Suggest a privacy-respecting alternative

Tell us about a paid SaaS alternative or a self-hosted option that deserves to be in the catalog. We post-moderate; if it's a good fit, it'll appear on the site after review. Honest pros and real cons please. We don't ship marketing copy.

The basics

Name *

Your entry will appear at /alternatives/[category]/[slug].

Category * Choose… EmailPhotosFilesNotesCalendarPasswordsMessagingSearchMapsVideo callsVPNBrowserNetworkAI chat Kind * Choose… Paid or freemium SaaS that respects youSoftware you run yourself

Description

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Facts

Cost * Choose… Free (no payment, no paid tier gating normal use)Freemium (free tier + paid upgrades)Paid (no useful free tier)Self-hosted (cost is the operator’s, not the vendor’s) Licensing * Choose… FOSS (free and open source)Source-available (visible but not FOSS-licensed)Proprietary (closed source)Mixed (e.g. open core + proprietary modules)

Country * Choose… SwitzerlandGermanyUSUKCanadaSwedenFranceNorwaySpainNetherlandsItalyIndiaGibraltarEstoniaLatviaAustraliacommunity Where the stewarding organization is based, or "community" for FOSS projects with no central org. Self-hostable Tick if anyone can run it on their own infrastructure.

Platforms

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Honest pros and cons

What works (real strengths, no marketing). What watches out for (real tradeoffs, deal-breakers, trust issues). At least one of each.

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Links

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Tags and alternatives

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Replaces (optional)

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Slug of the big-tech default this replaces. Lowercase, hyphens. e.g. "gmail", "google-drive", "apple-notes".

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