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Software products by category

The 150 software products in software.csv by category, split by switch cost

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Software products by category

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Switch cost breakdown. Design: 19 hard to leave, 10 medium, 3 easy; 32 total. Security: 4 hard to leave, 5 medium, 13 easy; 22 total. Media: 2 hard to leave, 1 medium, 15 easy; 18 total. Productivity: 2 hard to leave, 13 medium, 0 easy; 15 total. Communication: 4 hard to leave, 7 medium, 2 easy; 13 total. Development: 7 hard to leave, 5 medium, 0 easy; 12 total. Hosting: 3 hard to leave, 7 medium, 0 easy; 10 total. Finance: 2 hard to leave, 7 medium, 0 easy; 9 total. Marketing: 2 hard to leave, 7 medium, 0 easy; 9 total. Storage: 0 hard to leave, 5 medium, 0 easy; 5 total. AI: 0 hard to leave, 3 medium, 0 easy; 3 total. Other: 0 hard to leave, 1 medium, 1 easy; 2 total.

The 150 software products in software.csv by category, split by switch cost DesignDesign: 19 of 32 hard to leaveDesign: 10 of 32 mediumDesign: 3 of 32 easy32 SecuritySecurity: 4 of 22 hard to leaveSecurity: 5 of 22 mediumSecurity: 13 of 22 easy22 MediaMedia: 2 of 18 hard to leaveMedia: 1 of 18 mediumMedia: 15 of 18 easy18 ProductivityProductivity: 2 of 15 hard to leaveProductivity: 13 of 15 medium15 CommunicationCommunication: 4 of 13 hard to leaveCommunication: 7 of 13 mediumCommunication: 2 of 13 easy13 DevelopmentDevelopment: 7 of 12 hard to leaveDevelopment: 5 of 12 medium12 HostingHosting: 3 of 10 hard to leaveHosting: 7 of 10 medium10 FinanceFinance: 2 of 9 hard to leaveFinance: 7 of 9 medium9 MarketingMarketing: 2 of 9 hard to leaveMarketing: 7 of 9 medium9 StorageStorage: 5 of 5 medium5 AIAI: 3 of 3 medium3 OtherOther: 1 of 2 mediumOther: 1 of 2 easy2

All 150: 45 hard to leave, 71 medium, 34 easy.

The 150 products in software.csv by category. Switch cost is the effort to leave a product, as judged on the stack page. A replacement is a product with a parent outside the United States that the stack page names. Move over a bar to read it.

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