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148 paid products mapped to 311 free tools, each with the same facts: license, platforms, maintenance status, file formats and what you save.

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The paid apps people replace most, with the best-ranked free tool for each.

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Latest changes

License, pricing and maintenance changes found by our repository and page checks.

  1. Status

    PhotoCraft

    ArtCraft published the first downloadable builds of PhotoCraft, an open-source Photoshop-style editor, as an early alpha.

    Now: Early alpha.

    Source

  2. License

    Cal.diy

    Cal.com moved its production code to a private repository. The public repository became Cal.diy and changed from AGPL-3.0 to MIT.

    Was: Cal.com public repository under AGPL-3.0. Now: Cal.diy under MIT; Cal.com closed source.

    Source

  3. Pricing

    Postman

    Postman's Free plan became limited to a single user. Solo costs $9 a month and Team $19 per user a month, billed annually.

    Was: Free plan for small teams. Now: Free plan for one user only.

    Source

  4. Pricing

    Unity

    Unity raised Pro and Enterprise prices by 5%. Unity Pro now costs $2,310 per seat per year.

    Was: Unity Pro $2,200 per seat per year. Now: Unity Pro $2,310 per seat per year.

    Source

  5. License

    NocoDB

    NocoDB moved from AGPL-3.0 to a Sustainable Use License (fair-code), starting with v0.301.0. It is no longer an OSI open-source license.

    Was: AGPL-3.0. Now: Sustainable Use License.

    Source

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