Alternatives to Shift
Workspace browser for juggling several email and SaaS accounts. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Shift
Workspace browser for juggling several email and SaaS accounts.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Shift.
Wavebox
Workspace browser for juggling many web apps and multiple accounts of the same service.
Wavebox covers the same job of signing into several accounts of one service at once, on the same three desktop platforms, with a similarly limited free tier.
Arc
Chromium browser organised around spaces, a sidebar and split views.
Arc separates work, personal and project browsing into free spaces, but lacks a Linux build, requires an account and now receives limited feature work.
SigmaOS
macOS browser that organises tabs into workspaces and treats them as tasks.
SigmaOS keeps separate logins per named workspace and adds task-style tab management, but runs only on macOS and pushes regular users toward its paid plan.
Firefox
The main browser not built on Chromium, with tracking protection turned on by default.
Firefox is free and open source, and its containers can keep several logins of one service apart, though it is a general browser rather than an account workspace.
Zen Browser
A Firefox build with vertical tabs, workspaces and split view, aimed at people who found Arc appealing.
Zen Browser is free and open source, pairing workspaces with Firefox containers for separate logins, but it is a young project whose interface changes between releases.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Vivaldi
A Chromium browser for people who want tab stacks, split screen and a mail client in the same window.
Opera
Chromium browser with an ad blocker, a free proxy VPN and a messenger sidebar.
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft's Chromium-based browser, bundled with Windows.
