The best replacement for beauty dish is softbox.

The best alternatives to beauty dish are rated as following:
★★★★★  softbox
★★★  octabox
★★  ring flash
★★  umbrella
★★  ring light
★★  reflector
★★  plm
★  deep octa
★  shoot through umbrella
★  gary fong
★  mola
★  mola setti beauty dish
  octa
  silver beauty dish
  octobox
  silver
  silver umbrella
  soft box
  ringflash

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Speaking about beauty dish, one probably shouldn't forget about speedlight.

Other search terms related to beauty dish and their ratings are:
★★★★★ speedlight
★ strobe
★ alien bees
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