alternatives

Pay-once alternatives to subscription software

101 subscription tools, each with pay-once alternatives you buy once and own forever. Pick the tool you are renting and see what owning looks like.

Business Operations

14 tools

BambooHR alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Baremetrics alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Calendly alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Calendly runs $10/mo.

ChartMogul alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Crisp alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Crisp runs $95/mo.

GitBook alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — GitBook runs $79/mo.

Glue Up alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Greenhouse alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Lucidchart alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Lucidchart runs $7.95/mo.

Trello alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Trello runs $5/mo.

Typeform alternatives

2 pay-once alternatives — Typeform runs $29/mo.

When I Work alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — When I Work runs $2.5/mo.

WiseStamp alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — WiseStamp runs $6/mo.

Zendesk alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Zendesk runs $55/mo.

Design & Graphics

10 tools

Beautiful.ai alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Beautiful.ai runs $12/mo.

Canva Pro alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Canva Pro runs $12.99/mo.

Coolors Pro alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Coolors Pro runs $5.99/mo.

Iconscout alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Iconscout runs $9.99/mo.

Imgflip Pro alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Imgflip Pro runs $6.99/mo.

Placeit alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Placeit runs $14.95/mo.

Proposify alternatives

2 pay-once alternatives — Proposify runs $19/mo.

remove.bg alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — remove.bg runs $9/mo.

TinyPNG Pro alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Zety alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Zety runs $23.7/mo.

Developer Tools

14 tools

Ahrefs Site Audit alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Cacher alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Cacher runs $6/mo.

Cronitor alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Cronitor runs $10/mo.

DevUtils alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Doppler Team alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Doppler Team runs $12/mo.

Keygen alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Keygen runs $99/mo.

LaunchList alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — LaunchList runs $29/mo.

Papertrail alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Papertrail runs $7/mo.

Pipedream alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Pipedream runs $29/mo.

ReadMe.io alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Screaming Frog alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

SimpleBackups alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — SimpleBackups runs $29/mo.

SSLMate-style SSL monitors alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — SSLMate-style SSL monitors runs $10/mo.

Urlbox alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Urlbox runs $19/mo.

Finance & Admin

7 tools

Adobe Acrobat Pro alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Adobe Acrobat Pro runs $19.99/mo.

Chargebee alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

DocuSign alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — DocuSign runs $10/mo.

Expensify alternatives

2 pay-once alternatives — Expensify runs $5/mo.

Flat-price invoicing tools alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Flat-price invoicing tools runs $25/mo.

FreshBooks alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — FreshBooks runs $19/mo.

PandaDoc alternatives

2 pay-once alternatives — PandaDoc runs $19/mo.

Marketing & SEO

14 tools

AccuRanker alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — AccuRanker runs $129/mo.

Bannerbear alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Bannerbear runs $49/mo.

Bitly alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Bitly runs $29/mo.

BrightLocal alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — BrightLocal runs $39/mo.

Buffer alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Buffer runs $6/mo.

Distill alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Distill runs $12/mo.

Linktree alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Linktree runs $5/mo.

Mailchimp alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Plausible alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Plausible runs $9/mo.

QR Tiger alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — QR Tiger runs $15/mo.

Senja alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Senja runs $19/mo.

Tapfiliate alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Tapfiliate runs $89/mo.

Trustpilot Business alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

UTM.io alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — UTM.io runs $29/mo.

Other tools

20 tools

Badger Maps alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Badger Maps runs $58/mo.

Canny alternatives

2 pay-once alternatives — Canny runs $79/mo.

Circle alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Delighted alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Eventbrite alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Hotjar alternatives

2 pay-once alternatives — Hotjar runs $32/mo.

Hyvor Talk alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Hyvor Talk runs $8/mo.

IDX site providers alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Life360 alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Podium alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

QuickBooks Time alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — QuickBooks Time runs $10/mo.

Rebrandly alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

SimpleTexting alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

SmallPDF alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — SmallPDF runs $12/mo.

StreamElements alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — StreamElements runs $19/mo.

Toast QR menus alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Trainual alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Trainual runs $99/mo.

VWO alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — VWO runs $199/mo.

WeTransfer alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — WeTransfer runs $12/mo.

Yodeck alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Yodeck runs $8/mo.

Productivity

9 tools

Centered alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Centered runs $10/mo.

Feedly alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Feedly runs $8/mo.

Ghost alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Ghost runs $9/mo.

Habitify alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Habitify runs $5/mo.

Notion alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Notion runs $12/mo.

Rocket Money alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Rocket Money runs $6/mo.

Teachable alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

Toggl alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Toggl runs $10/mo.

YNAB alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — YNAB runs $14.99/mo.

Security & Backup

5 tools

1Password alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

1Password Teams alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — 1Password Teams runs $7.99/mo.

Backblaze Personal alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Backblaze Personal runs $9/mo.

Statuspage.io alternatives

1 pay-once alternative.

UptimeRobot alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — UptimeRobot runs $8/mo.

Video & Audio

8 tools

Downloader subscription sites alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Downloader subscription sites runs $10/mo.

ElevenLabs (Creator) alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — ElevenLabs (Creator) runs $22/mo.

Loom alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Loom runs $15/mo.

Opus Clip alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Opus Clip runs $19/mo.

Otter.ai alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Otter.ai runs $16.99/mo.

Submagic alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Submagic runs $18/mo.

Transistor alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Transistor runs $19/mo.

Wispr Flow alternatives

1 pay-once alternative — Wispr Flow runs $15/mo.