Estimated Freeware Savings Chart Estimated Freeware Savings Chart
Using the freeware listed on ScottFam.us can save you a lot of money. Here is a small comparison of applications you can purchase along with the name of the Freeware application that can either do the same thing, almost the same thing, or in some cases more than the purchased application. Also shown is the cost of the purchased application showing your savings by using the freeware application.
| Compare to (Purchased Application) | Application (Freeware) | Cost Savings |
| Microsoft Office Professional 2007 | OpenOffice.org | 459.99 |
| Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007 | Dia (or) OpenOffice.org | 239.99 |
| Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007 | OpenProj / Open Workbench | 449.99 |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe Edition – 1 user | FlightGear Flight Simulator | 23.99 |
| Adobe Photoshop CS4 (Complete Package) | GIMP with GIMP Shop | 699.00 |
| Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.0 | PrimoPDF^ | 284.99 |
| Adobe Audition (v3) | Audacity | 356.99 |
| Adobe InDesign CS4 | Scribus | 703.99 |
| Adobe Illustrator CS4 / Corel Draw | Inkscape | 603.99** |
| Adobe Premiere Elements (v.7) | Jahshaka | 92.99 |
| Cute FTP Pro | Core FTP Lite | 52.99 |
| Symantec Antivirus (latest version) | AVG Anti-Virus | 25.99 |
| Norton Ghost (v. 14.0) | DriveImage XML | 69.99 |
| Winzip Standard ver 12 | IZArc | 41.99 |
| Roxio Creator 2009 | Infra Recorder | 89.99 |
| KJV Bible 6.0 (Bible only) | Pocket e-Sword | 5.99* |
| Audio Bible on MP3 CD-ROM | Complete KVJ Bible in Audio format | 23.99* |
| Peachtree First Accounting 2009 | Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2009 | 66.99 |
| Quicken Home Inventory Manager | Home Inventory | 34.99 |
| Easy DVD Copy Premiere (v.4) | DVD Flick | 46.99 |
| Subtotal | $4,375.81 | |
| 7% Indiana Sales Tax | $306.31 | |
| TOTAL SAVINGS! | $4,682.12 | |
| * Price taken from Christianbook.com on May 6, 2009. | ||
| ** Price is for Adobe Illustrator CS3 as of May 6, 2009 from cdw.com. | ||
| ^ Freeware app can only create PDFs and not edit them. Keep a copy of the original file to edit as needed. | ||
| All prices taken from cdw.com on May 6, 2009 unless otherwise stated. |
In addition, this list does not include many of the other applications listed such as games, diagnostics, fun software, and much more!
The freeware application may not contain all of the features as the purchased application. Try the freeware first. If the item you are looking for just isn't available then you haven't lost anything but a few minutes of time. If the freeware application does what you need then you have saved money!