OSS Swap
Paying for SaaS you could self-host? Here are well-known open-source alternatives. Check each project's license: some (e.g. n8n) are “fair-code”, not OSI open source.
| Paid SaaS | Open-source alternatives |
|---|---|
| Notion | AppFlowy, AFFiNE |
| Slack | Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, Zulip |
| Google Analytics | Plausible (self-hosted CE), Umami, Matomo |
| Zapier | n8n (fair-code), Activepieces |
| Airtable | NocoDB, Baserow |
| Mailchimp | Listmonk |
| 1Password | Bitwarden / Vaultwarden |
| Dropbox | Nextcloud, Seafile |
| Calendly | Cal.com |
| Intercom | Chatwoot |
Self-host cost
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Sources
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