20 subscriptions to replace
Build your own marketing apps
Build the forms, websites, campaigns, and analytics your business uses. Compare 20 alternatives with build prompts and realistic estimates.
Build your own Typeform
A polished form for the seven questions you actually ask.
From 2 hours · $29–$99/mo
Build your own Buffer
A queue, a calendar, and your own terrible posts.
From 8 hours · $18–$36/mo
Build your own Mailchimp
One list, a few tags, and newsletters that arrive.
From 12 hours · $20–$350/mo
Build your own Kit
A creator newsletter without the creator-economy cockpit.
From 10 hours · $29–$79/mo
Build your own Bitly
Short links with names you can remember and numbers you can trust.
From 90 min · $35–$300/mo
Build your own Hotjar
See where visitors struggle without recording their secrets.
From 3 days · $39–$99/mo
Build your own Plausible
The five website numbers you look at, minus twelve menus.
From 8 hours · $9–$19/mo
Build your own SurveyMonkey
Ask clear questions. Get a table. Make a decision.
From 4 hours · $39–$75/mo per person
Build your own Tally
A clean document-like form builder with the exports you need.
From 8 hours · $29–$89/mo
Build your own Senja
Nice things customers said, arranged in a grid.
From 4 hours · $19–$49/mo
Build your own Screaming Frog SEO Spider
A polite spider that only bites your own site.
From 10 hours · $18–$22/mo
Build your own Ghost Pro
A blog that emails itself to your readers.
From 12 hours · $9–$35/mo
Build your own Postiz
One post, every network, no tab circus.
From 10 hours · $29–$99/mo
Build your own DataFast
Which clicks became customers. That’s the whole report.
From 10 hours · $9–$49/mo
Build your own QR Tiger
Squares that send people wherever you say. Even later.
From 90 min · $15–$49/mo
Build your own GetWaitlist
A line for your product, with queue-jumping as the growth loop.
From 3 hours · $15–$50/mo
Build your own Vimeo
Your videos on your own domain, minus the platform chrome.
From 10 hours · $20–$65/mo
Build your own Transistor
One valid RSS feed. The directories do the rest.
From 8 hours · $19–$99/mo
Build your own Circle
A clubhouse for your people, without the monthly rent.
From 4 days · $99–$219/mo
Build your own Beamer
A place to tell customers what changed.
From 4 hours · $49–$299/mo
Marketing tutorials
- Vibe code a Buffer clone
Vibe code a Buffer clone with a draft queue, one network, and a cron that publishes once. Follow the prompts, check each step, and skip the analytics suite.
- How to build a waitlist
How to build a waitlist with a confirm link, a place in line, and referral credits. Follow the prompts, check each step, then skip paid jumps.
- How to build a QR code generator
How to build a QR code generator with styled squares, a short URL you can edit, and daily scan counts. Follow the prompts and skip landing pages.
- How to build a Typeform alternative
How to build a Typeform alternative with one question at a time, a response table, and a CSV. Follow the prompts, check each step, and skip the visual builder.
Read about building marketing apps
- Vibe code your own Hotjar
Vibe code your own Hotjar as click counts and a page dashboard. Session replay, PII scrubbing, and the playback engine are the other product.
- How to write a coding agent prompt
How to write a coding agent prompt that pins the first estimate and a skip list, so the agent ships a v1 you can cancel instead of the marketplace.
- Vibe code your own Buffer
Vibe code your own Buffer as a draft queue and one publisher. Every network API, their rate limits, and the analytics suite are the other product.
- Vibe code your own Plausible
Vibe code your own Plausible as a pageview script and visitor counts. Ingest at scale and the public dashboard people trust are the other product.