetings bundled with the Google account you already have.

Alternative to Zoom

Whereby

Browser-only rooms with a fixed link and nothing to install.

Alternative to Zoom

BigBlueButton

open source

Open-source conferencing built specifically for teaching.

Alternative to Zoom

Website builders 5

Webflow

Visual development with clean output and real CMS collections.

Alternative to Wix WordPress

Framer

Design-led site building that publishes straight from the canvas.

Alternative to Wix

Astro

open source

Static-first framework that ships almost no JavaScript.

Alternative to WordPress

Hugo

open source

Extremely fast static site generator for content sites.

Alternative to WordPress

Publii

open source

Desktop static-site CMS that publishes to any host.

Alternative to WordPress

Business & sales 69

CRM & sales 7

HubSpot

CRM with a genuinely usable free tier and marketing suite.

Alternative to Salesforce

Pipedrive

Sales-pipeline-first CRM that reps actually update.

Alternative to Salesforce

Zoho CRM

Low-cost CRM, strongest if you use other Zoho apps.

Alternative to Salesforce

Twenty

open source

Modern open-source CRM built as a Salesforce alternative.

Alternative to Salesforce HubSpot

EspoCRM

open source

Mature open-source CRM that is quick to self-host.

Alternative to Salesforce

SuiteCRM

open source

Long-established open-source CRM forked from SugarCRM.

Alternative to Salesforce

Odoo

open source

Open-source business suite covering CRM, ERP and more.

Alternative to Salesforce

Sales intelligence & data 4

Apollo.io

Contact data plus email sequencing in one self-serve tool.

Alternative to ZoomInfo

Clay

Enrichment workflows that combine many data providers at once.

Alternative to ZoomInfo

Lusha

Simple self-serve contact data with a browser extension.

Alternative to ZoomInfo

Cognism

Sales data with notably stronger European coverage.

Alternative to ZoomInfo

Accounting & invoicing 7

Xero

Full accounting platform with unlimited users on every plan.

Alternative to QuickBooks

FreshBooks

Invoicing and time tracking aimed at freelancers and agencies.

Alternative to QuickBooks

Wave

Free accounting and invoicing for small businesses.

Alternative to QuickBooks

Akaunting

open source

Self-hosted open-source accounting with a modular design.

Alternative to QuickBooks

Invoice Ninja

open source

Open-source invoicing, quotes and payments platform.

Alternative to QuickBooks FreshBooks

Firefly III

open source

Self-hosted personal finance manager and budgeting tool.

Alternative to QuickBooks

MailToInvoice

our product

Forward a client email and get back a branded, payable invoice.

One of ours — trying it helps pay for this directory. The alternatives below stay listed either way.

Alternative to QuickBooks FreshBooks

Helpdesk & ticketing 6

Freshdesk

Full-featured helpdesk, the closest commercial match to Zendesk.

Alternative to Zendesk

Help Scout

Shared inbox helpdesk that behaves like email.

Alternative to Zendesk

osTicket

open source

Long-running open-source support ticket system.

Alternative to Zendesk Freshdesk

FreeScout

open source

Self-hosted shared inbox and helpdesk, a Help Scout alternative.

Alternative to Help Scout Zendesk

Zammad

open source

Open-source helpdesk with strong multi-channel support.

Alternative to Zendesk

Chatwoot

open source

Open-source customer engagement and live chat suite.

Alternative to Intercom Zendesk

E-signature 3

Dropbox Sign

Straightforward e-signature with simpler pricing than DocuSign.

Alternative to DocuSign

PandaDoc

Document creation and signing for sales teams.

Alternative to DocuSign

Documenso

open source

Open-source e-signature platform you can self-host.

Alternative to DocuSign

Email marketing 5

Brevo

Email marketing and transactional sending, formerly Sendinblue.

Alternative to Mailchimp

MailerLite

Simple email marketing with a generous free tier.

Alternative to Mailchimp

Listmonk

open source

Self-hosted newsletter and mailing-list manager, very fast.

