
Thoughts and ideas on how to build tools, automate workflows and speed-up the workplace.
Today, a huge number of automation platforms are available to help teams adopt AI within workflows. While these share the overarching goal of providing an efficient, user-friendly experience for implementing AI-powered solutions, individual vendors often target highly distinct corners of the market. Individual platforms often target distinct use cases or user personas. For instance, with solutions that are optimized for different types of users, based on their level of technical skills, preferred UX, or the types of external tools they need to integrate with.
Ronan McQuillan
Mar 3, 2026
The market for tools to help us build custom AI agents and other solutions, such as RAG systems, is highly varied. Individual platforms and vendors often target highly specific segments of this, in terms of both their ideal user personas and use cases. Today, we’re examining one important segment here by checking out the market for AnythingLLM alternatives. Specifically, we’ll be covering: What is AnythingLLM? What to look for in an AnythingLLM alternative 5 AnythingLLM alternatives for 2026 LM Studio GPT4All Jan.
Ronan McQuillan
Feb 23, 2026
n8n is one of the best-known platforms for building workflow automations, especially among technical teams that want visual tooling alongside the option to use custom code. However, it won’t be the right fit for every team, and there are several credible n8n alternatives on the market. In this guide, we’ll look at nine n8n alternatives for 2026 and the kinds of teams and use cases each one is best suited to.
Ronan McQuillan
Dec 11, 2025
As AI becomes an increasingly prevalent part of day-to-day life, more and more businesses are prioritizing solutions that enable them to leverage their own data and models securely. The key issue here is that we often can’t simply allow users to send company data to publicly available AI services. At the same time, without implementing similar capabilities, it can be hard to stop employees from using AI tools as a form of shadow IT.
Ronan McQuillan
Nov 4, 2025
Since its launch in 2022, ChatGPT has transformed huge aspects of our daily lives, including in the context of business processes. However, at a practical level, many organizations still struggle to implement AI tools in a way that drives real value. Part of the issue here is that, while hugely powerful, ChatGPT isn’t always the exact right fit for the needs of large, security-conscious organizations. Today, we’re exploring one important element of this by checking out the market for open-source ChatGPT alternatives.
Ronan McQuillan
Oct 22, 2025
TypeForm is one of the most popular form builder tools on the market today, owing in large part to its intuitive, streamlined experiences for creating professional data collection UIs. However, this is a relatively crowded space, with several notable vendors targeting specific types of use cases and end users. Today, we’re checking out an important angle on form builders, by checking out some of the most prominent TypeForm alternatives on the market today.
Ronan McQuillan
Sep 3, 2025
JotForm is perhaps the best-known form builder tool on the market today. However, this is a more varied space than it might appear. On the one hand, most platforms offer wider capabilities beyond simply outputting form UIs. On the other hand, different vendors often have their own more granular target personas and use cases. Today, we’re shedding light on this by exploring the market for JotForm alternatives, including a range of solutions that are aimed at different kinds of users and applications.
Ronan McQuillan
Sep 1, 2025
Formstack is a popular form-building platform, offering extensive capabilities for creating custom data collection tools, as well as functionality for generating documents, handling signatures, automating workflows, and more. However, the market for form builder tools is relatively diverse, with a range of vendors targeting distinct segments, end users, and use cases. So, it can often be difficult to determine which platform is right for your specific needs. Today, we’re taking one angle on this question, by checking out some of the most prominent FormStack alternatives that are available on the market today.
Ronan McQuillan
Aug 1, 2025