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State of Decay 3 PC: date, co-op and Game Pass

State of Decay 3 is Undead Labs' open-world survival sequel, coming to Steam, Xbox and PS5 in 2027 with shared-world co-op for up to four. It's not one to preorder yet: the co-op rules that decide whether four copies work together aren't out.

BY Doug Silkstone21/09/26

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Klaviyo bill climbing? The best Klaviyo alternatives for UK Shopify shops, priced at 5,000 and 25,000 subscribers

Klaviyo now charges for every profile it can email, so a Shopify shop's bill grows with its checkout customers as well as its subscribers. Shopify Messaging covers the basics for little, Omnisend is the closest cheaper rival, and Privy suits shops whose first job is growing the list. Klaviyo is $100 a month at 5,000 profiles.

BY Doug Silkstone12/10/26

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Outgrown the spreadsheet? The best CRM for a UK small business, free and paid

A CRM keeps every customer, email and deal where the whole team can see them. Pipedrive suits small sales teams, Zoho CRM gives the most for the least, Copper suits Gmail businesses and Capsule is the simple British option. HubSpot's free plan is fine for two, then the price climbs.

BY Doug Silkstone12/10/26

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Is Substack's 10% worth it? The best newsletter platforms for UK writers: beehiiv, Kit, Ghost and more

Substack is free until readers pay, then keeps 10%; beehiiv, Kit, Ghost and the rest charge a flat fee instead. I work out which costs less at 1,000 and 10,000 subscribers, who brings you readers, who lets you leave with them, and what UK writers need to know about VAT and consent.

BY Doug Silkstone12/10/26

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Paying too much for Typeform? The best Typeform alternatives for UK readers, free and paid

A form builder turns your questions into a page people fill in. Tally is the best free Typeform alternative for most people, Fillout suits forms that take payments, book calls or collect signatures, and SmartSurvey keeps survey answers in the UK. Typeform starts at £252 a year plus VAT.

BY Doug Silkstone12/10/26

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Need web data for an AI app? The best web scraping APIs, priced for 10,000 pages a month

A web scraping API fetches pages and hands back clean data. For feeding an AI app, Firecrawl is the fullest toolkit and Context.dev costs less per page; for protected shops, ScrapingBee, Zyte and Bright Data do better. What 10,000 pages cost on each, and what UK law says.

BY Doug Silkstone12/10/26