Escape routes · sorted by what you're leaving
Alternatives to...

You know what you want to quit. Start from the tool you're stuck with, and we'll show you everything worth switching to — with the trade-offs spelled out, not glossed over.

Gmail

Free email where “free” is doing a lot of work. The most-requested escape route on the site.

8 alternatives

NordVPN

The VPN your favourite YouTuber is contractually fond of. Quieter, better options exist.

6 alternatives

Google Search

Still the best index of the web, wrapped in the biggest profiling operation on it.

5 alternatives

Google Chrome

A browser built by an advertising company. Read that sentence again.

3 alternatives

Dropbox

Convenient, mature, and fully able to read your files. Pick two out of three elsewhere.

7 alternatives

Google Drive

Generous storage in exchange for a company that indexes your documents for a living.

7 alternatives

LastPass

After the breach headlines, this page gets a traffic spike every few months. Understandable.

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Google Maps

Gets you anywhere, remembers everywhere. Your location diary deserves a better keeper.

5 alternatives

Waze

Community-powered directions, Google-powered data collection. The community part is replaceable.

5 alternatives

GoDaddy

The Super Bowl ads are paid for somehow — usually at renewal time. Register closer to home.

6 alternatives

Stripe

Brilliant developer experience, Silicon Valley address. Europe's processors closed the gap.

6 alternatives

PayPal

The checkout button everyone recognises and every merchant grumbles about. There are calmer rails.

6 alternatives