Why choose South American digital services?

📈 Support for the local market

By using products and services from local companies, you contribute to the development of the local economy. This helps drive innovation, as well as promoting the creation of new services and jobs.

🤝 Better integration with the local market

Tools developed for South America (including SaaS) offer features better aligned with the region's economic, cultural, and technical specifics, such as integration with local payment methods (e.g., PIX, boleto, and regional cards) and specific tax systems.

🏛️ Compliance with local regulations

Local companies may be more directly aligned with the data protection laws in the region, such as LGPD in Brazil and LPDP in Argentina. This facilitates compliance with security and privacy standards, promoting a data governance model more suited to local legal requirements.

🛡️ Digital sovereignty

Control over digital infrastructure and data allows organizations to meet local demands more effectively and adapt their policies according to the regional context. This increases operational resilience, decreases dependence on external providers and reduces the risks associated with service interruptions or changes in usage policies.

Criteria

The objective is to promote digital products and services based in South American countries or countries associated with Mercosur, such as Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, etc. Whenever possible, it is preferable that the parent company also be from the region. Locally operated hosting and infrastructure providers will be given priority, however, services that use foreign infrastructure may still qualify, provided they contribute significantly to regional development. Solutions listed as “Open source” do not necessarily need to be South American, but it is always preferable that they can be hosted locally. These will be listed as “Open source and self-hosted.”

Categories

🔎 Search Engines

Allows users to search for information on the internet.

☁️ Cloud Computing

Services that provide infrastructure, storage, processing, and other computational resources on-demand over the internet. They allow applications to scale, host systems, and run software without the need for physical servers.

🖥️ Virtual Private Server (VPS) Providers

VPS providers are companies that offer virtual private server hosting services, renting part of the server's resources (such as CPU, RAM and storage) to run operating systems and software.

📬 Email Providers

Services that allow sending, receiving, and managing email messages. They may offer webmail, integration with email clients, spam filters, and storage.

📨 Email Marketing Services

Platforms that help create, send, and monitor email campaigns. They may offer tools for message design, sending automation, and engagement analysis.

📮 Transactional Email Service

Services specialized in sending automatic emails based on user actions, such as order confirmations, password resets, or system notifications.

📊 Web Analytics Services

Tools that track user behavior on websites so that owners can understand the usage and optimize their websites.

  • Matomo (Open source and self-hosted)
  • Plausible (Open source and self-hosted)
  • Rybbit (Open source and self-hosted)
  • Vince (Open source and self-hosted)

🖱️ Website Builders

Platforms that allow the creation of websites through visual tools, without requiring programming knowledge.

🌐 WordPress Hosting Providers

Providers that offer services specifically tailored for WordPress, greatly facilitating the hosting of professional websites, blogs or stores created on the platform.

📁 File Hosting Services

Services that offer storage, backup and file sharing in the cloud, whether for personal or professional use.

🔑 SSL Certificate Providers

Providers that issue SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificates guarantee the protection of confidential information exchanges between users and servers, such as communication, passwords, financial and personal information.

🔐 Password Managers

Allows users to create, store, and manage passwords securely.

💬 Instant Messaging Apps

Allows people to send text messages, files, media, and audio to each other, as well as make voice and video calls.

  • Matrix (Open source and self-hosted)
  • XMPP (Open source and self-hosted)

👥 Team Communication Services

Helps teams communicate with each other, typically offering a chat system with features adapted to team needs.

📍 Navigation Apps

Apps for those who need directions and to get from one place to another.

📑 Office Suites

Provides tools for creating, editing, and collaborating on documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and other types of files.

🐦 Microblogging Services

Platforms that allow users to share quick thoughts, links and media in a concise way.

  • Mastodon (Open source and self-hosted)
  • Pleroma (Open source and self-hosted)

🖼️ Social Networks for Sharing Photos and Videos

Platforms that allow users to share images and videos and interact with other users through likes and comments.

🎧 Audio and Music Streaming Services

Online services that allow users to listen to musical content, such as songs, albums, and playlists, over the internet without needing to store it on their own device.

🔤 Automatic Translation Services

Services that automatically translate text from one language to another.

🤖 Generative AI Chatbots

Programs that use AI to respond to user requests, typically in written form, but can also be used for a variety of tasks.

  • Jan (Open source and self-hosted)
  • Ollama (Open source and self-hosted)
  • LM Studio (Open source and self-hosted)