I've been asked what to recommend to Vision's faithful users now that Vision is gone, here's an honest opinion and a few notes :
1. The tech is fine, the business (marketing, onboarding, education) part is missing in ENS and all related platforms. ENS is in an echo-chamber. All of ENS people (dev, fam, core) need to stop trying to think outside of the box (if any) and realize - there is no box. Go global, go hard, spend time and money on reach.
All of the below offer great service, most differences are in UI/UX which is a personal choice, use the one you like best.
Best advice for devs - KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid).
Platform (and ENS app) needs to be made for the dumbest possible user, that is how you win big audience numbers.
Target priority - millions of subnames issued but no user ever came to check out the source, the core, the real and true .eth
2. ALL of the platforms are totally fine for secondary, all of them use Seaport 1.6 contract (OS contract) which is secure and working as it should. ALL are better than OS tech wise except for the reach OS has (tho for ENS not so much more, Vision was 50-50 with OS for awhile).
3. NameWhisper
@NameWhisper_AI - Eggy and 1985 are OG degens, they know ENS, they know shills, inventive approach, there is a long (and hopefully bright) way ahead of them.
Maybe putting a bit too much accent on AI tech but understandable as it is highly trending.
4. Grails
@grailsmarket - devs are great, some of them been in ENS as long as Vision (one of the devs was part of Kodex which was Vision's greatest fear as competitor in 2022 but management messed up back then), good features and categories, they know their business, an "iffy" subject for a global app - christian subcontext and image (could be but doesnt have to be an issue in global reach).
5. ENS Tools
@enstools , also OG's (changed ownership) very detailed, wonderful tools but (again, as everyone else) the reach is very low. They are trying though, creating ENS related media and social content, just missing the hype-y degen approach (maybe a bit too professional, leans more to pro or academic approach instead of degen approach).
Other tools and projects worth mentioning :
NameSpace
@namespace_eth (subdomain ninjas) - absolute beasts, SnipeZone
@SnipeZoneTools , UBNET
@Unblockdprofile (ENS social web3), DominiosENS
@dominios_ens (Spanish ENS, very important long term).
NFA + this is a personal opinion, I don't have to be right or wrong.