In an April 4, 2016 Datamation post, Cynthia Harvey lists 100 Open Source Replacements for Expensive Applications (25 per page.) In some cases, the costs of the expensive applications are “tens of thousands of dollars or more”. The categories cover a wide range of business, educational, recreational and social activities. Each page has useful comments, Q&A and additional open source suggestions. The categories are:
| Accounting
Audio Recording/Editing Business Intelligence Business Process Management CAD Customer Relationship Management Database Desktop Publishing Development Tools E-mail/Collaboration/Groupware Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Foreign Language Graphics/Drawing |
Mathematics
Music Office Productivity Operating System PDF Tools Point of Sale (POS) Project Management Reporting Screenplay Writing Unified Threat Management (UTM) Appliances Video Editing Tools Web Site Design |
See http://www.datamation.com/open-source/open-source-replacements-for-expensive-applications-1.html for the details and links to more of Cynthia’s blogs.