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Photoshop

11 alternatives

  1. AffinityProfessional photo editing, retouching, and raster design. Incredibly fast and no monthly subscription.Free
  2. PhotoCraftAn open-source native image editor built in Rust with layers masks adjustment layers vectors brushes and professional color tools.Free
  3. GIMPFree & open source image editor. A powerful tool for photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring.Free / Donate
  4. CompositorBring a Photoshop-style image editing workflow to Mac without the subscription.Free
  5. KritaA professional free and open source painting program. Made by artists, for artists.Free / Donate

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Microsoft 365

11 alternatives

  1. ONLYOFFICEPowerful, secure office suite for documents, spreadsheets, and slides. Fully compatible with MS Office formats.Free
  2. LibreOfficeThe powerful free and open source office suite. Compatible with .docx, .xlsx, .pptx and more.Free
  3. BetterOfficeAn open-source office suite for editing DOCX XLSX and PPTX files directly in the browser with Word-faithful rendering and real-time collaboration.Free
  4. ApexDeskA lightweight office suite that combines documents spreadsheets presentations PDFs databases and notebooks in one fast desktop application.Free
  5. Office EUEuropean cloud office suite with documents spreadsheets email calendars meetings and file storage hosted entirely on European infrastructure.Free

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Notion

9 alternatives

  1. LogseqOpen-source personal knowledge management and note-taking app with graph-based organization.Free
  2. SpacesuitSpatial productivity canvas that lets you organize ideas notes and information on an infinite grid.Freemium
  3. AnytypeLocal first knowledge management app for notes docs databases and private collaborationFree
  4. OutlineModern team knowledge base and collaborative wiki.Freemium
  5. AppFlowyCollaborative workspace for notes wikis and projects with full control over your data.Freemium

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