Guides & playbooks
Guides, comparisons and migration playbooks for managed open-source software. By DANIAN.
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Open-source stack for small marketing agencies
Six open-source tools small agencies can use, resell, or white-label — replacing HubSpot, Mailchimp, GA4, Inte…
Open-source toolkit for the 5-person consultancy
Six open-source tools that replace twelve SaaS subscriptions at a 5-person consultancy — total managed cost: €…
Open-source Discord alternatives for communities
Run a community on Matrix, RocketChat, HumHub or Mattermost at €9/app/month managed — own your moderation rule…
Open-source Dropbox & Google Drive alternatives
Nextcloud, SFTPGo, MinIO and Pairdrop cover the file-sync, file-transfer and object-storage lanes at €9/app ma…
Open-source Monday.com alternatives in 2026
Replace Monday Pro's per-seat math with OpenProject, Taiga, Leantime or Redmine on managed hosting at €9/app —…
Open-source DocuSign alternatives in 2026
Documenso and DocuSeal handle e-signing at €9/app/month — sealed signing record, full d…
Open-source Salesforce alternatives for SMBs
Salesforce Pro at 5 seats = $500/month. EspoCRM and Dolibarr handle SMB sales pipelines at €9/app/month manage…
Open-source Airtable alternatives in 2026
NocoDB, Baserow, Directus and PocketBase cover Airtable's territory at €9/app/month managed — unlimited rows, …
Open-source Mailchimp alternatives in 2026
Mailchimp Standard at 25K contacts hits $270/month. Mautic does the same automation at €9/month managed — pay …
Open-source Trello & Asana alternatives in 2026
Five self-hosted kanban and project tools that replace Trello and Asana — flat €9/app managed, full history, n…
Open-source Notion alternatives in 2026
Notion Plus + AI = $20/user/month. Match the docs, wiki and notes use cases with BookStack, WikiJS, HedgeDoc o…
Open-source Zendesk alternatives for small teams
Zendesk Suite minimum is $165/mo at 3 agents. FreeScout, osTicket and Chatwoot run flat at €9/app/month manage…
