Looking for a free or open-source alternative to Delighted? Pulsecheck is the closest direct swap — MIT-licensed source on GitHub, or a $29 one-time packaged install. Since you're already auditing what you pay Delighted every month, here are four more pay-once tools from the same catalog worth a look while you're at it — different jobs, same idea: buy the software once instead of renting it forever.
1. Pulsecheck — replaces Delighted
One-question surveys by link, email or widget with instant detractor alerts, self-hosted. $29 once vs Delighted's $224+/mo. Free on GitHub, or the packaged installer on Whop.
See Pulsecheck → · Source on GitHub
2. Billoop — Plans, coupons, real proration, dunning and an MRR dashboard on your own Stripe account.
Replaces Chargebee ($599+/mo). $49 once. See Billoop →
3. Askback — SMS and email review requests with smart routing, on your own Twilio and SMTP.
Replaces Podium ($289+/mo). $34 once. See Askback →
4. Citewatch — Self-hosted citation tracker that diffs your listings against one canonical NAP.
Replaces BrightLocal ($39-59/mo). $34 once. See Citewatch →
5. Syncvault — Local backup agent that encrypts client-side and pushes to your own S3-compatible bucket or NAS.
Replaces Backblaze Personal ($9/mo). $29 once. See Syncvault →
Why this list is worth bookmarking
Every app above is a one-time purchase with MIT-licensed source, no accounts with us and no telemetry. None of them are trying to be the next Delighted — they're trying to be the last subscription you pay for that specific job.
Try Pulsecheck — $29, once
One-question surveys by link, email or widget with instant detractor alerts, self-hosted.