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. Play with Couchbase in the Cloud for Free launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Sunshine▲140

   Instant file sharing without cloud storage

   2015 · sunshineapp.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   AeroFS Free Edition▲94

   File sync in the private cloud free for teams up to 30

   2015 · aerofs.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Amazon GameLift▲103

   Deploy and scale games in the cloud in minutes

   2016 · aws.amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   RealPlayer Cloud▲61

   All your videos in one safe place

   2014 · real.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Deplo▲98

   A ridiculously good alternative to the cloud.

   Sep 2026 · deplo.build · its alternatives →

6. 6PY
   Play YouTube in the background for free. No ads▲9

   2021 · sling-music.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Nearbox▲85

   Airbnb for storage: an online marketplace for unused space.

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Syncthing▲75

   Open Source Dropbox and BitTorrent Sync Replacement

   2014 · syncthing.net · its alternatives →

9. 9FC
   Free Cloud9 with Docker and Rackspace Carina▲6

   2016 · continuousfailure.com · its alternatives →

10. 10FN
    Free Node.js Hosting▲6

    2019 · dashboard.reseka.com · its alternatives →

11. 11NI
    New iOS App - Watch your videos from Anywhere▲17

    A free cloud server software. Turn your computer into your own personal cloud server. Sync and remotely access files via web browser, mobile devices

    2012 · tonido.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    A free and open-source budgeting app you can self-host▲6

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13SC
    Simple Cloud, for the Modern Web▲6

    2020 · lucidsky.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Couch Surfing▲10

    Free AirBNB for travelers!

    2014 · couchsurfing.com · its alternatives →

15. 15WC
    Wifič – Couchsurfing for Wi-Fi▲6

    2015 · wific.net · its alternatives →

16. 16UP
    Using P2P tech to build a sharing platform 23x faster than Dropbox▲8

    2015 · infinit.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Put.io▲8

    Hassle-free torrenting in the cloud

    2014 · put.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Amazon Lumberyard▲14

    a free AAA game engine deeply integrated with AWS and Twitch

    2016 · aws.amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Bitport▲6

    Download Torrents In The Cloud And Stream Them Online

    2016 · bitport.io · its alternatives →

20. 20ST
    Stream Torrent from Yours Browser▲9

    2020 · popcorntime.tube · its alternatives →

21. 21
    I made an open-source Replit▲9

    I spent the past few weeks making an open source cloud code editing environment with an AI copilot and multiplayer collaboration! It's fully self-hostable in 5-10 minutes. There's a lot of minor improvements to be made, and some are already listed in the Github issues. Let me know what you think and feel free to try it out.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    OpenShift▲10

    A free, end-to-end, cloud-native development experience.

    2017 · developers.redhat.com · its alternatives →

23. 23PA
    Pitch, a free podcast hosting platform▲6

    2020 · getpitch.io · its alternatives →

24. 24CA
    Create and share YouTube playlists, without a Google account▲7

    2021 · youlist.tv · its alternatives →

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