Find the best alternatives, options, solutions for FREELANCERS
134 tools reviewed: for each one, what we would use instead, and why.
Legal
Start your business, get a business address and secure your contracts
Swapn
Full-service company formation and business management for independent entrepreneurs
Portail Auto-Entrepreneur
Guided support to set up your auto-entrepreneur status
Keobiz
Online chartered accounting firm in France with a dedicated account manager, validated annual accounts and tiered packs.
DocuSign
The world-leading electronic signature solution for getting your documents signed online
Dropbox Sign
Dropbox's electronic signature solution, simple and built into your workflow
PandaDoc
Create, send and get your quotes, contracts and proposals signed online
Swapn
Full-service company formation and business management for independent entrepreneurs
Portail Auto-Entrepreneur
Guided support to set up your auto-entrepreneur status
LegalPlace
Create and manage your company in France with peace of mind
Legalstart
Online legal services platform for entrepreneurs in France, to easily set up and manage their micro-entreprise
Finance
Banking, accounting, invoicing and insurance
Swapn
Full-service company formation and business management for independent entrepreneurs
Freebe
Invoicing and accounting software for freelancers and auto-entrepreneurs registered in France: quotes, invoices and URSSAF filings in a few clicks.
Indy
Indy is accounting rethought for independent workers in France.
Keobiz
Online chartered accounting firm in France with a dedicated account manager, validated annual accounts and tiered packs.
LegalPlace
Create and manage your company in France with peace of mind
Shine
The business account for companies and independent workers 💫
Swapn
Full-service company formation and business management for independent entrepreneurs
Blank
The business account for independent workers in France
Jump
Flat-fee portage salarial platform (French umbrella employment): employee status, full social protection and simplified admin for freelancers in France.
Revolut Business
Multi-currency business bank account for freelancers and companies
Qonto
All-in-one business account for freelancers and SMEs: account, card, invoicing and built-in accounting tools.
Wise Business
The multi-currency business account for freelancers who work internationally
Finom
Business bank account and financial management solution for freelancers and companies
N26 Business
The 100% mobile, free business account for auto-entrepreneurs and freelancers, with cashback and zero fees abroad
SumUp
Payment terminal and business account for taking card payments from your clients
Orus
The French neo-insurer for independent workers and professionals
Simplis
100% digital broker: professional liability from €9.99/month and ten-year construction liability for independent workers in France
Alan
Simple, transparent health insurance, managed 100% online
Shine
The business account for companies and independent workers 💫
Shine Facture
Shine Facture is Shine's invoicing software: unlimited quotes and invoices from the free plan, receipt of e-invoices, and Start and Plus plans to go further (deposit invoices, recurring invoicing, payment reminders).
Abby
Abby, the new way to run your micro-entreprise in France!
Blank
The business account for independent workers in France
Portail Auto-Entrepreneur (Facturation)
To manage the invoices of your auto-entreprise
Jump
Flat-fee portage salarial platform (French umbrella employment): employee status, full social protection and simplified admin for freelancers in France.
Freebe
Invoicing and accounting software for freelancers and auto-entrepreneurs registered in France: quotes, invoices and URSSAF filings in a few clicks.
Indy
Indy is accounting rethought for independent workers in France.
Keobiz
Online chartered accounting firm in France with a dedicated account manager, validated annual accounts and tiered packs.
Qonto
All-in-one business account for freelancers and SMEs: account, card, invoicing and built-in accounting tools.
