{ "name": "StackSwitcher SaaS to Open-Source Alternatives Dataset", "description": "Popular SaaS tools mapped to self-hostable open-source alternatives, with the SaaS pricing tier we benchmark, license, resource needs and migration notes.", "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "licenseName": "CC BY 4.0", "attribution": "StackSwitcher.com (https://stackswitcher.com/data/)", "dateModified": "2026-10-30", "notes": [ "dateModified is the date the underlying data was last updated, not the build date.", "githubStars values are a snapshot recorded on or before dateModified and will drift.", "Dollar amounts are as shown on StackSwitcher and are estimates. Check vendor pricing pages before relying on them.", "Provided AS IS, with no warranty of any kind." ], "totalSaasTools": 45, "totalAlternatives": 71, "tools": [ { "id": "notion", "saasName": "Notion", "category": "Team Collaboration & Docs", "saasPricingModel": "per_seat", "saasTierName": "Business ($12/seat/mo)", "saasBaseMonthly": 0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 12.0, "saasPainPoint": "Per-seat costs balloon quickly; data stored in proprietary cloud; AI add-ons cost an extra $8-$10/seat/mo.", "alternativesUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/alternatives/notion.html", "alternatives": [ { "id": "outline", "name": "Outline", "tagline": "Fast, collaborative team knowledge base & wiki built with React and Node.js", "license": "BSL-1.1 / Self-Host Free", "website": "https://www.getoutline.com", "githubRepo": "outline/outline", "githubStars": "29.4k", "dockerImage": "outlinewiki/outline:latest", "defaultPort": 3000, "ramMb": 512, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": true, "migrationDifficulty": "Easy (Markdown & Notion ZIP import built-in)", "highlights": [ "Instant slash-commands & Markdown", "Native Slack & OIDC/SSO auth", "1-click Notion workspace importer" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/notion-vs-outline.html" }, { "id": "appflowy", "name": "AppFlowy", "tagline": "Open-source AI workspace for wikis, projects, and databases with local-first privacy", "license": "AGPL-3.0", "website": "https://appflowy.io", "githubRepo": "AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy", "githubStars": "61.2k", "dockerImage": "appflowyinc/appflowy_cloud:latest", "defaultPort": 8000, "ramMb": 1024, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": true, "migrationDifficulty": "Easy (Direct Notion import)", "highlights": [ "Kanban, Grid, Calendar & Doc views", "Works with local Ollama LLMs", "Desktop + mobile native apps" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/notion-vs-appflowy.html" }, { "id": "affine", "name": "AFFiNE", "tagline": "Privacy-focused workspace blending Notion docs with Miro-style infinite whiteboards", "license": "MIT /MPL-2.0", "website": "https://affine.pro", "githubRepo": "toeverything/AFFiNE", "githubStars": "45.8k", "dockerImage": "ghcr.io/toeverything/affine-graphql:stable", "defaultPort": 3010, "ramMb": 768, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": true, "migrationDifficulty": "Easy", "highlights": [ "Edgeless canvas + structured docs", "CRDT real-time local-first sync", "Self-hosted cloud Docker image" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/notion-vs-affine.html" } ] }, { "id": "slack", "saasName": "Slack", "category": "Team Collaboration & Docs", "saasPricingModel": "per_seat", "saasTierName": "Pro ($8.75/seat/mo)", "saasBaseMonthly": 0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 8.75, "saasPainPoint": "90-day message history paywall on free plan; $1,050+/yr for a 10-person team just to search old messages.", "alternativesUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/alternatives/slack.html", "alternatives": [ { "id": "mattermost", "name": "Mattermost", "tagline": "Enterprise-grade open-source team messaging, playbooks, and voice calls", "license": "MIT / AGPL-3.0", "website": "https://mattermost.com", "githubRepo": "mattermost/mattermost", "githubStars": "31.5k", "dockerImage": "mattermost/mattermost-team-edition:release-10", "defaultPort": 8065, "ramMb": 1024, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": false, "migrationDifficulty": "Easy (Slack export ZIP importer)", "highlights": [ "Slack-compatible webhooks & slash commands", "Built-in voice calls & screen sharing", "Unlimited searchable history forever" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/slack-vs-mattermost.html" }, { "id": "zulip", "name": "Zulip", "tagline": "Organized threaded team chat designed for deep async work and distributed engineering