Deceasedonline is the only UK-centred site, and probably the most determined to sign up local authorities and to make money. They look strong for Wiltshire, Wakefield, Bolton, Cheshire West, London Boroughs. I should mention it gives only burial registers, not gravestone transcriptions.
Billiongraves are good in some very specific parts of the UK: Sandbach, Nuneaton, Kensal Green, Beaconsfield, Leigh, Hindley, Lowton (these in Greater Manchester area), Stockport, Bangor, Conwy Valley, Llandudno
Findagrave.com is ubiquitous for the US, and its results now pop up in Ancestry searches. However, I've never found any UK entries - it claims to have 27000 records, though this might be cemeteries. I gave up trying. Possibly the dropdown county box for England works in other browsers (not Chrome).
Gravestonephotos has Devon, Durham, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Surrey and North Yorkshire. It will shortly release Wymondham Abbey gravestones, which I'm excited about.
Interment.net is very patchy and doesn't appear to have had any new content for awhile: it is strong in Durham and Bedworth (Warwickshire) with some 'select' graves listed for Burnley, Colne and some parts of Greater Manchester. It also has reasonable Cleveland coverage.
Findmypast may have some monumental inscriptions (the same thing as gravestone transcriptions) but the results are mingled up with the burial registers, so it's hard to find what you're looking for
Australia Cemetery Index - made a good breakthrough on here, seems strong for NSW
Ontario cemetery project - have never found anyone on this
South Africa - truly useful
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