Zervant
The online invoicing software to create your quotes and invoices, chase your clients and track your payments, with a free plan
GoCardless
The direct debit solution for collecting payments from your clients without a bank card
Stripe
The reference online payment infrastructure: cards, SEPA direct debit, no-code payment links, subscriptions and invoices, with no monthly subscription
Paddle
The Merchant of Record platform that collects payments, invoices and handles worldwide VAT for you, for software, SaaS and apps
Lemon Squeezy
The all-in-one platform to sell digital products, with worldwide VAT handled for you (Merchant of Record)
SumUp
Payment terminal and business account for taking card payments from your clients
Finding clients
Project platforms, lead generation, LinkedIn and CRM
Folk
A CRM for managing your contacts and relationships, ideal for organizing your networking and client follow-up
Pipedrive
Pipedrive is a visual CRM built around managing your sales pipeline. Ideal for freelancers who want to track prospects and deals without the complexity of enterprise CRMs.
Notion
A versatile tool for organizing your projects, notes and tasks in one place
HubSpot
The CRM platform that brings together contacts, sales pipeline, marketing and customer service, with free tools to get started
La Growth Machine
An automation tool to boost your sales by optimizing every step of your sales process.
Waalaxy
Automate your prospecting with Waalaxy: LinkedIn outreach, emails, smart follow-ups and an AI assistant for freelancers, sales reps and recruiters.
Snov.io
Find your prospects' emails, verify them and run email and LinkedIn campaigns in one place
MyFeedIn
MyFeedIn is the Chrome extension that turns LinkedIn into an opportunity machine: custom feeds, content analytics, an AI writing agent and outreach campaigns.
lemlist
The outbound prospecting platform that combines email, LinkedIn and calls in a single sequence, with a lead database and deliverability protection
Smartlead
Cold email software with unlimited mailboxes, warm-up and a unified inbox for your replies
Apollo.io
B2B contact database with email sequences to find and follow up with prospects from one tool
Instantly
Cold email platform with unlimited email accounts, automatic warm-up and a B2B lead database
FullEnrich
Find your prospects' work emails and mobile numbers by querying several data providers
Clay
Enrich your prospect lists by combining several data sources and AI agents
La Growth Machine
An automation tool to boost your sales by optimizing every step of your sales process.
MagicPost
MagicPost uses AI to generate LinkedIn posts in your own voice, with scheduling and analytics. From $29/month billed annually.
Waalaxy
Automate your prospecting with Waalaxy: LinkedIn outreach, emails, smart follow-ups and an AI assistant for freelancers, sales reps and recruiters.
AuthoredUp
AuthoredUp is the LinkedIn platform for formatting your posts precisely, analyzing your performance and scheduling your content. GDPR, EU hosting, no tracking.
MyFeedIn
MyFeedIn is the Chrome extension that turns LinkedIn into an opportunity machine: custom feeds, content analytics, an AI writing agent and outreach campaigns.
lemlist
The outbound prospecting platform that combines email, LinkedIn and calls in a single sequence, with a lead database and deliverability protection
Taplio
Taplio combines AI content creation, scheduling, analytics and LinkedIn engagement tools in a single platform. Trained on 50M+ viral posts.
Kleo
Kleo is an AI platform for creating, scheduling and publishing content on LinkedIn. It learns your voice, generates visuals and helps you stay consistent without spending hours writing.
Metricool
Schedule your posts, track your stats and manage your messages across all your social networks from one tool
Comet
Platform that connects tech freelancers with the best projects
Upwork
An online platform for finding freelance work.
Collective (formerly Collective Work)
Freelance project job board and AI sourcing agent (Sherlock) for recruiters.
Malt
Marketplace for finding freelancers or freelance projects.
Fiverr
A platform to offer your freelance services and find quick, varied gigs that match your expertise.
