50 Free Programs That Replace Software You Pay For

Office and documents

• Microsoft Office → LibreOffice, ONLYOFFICE or Google Docs, Sheets and Slides
• Evernote / OneNote → Joplin
• Visio → diagrams.net

PDFs and files

• Adobe Acrobat → PDF24
• Paid OCR → OCR.space
• File converters → CloudConvert

Design and photos

• Photoshop → GIMP (desktop) or Photopea (browser)
• Illustrator → Inkscape
• InDesign → Scribus
• Figma paid plans → Penpot
• Stock subscriptions → Openverse, Pexels

Video and audio

• Premiere Pro → DaVinci Resolve
• Audition → Audacity
• Screen recorders → OBS Studio
• Video converters → HandBrake
• Media players → VLC

3D and CAD

• 3ds Max / Maya → Blender
• SolidWorks / AutoCAD basics → FreeCAD

Business tools

• Invoicing → Zoho Invoice
• Typeform → Tally
• Time tracking → Clockify
• Scheduling → Calendly free plan
• Email marketing → Brevo free plan
• Social scheduling → Buffer free plan

Websites

• Google Sites, Carrd, GitHub Pages

Security and privacy

• Paid password managers → Bitwarden or KeePass
• File encryption → Cryptomator
• Zoom → Jitsi Meet

Learning

• OpenStax free textbooks, MIT OpenCourseWare, OpenLearn, GCFGlobal, The Odin Project, LibriVox audiobooks