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Add to SafariWhen comparing AlternativeTo vs PrivacyTools.io, the Slant community recommends AlternativeTo for most people. In the question“What are the best resources on personal data privacy and security?” AlternativeTo is ranked 1st while PrivacyTools.io is ranked 2nd. The most important reason people chose AlternativeTo is:
Full website with lots of content, info, users, comments, etc. Value for free.
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Pros
Pro Comprehensive
Full website with lots of content, info, users, comments, etc. Value for free.
Pro Easy to skim through content
AlternativeTo makes it easy to quickly find stuff. The lists are organized by likes which floats the best content to the top, and helpful tags warn you of undesirable attributes (such as the product being discontinued or if it includes bundleware).
Pro Filtering and sorting capabilities
The ability to filter by platform and license means that you can easily filter out software that you can't use. More specific filters and sort orders are also available.
Pro Better usability
Slant is really terrible by design.
Pro Has a lot of information about products easily accessible
Pro Shows all options
If you have a large list(~100) on slant only the first ~15 entries are displayed - even if you click see full list.
Pro Less JavaScript
Which drastically improves the sites performance.
Pro Less manipulation
Less manipulation with guest/fake accounts.
Pro Does not use redirectingat
It does not use redirectingat so links won't break if you use an ad or tracker blocker .
Pro Straightforward
Pages load much faster and there is less annoying bling bling.
Pro Moderation is superior
It has a good moderation team that removes spam or hate posts.
Pro Tag based instead of individual Questions
It is tag based so there are less duplicates.
Pro Clear, easy to understand explanations
Many people who are not very tech-savvy are still interested in improving their online privacy & security. The creators of PrivacyTools.io have taken great strides towards making this complex topic accessible to the "average" person. They also provide direct links to the tools they recommend.
Pro Promotes long-term competitive products
Not all of the recommended tools only focus on privacy, many of them are also very easy to use and integrate with software you may already utilize.
Pro Ad-free
"No Ads, No Google Analytics, No Affiliates, No Cross-Site Requests" - PrivacyTools.IO
Pro Free software supporters
Pro Licensed under WTFPL
WTFPL is a very lax free software license. Their whole website it licensed under it, and they promote debate.
Pro Amazing Reddit community
They are very active Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/
Cons
Con Limited details available on the site itself
AlternativeTo excels at showing you options, however it doesn't really tell you why one option is better/worse than another. It lists options by the number of likes it has received, but to directly compare the options is relatively hard to do.
Con Bad recommendations
ProtonMail, Firefox, DuckDuckGo, Signal, and Ubuntu just to name a few.
