Software Savings Calculator

You're currently paying

R 105/user/month

R 63,000/year(50 users)

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LibreOffice + Nextcloud

Full office suite with file collaboration, cloud storage, and sharing.

You're currently paying

R 450/user/month

R 270,000/year(50 users)

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SuiteCRM

Enterprise CRM with pipelines, campaigns, and reporting.

You're currently paying

R 180/user/month

R 108,000/year(50 users)

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SuiteCRM

Full enterprise CRM with contact management, pipelines, and reporting.

You're currently paying

R 990/user/month

R 594,000/year(50 users)

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Zammad

Modern helpdesk with SLAs, email integration, and ticket workflows.

You're currently paying

R 700/user/month

R 420,000/year(50 users)

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Zammad

Modern helpdesk with SLAs, email integration, and ticket workflows.

You're currently paying

R 3,000/user/month

R 1,800,000/year(50 users)

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Metabase

Self-service dashboards and reports connected directly to your databases.

You're currently paying

R 300/user/month

R 180,000/year(50 users)

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Apache Superset

Interactive dashboards and data exploration. Self-hosted on your infrastructure.

Current cost

R 450/month (flat rate)

R 5,400/year(Flat rate)

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Odoo Accounting

Full accounting, invoicing, and financial reporting platform.

Current cost

R 250/month (flat rate)

R 3,000/year(Flat rate)

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GnuCash / Akaunting

Double-entry accounting, invoicing, and financial reporting.

Current cost

R 350/month (flat rate)

R 4,200/year(Flat rate)

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Akaunting

Modern double-entry accounting with invoicing and bank reconciliation.

You're currently paying

R 240/user/month

R 144,000/year(50 users)

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Jitsi Meet (self-hosted)

HD video meetings with screen sharing. No per-host limits.

You're currently paying

R 3,500/user/month

R 2,100,000/year(50 users)

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Odoo ERP

Full ERP — accounting, inventory, manufacturing, HR in one platform.

You're currently paying

R 3,500/user/month

R 2,100,000/year(50 users)

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Odoo ERP

Full ERP — accounting, inventory, manufacturing, HR in one platform.

You're currently paying

R 130/user/month

R 78,000/year(50 users)

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Mattermost / Rocket.Chat

Team chat with channels, threads, integrations, and file sharing.

You're currently paying

R 180/user/month

R 108,000/year(50 users)

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Plane / GitLab Issues

Issue tracking, sprint boards, backlogs, and team roadmaps.

You're currently paying

R 216/user/month

R 129,600/year(50 users)

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OpenProject / Taiga

Project tracking, task boards, timelines, and team collaboration.

You're currently paying

R 250/user/month

R 150,000/year(50 users)

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OpenProject

Project and task management with timelines, dependencies, and reporting.

You're currently paying

R 72/user/month

R 43,200/year(50 users)

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GitLab CE

Self-hosted Git with CI/CD, merge requests, and code review.

You're currently paying

R 450/user/month

R 270,000/year(50 users)

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GIMP + Inkscape + Kdenlive

Photo editing, vector graphics, and video editing. Full creative suite.

You're currently paying

R 400/user/month

R 240,000/year(50 users)

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Penpot

Open source design and prototyping tool. Self-hosted, Figma-compatible workflows.

You're currently paying

R 200/user/month

R 120,000/year(50 users)

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Nextcloud

Self-hosted file sync, sharing, and collaboration on your own server.

You're currently paying

R 800/user/month

R 480,000/year(50 users)

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Wazuh

Open-source EDR and SIEM. Threat detection, compliance, and incident response.

You're currently paying

R 800/user/month

R 480,000/year(50 users)

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Wazuh

Open-source EDR and SIEM. Threat detection, compliance, and incident response.

Current cost

R 5,000/month (flat rate)

R 60,000/year(Flat rate)

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Graylog / OpenObserve

Log management, search, and security analytics. Self-hosted on your infrastructure.

