22 subscriptions to replace
Build your own operations apps
Build the internal tools that keep your business running. Compare 22 alternatives with build prompts and realistic estimates.
Build your own Airtable
One opinionated workflow beats a blank database builder.
From 3 days · $24–$54/mo per person
Build your own Dropbox Transfer
Upload files, send one expiring link, move on.
From 3 hours · $20–$32/mo per person
Build your own Statuspage
Green dots on good days. Honest updates on bad days.
From 3 hours · $29–$399/mo
Build your own UptimeRobot
Ping the thing. Tell me when the thing stops pinging.
From 6 hours · $24–$69/mo
Build your own Zapier
You need a few reliable workflows, not 7,000 connectors.
From 3 days · $30–$69/mo
Build your own Make
A visible data pipeline for the process only your company has.
From 4 days · $10–$29/mo
Build your own Harvest
Start timer. Stop timer. Remember what it was for.
From 4 hours · $13–$17.5/mo per person
Build your own Expensify
Submit receipts, approve totals, export for accounting.
From 12 hours · $5–$9/mo per person
Build your own FreshBooks
Invoices out, money in, spreadsheet retired.
From 10 hours · $23–$60/mo
Build your own Cronitor
Your cron jobs, finally tattling on themselves.
From 6 hours · $10–$49/mo
Build your own Sentry
Your bugs deserve better than a log file.
From 3 days · $26–$89/mo
Build your own Retool
Three internal tools beat one drag-and-drop empire.
From 4 days · $12–$65/mo per person
Build your own Sortly
Find the spare cable before ordering another box.
From 12 hours · $49–$299/mo
Build your own Dubsado
Give every new client the same clear starting point.
From 12 hours · $27.92–$43.75/mo
Build your own RSVPify
Know who is coming before ordering the food.
From 12 hours · $24–$409/mo
Build your own Breezy HR
A hiring pipeline your small team can follow.
From 3 days · $157–$529/mo
Build your own Float
See the overloaded week before it starts.
From 12 hours · $7–$12/mo per person
Build your own Resource Guru
Book the room and the kit without the collision.
From 12 hours · $5–$12/mo per person
Build your own Timetastic
Ask for time off without starting an email chain.
From 12 hours · $1.5–$5.5/mo per person
Build your own MaintainX
The broken thing gets an owner and a repair history.
From 3 days · $20–$75/mo per person
Build your own SafetyCulture
Walk the checklist. Keep the evidence with the result.
From 3 days · $24–$29/mo per person
Build your own Content Snare
Get the logo, the copy, and the missing attachment.
From 12 hours · $35–$119/mo
Operations tutorials
- How to build a status page
How to build a status page with named components, a public board, and incidents you post by hand. Follow the prompts, check each step, and skip SMS.
Read about building operations apps
- Build a Sentry alternative
Build a Sentry alternative as an ingest endpoint and fingerprint grouping. Source maps, tracing, and session replay are the other product. Here is the split.
- Build a Zapier alternative
Build a Zapier alternative as a webhook, a transform, and an HTTP action. The 9,000 connectors and their OAuth debt are the other product. Here is the split.
- Build an Airtable alternative
Build an Airtable alternative as typed fields and a table view. Linked records, formulas, and live views are the other product. Here is the split.
- Build a Statuspage alternative
Build a Statuspage alternative as a public page, component states, and incident posts. Host it next to the product and skip the $29–$399 plan.