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   PrivacyTools.io

    305 likes

   You are being watched. Private and state-sponsored organizations are monitoring and recording your online activities. privacytools.io provides services, tools and knowledge to protect your privacy against global mass surveillance.

   74 PrivacyTools.io alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary (CC0-1.0)

   Application type

   • App Discovery

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Online

   • United States

   

   

   

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   PrivacyTools.io vs AlternativeTo Comments

   Top Positive Comment by riveravaldez · Sep 22, 2018

   It offers alternative software focused in some specific issues.

   Top Negative Comment by Mark · Nov 26, 2022

   privacytools.io specialize in PRIVACY alternatives..

   Negative comment by cpit · Aug 10, 2025

   it appears to give privacy-oriented options based on general functionality, not based on other existing software specified by the user

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   • PrivacyTools.io is Free and ProprietaryAlternativeTo is also Free and Proprietary
   • PrivacyTools.io is Privacy focusedAlternativeTo is not according to our users
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   Slant

    194 likes

   Slant is a product recommendation community with the goal of making it effortless to find the best product, app or game for you.

   97 Slant alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • App Discovery
   • Q&A

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Online

   

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   Discontinued

   They announced on Discord that they are winding down the active functionality of Slant, and transitioning it to read-only format, to focus on Vetted, which is Slant's successor.

   Slant vs AlternativeTo Comments

   Top Positive Comment by Dantes V-NoWar Earthling · Aug 21, 2018

   Slant is a good alternative to AlternativeTO becouse it can compare many similar programs, rank it by appreciation and features PRO CONS signaled and get answer to any question from the community.

   Top Negative Comment by altenativeto · Aug 8, 2020

   On Slant it is not as easy to search by platform or license model. AlternativeTo is faster and more effective in many cases.

   Positive comment by yeyer11817 · Oct 12, 2023

   Sometimes it is not clear how one software is an alternative for the other on alternativeto.net, having a Q&A format can help with that.

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   • Slant is Free and ProprietaryAlternativeTo is also Free and Proprietary
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   Privacy Guides

    187 likes

   Privacy Guides is a socially motivated website that provides information for protecting your data security and privacy. Their mission is to inform the public about the value of digital privacy, and global government initiatives which aim to monitor your online activity.

   72 Privacy Guides alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • App Discovery
   • Privacy Tool

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Online

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Privacy Guides vs AlternativeTo Comments

   Positive comment by bchpls · Feb 5, 2023

   Privacy Guides is a very cool and informative site. The privacy-respecting software recommendations of the site seem trustworthy in my opinion.

   Positive comment by RemovedUser · Dec 10, 2025

   Community-driven recommendations for privacy-focused products, applications, and services

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   • Privacy Guides is Free and Open SourceAlternativeTo is Free and Proprietary
   • Privacy Guides is Privacy focusedAlternativeTo is not according to our users
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   Product Hunt

    390 likes

   Product Hunt is a curation of the best new products, every day. Discover the latest mobile apps, websites, and technology products that everyone's talking about.

   255 Product Hunt alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • App Discovery
   • Similar Search Engine

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad
   • Google Chrome
   • Firefox

   • United States

   

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   Product Hunt vs AlternativeTo Comments

   Top Positive Comment by SearcherForAlternatives · Aug 16, 2025

   I think it’s the best and more complete database that can be alternative to AlternativeTo

   Top Negative Comment by C0010 ~ · Feb 17, 2018

   Product hunt is more like a interactive environment where new ideas and products are born. Alternative to on the other hand, is more of a software catalog that catalogs services and let users search similar alternatives based on tagged features

   Negative comment by jwtb · Dec 20, 2025

   I think the current top negative comment explains it well. This is more of a product launch site, rather than a catalog to browse for alternatives.

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   • Product Hunt is Free and ProprietaryAlternativeTo is also Free and Proprietary
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   SimilarSites

    252 likes

   Easily find more sites like those you like. Similar Sites helps you find related sites and alternatives based on community recommendations and computer analysis.

   78 SimilarSites alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Similar Search Engine
   • App Discovery

   Origin

   • Israel

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online

   • Israel

   

   

   

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   SimilarSites vs AlternativeTo Comments

   Positive comment by veneno · Sep 19, 2024

   It's basically a list of websites that are accessed by similar traffic, ends up showing good alternatives to adresses that are not listed on alternativeto

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   • SimilarSites is Free and ProprietaryAlternativeTo is also Free and Proprietary
   • SimilarSites is a Similar Search Engine AlternativeTo is an App Discovery Service
   • SimilarSites is CustomizableAlternativeTo is not according to our users
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   freemediaheckyeah

    128 likes

   The largest collection of free stuff on the internet!.

   33 freemediaheckyeah alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • App Discovery
   • Similar Search Engine

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Online

   • Global

   

   

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   freemediaheckyeah vs AlternativeTo Comments

   Positive comment by Alternative Software · Apr 8, 2025

   Contains many useful apps and software in a list. Much of the software I hadn't heard of before. AlternativeTo is probably easier for finding alternatives, though.

   Positive comment by RemovedUser · Dec 10, 2025

   Huge, community-driven collection of free resources from across the internet.

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   • freemediaheckyeah is Free and Open SourceAlternativeTo is Free and Proprietary
   • freemediaheckyeah is Privacy focused and LightweightAlternativeTo is not according to our users
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   alternative.me

    95 likes

   Welcome to alternative.me, the source of better software alternatives. Finding suitable software was never easier.

   135 alternative.me alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • App Discovery

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Online

   • Germany
   • EU

   

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   Positive comment by Guest · Apr 8, 2020

   it's completely the same as alternativeto, with the only difference, that it doesn't contain as much software and websites as alternativeto

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   • alternative.me is Free and ProprietaryAlternativeTo is also Free and Proprietary
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    Free Software Directory

     102 likes

    The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). We catalog useful free software that runs under free operating systems — particularly the GNU operating system and its...

    119 Free Software Directory alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • App Discovery
    • Software Download

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Online

    • United States

    

    

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    Free Software Directory vs AlternativeTo Comments

    Positive comment by WofWca · May 12, 2023

    Good amount of free software is listed, but you can't look up alternatives directly, both because non-free software is not listed, and there is no such function. It's more of a catalog, with tags and categories.

    Positive comment by DalsPhotography · Aug 26, 2023

    It doesn't list the softwares per se, but more like by usage, and it doesn't compare softs. I found it very different to this web.

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    • Free Software Directory is Free and Open SourceAlternativeTo is Free and Proprietary
    • Free Software Directory is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAlternativeTo is not according to our users
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    PRISM Break

     168 likes

    Opt out of PRISM, the NSA’s global data surveillance program. Stop the American government from spying on you by encrypting your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services.

    46 PRISM Break alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Privacy Tool
    • App Discovery

    Platforms

    • Online

    

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    Positive comment by Anipe · Apr 22, 2022

    Good for if you're looking for specefic privacy apps instead of all apps

    Negative comment by Guest · Oct 15, 2021

    There is no overlap in functionality of alternativeto.net and PRISM Break to qualify either as an alternative to the other.

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    • PRISM Break is Free and Open SourceAlternativeTo is Free and Proprietary
    • PRISM Break is a Privacy Tool AlternativeTo is an App Discovery Service
    • PRISM Break is Privacy focusedAlternativeTo is not according to our users
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    OSS Gallery

     50 likes

    Discover the best open-source projects. A crowdsourced list of the best open-source projects on the internet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • App Discovery

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Online

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Positive comment by Rong Martin-Siebler ZHOU · Apr 5, 2025

    FOSS alternative to Alternativeto

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    • OSS Gallery is Free and Open SourceAlternativeTo is Free and Proprietary
    • OSS Gallery is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAlternativeTo is not according to our users
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    Libre Projects

     79 likes

    A directory of free & open source hosted web applications and alternatives to many proprietary web services.

    63 Libre Projects alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • App Discovery

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online

    • Germany
    • EU

    

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    Privacium

     28 likes

    Open-source Android app for finding privacy-focused software and services, based on trusted Privacy Guides criteria. Dynamic theming, no ads, tracking, or permissions. Clean Jetpack Compose UI, full RTL support, and updated, community-based recommendations included.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application typeApplication types

    • App Discovery
    • Privacy Tool

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    

    

    

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