CMS and site builders
WordPress alternatives
Next.js with a headless CMS, Astro, Payload, Sanity, Webflow and Ghost, compared on cost, lock-in and who should actually leave.
alternatives · 24 platforms · one guide each
Leaving a platform? Start with what you need to keep.
Pick the product you use today. Each guide sets out the alternatives worth testing, why teams actually switch, and the work a move involves. Staying put is always an option.
What are you replacing?
CMS and site builders
Sitecore alternatives
Six routes out of Sitecore, from headless platforms to .NET options, with a cost model and a migration checklist you can test.
CMS and site builders
Drupal alternatives
Upgrade to Drupal 11, step across to Backdrop, decouple the frontend or move to WordPress or a headless CMS, before Drupal 10 support ends on 9 December 2026.
CMS and site builders
GoDaddy Website Builder alternatives
Where to go when GoDaddy's builder runs out of room. Locked layouts and limited extensibility are the usual reasons to move.
Commerce and payments
WooCommerce alternatives
Shopify, BigCommerce, Medusa, Saleor, Commerce Layer and others sorted by use case, plus the case for staying on WooCommerce.
Commerce and payments
Stripe alternatives
Most teams look elsewhere for tax compliance rather than price. This is a breakdown of merchant-of-record platforms and billing layers, with who each one fits.
Hosting and backend
Vercel alternatives
Teams leave Vercel for cost or for a fuller backend, not for missing features. The alternative that fits each reason.
Hosting and backend
Cloudflare alternatives
Cloudflare combines several products in one. So the right replacement depends on what you use: CDN, edge compute, DNS or hosting.
Hosting and backend
Supabase alternatives
Supabase bundles Postgres, auth, storage and realtime. Decide whether you are replacing the database alone or the whole full-stack model.
Email and messaging
Mailgun alternatives
Teams usually leave Mailgun over deliverability and pricing changes. The email API that fits each priority.
Email and messaging
SendGrid alternatives
A transactional email shortlist for teams frustrated by developer experience, deliverability drift or pricing at scale.
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Email and messaging
Twilio alternatives
Cheaper SMS, voice and communications platforms for teams moving over price per message and billing rather than capability.
Analytics and monitoring
Google Analytics alternatives
Privacy, complexity and data ownership push teams off GA4. The right replacement for traffic analytics and for product analytics.
Analytics and monitoring
Datadog alternatives
Observability tools for teams whose Datadog bill has become unpredictable at scale, matched to each priority.
Analytics and monitoring
Sentry alternatives
Error tracking for teams that hit Sentry's event quotas or its pricing at scale, with the right swap for each priority.
Forms
Typeform alternatives
The same polished form experience for less, for teams held back by Typeform's price and response limits.
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Forms
Jotform alternatives
Cleaner builders and more generous free plans for teams that find Jotform's interface busy or its free tier too tight.
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Forms
Google Forms alternatives
Free, polished and powerful options for when you need branding, logic or payments that Google Forms cannot provide.
Domains
GoDaddy alternatives
Registrars with honest renewal pricing and fewer upsells, matched to the priority you care about most.
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WordPress and translation tools
WPML alternatives
Multilingual WordPress options now that WPML is no longer the obvious default, and when each one makes sense.
WordPress and translation tools
Weglot alternatives
Translation options that avoid word-count pricing surprises when a large catalogue tips a site into the next tier.
WordPress and translation tools
ManageWP alternatives
Ten WordPress management tools for agencies and hosts, including WP Umbrella, WP Remote, MainWP and SolidWP.
WordPress and translation tools
Elementor alternatives
Other page builders, the block editor and a no-builder rebuild for Elementor sites that have become slow to load or awkward to edit.
Design portfolios
Dribbble alternatives
Portfolio, inspiration and community options for designers who find that Dribbble's shot-first format rewards polish over real work.
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the decision comes first
Keep the work you need. Question the rest.
Each platform has one guide, and the comparisons listed under it narrow a shortlist down to two. When the decision touches your website, the product is rarely the hard part. The content, integrations, redirects and editorial habits have to move with it, and that is what a planning call is for.
Already down to two? The comparison centre lists every head-to-head on the site, from headless CMS and hosting to databases and authentication. Open the comparison centre.
I offer headless CMS development and website modernisation. That informs my recommendations, but changing platforms is not always the right answer. Vendor documentation supports the product facts; the suitability judgements are my assessment.
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Plan the move before you price it.
Book a 30-minute call and bring your current platform, the website URL and the problem you want solved. We will look at what to keep, what would need rebuilding and whether a migration is worth it at all. The aim is a clear next step: a scoped migration plan, or a reason to improve the setup you already have.