Alternative to Mailchimp

Mautic

open source

Open-source marketing automation platform.

Alternative to HubSpot Mailchimp

Kit

Creator-focused email marketing; renamed from ConvertKit.

Alternative to Mailchimp

E-commerce 5

Medusa

open source

Open-source commerce engine for custom storefronts.

Alternative to Shopify

Saleor

open source

GraphQL-first open-source commerce platform.

Alternative to Shopify

WooCommerce

open source

The WordPress commerce plugin, self-hosted and extensible.

Alternative to Shopify

BigCommerce

Hosted commerce with fewer transaction-fee surprises.

Alternative to Shopify

Shopware

open source

Open-source commerce with strong B2B capability.

Alternative to Shopify

Field service & trades 6

FieldFix

our product

Fleet tracking, maintenance logs and AI diagnostics for heavy equipment owners.

One of ours — trying it helps pay for this directory. The alternatives below stay listed either way.

Alternative to Fleetio

JobArrival

our product

A branded, customer-facing view of a job's arrival window and place in the queue.

One of ours — trying it helps pay for this directory. The alternatives below stay listed either way.

Alternative to Jobber Housecall Pro

Fleetio

Fleet maintenance, inspections and parts tracking for mixed equipment.

Alternative to ServiceTitan

Workiz

Scheduling, dispatch and invoicing aimed at small field-service teams.

Alternative to ServiceTitan Jobber

ServiceM8

Job management for very small trade businesses, strongest on iOS.

Alternative to Jobber Housecall Pro

Snipe-IT

open source

Open-source asset and equipment tracking with check-in/check-out.

Alternative to Fleetio

Payments & checkout 9

PayPal

The payment method customers already trust and recognise.

Alternative to Stripe

Square

Payments with strong in-person hardware and a flat rate.

Alternative to Stripe PayPal

Paddle

Merchant of record — it handles sales tax and VAT for you.

Alternative to Stripe

Lemon Squeezy

Merchant of record aimed at small digital-product sellers.

Alternative to Stripe Paddle

Adyen

Enterprise payments with strong international coverage.

Alternative to Stripe

Wise Business

Cross-border payments at the real exchange rate.

Alternative to PayPal

Payoneer

Getting paid internationally as a freelancer or marketplace seller.

Alternative to PayPal

SumUp

Low-cost card readers for very small sellers.

Alternative to Square

Clover

Point of sale hardware and software for restaurants and retail.

Alternative to Square

SEO & keyword research 6

Ahrefs

Backlink and keyword data with the strongest link index.

Alternative to Semrush

Moz

Rank tracking and site audits with a gentler learning curve.

Alternative to Semrush Ahrefs

Ubersuggest

Low-cost keyword research with a lifetime option.

Alternative to Semrush Ahrefs

SE Ranking

Full SEO suite at a notably lower price per seat.

Alternative to Semrush

Serpstat

Keyword and competitor research aimed at smaller budgets.

Alternative to Semrush

Google Search Console

Your own real search data, free, straight from Google.

Alternative to Semrush Ahrefs

IT service management 4

Jira Service Management

ITSM built on Jira, so it fits teams already there.

Alternative to ServiceNow

Freshservice

Cloud ITSM that is markedly quicker to roll out than ServiceNow.

Alternative to ServiceNow

GLPI

open source

Open-source asset management and service desk, self-hosted.

Alternative to ServiceNow

iTop

Open-source CMDB and ITIL service management.

Alternative to ServiceNow

Developer & infrastructure 52

API clients 3

Bruno

open source

Offline API client storing collections as files in your repo.

Alternative to Postman

Insomnia

open source

Polished API client with strong GraphQL and gRPC support.

Alternative to Postman

Hoppscotch

open source

Browser-based API client that can be self-hosted.

Alternative to Postman

Hosting & PaaS 10

Railway

Usage-priced deploys with a Heroku-like experience.

Alternative to Heroku

Render

Fixed-price instances with a free tier for small services.

