Online Services

WordPress is the open-source content management system behind a large share of all websites, offering endless themes and plugins for blogs, business sites, and stores (via WooCommerce). It can be self-hosted or used via WordPress.com.

✦ Best for developers and tech-savvy bloggers

Cloudflare is a global network providing CDN, DDoS protection, DNS, and a growing edge-computing platform (Workers, Pages, R2). It sits in front of a large share of the web to speed up and secure sites.

✦ Best for high-traffic site owners needing robust security

Wix is a beginner-friendly website builder with pixel-level drag-and-drop freedom, an app market, and AI site-generation tools. It suits small businesses and individuals who want control without code.

✦ Best for small businesses and individuals without coding expertise.

Squarespace is a polished, all-in-one website builder known for beautiful templates and a smooth drag-and-drop experience, popular with creatives and small businesses. It bundles hosting, domains, and commerce.

✦ Best for design-focused small businesses and creatives

Matomo is a powerful, open-source web analytics platform that gives you full control over your data. It can be self‑hosted or used as a cloud service, ensuring privacy and compliance with data protection regulations. Designed for web analysts, marketers, and developers, Matomo provides detailed insights without sacrificing data ownership. Its flexible integrations with popular CMSs like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal make it easy to add analytics to any site.

✦ Best for privacy‑focused analysts needing full data control

SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled, providing a private and secure search experience.

✦ Best for tech-savvy users seeking anonymity

Hyperswitch is an open-source, PCI-compliant payments platform that enables connectivity to multiple payment, payout, fraud, vault, and tokenization providers. It uplifts authorization with intelligent routing and revenue recovery, reducing payment processing costs with cost observability and payment ops with reconciliation.

✦ Best for fintechs seeking flexible payment integrations

changedetection.io lets you track visual or textual changes on any web page and notifies you the moment something updates. It works as a cloud‑based service with a simple UI, perfect for researchers needing reliable change detection without coding. The platform also supports RSS feed monitoring and integrates with popular collaboration tools, making it easy to stay informed. The freemium model provides unlimited monitors for personal use, while paid plans add advanced scheduling, API access, and priority support. With Slack and Discord integrations, you can push notifications directly to your team channels, ensuring that critical updates are never missed.

✦ Best for researchers and devs needing instant web‑page change alerts

Square is a payment processing and point-of-sale system designed for businesses of all sizes. It provides a range of tools and services to help businesses manage their payments, sales, and customer relationships. With Square, businesses can accept payments, track sales, and manage their inventory and customer data all in one place.

✦ Best for small to medium-sized businesses

Formily is an extensive form-building framework designed for developers and teams to easily construct complex, high-performance web forms. It emphasizes performance, scalability, and flexibility, handling intricate business logic and dynamic layouts with ease. Built for modern web development, it provides robust state management and supports various frontend frameworks, enabling small businesses and teams to streamline their data collection workflows without sacrificing customization.

✦ Best for dev teams building complex, high‑performance web forms

BTCPay Server is a free, open‑source payment processor that lets merchants accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies without third‑party fees. It runs on your own server, giving you full control over funds and data. Designed for e‑commerce businesses, BTCPay Server integrates with popular shopping platforms and wallets, providing a secure, privacy‑focused checkout experience while eliminating payment‑gateway costs.

✦ Best for tech-savvy e-commerce businesses

YOURLS is a self-hosted, open-source URL shortener written in PHP. It allows users to create custom shortened URLs for their websites, blogs, or social media profiles. With YOURLS, users have full control over their shortened URLs, including the ability to customize the URL slug, set expiration dates, and track click statistics.

✦ Best for web developers seeking control and flexibility.