You're currently paying

R 350/user/month

R 210,000/year(50 users)

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Authentik / Keycloak

Identity provider, SSO, and directory service. LDAP, SAML, and OIDC support.

You're currently paying

R 400/user/month

R 240,000/year(50 users)

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Authentik / Keycloak

Identity provider, SSO, and directory service. LDAP, SAML, and OIDC support.

You're currently paying

R 180/user/month

R 108,000/year(50 users)

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BookStack / Wiki.js

Team knowledge base and documentation wiki. Self-hosted, markdown support.

You're currently paying

R 350/user/month

R 210,000/year(50 users)

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Nextcloud

File sharing, team portals, and document management on your own server.

You're currently paying

R 200/user/month

R 120,000/year(50 users)

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DocuSeal

Self-hosted e-signature platform. POPIA-compliant document signing.

You're currently paying

R 500/user/month

R 300,000/year(50 users)

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DocuSeal

Self-hosted e-signature platform. POPIA-compliant document signing.

You're currently paying

R 200/user/month

R 120,000/year(50 users)

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RustDesk (self-hosted)

Self-hosted remote desktop. No per-session fees, full control over data.

You're currently paying

R 350/user/month

R 210,000/year(50 users)

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RustDesk (self-hosted)

Self-hosted remote desktop. No per-session fees, full control over data.

You're currently paying

R 180/user/month

R 108,000/year(50 users)

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Zimbra CE / iRedMail

Self-hosted email server with webmail, calendar, and contacts.

You're currently paying

R 350/user/month

R 210,000/year(50 users)

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Chatwoot

Open-source customer messaging. Live chat, email, and social in one inbox.

Current cost

R 800/month (flat rate)

R 9,600/year(Flat rate)

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Postal (self-hosted)

Self-hosted email delivery server. Full sending analytics and bounce management.

You're currently paying

R 150/user/month

R 90,000/year(50 users)

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OpenVPN / WireGuard

Self-hosted VPN server. Zero licensing costs, enterprise-grade encryption.

Current cost

R 350/month (flat rate)

R 4,200/year(Flat rate)

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OrangeHRM + Talypayroll

Open-source HR management with SA payroll compliance.

Current cost

R 3,000/month (flat rate)

R 36,000/year(Flat rate)

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SigNoz + Grafana

Full-stack observability — metrics, traces, logs. Self-hosted on your servers.

You're currently paying

R 450/user/month

R 270,000/year(50 users)

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MeshCentral

Self-hosted remote monitoring and management. Full device control.

You're currently paying

R 350/user/month

R 210,000/year(50 users)

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Fleet + Wazuh

Open-source MDM and endpoint management. BYOD and device compliance.

You're currently paying

R 300/user/month

R 180,000/year(50 users)

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draw.io (self-hosted)

Self-hosted diagramming tool. Flowcharts, architecture diagrams, ERDs.

You're currently paying

R 100/user/month

R 60,000/year(50 users)

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Bitwarden (self-hosted)

Self-hosted password manager. Vault sharing, audit logs, SSO integration.

You're currently paying

R 400/user/month

R 240,000/year(50 users)

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OneUptime

Open-source on-call scheduling, alerting, and incident management.

You're currently paying

R 400/user/month

R 240,000/year(50 users)

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Excalidraw / AFFiNE

Open-source collaborative whiteboard. Self-hosted, no user limits.

You're currently paying

R 300/user/month

R 180,000/year(50 users)

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AppFlowy (self-hosted)

Self-hosted workspace — notes, databases, project tracking, wikis.

Current cost

R 2,000/month (flat rate)

R 24,000/year(Flat rate)

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Bacula

Enterprise-grade open-source backup and recovery solution.

Current cost

R 2,000/month (flat rate)

R 24,000/year(Flat rate)

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GLPI

Open-source ITSM — ticket management, asset tracking, CMDB.

