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Curated shortlists

Ready-made shortlists for one situation: a team shape, a budget, a stack. Each one is editorial, ordered, and built from the same verified records as everything else.
  1. CRMs you can start using for free

    CRMs in this catalogue whose own pricing page publishes a free edition, and what that edition allows. Read from vendor pages on 4 September 2026.

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    5 products, updated Sep 4, 2026

  2. AI video tools with a free tier

    Every product in this catalogue whose own pricing page publishes a free plan, ordered by how much video that plan makes. Read on 5 September 2026.

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    7 products, updated Sep 4, 2026

  3. Accounting tools with a genuinely free plan

    Products in this catalogue whose own pricing page publishes a free tier, with the ceiling that ends it. Read on 5 September 2026.

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    7 products, updated Sep 4, 2026

  4. Project tools that are not priced per seat

    Most of this category charges for every person. These do not: a flat monthly fee, free contributors alongside paid members, or no licence at all. Read from the vendors' pricing pages on 5 September 2026.

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    5 products, updated Sep 4, 2026

  5. SEO tools you can use for free

    Products in our catalogue with a free edition their own pricing page publishes, and what that edition actually allows. Read on 5 September 2026.

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    6 products, updated Sep 4, 2026

  6. Email tools with a real free plan

    Every product in our catalogue whose official pricing page publishes a free tier, ordered by how much sending that tier actually allows. Limits were read from the vendor pages on 5 September 2026.

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    9 products, updated Sep 4, 2026

  7. CRMs that work for one person

    Products whose pricing and design suit a single seller: low entry prices, no seat minimums, and no configuration project before the first deal.

    Curated collection
    5 products, updated Sep 4, 2026

  8. Avatar video platforms

    Tools built around a synthetic presenter reading your script, with the languages, seats and brand controls each one publishes.

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    5 products, updated Sep 4, 2026

  9. Open-source and self-hosted accounting

    Accounting you can install and keep: on a desktop, or on a server you control. None of these requires a subscription to keep the books, though some sell hosting.

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    4 products, updated Sep 4, 2026

  10. Self-hosted project management

    Project tools that run on infrastructure you control, with no seat licence and no vendor holding the data. Both need a server, a database and someone to maintain them.

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    2 products, updated Sep 4, 2026

  11. Desktop SEO crawlers

    Auditing tools that run on your own machine instead of a vendor's. No monthly data quota, no crawl credits, and the audit is limited by your computer rather than your plan.

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    3 products, updated Sep 4, 2026

  12. Self-hosted email platforms

    Email tools you run on your own infrastructure, with no licence fee and no vendor holding the list. Both require a server, a database and your own sending route.

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    2 products, updated Sep 4, 2026