Free alternatives to the SaaS tools you're already paying for
Side-by-side honest comparisons. We tell you when the paid tool is still better — and when our free version does the same job.
Maestra.ai
Maestra is great for enterprise transcription, dubbing, and voice cloning. But for the core job — converting audio or video to text — you don't need to pay or sign up.
Otter.ai
Otter is the default for meeting transcription, but their free tier caps at 300 minutes per month. If you transcribe podcasts, interviews, or call recordings beyond that, you're paying $8.33/month for the basics. Here's the free alternative.
Coolors
Coolors is the default palette tool, but the free tier limits you to 1,000 palettes and most useful features (export to Figma, advanced contrast) are paid. Here's the free alternative with WCAG built in.
CoinTracker
CoinTracker charges $59-$199+ per year. The math your browser does for free. If you have under 10,000 transactions and don't need their hand-holding, here's the free alternative.
ChatPDF
ChatPDF was first to market but their free tier caps at 3 PDFs per day. For students, researchers, and anyone reading more than that — here's the free alternative.
regex101
regex101 is the industry standard but the UI hasn't been updated in a while and they show ads everywhere. Here's the cleaner free alternative with the same features.
Calculator.net
Calculator.net works, but the UI hasn't aged well and every page is wrapped in display ads. Here's the modern, ad-free alternative for the financial calculators you actually use.
jwt.io
jwt.io is the standard but it's owned by Auth0 (now Okta) and runs analytics. Tokens are sensitive — here's a clean alternative that keeps everything in your browser.
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