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Alternatives to Maze
20 technology tools sit alongside Maze in this directory. Below is what separates each from Maze on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 12
- Cheaper to start
- 12
- Maze starts at
- Free, then $75/month
Why people look past Maze
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Maze entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Maze starts at $75/month. Across the 12 technology tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $11/month.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Maze publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Maze pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The doc that brings it all together
- Starts $65 a month cheaper, at $10/month.
Manage your team's work, projects, & tasks online
- Starts $64.01 a month cheaper, at $10.99/month.
The Eclipse Foundation - home to a global community
Priced and rated the same as Maze on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
One app to replace them all
- Starts $68 a user/month (annual) cheaper, at $7/user/month (annual).
- 5 tiers to Maze's 4.
Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams
- Starts $69 a month cheaper, at $6/month.
- 1 tier to Maze's 4.
The digital analytics platform to understand your users
- Starts $26 a month cheaper, at $49/month.
Every Maze alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maze (this page) | Free, then $75/month | Subscription | 4 | |
| Coda | Free, then $10/month | - | - | vs Maze |
| Asana | Free, then $10.99/month | - | - | vs Maze |
| Eclipse | Free | - | - | vs Maze |
| ClickUp | Free, then $7/user/month (annual) | - | 5 | vs Maze |
| Excalidraw | Free, then $6/month | - | 1 | vs Maze |
| Amplitude | Free, then $49/month | - | 4 | vs Maze |
| Dropbox | Free, then $9.99/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Maze |
| Envoy | Free | Open-source | - | vs Maze |
| Apache Spark | Free | Open-source | - | vs Maze |
| Apache Hadoop | Free | Open-source | - | vs Maze |
| Auth0 | Free, then $35/month | - | 3 | vs Maze |
| Docker | Free, then $11/month | - | - | vs Maze |
| etcd | On request | Usage-based | - | vs Maze |
| Dashlane | $4.99/month | - | 1 | vs Maze |
| Confluent Cloud | On request | Subscription | - | vs Maze |
| Attio | $29/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Maze |
| Datadog | $15/month | - | 3 | vs Maze |
| Checkmk | On request | Subscription | - | vs Maze |
| CloudAMQP | On request | Usage-based | - | vs Maze |
| Aha! | $59/month | - | 4 | vs Maze |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Maze badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (12)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
Cheaper than Maze (12)
Entry price under Maze's $75/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Maze is most often brought in for unmoderated usability testing of prototypes before development, running surveys and concept or copy validation with recruited participants, card sorting and tree testing to shape information architecture. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Maze is broadly right and the question is cost, the Maze pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Technology category lists everything the directory holds, and best technology tools ranks them.
Maze runs on web, mobile, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Maze alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Maze?
- 20 other technology tools are listed in this directory, led by Coda, Asana, Eclipse, ClickUp. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Maze?
- 12 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Coda, Asana, Eclipse, ClickUp, Excalidraw.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Maze?
- Yes. 12 of the alternatives below start under Maze's $75/month: Coda at Free, then $10/month, Asana at Free, then $10.99/month, ClickUp at Free, then $7/user/month (annual), Excalidraw at Free, then $6/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Maze?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Maze?
- Maze is most often brought in for unmoderated usability testing of prototypes before development, running surveys and concept or copy validation with recruited participants, card sorting and tree testing to shape information architecture. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Maze?
- Envoy, Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Maze alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Technology, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Maze against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Maze covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every technology tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Technology category, 20 tools beside Maze. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.