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24 alternatives to Onyx Beacons

Platform to develop context aware apps

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

1. 1
   Onyx▲92

   Talk w/ friends wherever there’s a mobile signal (pre-order)

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Beacon▲204

   Signal your availability and hang with friends

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Dot▲166

   Intelligent and contextual notifications

   2016 · doteverything.co · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Beaconstac▲68

   iBeacon proximity platform for developers

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Estimote Beacons▲114

   Real-world context for your app

   2014 · estimote.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Lighthouse▲144

   Real-time monitoring and alerts for Slack administrators

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Kontakt▲10

   End-to-end Beacon platform

   2014 · kontakt.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Puck.js▲103

   The ground-breaking bluetooth beacon

   2016 · puck-js.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Restyaboard▲197

   An open source alternative to Trello

   2015 · restya.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Open-source Deep Research across workplace applications▲125

    I’ve been using deep research on OpenAI and Perplexity and it’s been just amazing at gathering data across a lot of related and chained searches. Just earlier today, I asked “What are some marquee tech companies / hot startups (not including the giants like FAAMG, Samsung, Nvidia etc.)”. It’s a pretty involved question and looking up “marquee tech startups” or "hot tech startups" on Google gave me nothing useful. Deep research on both ChatGPT and Perplexity gave really high quality responses with ChatGPT siding on slightly larger scaleups and Perplexity siding more on up and coming…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Apache Weex▲127

    A framework for building mobile cross-platform UIs

    2017 · incubator.apache.org · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Glint▲69

    Real-Time Employee Engagement Platform

    2015 · techcommunity.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Boundary Free▲74

    Server and App Monitoring

    2014 · domaineasy.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Gleam.io▲85

    A metrics focused competition tool to drive user engagement

    2014 · gleam.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Hull.io▲141

    Social infrastructure for modern apps

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    NewAer▲58

    Proximity platform & sdk.

    2014 · newaer.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Onty▲67

    A connected MindMap for private sharing

    2016 · onty.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Onyx▲7

    Distributed computation for the cloud

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Rover▲14

    Unleashing the potential of beacons

    2014 · roverlabs.co · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Enso Locate▲61

    Indoor location made easy. Beacons + cross-platform SDK.

    2014 · ensolocate.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Slack▲128

    A platform for team communication

    2014 · slack.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    HiveFlux + Slack▲93

    Real-time task management meets real-time communication

    2015 · blog.hiveflux.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Blinkenlights▲106

    A minimal status dashboard app

    2015 · blinkenlights.jazzychad.net · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Spiral 3.0▲81

    Proximity-based community forum

    2014 · getspiralapp.com · 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 →