Alternative to Heroku

Fly.io

Deploy app instances close to users across many regions.

Alternative to Heroku

Coolify

open source

Self-hosted PaaS — git-push deploys on your own VPS.

Alternative to Heroku Vercel

Dokku

open source

Minimal self-hosted PaaS built on Docker.

Alternative to Heroku

CapRover

open source

Self-hosted PaaS with a web UI and one-click apps.

Alternative to Heroku

GitHub Codespaces

Cloud dev environments spun up straight from a repository.

Alternative to Replit

Coder

open source

Self-hosted cloud development environments on your own infra.

Alternative to Replit

Netlify

Static and edge hosting with build pipelines and forms.

Alternative to Vercel

Cloudflare Pages

Static and edge hosting on Cloudflare's network.

Alternative to Vercel

Identity & SSO 5

Keycloak

open source

The open-source standard for self-hosted SSO, backed by Red Hat.

Alternative to Okta Auth0

Authentik

open source

Modern self-hosted identity provider, friendlier than Keycloak.

Alternative to Okta Auth0

Zitadel

open source

Open-source identity with multi-tenancy and a managed cloud.

Alternative to Okta Auth0

SuperTokens

open source

Open-source authentication built for developers to embed.

Alternative to Auth0

Ory

open source

Open-source identity and access infrastructure.

Alternative to Auth0 Okta

Monitoring & observability 8

Grafana

open source

The open-source standard for dashboards and visualisation.

Alternative to Datadog

Prometheus

open source

Open-source metrics collection and alerting, the CNCF standard.

Alternative to Datadog

SigNoz

open source

Open-source metrics, traces and logs in a single product.

Alternative to Datadog New Relic

Uptime Kuma

open source

Self-hosted uptime monitoring with a very clean interface.

Alternative to Datadog Pingdom

Netdata

open source

Real-time infrastructure monitoring with per-second resolution.

Alternative to Datadog

Zabbix

open source

Enterprise-grade open-source infrastructure monitoring.

Alternative to Datadog

Better Stack

Uptime, logs and incident management, quick to set up.

Alternative to Datadog PagerDuty

New Relic

Full APM platform with usage-based pricing.

Alternative to Datadog

Workflow automation 6

Make

Visual automation platform with far more operations per dollar.

Alternative to Zapier

n8n

open source

Self-hostable workflow automation with code steps built in.

Alternative to Zapier Make

Activepieces

open source

Open-source automation that is friendlier than n8n.

Alternative to Zapier

Pipedream

Developer-first automation where each step can be code.

Alternative to Zapier

Windmill

open source

Open-source platform turning scripts into workflows and UIs.

Alternative to Zapier Retool

Node-RED

open source

Flow-based programming, popular for IoT and event wiring.

Alternative to Zapier

CMS & site builders 3

Ghost

open source

Publishing platform with newsletters and memberships built in.

Alternative to WordPress Squarespace

Strapi

open source

Open-source headless CMS with a customisable admin.

Alternative to WordPress Contentful

Payload

open source

TypeScript-native headless CMS and application framework.

Alternative to WordPress Contentful

Data cleaning & dedupe 2

Dedupe.dev

our product

Removes duplicates from Excel, CSV, text and JSON entirely in your browser.

One of ours — trying it helps pay for this directory. The alternatives below stay listed either way.

Alternative to OpenRefine

OpenRefine

open source

Powerful open-source desktop tool for cleaning and reconciling messy data.

Git hosting 5

GitLab

open source

Repos, CI and issues in one platform, self-hostable.

Alternative to GitHub

Gitea

open source

Lightweight self-hosted Git that runs on very little.

Alternative to GitHub

Forgejo

open source

Community-governed fork of Gitea, the engine behind Codeberg.

Alternative to GitHub

Codeberg

Non-profit Git hosting for open source, no tracking, no ads.

Alternative to GitHub

Bitbucket

Git hosting tied closely to Jira and the Atlassian suite.