Website
Build your site, host it, design it and measure its visits
Mobbin
Browse screens and user flows from real apps and websites to feed your mockups
Figma
The collaborative interface design tool to create mockups, prototypes, websites and design systems, with a free plan
Adobe Creative Cloud
The professional creative suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, InDesign, Lightroom and 20+ tools, by subscription
Canva
The online design editor to create visuals, presentations and marketing materials without graphic design skills
Plausible
The lightweight, privacy-friendly web analytics tool, hosted in Europe, with no cookies and no consent banner
Fathom
The privacy-first alternative to Google Analytics: one dashboard, no cookies, no consent banner
Google Analytics
Google's free, complete traffic analysis tool, the most widely used in the world
Hostinger
Low-cost web hosting with a free domain for the first year, backups and round-the-clock support
Supabase
Open source backend built on Postgres: database, authentication, storage and serverless functions for your apps
Vercel
Hosting platform for custom-built websites and web apps, with a free non-commercial plan
DigitalOcean
Cloud hosting for developers: Droplet servers, App Platform, databases and storage
OVHcloud
French web host with low-cost plans, email addresses and a free domain for the first year
Webflow
A no-code website builder for creating complex sites with total design freedom
Systeme.io
A complete solution for creating sales funnels, online courses and email marketing campaigns
Framer
An interactive design tool for creating websites and apps ready to deploy
Carrd
A simple tool to build one-page websites, perfect for portfolios or landing pages
Podia
All-in-one platform for selling online courses, webinars and digital products
Glide
The no-code (and now AI) platform that turns a spreadsheet, a prompt or a file into a web and mobile app for you or your clients
Instapage
Create modern landing pages that load fast and are ready to convert, with no technical skills
Webstudio
A no-code website builder. Webstudio's advantage is its ease of use, but also its price
Lovable
Describe your app or website in plain language, and Lovable generates the code and puts it online
Gumroad
A simple platform for selling your small digital products, from putting them online to managing sales and access
Xano
Backend platform with a database and API builder, driven from its editor or by your AI agent
WeWeb
AI-assisted visual platform to build web apps, with code export and your choice of hosting
Softr
The no-code tool that turns an Airtable, Google Sheets or Notion base into a client portal, internal tool or web app, without writing a line of code
Weglot
Translate your site with AI, fine-tune the text by hand and publish it in several languages without rebuilding it
Replit
Describe your project, Replit's AI agent writes the code, and you publish from the same platform
Marketing
SEO, email, newsletters, video and podcast
Systeme.io
A complete solution for creating sales funnels, online courses and email marketing campaigns
Fromly
Email marketing for SaaS: sync Supabase and Stripe, and let your AI agent write your emails
Smartlead
Cold email software with unlimited mailboxes, warm-up and a unified inbox for your replies
Instantly
Cold email platform with unlimited email accounts, automatic warm-up and a B2B lead database
MailerLite
Newsletters, automations, forms and landing pages in one simple tool, with a free plan to start your list
Mailchimp
The reference email marketing platform to send your newsletters, automate your follow-ups and track your results, with a free plan up to 250 contacts
Convertkit
An email marketing solution designed for creators, with tools for managing newsletters and campaigns
Brevo
The European email marketing platform: newsletters, automations, SMS, CRM and transactional emails, with a free plan and no credit card required
Beehiiv
An all-in-one tool to create, manage and grow your newsletter
Convertkit
An email marketing solution designed for creators, with tools for managing newsletters and campaigns
Substack
A platform for creating and monetizing newsletters for content creators
SE Ranking
SE Ranking is a complete SEO suite: rank tracking, technical audits, keyword research, backlink analysis and client reports. An excellent lower-priced alternative to Semrush.
Ahrefs
Ahrefs is recognized as the best backlink database on the market, with powerful tools for keyword research and competitive analysis.
Screaming Frog
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is the benchmark SEO crawler for technical site audits: missing tags, broken links, redirects, duplicate content, performance.
Ubersuggest
Ubersuggest is Neil Patel's SEO tool, designed to be accessible to independents and small businesses. Keyword research, audits and competitor analysis at a low price.
Surfer SEO
Surfer SEO analyzes the pages that rank for a keyword and gives you precise recommendations for optimizing your content. Essential for freelance writers and SEO content consultants.
Mangools
Mangools brings together 5 SEO tools in a clean interface: KWFinder (keywords), SERPChecker, SERPWatcher, LinkMiner and SiteProfiler. The best value for money for freelancers.