Current cost

R 875/month (flat rate)

R 10,500/year(Flat rate)

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pfSense CE / OPNsense

Enterprise-grade open source firewalls. Stateful inspection, VPN, IDS/IPS, traffic shaping — all free.

Current cost

R 600/month (flat rate)

R 7,200/year(Flat rate)

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pfSense CE / OPNsense

Enterprise-grade open source firewalls. Stateful inspection, VPN, IDS/IPS, traffic shaping — all free.

Current cost

R 1,208/month (flat rate)

R 14,500/year(Flat rate)

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pfSense CE / OPNsense

Enterprise-grade open source firewalls. Stateful inspection, VPN, IDS/IPS, traffic shaping — all free.

Current cost

R 4,333/month (flat rate)

R 52,000/year(Flat rate)

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Proxmox VE

Full open source hypervisor. KVM + LXC, clustering, live migration, HA, web UI — zero licensing cost.

You're currently paying

R 150/user/month

R 90,000/year(50 users)

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Apache Guacamole + Proxmox VE

Self-hosted VDI using open source hypervisor + clientless remote desktop gateway. No per-user fees.

Current cost

R 5,417/month (flat rate)

R 65,000/year(Flat rate)

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Proxmox VE + Ceph

Open source hyperconverged infrastructure. Proxmox for compute + Ceph for distributed storage. Self-managed.

Current cost

R 5,667/month (flat rate)

R 68,000/year(Flat rate)

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PostgreSQL / MariaDB

World-class open source relational databases. Full ACID compliance, stored procedures, JSON support, replication.

Current cost

R 26,667/month (flat rate)

R 320,000/year(Per processor/year)

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PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL handles 99% of Oracle workloads. Advanced features: partitioning, parallel query, JSON, full-text search.

Current cost

R 3,000/month (flat rate)

R 36,000/year(Flat rate)

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Zabbix + Grafana

Open source network monitoring with autodiscovery, alerting, dashboards, and SNMP polling. Self-hosted.

Current cost

R 2,333/month (flat rate)

R 28,000/year(Flat rate)

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Zabbix

Open source monitoring platform. Network devices, servers, services, cloud — unlimited hosts and sensors.

Current cost

R 2,083/month (flat rate)

R 25,000/year(Flat rate)

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Zabbix + Grafana

Open source network monitoring with autodiscovery, alerting, dashboards, and SNMP polling. Self-hosted.

Current cost

R 292/month (flat rate)

R 3,500/year(Flat rate)

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Mautic

Self-hosted marketing automation. Email campaigns, landing pages, contact scoring, drip sequences. POPIA-friendly.

Current cost

R 400/month (flat rate)

R 4,800/year(Flat rate)

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Mautic

Self-hosted marketing automation. Email campaigns, contact scoring, automations, and CRM integration.

Current cost

R 15,000/month (flat rate)

R 180,000/year(Flat rate)

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Rancher / K3s

Enterprise Kubernetes management. Rancher provides a full UI + multi-cluster management on top of open source K3s.

You're currently paying

R 450/user/month

R 270,000/year(50 users)

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Portainer CE

Open source container management UI. Full Docker and Kubernetes support. Self-hosted, no per-seat licensing.

Current cost

R 1,333/month (flat rate)

R 16,000/year(Flat rate)

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OpenWRT (self-hosted)

Open source wireless firmware + controller. Full WPA3, VLAN, captive portal, and central management — free.

You're currently paying

R 250/user/month

R 150,000/year(50 users)

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Jitsi Meet (self-hosted)

HD video meetings with screen sharing. No per-host limits.

You're currently paying

R 72/user/month

R 43,200/year(50 users)

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Mattermost / Rocket.Chat

Team chat with channels, threads, integrations, and file sharing.

Current cost

R 12,500/month (flat rate)

R 150,000/year(Flat rate)

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Wazuh

Open-source EDR and SIEM. Threat detection, compliance, and incident response.