Alternative to GitHub

Containers & runtimes 5

Podman

open source

Daemonless, rootless containers with a Docker-compatible CLI.

Alternative to Docker

containerd

open source

The runtime Docker and Kubernetes actually use underneath.

Alternative to Docker

Incus

open source

System containers and VMs; a community fork of LXD.

Alternative to Docker

Buildah

open source

Builds OCI images without a daemon or a Dockerfile.

Alternative to Docker

Colima

open source

Container runtimes on macOS without Docker Desktop's licence.

Alternative to Docker

SMS, voice & messaging APIs 5

Vonage

Voice, SMS and video APIs; the closest broad Twilio equivalent.

Alternative to Twilio

Plivo

SMS and voice APIs priced below Twilio at volume.

Alternative to Twilio

Telnyx

Runs its own carrier network rather than reselling.

Alternative to Twilio

Bird

Omnichannel messaging platform, formerly MessageBird.

Alternative to Twilio

Sinch

Global messaging and voice with strong enterprise reach.

Alternative to Twilio

Data, storage & security 28

Web analytics 4

Plausible

open source

Privacy-friendly, cookie-free web analytics.

Alternative to Google Analytics

Umami

open source

Lightweight self-hosted web analytics.

Alternative to Google Analytics

Matomo

open source

Full-featured analytics you can host yourself.

Alternative to Google Analytics

PostHog

open source

Product analytics, session replay and feature flags.

Alternative to Google Analytics Amplitude

BI & dashboards 5

Metabase

open source

Open-source BI that non-technical people actually use.

Alternative to Tableau Looker

Apache Superset

open source

Open-source data exploration and dashboarding at scale.

Alternative to Tableau Power BI

Redash

open source

Query, visualise and share results from any data source.

Alternative to Tableau

Lightdash

open source

Open-source BI built on top of your dbt project.

Alternative to Looker

Looker Studio

Free dashboards, strongest on Google data sources.

Alternative to Power BI Tableau

Cloud storage & file sync 9

pCloud affiliate

Swiss cloud storage with one-time lifetime plans.

Alternative to Dropbox Google Drive

Sync.com

Zero-knowledge encrypted storage under Canadian jurisdiction.

Alternative to Dropbox Google Drive

Icedrive

Low-cost storage with client-side encryption and lifetime tiers.

Alternative to Dropbox

Proton Drive

End-to-end encrypted Swiss storage from the Proton suite.

Alternative to Google Drive Dropbox

MEGA

End-to-end encrypted storage with a large free tier.

Alternative to Dropbox

Nextcloud

open source

Self-hosted file sync, calendar and collaboration suite.

Alternative to Dropbox Google Drive

Seafile

open source

Self-hosted file sync focused on speed and reliability.

Alternative to Dropbox

ownCloud

open source

The original self-hosted file-sync platform Nextcloud forked from.

Alternative to Dropbox

File Browser

open source

Minimal self-hosted web file manager for a single server.

Alternative to Dropbox

Password managers 5

Bitwarden

open source

Open-source, audited password manager with a usable free tier.

Alternative to 1Password LastPass

Vaultwarden

open source

Lightweight self-hosted server compatible with Bitwarden clients.

Alternative to 1Password LastPass

KeePassXC

open source

Fully offline encrypted vault stored as a local file.

Alternative to 1Password LastPass

Proton Pass

Password manager with built-in email aliasing from Proton.

Alternative to 1Password LastPass

Passbolt

open source

Open-source password manager built for team sharing.

Alternative to 1Password

Data warehouses & analytics DBs 5

BigQuery

Serverless warehouse billed by the bytes you scan.

Alternative to Snowflake

Databricks

Lakehouse combining warehouse queries with Spark workloads.

Alternative to Snowflake

ClickHouse

open source

Extremely fast open-source columnar database for analytics.

Alternative to Snowflake

DuckDB

open source

An analytics database that runs in-process, no server at all.

Alternative to Snowflake

Amazon Redshift

AWS's warehouse, cheapest if your data already lives there.

Alternative to Snowflake