Google Search Console
Google's free tool to see which queries your site shows up for, track your clicks and positions, and fix indexing issues
Semrush
The most complete SEO suite on the market: keyword research, technical audits, competitive analysis and rank tracking.
Riverside
A platform for recording podcasts and videos in high quality
Ausha
An all-in-one tool to host, distribute and promote your podcasts
Loom
Explain an idea, present a project or give feedback on video without having to schedule a call
Opus Clip
Turn your long videos into short, captivating clips optimized for social media
Submagic
The AI tool that adds styled captions, b-rolls and effects to your short videos, and cuts your long videos into ready-to-post shorts
TellaTV
The screen and camera recording tool with built-in editing, for polished demos, tutorials and outreach videos, without video editing software
Productivity
AI, automation, project management and scheduling
Superwhisper
Dictate into any app, with models that can run locally on your machine
Perplexity
The AI answer engine that cites its sources in every sentence, with deep research, the Comet browser and the Computer agent on paid plans
Mistral AI
The French AI: a free everyday assistant (Mistral Vibe), open-weight models and an API, with a European footing
Lovable
Describe your app or website in plain language, and Lovable generates the code and puts it online
Wispr Flow
Dictate in any app and get text that's already punctuated and formatted
ChatGPT
OpenAI's AI assistant to write, summarize, search, generate images and code, with a free plan and paid plans from €8 per month
Claude
Anthropic's AI assistant: polished writing, long-document analysis, code and agents, with a free plan
Gemini
Google's AI assistant, free with a Google account, and built into Gmail, Docs, Drive and Chrome with the Google AI plans
Replit
Describe your project, Replit's AI agent writes the code, and you publish from the same platform
Make
An automation platform that simplifies your processes by connecting your tools
n8n
The open source automation platform that connects your tools and runs AI agents, hosted by n8n or on your own server
Zapier
Automation platform that connects your apps to automate your tasks
Toggl
A Chrome extension to track your time
Todoist
The simple, cross-platform task manager to capture, prioritize and plan your daily work
AuthoredUp
AuthoredUp is the LinkedIn platform for formatting your posts precisely, analyzing your performance and scheduling your content. GDPR, EU hosting, no tracking.
MyFeedIn
MyFeedIn is the Chrome extension that turns LinkedIn into an opportunity machine: custom feeds, content analytics, an AI writing agent and outreach campaigns.
Clockify
Track your working time and see where your hours go so you can organize your day better
Text Blaze
The text shortcut extension that inserts your template replies, quotes and follow-ups when you type a simple /shortcut
OptiMalt
A Chrome extension that helps you optimize your Malt profile and turn it into a lead machine
Tally
The free, unlimited, GDPR-compliant form builder to collect answers, files, signatures or payments
Fillout
The form builder that does it all: contact forms, quotes, payments, scheduling and PDFs, with a free plan and unlimited forms
Typeform
The conversational form and survey tool, one question at a time, with AI creation, conditional logic and integrations with your CRM
Lemcal
A tool for managing your appointments and reducing no-shows
Cal.com
A free platform for making your calendar available online and simplifying appointment booking
Calendly
Streamline your appointments with a tool that manages your schedule and also sends automatic reminders to participants
Todoist
The simple, cross-platform task manager to capture, prioritize and plan your daily work
ClickUp
The all-in-one project management platform: tasks, documents, kanban boards, time tracking and chat in a single workspace
Trello
The visual project management tool built on boards, lists and cards, free up to 10 boards per workspace
Asana
The project management tool to plan your tasks, track your client projects and collaborate with your partners
Google Workspace
Professional email on your own domain, with Drive, Docs, Sheets and Meet in one subscription
Notion
A versatile tool for organizing your projects, notes and tasks in one place
Airtable
An online database as simple as a spreadsheet, with automations and custom interfaces
Learning
Courses, bootcamps, communities, podcasts and newsletters
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