teams", "license": "Apache-2.0", "website": "https://zulip.com", "githubRepo": "zulip/zulip", "githubStars": "22.1k", "dockerImage": "zulip/docker-zulip:latest", 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"n8n-io/n8n", "githubStars": "56.4k", "dockerImage": "docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n:latest", "defaultPort": 5678, "ramMb": 512, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": false, "migrationDifficulty": "Easy", "highlights": [ "Unlimited workflow executions on your VPS", "Visual AI Agent, Vector Store & LLM nodes", "Full JavaScript & Python code steps" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/zapier-vs-n8n.html" }, { "id": "activepieces", "name": "Activepieces", "tagline": "MIT-licensed no-code business automation and AI workflow builder (cleanest Zapier UI clone)", "license": "MIT", "website": "https://www.activepieces.com", "githubRepo": "activepieces/activepieces", "githubStars": "11.8k", "dockerImage": "activepieces/activepieces:latest", "defaultPort": 8080, "ramMb": 512, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": true, "migrationDifficulty": "Very Easy", "highlights": [ "True MIT open-source core", "Non-technical friendly step builder", "TypeScript 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"airtable", "saasName": "Airtable", "category": "Databases, BaaS & No-Code", "saasPricingModel": "per_seat", "saasTierName": "Team ($20/seat/mo)", "saasBaseMonthly": 0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 20.0, "saasPainPoint": "Hard row limits (50,000 records/base) and $20/user/mo even for colleagues who only edit a few cells.", "alternativesUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/alternatives/airtable.html", "alternatives": [ { "id": "nocodb", "name": "NocoDB", "tagline": "Turns any Postgres, MySQL, or SQLite database into a smart Airtable spreadsheet with REST/GraphQL APIs", "license": "AGPL-3.0", "website": "https://nocodb.com", "githubRepo": "nocodb/nocodb", "githubStars": "51.6k", "dockerImage": "nocodb/nocodb:latest", "defaultPort": 8080, "ramMb": 512, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": true, "migrationDifficulty": "Very Easy (1-click Airtable API import)", "highlights": [ "Millions of rows backed by real Postgres", "1-click Airtable base importer", "Grid, Kanban, Gallery, Form 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"license": "AGPL-3.0", "website": "https://www.tooljet.com", "githubRepo": "ToolJet/ToolJet", "githubStars": "33.8k", "dockerImage": "tooljet/try:latest", "defaultPort": 80, "ramMb": 1536, "vcpu": 2.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": false, "migrationDifficulty": "Moderate", "highlights": [ "Visual query builder for 50+ data sources", "Built-in table & form generators", "JavaScript/Python transformations" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/retool-vs-tooljet.html" } ] }, { "id": "datadog", "saasName": "Datadog", "category": "Analytics & Observability", "saasPricingModel": "base_plus_usage", "saasTierName": "Pro APM + Logs (~$180/mo base + per-host/span fees)", "saasBaseMonthly": 180.0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 15.0, "saasPainPoint": "Infamous 'surprise bill' pricing on custom metrics, logs ingestion, and APM spans that regularly hits $500-$2,000/mo.", "alternativesUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/alternatives/datadog.html", "alternatives": [ { "id": "signoz", "name": "SigNoz", "tagline": "OpenTelemetry-native open-source APM, logs, metrics, and traces powered by ClickHouse", "license": "MIT / Apache-2.0", "website": "https://signoz.io", "githubRepo": "SigNoz/signoz", "githubStars": "20.8k", "dockerImage": "signoz/frontend:latest", "defaultPort": 3301, "ramMb": 2048, "vcpu": 2.0, "requiresPostgres": false, "requiresRedis": false, "migrationDifficulty": "Easy (Drop-in OpenTelemetry SDKs)", "highlights": [ "ClickHouse columnar speed (10x cheaper storage)", "Unified metrics, traces & logs in one pane", "Zero vendor lock-in via OpenTelemetry" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/datadog-vs-signoz.html" }, { "id": "uptime-kuma", "name": "Uptime Kuma", "tagline": "Self-hosted uptime monitoring and status pages with 90+ notification channels (Slack, Telegram, Email)", "license": "MIT", "website": "https://uptime.kuma.pet", "githubRepo": "louislam/uptime-kuma", "githubStars": "64.1k", "dockerImage": "louislam/uptime-kuma:1", 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"DevOps, PaaS & Hosting", "saasPricingModel": "per_seat", "saasTierName": "Pro ($20/dev seat + bandwidth/serverless overages)", "saasBaseMonthly": 40.0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 20.0, "saasPainPoint": "$20/month for every developer who pushes a commit, plus $40+/TB bandwidth and serverless execution spikes.", "alternativesUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/alternatives/vercel.html", "alternatives": [ { "id": "coolify", "name": "Coolify", "tagline": "Self-hosted open-source Vercel, Netlify & Heroku alternative that turns any $5 VPS into a full PaaS", "license": "Apache-2.0", "website": "https://coolify.io", "githubRepo": "coollabsio/coolify", "githubStars": "38.2k", "dockerImage": "ghcr.io/coollabsio/coolify:latest", "defaultPort": 8000, "ramMb": 1024, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": true, "migrationDifficulty": "Very Easy (Connect GitHub repo -> Auto-deploy)", "highlights": [ "Git-push PR preview deployments like Vercel", "1-click Postgres, Redis, MySQL with S3 backups", "Free Let's Encrypt wildcard SSL certificates" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/vercel-vs-coolify.html" }, { "id": "dokploy", "name": "Dokploy", "tagline": "Lightweight, blazing-fast Docker & Traefik deployment panel for apps, Docker Compose, and databases", "license": "MIT", "website": "https://dokploy.com", "githubRepo": "Dokploy/dokploy", "githubStars": "14.5k", "dockerImage": "dokploy/dokploy:latest", "defaultPort": 3000, "ramMb": 512, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": true, "migrationDifficulty": "Very Easy", "highlights": [ "Native Docker Compose visual stack deployments", "Multi-server cluster support", "Built-in CPU/RAM monitoring & alerts" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/vercel-vs-dokploy.html" } ] }, { "id": "calendly", "saasName": "Calendly", "category": "CRM, Marketing & Scheduling", "saasPricingModel": "per_seat", "saasTierName": "Teams ($16/seat/mo)", "saasBaseMonthly": 0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 16.0, "saasPainPoint": "$16/seat/mo for basic round-robin routing, team booking pages, and removing Calendly branding.", "alternativesUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/alternatives/calendly.html", "alternatives": [ { "id": "calcom", "name": "Cal.com", "tagline": "Open-source scheduling infrastructure for everyone: round-robin, workflows, Stripe payments & routing forms", "license": "AGPL-3.0", "website": "https://cal.com", "githubRepo": "calcom/cal.com", "githubStars": "34.7k", "dockerImage": "calcom/cal.com:latest", "defaultPort": 3000, "ramMb": 1024, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": false, "migrationDifficulty": "Easy", "highlights": [ "Full white-label on your own domain", "Google, Outlook, Apple Calendar + Zoom/Meet sync", "Automated SMS/Email reminders & routing forms" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/calendly-vs-calcom.html" } ] }, { "id": "mailchimp", "saasName": "Mailchimp / ConvertKit", "category": "CRM, Marketing & Scheduling", "saasPricingModel": "base_plus_usage", "saasTierName": "Standard 15k Contacts ($135/mo)", "saasBaseMonthly": 135.0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 0.0, "saasPainPoint": "You pay $135-$350/month even during months you send zero newsletters just to store your own email list.", "alternativesUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/alternatives/mailchimp.html", "alternatives": [ { "id": "listmonk", "name": "Listmonk", "tagline": "High-performance self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager written in Go (single binary + Postgres)", "license": "AGPL-3.0", "website": "https://listmonk.app", "githubRepo": "knadh/listmonk", "githubStars": "15.9k", "dockerImage": "listmonk/listmonk:latest", "defaultPort": 9000, "ramMb": 256, "vcpu": 0.5, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": false, "migrationDifficulty": "Very Easy (CSV subscriber import)", "highlights": [ "Send 100,000 emails for $10 via AWS SES or Resend", "Uses <150MB RAM even with 1M subscribers", "SQL-powered subscriber segmentation" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/mailchimp-vs-listmonk.html" }, { "id": "Keila", "name": "Keila", "tagline": "Open-source newsletter tool built with Elixir and Phoenix with visual block editor and analytics", "license": "AGPL-3.0", "website": "https://www.keila.io", "githubRepo": "pentacent/keila", "githubStars": "2.4k", "dockerImage": "pentacent/keila:latest", "defaultPort": 4000, "ramMb": 512, "vcpu": 0.5, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": false, "migrationDifficulty": "Easy", "highlights": [ "Visual drag-and-drop block editor", "Native AWS SES, Postmark, SendGrid & SMTP", "Privacy-safe open/click