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Alternatives to Plenty of Fish
21 dating tools sit alongside Plenty of Fish in this directory. Below is what separates each from Plenty of Fish 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
- 17
- Cheaper to start
- 12
- Plenty of Fish starts at
- Free, then $19.99/week
Why people look past Plenty of Fish
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Plenty of Fish has a free tier, and starts at $19.99/week against a category median of $24.99/month. 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.
Make the first move
- Starts $19.99 a month cheaper, at Free.
Dating deserves better
- Starts $19.99 a month cheaper, at Free.
Make the first move
- Starts $10 a month dearer, at $29.99/month.
AI-powered networking
- Starts $19.99 a month cheaper, at Free.
Where communities thrive
- Starts $19.99 a month cheaper, at Free.
Drop-in audio chat
- Starts $19.99 a month cheaper, at Free.
Every Plenty of Fish 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plenty of Fish (this page) | Free, then $19.99/week | - | - | |
| BadooFree dating app with large global community and similar all-ages demographic | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Plenty of Fish |
| OkCupidFreemium dating app with algorithm-based matching and free messaging | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Plenty of Fish |
| BumbleFree dating app where women make the first move, with inclusive age approach | Free, then $29.99/month | - | - | vs Plenty of Fish |
| Lunchclub | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Plenty of Fish |
| Geneva | Free | Free | 1 | vs Plenty of Fish |
| Clubhouse | Free | Free | 1 | vs Plenty of Fish |
| Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Plenty of Fish | |
| Happn | Free, then $29.99/month | - | - | vs Plenty of Fish |
| Facebook Dating | Free | Freemium | - | vs Plenty of Fish |
| Mastodon | Free | Free | 1 | vs Plenty of Fish |
| Bluesky | Free | Free | 1 | vs Plenty of Fish |
| Grindr | Free, then $19.99/month | - | 2 | vs Plenty of Fish |
| Coffee Meets Bagel | Free, then $14.99/month | - | - | vs Plenty of Fish |
| HER | Free, then $14.99/month | - | 2 | vs Plenty of Fish |
| Feeld | Free, then $11.99/month | - | - | vs Plenty of Fish |
| eHarmony | Free | Freemium | - | vs Plenty of Fish |
| Hinge | Free, then $16.99/month | - | 3 | vs Plenty of Fish |
| JDate | $29.99/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Plenty of Fish |
| EliteSingles | $31.95/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Plenty of Fish |
| Lox Club | $36/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Plenty of Fish |
| Christian Mingle | $24.99/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Plenty of Fish |
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 Plenty of Fish badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than Plenty of Fish (12)
Entry price under Plenty of Fish's $19.99/week. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Plenty of Fish is most often brought in for finding romantic partners in your geographic area, messaging other users with built-in communication features, creating personalized profile with photos and interests, discovering compatible matches through matching algorithms. 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 Plenty of Fish is broadly right and the question is cost, the Plenty of Fish pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Dating category lists everything the directory holds, and best dating tools ranks them.
Plenty of Fish runs on web, ios, android. 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 Plenty of Fish alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Plenty of Fish?
- 21 other dating tools are listed in this directory, led by Badoo, OkCupid, Bumble, Lunchclub. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Plenty of Fish?
- 17 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Badoo, OkCupid, Bumble, Lunchclub, Geneva.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Plenty of Fish?
- Yes. 12 of the alternatives below start under Plenty of Fish's $19.99/week: Badoo at Free, OkCupid at Free, Lunchclub at Free, Geneva at Free.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Plenty of Fish?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Plenty of Fish has a free tier, and starts at $19.99/week against a category median of $24.99/month. 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 Plenty of Fish?
- Plenty of Fish is most often brought in for finding romantic partners in your geographic area, messaging other users with built-in communication features, creating personalized profile with photos and interests, discovering compatible matches through matching algorithms. 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 Plenty of Fish?
- None of the dating 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 Plenty of Fish alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Dating, 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 Plenty of Fish against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Plenty of Fish 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 dating tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Dating category, 21 tools beside Plenty of Fish. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.