I say tomaydo, you say tomahhdo. You are unfazed by fifty different types of cereal at the supermarket. We live in a world of alternatives. But when it comes to finding viable alternatives for computer software, it can become a bit tricky to land on an option that checks all the boxes of the original. In the case of software, finding a cheap alternative to the hundred-dollar enterprise software could make a pretty huge difference (to your bank account at least).

Alternativeto.net is all about providing alternatives and their editorial team and users both trowel the web to find low cost, free or open source options to replace industry standards such as the Adobe Suite (which includes image editor Photoshop and website editor Dreamweaver), iTunes and the iTunes store, sharing and project management tools such as Dropbox and web browsers such as Firefox and Internet Explorer.

The site needs a bit of work to clean up some difficult navigation (say you just want to see the premier stuff – you have to troll through the list of all of the alternatives as well although this could potentially lead you to discover some intriguing free software you didn’t even know you needed). At the moment you can simply filter by platform such as Mac, PC, Linux or online, or search by tag. However the range of products listed immediately makes it clear all the ways you can still get your work done online and on the computer without shelling out a few grand on software.

There’s just no alternative to that.