Current cost

R 3,000/month (flat rate)

R 36,000/year(Flat rate)

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OpenVAS / Greenbone

Open source vulnerability scanner. Full CVE database, authenticated scanning, compliance checks.

You're currently paying

R 50/user/month

R 30,000/year(50 users)

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Wazuh + ClamAV

Open source EDR/SIEM (Wazuh) + AV engine (ClamAV). Threat detection, file integrity monitoring, compliance reporting — zero per-endpoint licensing.

You're currently paying

R 67/user/month

R 40,200/year(50 users)

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Wazuh

Open source EDR and SIEM. Behavioural threat detection, active response, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, compliance — no per-endpoint fees.

Current cost

R 8,500/month (flat rate)

R 102,000/year(Flat rate)

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Wazuh

Open source SIEM and EDR platform. Log management, threat intelligence, compliance reporting, automated response — self-hosted.

Current cost

R 750/month (flat rate)

R 9,000/year(Flat rate)

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Bacula / Bareos

Open source enterprise backup. Full bare-metal, incremental, deduplication, offsite replication — no per-device licensing.

You're currently paying

R 450/user/month

R 270,000/year(50 users)

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Apache Guacamole + Proxmox VE

Self-hosted remote app delivery and VDI. Apache Guacamole for clientless browser-based access, Proxmox VE as the hypervisor — no per-user licensing.

You're currently paying

R 85/user/month

R 51,000/year(50 users)

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MeshCentral

Open source RMM platform. Remote control, scripting, patch management, monitoring — self-hosted on your own server at zero per-endpoint cost.

Current cost

R 600/month (flat rate)

R 7,200/year(Flat rate)

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MeshCentral

Open source RMM. Remote access, patch management, monitoring, mobile app — self-hosted, no per-device fees.

Current cost

R 267/month (flat rate)

R 3,200/year(Flat rate (unlimited users))

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Asterisk / FreePBX

Open source PBX platform. SIP trunks, IVR, call queues, voicemail, video calls, mobile apps — self-hosted with no per-user licensing.

Current cost

R 525/month (flat rate)

R 6,300/year(Flat rate)

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ISPConfig / Webmin

Open source web hosting control panels. Full multi-domain, DNS, FTP, email, SSL, and database management — no per-account licensing.

Current cost

R 900/month (flat rate)

R 10,800/year(Flat rate)

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Metabase / Apache Superset

Open source BI and analytics. SQL-based dashboards, scheduled reports, team sharing — self-hosted with zero per-user licensing.

You're currently paying

R 40/user/month

R 24,000/year(50 users)

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MailPiler

Open source email archiving and compliance. Full-text search, legal hold, e-discovery, retention policies — self-hosted, POPIA-friendly.

You're currently paying

R 700/user/month

R 420,000/year(50 users)

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Open WebUI + Ollama

Self-hosted AI assistant stack. Open WebUI provides the chat interface, Ollama runs local LLMs (Llama 3, Mistral, Phi-3). Summarisation, drafting, Q&A — without sending data to Microsoft.

You're currently paying

R 220/user/month

R 132,000/year(50 users)

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Continue.dev + Tabby

Open source AI coding assistant. Continue.dev is the VS Code/JetBrains plugin, Tabby is the self-hosted model server. Code completion, inline chat, codebase Q&A — no per-seat licensing.

You're currently paying

R 475/user/month

R 285,000/year(50 users)

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Open WebUI + Ollama

Self-hosted conversational AI. Open WebUI provides a ChatGPT-like interface with team workspaces, conversation history, and model switching. Your data stays on your servers.

Current cost

R 930/month (flat rate)

R 11,160/year(Flat rate (1 seat))

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Open WebUI + Ollama

Self-hosted AI content generation. Open WebUI with a capable local LLM handles marketing copy, blog drafts, email sequences, and social content — no per-seat licensing.