Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. An Introduction to Microservices launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   A minimalist polyglot toolkit for building fast, scalable microservices▲8

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Microservices with Kubernetes▲6

   Non-Programmer’s Handbook

   2018 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   goa▲115

   A design driven approach for building microservices in Go

   2016 · goa.design · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The New Builders - 8: The Third Way In The Monolith Vs. Microservices Debate▲68

   Monoliths and microservices

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   A minimal calculator app that demonstrates the microservices concept▲7

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6MS
   Micro Server – run and manage microservices locally and in the cloud▲6

   2020 · medium.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   AWS Lambda▲6

   A Guide to Serverless Microservices

   2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   a16z Podcast: How Microservices Change the Future▲63

   Incremental change may be good theory...

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Tinycon▲197

   A small library for manipulating the favicon

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10WI
    What I learnt refactoring a monolith into microservices▲5

    2021 · blog.tarkalabs.com · its alternatives →

11. 11DM
    DoveCôte – Microservices-as-a-Service▲7

    2016 · dove-cote.co · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Microcosm▲72

    A modern forum platform

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Micro – A Microservice Toolkit▲25

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Codigrade▲85

    Microservice as coding test

    2023 · codigrade.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Istio▲76

    Open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices

    2017 · istio.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Mantlefree tier▲58

    Open-source service builder for humans and AI agents

    Sep 2026 · mantle.tools · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Design Patterns▲79

    Elements of reusable object-oriented software

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    BigML▲64

    Machine learning as a service - build predictive apps

    2014 · bigml.com · its alternatives →

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    Tankman – An Open Source User Management and Authorization MicroService▲7

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20IY
    Improve Your Micro-Services Debugging Environment▲5

    2020 · medium.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    eBook - Microservices Architecture for eCommerce▲10

    Open version of "Microservices Architecture for eCommerce"

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 226S
    6gunz – spreadsheet / programming language / microservices framework▲9

    2018 · 6gu.nz · its alternatives →

23. 23BA
    Benchmarking AWS SNS/SQS in a Microservices Architecture▲5

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Book: Microservices Architecture for eCommerce▲10

    Microservices Architecture for eCommerce

    2017 · its alternatives →

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