Free alternatives
Music tools keep dying, freezing, or shrinking their free tiers. Every replacement here has a real free tier, and your data always exports.
Replacing Set List Maker
A free Set List Maker alternative that isn't frozen
Set List Maker's developer ended active development in May 2024, pointing users to a paid subscription successor. Its one-time-purchase-per-member-per-platform model is exactly what drove many bands away.
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Replacing StagePlot Pro
A free StagePlot Pro alternative that still gets updates
StagePlot Pro — long the default desktop plot tool — is reported as no longer actively maintained, with users describing undelivered licenses. Meanwhile web alternatives paywall icons, extra plots, or watermark-free PDFs.
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Replacing ToneDen
A ToneDen alternative that can't strand your links
ToneDen shut down and users' smart links and gates went dark with it. Anyone burned once now (rightly) asks: what happens to my links and my fan data if the platform disappears?
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Replacing Mailchimp (free tier)
Where musicians go when Mailchimp's free tier shrinks
Mailchimp's free tier has been cut repeatedly — from 2,000 contacts to 500, then 250, with automations removed. A growing fan list now hits the paywall almost immediately.
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Replacing Docracy
A living Docracy alternative for music agreements
Docracy, once the go-to free contract library, is effectively defunct. What's left is $35–40/mo legal subscriptions, $99 one-off templates, and e-sign tools capped at 3–5 documents a month.
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Replacing Eventbrite (fees)
An Eventbrite alternative with $0 fees for small shows
Platform fees hit small shows hardest: service + processing fees on a $10 ticket can approach a quarter of its face value, and 2026 pricing changes squeezed casual organizers further.
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