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Alternatives to Greasemonkey
22 browser extensions tools sit alongside Greasemonkey in this directory. Below is what separates each from Greasemonkey on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 22
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Greasemonkey starts at
- Free
Why people look past Greasemonkey
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Greasemonkey entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Greasemonkey publishes a single plan, Open source at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
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.
Open source userscript manager
Priced and rated the same as Greasemonkey on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
The most popular userscript manager
Priced and rated the same as Greasemonkey on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Chromium-based browser organized around user workflows
- Sold on a Free model rather than open-source.
Advanced color picker and eyedropper
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Greasemonkey does not.
- Sold on a free model rather than open-source.
Personal dashboard for focus and inspiration
- 2 tiers to Greasemonkey's 1.
Make your writing bold and clear
- Publishes an entry price of $8.33/month, where Greasemonkey does not.
- 4 tiers to Greasemonkey's 1.
Every Greasemonkey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greasemonkey (this page) | Free | Open-source | 1 | |
| ViolentmonkeyOpen source and also on Firefox, with wider compatibility for scripts written against modern Tampermonkey conventions, plus Chrome and Edge builds Greasemonkey has never had. | Free | - | - | vs Greasemonkey |
| TampermonkeyThe most widely targeted manager, with a richer dashboard and a diff view on script updates, though it is closed source and runs on more browsers. | Free | Open-source | - | vs Greasemonkey |
| Arc | Free | Free | 1 | vs Greasemonkey |
| ColorZilla | Free | Free | 1 | vs Greasemonkey |
| Momentum | Free | - | 2 | vs Greasemonkey |
| Hemingway Editor | Free, then $8.33/month | - | 4 | vs Greasemonkey |
| LanguageTool | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Greasemonkey |
| Ghostery | Free | - | - | vs Greasemonkey |
| Night Eye | Free | - | 4 | vs Greasemonkey |
| Awesome Screenshot | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Greasemonkey |
| Dark Reader | Free | - | - | vs Greasemonkey |
| Honey | Free | - | - | vs Greasemonkey |
| HTTPS Everywhere | Free | Free | 1 | vs Greasemonkey |
| Keeper | Free, then $1.79/month | - | 3 | vs Greasemonkey |
| Fireshot | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Greasemonkey |
| Mercury Reader | Free | Free | 1 | vs Greasemonkey |
| Capital One Shopping | Free | - | - | vs Greasemonkey |
| Instapaper | Free | - | - | vs Greasemonkey |
| GoFullPage | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Greasemonkey |
| AdBlock Plus | Free | Free | 1 | vs Greasemonkey |
| BuiltWith | Free, then $295/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Greasemonkey |
| Evernote Web Clipper | Free | Freemium | - | vs Greasemonkey |
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 Greasemonkey badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (22)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Violentmonkey , Free
- Tampermonkey , Free
- Arc , Free
- ColorZilla , Free
- Momentum , Free
- Hemingway Editor , Free, then $8.33/month
- LanguageTool , Free
- Ghostery , Free
What you would be giving up
Greasemonkey is most often brought in for restyling or de-cluttering a site you use daily, automating a repetitive action on a web application, adding a missing feature to a site you do not control, running userscripts on firefox for android, writing and testing your own scripts in the browser. 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 Greasemonkey is broadly right and the question is cost, the Greasemonkey 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.
Greasemonkey runs on firefox. 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 Greasemonkey alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Greasemonkey?
- 22 other browser extensions tools are listed in this directory, led by Violentmonkey, Tampermonkey, Arc, ColorZilla. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Greasemonkey?
- 22 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Violentmonkey, Tampermonkey, Arc, ColorZilla, Momentum.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Greasemonkey?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Greasemonkey?
- Greasemonkey is most often brought in for restyling or de-cluttering a site you use daily, automating a repetitive action on a web application, adding a missing feature to a site you do not control, running userscripts on firefox for android, writing and testing your own scripts in the browser. 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 Greasemonkey?
- Tampermonkey is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Greasemonkey 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 placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Greasemonkey against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Greasemonkey 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, 22 tools beside Greasemonkey. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.