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Free alternatives to paid software
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this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2026
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figma is not free software, and neither is davinci resolve. use penpot and kdenlive.
I’ve been pretty happy with kdenlive myself.
Free as in beer, not as in speech, and DaVinci Resolve at least has a $295 upgrade for additional features, although last time I looked that upgrade is included with certain hardware purchases from Blackmagic.
Yea it's not free but it's a once off, keep for ever price.
I'm happy with that
I still like the traditional model for paid software where you pay once, and then future major upgrades can be purchased for a discount; it seems like a fair way for the developer to support continued development while allowing the customer to decide if they prefer to stay on an older version.
Yea I'm completely stepping away from all subscriptions.
The only subscriptions I will pay for is for things like Email etc.
As the person offering the service needs to keep their servers running etc.