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24 alternatives to Besample

Empowering social scientists to reach beyond the West

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Besample launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Been There Done That▲95

   A low-commitment way to match mentors and mentees

   2020 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Slab▲741

   Modern knowledge base & wiki for teams

   2018 · slab.com · its alternatives →

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   Seekwise▲332

   Supercharge your career with world class mentors

   2022 · its alternatives →

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   Heptabase▲448

   The visual note-taking tool for learning complex topics.

   2023 · its alternatives →

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   RepScout▲100

   AI-Powered Recruitment Assessments

   2025 · repscout.ai · its alternatives →

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   Discourse▲287

   A platform for community discussion. Free, open and simple.

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   BeenThere▲69

   Plan, share & book with travelers just like you.

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   FlingUp, a Reddit-like platform Ive been building for the last 2 years▲260

   2023 · flingup.com · its alternatives →

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   Dive▲138

   Write your task, match with people, get it done

   2021 · its alternatives →

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    BlockSurvey 2.0▲217

    Secure forms & surveys, powered by Stacks blockchain

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Library.one▲111

    Link sharing platform for experts, contextual search engine

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Positly▲67

    Easily recruit & manage research participants for studies

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Scholr▲20

    Academic

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    FindOurView▲99

    Unite your team around instant user research insights

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    SurveyMist▲74

    Easily build & create surveys, questionnaires and polls

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Profiler▲79

    Get Fascinating Insights on People from their X/Reddit Feed

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Trove – Curate and publish a knowledge base on any topic▲67

    2021 · trove.to · its alternatives →

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    Socialhose▲54

    Social listening and analytics for brands and agencies

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    BeenThere▲3

    Connecting you with travel experts around the world!

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    I built Reddit but for research only▲23

    2020 · asone.ai · its alternatives →

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    ViPeople – Community-Based HR Platform▲8

    A self-hosted HR system for teams that value independence

    2025 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

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    Discourse – Wikipedia for Sensitive Topics▲30

    We just launched our open beta of Discourse and would love feedback. We’re a group of professionals from across technology & journalism who all have a shared experience working with sensitive topics and misinformation online. We built Discourse as a way to fill a gap we continued to see in our day jobs: a trustworthy and simple way to understand challenging topics. Discourse is unique in that it (a) combines multiple viewpoints into one place and (b) allows for Wiki-style crowd suggestions. While other sources try to be 'fair and balanced' off the bat, our belief is that it takes time,…

    2023 · indiscourse.com · its alternatives →

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    GRID, a free database of the world's research organisations▲25

    2015 · grid.ac · its alternatives →

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    Medley▲16

    The no-nonsense survey platform for feedback and research

    2025 · medley.so · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →