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Five Open AI Alternatives to the Tools You Pay For
The five open-source alternatives to ElevenLabs, Ahrefs, GPT, Cursor and Photoshop from my video, what each one can do, and the catch to know before you switch.
VoiceStudio
Clone a voice from a short recording, design a new one from a description, dub videos into other languages or turn long text into an audiobook. Runs locally on Mac, Windows or Linux.
- 646 languages, around 8 GB of RAM to get started
- Local API and MCP server for agents
- The default model is non-commercial; use an engine like CosyVoice 3 for commercial work
OpenSEO
Keyword research, rank tracking, backlinks, site audits and AI-answer visibility. Data comes from DataForSEO, so you pay per request instead of a big monthly plan.
- Around 5 cents per keyword search
- Hosted version from $10/month, or self-host with your own DataForSEO key
- MCP server so your agent can work with your SEO data
Qwen 3.8 27B
A 27 billion parameter open-weight model that fits on a single graphics card and does real work in our agent system: support tickets, light coding, script writing and video editing.
- Apache 2.0 license
- About 96 GB of fast VRAM for the 8-bit version with plenty of context
- One RTX PRO 6000, rented by the hour on Vast or bought outright
OpenCode
An open-source coding agent that reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands. Use it in the terminal, as a desktop app, in your editor, or as a server you drive through its API.
- Works with 75+ model providers, or a local model like Qwen
- GitHub integration: mention it in an issue and it opens a pull request
- The agent is free; you pay for the model or the GPU
PhotoCraft
A clean-room rebuild of Photoshop in pure Rust, with the same menus and shortcuts, real layers, masks, type and brushes, and real PSD files. Runs locally with no account and no cloud.
- 500+ commands and an MCP server, so agents can use it too
- Part of the ArtCraft suite with LightCraft, FilmCraft and VectorCraft
- Still alpha: saved PSDs are not reliably accepted by Photoshop yet
