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Open-source NextDNS alternatives in 2026
AdGuard Home runs DNS-level filtering and ad/tracker blocking on a resolver you control — encrypted DNS, no third-party logging. Managed at €9/month.
Reselling managed BookStack in 2026
How agencies offer client wikis and docs on managed BookStack — owned content, no per-seat pricing, margin Confluence and Notion can't match.
Open-source back-office stack for restaurants 2026
Five open-source tools for a restaurant back office: recipes, rotas, staff chat, bookings and subscription tracking, run for you at 9 euros an app.
Open-source Stack Overflow Teams alternatives
Apache Answer and NodeBB give teams internal Q&A and discussion they own — self-hosted, managed at €9/month, no per-user pricing.
Open-source stack for photographers in 2026
Five open-source tools for a photography studio - photo backup, web galleries, archives, client delivery and billing you own. Managed at EUR9/app.
Open-source stack for research labs in 2026
Five open-source tools for a research lab — shared notebooks, data, digital collections, a protocol wiki and chat you control. Managed at €9/app.
After Scribd's unlimited cap - own your library 2026
Scribd's unlimited reading became credit-limited. Calibre-Web and Kavita serve an ebook library you own — managed at €9/month.
Reselling managed Mattermost in 2026
How agencies offer client team chat on managed Mattermost - per-client workspaces, owned message history, margin per-seat Slack pricing can't match.
Open-source rank tracking in 2026 (SerpBear)
SerpBear tracks keyword rankings with email alerts on data you own — the self-hosted rank-tracking slice of pricey SEO suites, managed at €9/month.
Open-source Asset Panda alternatives in 2026
Snipe-IT manages hardware, licenses and check-in/out for IT teams — self-hosted, managed at €9/month, no per-asset SaaS pricing.
Open-source Toggl Track alternatives in 2026
Kimai tracks time across projects and teams with exports and reports you own — managed at €9/month, no per-user Toggl pricing.
After Skiff - self-hosted private docs in 2026
Notion acquired and sunset Skiff. CryptPad, Nextcloud and Etherpad give you private docs and drive you own - managed at EUR9/app/month.
Open-source Audible alternatives in 2026
Audiobookshelf streams your own audiobook and podcast library to mobile apps — for files you own, not Audible's catalog. Managed at €9/month.
After Workplace by Meta — self-hosted intranets 2026
Meta shut down Workplace in 2026. HumHub, Mattermost and Discourse give companies an intranet and community they own — managed at €9/app/month.
Open-source alternatives to Calendly in 2026
EasyAppointments runs booking pages and Rallly handles group scheduling — self-hosted, no per-seat fee, managed at €9/month.
Open-source alternatives to Figma in 2026
Penpot covers UI/UX design and prototyping with open files and no per-seat tax — managed at €9/month as Figma's seat pricing climbs.
Open-source CI/CD stack for dev teams in 2026
Six open-source tools for a self-hosted dev platform — git, CI pipelines, private registry, dashboards, secrets and SSO you own. Managed at €9/app.
Open-source Pingdom/UptimeRobot alternatives 2026
Uptime Kuma monitors endpoints and status pages; Beszel watches server health - self-hosted monitoring you own, managed at EUR 9/month.
Open-source stack for localization agencies 2026
Six open-source tools for a localization agency — TMS, machine translation, QA, file exchange, version control and automation you own. Managed at €9/app.
Open-source Crowdin and Lokalise alternatives 2026
Weblate runs continuous localization with git integration, translation memory and MT suggestions — a platform you own, managed at €9/month.