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24 alternatives to Microsoft Garage

Early access to projects as they come to life

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Microsoft Garage launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Digital Garage▲5

   Building software just got easier.

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   A360▲100

   Autodesk's cloud collaboration workspace for design projects

   2015 · autodesk.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Microsoft Azure Notebooks▲88

   Sharing your ideas made easy

   2016 · visualstudio.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   StartupBase▲124

   Community of makers & early adopters

   2017 · startupbase.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Rover▲116

   iBeacon platform and open source SDK

   2014 · dev.roverlabs.co · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Tray.io▲131

   App development for everyone

   2014 · tray.ai · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Digital Garage▲5

   DevOps Made Easy

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Frontends▲93

   A community for front-end developers

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Paperspace for Teams▲135

   Desktops in the cloud, now launched and great for teams

   2016 · paperspace.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    CARMAnation▲83

    The Airbnb for driveways

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    BareKit▲65

    Wonderfully naked Front-End Project Starter

    2014 · a2labs.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Programmar▲88

    A place for developers to read and write

    2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Habitat▲110

    Home automation for products you already own (pre-launch)

    2014 · gohabitat.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Startup Blink▲102

    The Global Startup Map

    2014 · startupblink.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Mosaic▲161

    The app for ideas

    2015 · baronfig.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Creation Crate▲135

    Get a new electronics project every month

    2016 · creationcrate.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Horizonate▲123

    The world's easiest project management tool

    2014 · horizonate.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Beta Testers Hub▲110

    Early adopters network for your Startup

    2015 · betatestershub.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Spaces▲133

    Slack's first acquisition: all-in-one documents for teams

    2014 · slack.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    HuBoard▲82

    Instant project management for GitHub repositories

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Fast Forward Labs▲66

    Reporting on the Recently Possible

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Timekit▲97

    A comprehensive scheduling API (pre-launch)

    2014 · timekit.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    ZenHub Enterprise▲80

    Project management and collaboration for GitHub Enterprise.

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    OpenMCT by NASA▲86

    A web based mission control framework

    2016 · nasa.github.io · 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 →