stats" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/mailchimp-vs-keila.html" } ] }, { "id": "hubspot", "saasName": "HubSpot CRM / Pipedrive", "category": "CRM, Marketing & Scheduling", "saasPricingModel": "per_seat", "saasTierName": "Sales/Marketing Pro ($45-$90/seat/mo)", "saasBaseMonthly": 50.0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 45.0, "saasPainPoint": "Mandatory annual 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"id": "jira-linear", "saasName": "Jira / Linear", "category": "Team Collaboration & Docs", "saasPricingModel": "per_seat", "saasTierName": "Standard/Business ($10/seat/mo)", "saasBaseMonthly": 0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 10.0, "saasPainPoint": "Jira is slow and complex; Linear charges $10-$14/seat/mo and locks historical cycles on free tiers.", "alternativesUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/alternatives/jira-linear.html", "alternatives": [ { "id": "plane", "name": "Plane", "tagline": "Modern open-source issue tracking, sprints, roadmaps, and knowledge pages with Linear-speed keyboard UX", "license": "AGPL-3.0", "website": "https://plane.so", "githubRepo": "makeplane/plane", "githubStars": "32.9k", "dockerImage": "makeplane/plane-frontend:latest", "defaultPort": 3000, "ramMb": 1536, "vcpu": 2.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": true, "migrationDifficulty": "Easy (1-click Jira, Linear & GitHub Issues importer)", "highlights": [ "Cycles, Modules, Gantt Roadmaps & Wiki Pages", "2-way GitHub & GitLab PR sync", "Built-in Jira & Linear migration wizard" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/jira-linear-vs-plane.html" }, { "id": "huly", "name": "Huly", "tagline": "All-in-one open-source workspace replacing Linear, Jira, Slack, and Notion in a single ultra-fast app", "license": "EPL-2.0", "website": "https://huly.io", "githubRepo": "hcengineering/platform", "githubStars": "19.8k", "dockerImage": "hardcoreeng/transactor:latest", "defaultPort": 8087, "ramMb": 2048, "vcpu": 2.0, "requiresPostgres": false, "requiresRedis": false, "migrationDifficulty": "Moderate", "highlights": [ "Unified issue tracker + virtual office voice rooms", "Bidirectional GitHub Issue/PR integration", "Blazing fast keyboard-first UI" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/jira-linear-vs-huly.html" } ] }, { "id": "auth0", "saasName": "Auth0 / Clerk", "category": "Security, Auth & DevTools", "saasPricingModel": "base_plus_usage", "saasTierName": "B2B Essentials 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"keycloak", "name": "Keycloak", "tagline": "Battle-tested CNCF open-source identity and access management for modern applications and services", "license": "Apache-2.0", "website": "https://www.keycloak.org", "githubRepo": "keycloak/keycloak", "githubStars": "25.3k", "dockerImage": "quay.io/keycloak/keycloak:latest", "defaultPort": 8080, "ramMb": 1024, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": false, "migrationDifficulty": "Moderate", "highlights": [ "Industry standard OIDC & SAML 2.0", "Social logins, Passkeys & Kerberos/LDAP", "Multi-tenant realm isolation" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/auth0-vs-keycloak.html" } ] }, { "id": "firebase-supabase-cloud", "saasName": "Firebase / Managed BaaS", "category": "Databases, BaaS & No-Code", "saasPricingModel": "base_plus_usage", "saasTierName": "Pro + Multi-Project + Egress (~$45-$125/mo)", "saasBaseMonthly": 45.0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 0.0, "saasPainPoint": "Charging $10-$25 per extra staging/preview project 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(Auth, DB, Functions, Storage)", "license": "BSD-3-Clause", "website": "https://appwrite.io", "githubRepo": "appwrite/appwrite", "githubStars": "46.5k", "dockerImage": "appwrite/appwrite:1.6", "defaultPort": 80, "ramMb": 2048, "vcpu": 2.0, "requiresPostgres": false, "requiresRedis": true, "migrationDifficulty": "Easy", "highlights": [ "Drop-in Firebase replacement", "Serverless functions in Node, Python, Dart, Go", "Built-in granular permissions & SSR SDKs" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/firebase-supabase-cloud-vs-appwrite.html" } ] }, { "id": "1password-bitwarden-teams", "saasName": "1Password / Doppler Secrets", "category": "Security, Auth & DevTools", "saasPricingModel": "per_seat", "saasTierName": "Business ($8/seat/mo) + Doppler ($18/seat/mo)", "saasBaseMonthly": 0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 8.0, "saasPainPoint": "Paying per team member for shared credentials and environment variable syncing across staging/production.", "alternativesUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/alternatives/1password-bitwarden-teams.html", "alternatives": [ { "id": "vaultwarden", "name": "Vaultwarden", "tagline": "Ultra-lightweight Rust implementation of the Bitwarden Client API, 100% compatible with official Bitwarden apps", "license": "GPL-3.0", "website": "https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden", "githubRepo": "dani-garcia/vaultwarden", "githubStars": "40.9k", "dockerImage": "vaultwarden/server:latest", "defaultPort": 80, "ramMb": 128, "vcpu": 0.25, "requiresPostgres": false, "requiresRedis": false, "migrationDifficulty": "Instant (1-click 1Password/Bitwarden export import)", "highlights": [ "Uses ~30MB RAM total", "Works with official Bitwarden iOS, Android & Chrome extensions", "Free family/organization vault sharing & TOTP" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/1password-bitwarden-teams-vs-vaultwarden.html" }, { "id": "infisical", "name": "Infisical", "tagline": "Open-source secret management platform to sync environment variables across teams, CI/CD, and Docker", "license": "MIT (Core)", "website": "https://infisical.com", "githubRepo": "Infisical/infisical", "githubStars": "16.8k", "dockerImage": "infisical/infisical:latest-postgres", "defaultPort": 8080, "ramMb": 1024, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": true, "migrationDifficulty": "Easy", "highlights": [ "Replaces Doppler & AWS Secrets Manager", "Secret scanning & rotation", "CLI injects secrets straight into local dev or Docker" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/1password-bitwarden-teams-vs-infisical.html" } ] }, { "id": "loom", "saasName": "Loom", "category": "Media, Design & Documents", "saasPricingModel": "per_seat", "saasTierName": "Business ($15/creator/mo)", "saasBaseMonthly": 0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 15.0, "saasPainPoint": "5-minute recording cap on free plans and $15/mo per creator just to record and share quick async screen updates.", "alternativesUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/alternatives/loom.html", "alternatives": [ { "id": "cap", "name": "Cap.so", "tagline": "Open-source, cross-platform Loom alternative built in Rust + Tauri with self-hosted S3 storage", "license": "MIT / Commercial UI", "website": "https://cap.so", "githubRepo": "CapSoftware/Cap", "githubStars": "8.9k", "dockerImage": "ghcr.io/capsoftware/cap-web:latest", "defaultPort": 3000, "ramMb": 512, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": false, "migrationDifficulty": "Very Easy", "highlights": [ "Connect your own Cloudflare R2 or S3 bucket ($0 egress)", "Instant shareable links with time-stamped comments", "Ultra-light native macOS & Windows recorder" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/loom-vs-cap.html" } ] }, { "id": "docusign", "saasName": "DocuSign / PandaDoc", "category": "Media, Design & Documents", "saasPricingModel": "per_seat", "saasTierName": "Standard ($25-$40/user/mo + envelope limits)", "saasBaseMonthly": 0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 25.0, "saasPainPoint": "Caps you at 100 envelopes per year on standard plans and charges $25-$40/mo per team member.", "alternativesUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/alternatives/docusign.html", "alternatives": [ { "id": "documenso", "name": "Documenso", "tagline": "The open-source DocuSign alternative: legally binding e-signatures, templates, and signing links", "license": "AGPL-3.0", "website": "https://documenso.com", "githubRepo": "documenso/documenso", "githubStars": "9.4k", "dockerImage": "documenso/documenso:latest", "defaultPort": 3000, "ramMb": 512, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": false, "migrationDifficulty": "Very Easy", "highlights": [ "Unlimited envelopes & templates", "Cryptographically signed PDF audit trail", "Embeddable signing widgets & webhooks" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/docusign-vs-documenso.html" }, { "id": "docuseal", "name": "DocuSeal", "tagline": "Fast, lightweight open-source PDF form builder and e-signature platform (runs on 256MB RAM)", "license": "AGPL-3.0", "website": "https://www.docuseal.com", "githubRepo": "docusealco/docuseal", "githubStars": "8.1k", "dockerImage": "docuseal/docuseal:latest", "defaultPort": 3000, "ramMb": 256, "vcpu": 0.5, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": false, "migrationDifficulty": "Instant (5-minute deploy)", "highlights": [ "12 field types (signature, date, file, payment)", "Mobile-optimized signing experience", "REST API for automated contract generation" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/docusign-vs-docuseal.html" } ] }, { "id": "figma", "saasName": "Figma", "category": "Media, Design & Documents", "saasPricingModel": "per_seat", "saasTierName": "Professional ($15/editor/mo + Dev Mode seats)", "saasBaseMonthly": 0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 15.0, "saasPainPoint": "Charges for every editor plus extra Dev Mode seats just for engineers to inspect CSS/tokens.", "alternativesUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/alternatives/figma.html", "alternatives": [ { "id": "penpot", "name": "Penpot", "tagline": "The open-source web-based design & prototyping tool built on native SVG and CSS Grid/Flexbox standards", "license": "MPL-2.0", "website": "https://penpot.app", "githubRepo": "penpot/penpot", "githubStars": "34.1k", "dockerImage": "penpotapp/frontend:latest", "defaultPort": 9001, "ramMb": 1536, "vcpu": 2.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": true, "migrationDifficulty": "Easy", "highlights": [ "Native CSS Grid & Flexbox layout engine", "Free inspect mode for unlimited developers", "Open SVG standard files, no proprietary lock-in" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/figma-vs-penpot.html" } ] }, { "id": "sentry", "saasName": "Sentry Cloud", "category": "Analytics & Observability", "saasPricingModel": "base_plus_usage", "saasTierName": "Business ($80/mo + event quota overages)", "saasBaseMonthly": 80.0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 0.0, "saasPainPoint": "A 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"stripe-billing-tax", "saasName": "Stripe Billing / Chargebee", "category": "CRM, Marketing & Scheduling", "saasPricingModel": "base_plus_usage", "saasTierName": "0.7%-0.8% of recurring billing volume (~$250+/mo at $35k MRR)", "saasBaseMonthly": 250.0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 0.0, "saasPainPoint": "Taking 0.7% of all subscription revenue forever just to meter usage and generate recurring invoices.", "alternativesUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/alternatives/stripe-billing-tax.html", "alternatives": [ { "id": "lago", "name": "Lago", "tagline": "Open-source metering and usage-based billing engine for AI, API, and SaaS companies", "license": "AGPL-3.0", "website": "https://www.getlago.com", "githubRepo": "getlago/lago", "githubStars": "7.9k", "dockerImage": "getlago/api:latest", "defaultPort": 3000, "ramMb": 1536, "vcpu": 2.0, "requiresPostgres": true, "requiresRedis": true, "migrationDifficulty": "Moderate", "highlights": [ "Processes 15,000+ billing events/sec", "Prepaid credits, 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"https://stackswitcher.com/compare/algolia-vs-meilisearch.html" }, { "id": "typesense", "name": "Typesense", "tagline": "Open-source C++ in-memory search engine engineered for zero-configuration instant search", "license": "GPL-3.0", "website": "https://typesense.org", "githubRepo": "typesense/typesense", "githubStars": "21.1k", "dockerImage": "typesense/typesense:27.1", "defaultPort": 8108, "ramMb": 512, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": false, "requiresRedis": false, "migrationDifficulty": "Very Easy", "highlights": [ "Geo-search, faceted filtering & Merchandising curations", "Conversational RAG search built in", "Single lightweight C++ binary" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/algolia-vs-typesense.html" } ] }, { "id": "github-enterprise-gitlab-saas", "saasName": "GitHub Team / GitLab SaaS", "category": "DevOps, PaaS & Hosting", "saasPricingModel": "per_seat", "saasTierName": "Enterprise / Ultimate ($21-$29/user/mo + CI runner minutes)", "saasBaseMonthly": 0, 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}, { "id": "onedev", "name": "OneDev", "tagline": "Self-hosted Git server with visual CI/CD pipelines, Kanban boards, and symbol-aware code search", "license": "MIT", "website": "https://onedev.io", "githubRepo": "theonedev/onedev", "githubStars": "15.1k", "dockerImage": "1dev/server:latest", "defaultPort": 6610, "ramMb": 1024, "vcpu": 1.0, "requiresPostgres": false, "requiresRedis": false, "migrationDifficulty": "Easy", "highlights": [ "IDE-like jump-to-definition right in the browser", "GUI pipeline builder without YAML headaches", "Ultra-fast local CI runners" ], "compareUrl": "https://stackswitcher.com/compare/github-enterprise-gitlab-saas-vs-onedev.html" } ] }, { "id": "dropbox-google-workspace-drive", "saasName": "Dropbox Business / Box", "category": "Team Collaboration & Docs", "saasPricingModel": "per_seat", "saasTierName": "Standard/Advanced ($18-$24/user/mo)", "saasBaseMonthly": 0, "saasPerSeatMonthly": 18.0, "saasPainPoint": "Paying $18-$24 per user every month for storage 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