Alternatives to popular systems - custom-built options
Off-the-shelf is often the right call, right up until you hit its limit. Below, platform by platform, is where that limit sits and what changes once a system is written from scratch.
E-commerce
Alternative to Shopify
Shopify is a hosted commerce platform on which somebody with no technical background can put up a store. It has an ecosystem of thousands of...
- Shopify
- E-commerce
Alternative to WooCommerce
WooCommerce is the open-source plugin that turns a WordPress site into a shop. By installed count it is the most popular commerce engine in ...
- WooCommerce
- E-commerce
CRM
Alternative to HubSpot
HubSpot is a CRM and marketing automation platform made of Sales Hub, Marketing Hub, Service Hub and CMS Hub. The free CRM brings companies ...
- HubSpot
- CRM
Alternative to Salesforce
Salesforce is the most widely used CRM in the world, with Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud and Commerce Cloud. Apex and the Light...
- Salesforce
- CRM
Project management
Alternative to Jira
Atlassian's Jira is the most widely used tool for running software projects: Scrum sprints, Kanban boards, backlog and agile reporting. In s...
- Jira
- Project management
Alternative to Asana
Asana is a project and teamwork tool, widely used in marketing, operations and product management. It has list, board, timeline and calendar...
- Asana
- Project management
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