Instead of a paid tool, what can you use?

For every paid tool, options that are free to start or open source. What you gain and what you give up is spelled out plainly: setup, hardware, license and commercial use. Output quality is not compared on this page.

Instead of Botpress
Free tier available
Dify · Typebot
2 alternatives
Instead of Canva
Free tier available
Gamma · ComfyUI
2 alternatives
Instead of CapCut
Free tier available
Whisper · faster-whisper
2 alternatives
Instead of ChatGPT
Free tier available
DeepSeek · Ollama · LM Studio
3 alternatives
Instead of Claude
Free tier available
Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) · DeepSeek · Ollama
3 alternatives
Instead of Claude Code
Paid
Gemini CLI · OpenAI Codex CLI · Cline
3 alternatives
Instead of Crisp
Free tier available
Chatwoot · tawk.to
2 alternatives
Instead of Cursor
Free tier available
Cline · Gemini CLI
2 alternatives
Instead of DeepL
Free tier available
LibreTranslate
1 alternative
Instead of Dify
Free tier available
Langflow · n8n
2 alternatives
Instead of ElevenLabs
Free tier available
Chatterbox · Whisper
2 alternatives
Instead of Gamma
Free tier available
Canva
1 alternative
Instead of Gemini
Free tier available
DeepSeek · Ollama
2 alternatives
Instead of Grammarly
Free tier available
ChatGPT
1 alternative
Instead of Kling AI
Free tier available
Wan 2.2 · PixVerse
2 alternatives
Instead of Lovable
Free tier available
Gemini CLI · Cline
2 alternatives
Instead of Make
Free tier available
n8n · Activepieces
2 alternatives
Instead of Microsoft Copilot
Free tier available
Gemini · LM Studio
2 alternatives
Instead of Notion
Free tier available
WhisperX · Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)
2 alternatives
Instead of Perplexity
Free tier available
Gemini · GPT Researcher
2 alternatives
Instead of Photoroom
Free tier available
ComfyUI
1 alternative
Instead of Picsart
Free tier available
Canva · ComfyUI
2 alternatives
Instead of PixVerse
Free tier available
Wan 2.2 · Kling AI
2 alternatives
Instead of QuillBot
Free tier available
ChatGPT · DeepSeek
2 alternatives
Instead of Typebot
Free tier available
Dify · Botpress
2 alternatives

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Setup solutions

Instead of Botpress

Instead of Canva

Instead of CapCut

Instead of ChatGPT

Instead of Claude

Instead of Claude Code

Instead of Crisp

Instead of Cursor

Instead of DeepL

Instead of Dify

Instead of ElevenLabs

Instead of Gamma

Instead of Gemini

Instead of Grammarly

Instead of Kling AI

Instead of Lovable

Instead of Make

Instead of Microsoft Copilot

Instead of Notion

Instead of Perplexity

Instead of Photoroom

Instead of Picsart

Instead of PixVerse

Instead of QuillBot

Instead of Typebot

Like an open-source option but find it hard to set up?