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Alternatives to Ghostery
21 browser extensions tools sit alongside Ghostery in this directory. Below is what separates each from Ghostery on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 21
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Ghostery starts at
- Free
Why people look past Ghostery
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Ghostery has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The world's most popular ad blocker
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Ghostery does not.
Free, open-source ad content blocker
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Ghostery does not.
Automatically learn to block invisible trackers
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Ghostery does not.
Personal dashboard for focus and inspiration
Priced and rated the same as Ghostery on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Make your writing bold and clear
- Publishes an entry price of $8.33/month, where Ghostery does not.
Advanced color picker and eyedropper
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Ghostery does not.
Every Ghostery alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghostery (this page) | Free | - | - | |
| AdBlock PlusAlternative ad and tracker blocker available across browsers | Free | Free | 1 | vs Ghostery |
| uBlock OriginLightweight ad blocker and privacy tool for multiple browsers | Free | Free | 1 | vs Ghostery |
| Privacy BadgerPrivacy-focused tracker blocking extension | Free | Free | 1 | vs Ghostery |
| Momentum | Free | - | 2 | vs Ghostery |
| Hemingway Editor | Free, then $8.33/month | - | 4 | vs Ghostery |
| ColorZilla | Free | Free | 1 | vs Ghostery |
| LanguageTool | Free | - | - | vs Ghostery |
| HTTPS Everywhere | Free | Free | 1 | vs Ghostery |
| Night Eye | Free | - | 4 | vs Ghostery |
| Awesome Screenshot | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Ghostery |
| Honey | Free | - | - | vs Ghostery |
| Dark Reader | Free | - | - | vs Ghostery |
| Keeper | Free, then $1.79/month | - | 3 | vs Ghostery |
| Instapaper | Free | - | - | vs Ghostery |
| Fireshot | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Ghostery |
| Mercury Reader | Free | Free | 1 | vs Ghostery |
| Capital One Shopping | Free | - | - | vs Ghostery |
| GoFullPage | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Ghostery |
| BuiltWith | Free | - | - | vs Ghostery |
| Evernote Web Clipper | Free | - | - | vs Ghostery |
| JSON Viewer | Free | Free | 1 | vs Ghostery |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Ghostery badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (21)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- AdBlock Plus , Free
- uBlock Origin , Free
- Privacy Badger , Free
- Momentum , Free
- Hemingway Editor , Free, then $8.33/month
- ColorZilla , Free
- LanguageTool , Free
- HTTPS Everywhere , Free
What you would be giving up
Ghostery is most often brought in for blocking ads and sponsored content before they load, preventing tracker profiling by replacing identifying data with random values, automatically rejecting non-essential cookie consent, seeing which companies track a given site through whotracks.me. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Ghostery is broadly right and the question is cost, the Ghostery pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Browser Extensions category lists everything the directory holds, and best browser extensions tools ranks them.
Ghostery runs on firefox, chrome, edge, safari, opera. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Ghostery alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Ghostery?
- 21 other browser extensions tools are listed in this directory, led by AdBlock Plus, uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, Momentum. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Ghostery?
- 21 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: AdBlock Plus, uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, Momentum, Hemingway Editor.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Ghostery?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Ghostery has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Ghostery?
- Ghostery is most often brought in for blocking ads and sponsored content before they load, preventing tracker profiling by replacing identifying data with random values, automatically rejecting non-essential cookie consent, seeing which companies track a given site through whotracks.me. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Ghostery?
- None of the browser extensions tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Ghostery alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Browser Extensions, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Ghostery against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Ghostery covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every browser extensions tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Browser Extensions category, 21 tools beside Ghostery. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.