Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Ribbon – Video chat with your own users
Hey HN, I’m Axel, founder of Ribbon (https://tryribbon.com). Ribbon is a user research platform for people who build websites and apps. It allows people who build products to quickly set up video chats with their own users so that they can get a better understanding of who their users are and how their products can be improved. Here’s a demo of how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR-5VNZp8iQ Working as a product manager I grew frustrated with how hard it was to get a good understanding of who was using my products. Booking in user interviews took up to a…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ribbon – Video chat with your own users launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Ribbon▲127Fast, quality user insights with targeted product research
2022 · ribbonapp.com · its alternatives →
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Icebreakers 2.0▲142Build stronger team relationships with fun Q&A on Slack
2019 · careerlark.com · its alternatives →
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Teamhub.com▲237Hey HN, We've just launched our team collaboration platform where we're bringing together all the important tools under one app. We've been frustrated in the past with tools which had a huge disconnect between projects and chat. It always inevitably leads to teams using external chat apps for "project management" and then abandoning the main tools altogether. We're creating tools we hope teams will stick with. Super integrated Chat. Convert comments to tasks and have them auto added to project boards. Automations to help massively reduce burden on the team. Workflows, Time-Off and so much…
2024 · teamhub.com · its alternatives →
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Talking to your users should be this easy.
2018 · userinterviews.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! https://flat.social is a web video meeting app for organising fun online meetings & social events. Each participant can move around and talk with others in their proximity. Here is a quick demo if you wanna see it in action: https://youtu.be/Y2yH3twjrx4 I’ve been on it solo for around a year right now. Tech used is Next.js, Typescript, PIXI.js on the front-end and Node, Mediasoup, Socket.io and Matter.js (physics engine) on the backend. Feel free to jump in into the demo room (https://flat.social/f/Flat.Social-Demo) to say hi, I’ll be…
2022 · flat.social · its alternatives →
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Laps is tool for freelancers and small businesses to manage their clients, projects and invoices. We are dedicated to build best software for people like us - digital professionals. You can talk to laps with your favourite software. Generate invoices straight from Slack chat or create project via em
2016 · app.getlaps.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I'm Kam, the founder and one of the authors of Linen. Today, we are launching Linen.team (https://linen.team/), a lightweight threaded messaging app for your team. Modern workplace messaging apps (like Slack) are based on IRC, which is great for small groups, but as it scales, breaks down quickly: you either get overwhelmed by notifications or you have to turn them all off. Most chat apps have threads tacked on but aren't built from the ground up with this design in mind. We wanted to create a thread-first experience where you can organize and prioritize conversations…
2024 · its alternatives →
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A video community for your entire team on your own website
2021 · cloudengage.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I'm soft launching my MVP today and would love to hear your honest feedback. For the past few months I've been working extremely hard on this side hustle in my spare time (I have a day job as a CTO). I'm building a platform for writers, bloggers and content creators that's built for them rather than for investors and advertisers like most similar products and social media platforms backed by VCs. I wrote about why I built it here: https://persumi.com/c/persumi/u/fredwu/p/welcome-to-persumi-... And the landing page is here:…
2023 · its alternatives →
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TLDR: I made a community where you can find builders or product owners to collab on sideprojects together with <3 A year ago i completed my first sideproject, a digital course on how to "cold email a chief information security officer". I thought and think its a great course, but of course I fell into all the traps (didnt verify a need, i thought id make it and everyone would buy automatically), i tested google ads but hated nerding on that, so i decided to find a marketing person to partner up with! But i knew no one! That got me thinking how many people with relevant knowledge that isnt…
2025 · relentlessly.no · its alternatives →
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There are many resources on MVP but why an MVP is explained
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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Onepard▲14I built Onepard that makes any kind of content instantly interactive. Paste your content (docs, notes, FAQs) Share the link People can ask it questions in a chat interface Why? Most content just sits unread - docs, FAQs, notes. I wanted a way to make it usable in seconds without setup or code. Demo: https://demo.onepard.com/ Right now it’s very MVP - free tier with limits, paid tiers for higher usage. I’d love your feedback: Who do you think this is most useful for? What’s missing that would make it worth paying for? Any sharp edges in the UX? Thanks
2025 · onepard.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I am a developer working on a startup doing lots of payment integration stuff with payment providers like Stripe. I built a tool to talk to Stripe data, just so that I can answer questions from our team. I turned that into analytics tool (sort of) to answer questions about MRR, churn, revenue etc. (https://www.dataraccoon.io/). There is a two minute demo video on the page if you want to see how it works, or you can use free trial without needing a credit card. I was wondering if you would use such a tool directly in Slack or prefer receiving messages about your metrics…
2024 · dataraccoon.io · its alternatives →
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I always find myself frustrated by how many steps I have to take to video chat with someone online. There's always too much software to download and install, and too many accounts to remember. The high-end, high-price Cisco conferencing systems I've used are especially fragile. So I built Vidless in a weekend for myself, and I hope you find it useful too. Just create a room and share the link, and you'll be chatting in seconds. You can invite several people (I haven't really tested a max yet), and chats on Vidless are always private. Enjoy!
2012 · vidless.com · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone, I have been doing Indie Hacking for almost 2 years. I was sick of following people on social media or DMing and calling it networking. So, I built a network/platform where professionals meet with fellows via scheduled video calls. We as a community believe that this is a better way as an initial contact than follows and direct messages. Our platform is open for free, early access, currently. Feel free to check us out at https://makermeet.me and if our mindsets match, you may join us at https://app.makermeet.me/ Whom is it best for? It's perfect for…
2025 · makermeet.me · its alternatives →
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Link to test: http://getmeetingsapp.com Basically it is a web-based chat application, with private and public rooms and real-time file sharing. It is currently in a half-arsed situation so needs lot of work but wanted to get some feedback from you. Thanks PS. I created a public room for feature requests, just in case: http://getmeetingsapp.com/rooms/4e7f64ea17ade37b71000002
2011 · getmeetingsapp.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! For a while I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully) to find a community for tech bloggers to get together and share what they’re working on, so here’s my attempt at making my own. It’s a completely free website and designed to be super straightforward to use. Functionality wise it’s pretty minimalist right now, with just the ability to register accounts, post drafts, and comment on other user’s posts. Support for more features like tagging post topics, user profiles and more are coming soon! Thanks for checking it out, and I’d love to hear any thoughts from the community. P.S. if you don’t…
2024 · review.caleb.software · its alternatives →
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