The phrase "a decent alternative for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when suggesting a substitute or replacement for something that is considered acceptable or satisfactory.
Example: "If you're looking for a decent alternative for sugar, consider using honey or agave syrup."
Alternatives: "a suitable substitute for" or "an acceptable replacement for".
As a decent alternative for instant-access accounts, you could try High 5 from Investec which pays the average of the five highest savings rates in the market, currently 3.29% AER (as calculated by Moneyfacts).
A decision that the individual mandate was unconstitutional, for instance, but that everything else deserved to stand – including the penalties the bill institutes for failing to purchase health insurance – would preserve most of the bill's structure and would represent a decent alternative for its architects.
It's not the Ashes but it's a decent alternative for England after a bruising few months – Australia arriving next summer for five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 as part of a busy England schedule in the buildup to hosting 2019's Cricket World Cup.
While we think it's best that you learn to do it yourself — that way you can do self-repair if something goes wrong — these services are a decent alternative for the clueless or lazy.
Yellow faces may be a decent alternative for people whose skin tone actually resembles it, but people with darker skin will surely appreciate this option, even if it isn't comprehensive yet.
Ultimately the easiest way to view videos on a cell phone would be for cellphones to support the various file types used in online videos, but given that's not going to happen any time soon (the iPhone still doesn't support Flash for example) AddtoPhone provides a decent alternative for sharing online content with friends via cell phone.
M&S does have a decent alternative use for some of their spare space – food".
In the ad (called "The Outsider"), Sasse fingers unnamed fellow GOPers for letting the "greatest country slip away," for failing to come up with a decent alternative to Obamacare and for losing touch with "conservative solutions".
So Twitter — at least for now — offers a decent alternative where interesting strangers can whisper in your ear.
