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Alternatives to Privacy Badger
23 browser extensions tools sit alongside Privacy Badger in this directory. Below is what separates each from Privacy Badger on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 23
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Privacy Badger starts at
- Free
Why people look past Privacy Badger
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Privacy Badger entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Privacy Badger publishes a single plan, Free 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.
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- Starts $4.99 a month dearer, at $4.99/month.
- 2 tiers to Privacy Badger's 1.
Dark mode for every website
Priced and rated the same as Privacy Badger on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
All-in-one bookmark manager
- Starts $38 a year dearer, at $38/year.
- 2 tiers to Privacy Badger's 1.
The world's most popular ad blocker
Priced and rated the same as Privacy Badger on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Open-source userscript manager for Safari on Mac and iOS
- Sold on a open-source model rather than free.
Safari userscript manager that runs Tampermonkey scripts
- Starts $5 a one-time dearer, at $5/one-time.
- Sold on a one-time model rather than free.
- 2 tiers to Privacy Badger's 1.
Every Privacy Badger alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
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 Privacy Badger badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (23)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Pocket , Free, then $4.99/month
- Dark Reader , Free
- Raindrop.io , Free, then $38/year
- AdBlock Plus , Free
- Userscripts , Free
- Stay , Free, then $5/one-time
- Greasemonkey , Free
- FireMonkey , Free
What you would be giving up
Privacy Badger is most often brought in for blocking third-party trackers that follow users across websites, sending do not track and global privacy control signals, disabling social media tracking widgets like facebook like buttons, preventing canvas fingerprinting across websites. 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 Privacy Badger is broadly right and the question is cost, the Privacy Badger 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.
Privacy Badger runs on chrome, firefox, edge, 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 Privacy Badger alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Privacy Badger?
- 23 other browser extensions tools are listed in this directory, led by Pocket, Dark Reader, Raindrop.io, AdBlock Plus. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Privacy Badger?
- 23 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Pocket, Dark Reader, Raindrop.io, AdBlock Plus, Userscripts.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Privacy Badger?
- 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 Privacy Badger?
- Privacy Badger is most often brought in for blocking third-party trackers that follow users across websites, sending do not track and global privacy control signals, disabling social media tracking widgets like facebook like buttons, preventing canvas fingerprinting across websites. 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 Privacy Badger?
- Userscripts, Greasemonkey, FireMonkey are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Privacy Badger 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 Privacy Badger against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Privacy Badger 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, 23 tools beside Privacy Badger. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.