Salt alternatives

Tools that do what Salt does, found by what they say they do rather than by shelf. Among the equally alike, the most used come first. Each line says how it differs from Salt.

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With a free plan or free to use: Lumo by Proton, Scamwise, Cloudflare, Brave, Rivault, Snyk.

10 alternativesUnlike Salt

#1
Lumo by Proton Security
Provides encrypted email, calendar, cloud storage, password manager and VPN under one Proton account, with the Lumo chat assistant as an add-on.
Free planAlso: Chat assistant
3.4M
Active
Free plan
2014
#2
Firefox Security
Blocks trackers by default in a web browser and moves bookmarks, passwords and history between devices.
More widely used
1.2M
Active
2002
#3
Scamwise Security
Analyzes suspicious messages, emails, links, and images to detect scam signals and provide verdicts.
Free planMore widely used
130k
Active
Free
#4
Cloudflare Security MCP · open
Proxies website traffic through a global network for CDN caching, DNS, DDoS protection and a web firewall, plus Workers serverless code and zero-trust access.
Free planOwn MCP server
4.9M
Active
From $20/mo
2009
#5
Sequence Finance
Routes incoming money between bank accounts and goal-based pods by user-set rules, paying bills and moving savings automatically.
Also: Workflow automationMore widely used
5.5k
Active
From $15.99/mo
#6
Brave Security
Browser that blocks ads and trackers, encrypts connections with built-in VPN, and includes private search.
Free planMore widely used
1.4M
Active
From $3/mo
2015
#7
Rivault Security
Encrypts and stores sensitive data for AI agents to access with one-tap authorization, redacting data after each task.
Free planMore widely used
1
From $9.90/mo
#8
PayPal Finance MCP · sign-in
Digital wallet that sends and receives money, issues a debit card, offers installment payments and holds savings balances.
More widely used
8.2M
Active
1998
#9
SentinelOne Purple AI Security
Detects and responds to endpoint threats using behavioral AI and autonomous remediation across devices and identities.
Also: AnalyticsMore widely used
453k
From $179.99/user/yr
2013
#10
Snyk Security
Scans source code, open source dependencies, container images and infrastructure-as-code for vulnerabilities, and suggests fixes in the IDE, CLI and pull requests.
Free planAlso: Code generation
63.1k
Active
From $25/mo
2015

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How this list is made: the words Salt is described with (what it does, for whom, what it is used for) are matched against every tool in the Atlas. A tool on the same shelf, or doing the same kind of work, counts for a little more. Nothing here is paid for.