| Software | Free Alternative |
| Adobe Acrobat Writer | PDFCreator PDF995 |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | Sumatra PDF (loads quicker, and much less memory intensive) |
| Adobe Photoshop | Paint.Net Gimp and GimpShop (which will make Gimp look like Photoshop) Picassa PhotoFiltre |
| Adobe Dreamweaver | Kompozer |
| Adobe Illustrator | Inkscape |
| Adobe Premier Pro | VirtualDub Avidemux |
| Adobe Soundbooth | Audacity |
| Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Publisher/Visio) |
OpenOffice.org |
| SnagIt! | PicPick |