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Every Software Alternative, Ranked.

Software teams are replacing

![Image 10: HubSpot logo](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/hubspot "HubSpot alternatives")![Image 11: Salesforce logo](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/salesforce "Salesforce alternatives")![Image 12: Microsoft logo](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/microsoft "Microsoft alternatives")![Image 13: Adobe logo](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/adobe "Adobe alternatives")![Image 14: Webflow logo](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/webflow "Webflow alternatives")![Image 15: Creatio logo](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/creatio "Creatio alternatives")![Image 16: ServiceNow logo](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/servicenow "ServiceNow alternatives")![Image 17: SugarCRM logo](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/sugarcrm "SugarCRM alternatives")![Image 18: Procore logo](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/procore "Procore alternatives")

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Companies tracked 172

Anonymous bills 92

Reviews and public posts 159

Listed alternatives 178

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1. 1![Image 19: Salesforce logo Salesforce New “Honestly for the life of me I can't see why any company would use Salesforce.” Anonymous reviewer 16%](https://hissingkitty.com/predictions) 2. 2![Image 20: HubSpot logo HubSpot 1 this week 14%](https://hissingkitty.com/predictions)

3. 3![Image 21: Webflow logo Webflow New “The yearly plan is increasing to $15/month, the monthly plan increases to $25/month, and the static page limit doubles…” Webflow 13%](https://hissingkitty.com/predictions)

4. 4![Image 22: Wix logo Wix New “I guess technically it’s a website platform, but it’s incredibly difficult to make even simple updates.” Anonymous reviewer 11%](https://hissingkitty.com/predictions)

5. 5![Image 23: Adobe logo Adobe New “Goodbye forever. Plenty of alternatives I can make work. My bill tripled.” Cory Craig 10%](https://hissingkitty.com/predictions)

What Buyers Are Saying

- “Goodbye forever. Plenty of alternatives I can make work. My bill tripled.” ![Image 24: Adobe logo Cory Craig on Adobe](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/adobe#reviews)

- [“@aaronpkowalski $80 to $140 in a few months is wild. there are better options now if you mostly send quotes and invoices” !Image 25: QuickBooks logo andré valle on QuickBooks](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/quickbooks#reviews)

- [“The yearly plan is increasing to $15/month, the monthly plan increases to $25/month, and the static page limit doubles…” !Image 26: Webflow logo Webflow on Webflow](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/webflow#reviews)

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![Image 27: redu.cloud logo redu.cloud AI-native alternative Agent-run cloud on its own European servers. Your agent shows the cost, you approve, it deploys. From £8.50 a month. !Image 28: AWS logo Replaces aws](https://hissingkitty.com/listings/redu-cloud)![Image 29: Kuberns logo Kuberns AI-native alternative AI agents read your code, deploy it and keep it running. Flat monthly server sizes. !Image 30: AWS logo Replaces aws](https://hissingkitty.com/listings/kuberns)![Image 31: Sealos logo Sealos AI-native alternative AI-native cloud: deploy full apps and databases from a repo or a prompt, on fixed monthly packages. !Image 32: AWS logo Replaces aws](https://hissingkitty.com/listings/sealos)![Image 33: Rock8Cloud logo Rock8Cloud AI-native alternative EU-hosted cloud your AI agent can run: deploys, code review and logs in one place, flat from €5 a month. !Image 34: AWS logo Replaces aws](https://hissingkitty.com/listings/rock8cloud)

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![Image 35: HubSpot logo HubSpot #1+35 this month $20 – $150/user/mo List price · teams pay $50,000/yr (11 teams) 3 reviews 21 alternatives](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/hubspot)![Image 36: Salesforce logo Salesforce #2+25 this month $165 – $330/user/mo List price · teams pay $50,000/yr (7 teams) 1 review 17 alternatives](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/salesforce)![Image 37: Microsoft logo Microsoft #3+25 this month $65 – $210/user/mo List price No reviews yet 25 alternatives](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/microsoft)![Image 38: Adobe logo Adobe #4+18 this month Custom quote List price · teams pay $890/yr (3 teams) 1 review 14 alternatives](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/adobe)![Image 39: Figma logo Figma #5+15 this month From $16/user/mo List price · teams pay $1,346/yr (2 teams) 1 review 12 alternatives](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/figma)

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AWS

#6+14 this month

$9,250 /yr

Median of 2 teams

No reviews yet 12 alternatives

![Image 41: Beehiiv logo Beehiiv #7+14 this month $1,200 /yr Median of 5 teams 1 review 8 alternatives](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/beehiiv)![Image 42: ServiceNow logo ServiceNow #8+14 this month Custom quote List price No reviews yet 14 alternatives](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/servicenow)

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![Image 43: Clio logo Clio From X 12h ago “Clio's $49 is not a PI-capable price. The Personal Injury Add-On is priced per user on top of the base tier.” Danjuma Amedu · @DejayAmedu](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/clio#reviews)

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AWS

From X

12h ago

“We used to pay AWS close to $8,000 a month. Today, our entire company runs on 3 rented bare metal servers at Hetzner. That's 4 SaaS products with more than 50,000 users (apps, databases, background jobs and monitoring included). The bill is around $300 a month.”

Simon Høiberg · @simonhoiberg

![Image 45: DocuSign logo DocuSign From X 12h ago “@gregorykennedy I know business still Docusign $100k+ a year, for the same features included in a $14 a month Google subscription. Insane.” Sean McGinnis · @seanmcginnis](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/docusign#reviews)![Image 46: Webflow logo Webflow From the web 14h ago “The yearly plan is increasing to $15/month, the monthly plan increases to $25/month, and the static page limit doubles from 150 to 300.” Webflow](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/webflow#reviews)![Image 47: Loom logo Loom 22h ago It was amazing before Atlassian. It was amazing before Atlassian. Since Atlassian everything has gotten worse, more confusing, and more buggy. And it's impossible for users to find billing and profile settings through the Atlassian portal, it's like engineers built it and ignored UX. 1–10 employees · From HissingKitty](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/loom#reviews)![Image 48: Descript logo Descript From X 1d ago “Paying Descript $29 a month and then building your own is a very 2026 move. One time purchase on your own Claude sub is an easy yes.” Yash Kapoor · @IamYashKapoor](https://hissingkitty.com/vendors/descript#reviews)

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![Image 49 ### Greenleaf Replaced Salesforce and Saves $100,000 a Year Atlanta real estate firm Greenleaf replaced Salesforce with a CRM a partner built himself. It runs on about $300 a month and saves about $100,000 a year. Saves $100,000/yr Built in about 25 hours Runs on about $300 a month](https://hissingkitty.com/stories/greenleaf-replaced-salesforce)![Image 50 ### A Custom CRM Built in 7 Days Saves $26,400 a Year Grayson Gladu's home services team built a custom CRM in 7 days on top of GoHighLevel and QuickBooks. It saves $700 a month in fees and $1,500 in staff time, about $26,400 a year. Saves $26,400/yr Built in 7 days Running cost not shared](https://hissingkitty.com/stories/custom-crm-in-7-days)

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The State of Build vs. Buy

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[HissingKitty Research Monthly Edition No. 01 October 2026 Live 178 AI-native alternatives and builders listed, replacing 133 tools Most new alternatives * !Image 51: Microsoft logo Microsoft 25 * !Image 52: HubSpot logo HubSpot 21 * !Image 53: Salesforce logo Salesforce 17 Read the October 2026 report](https://hissingkitty.com/research/build-vs-buy-october-2026)