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Alternatives to SimilarWeb
22 browser extensions tools sit alongside SimilarWeb in this directory. Below is what separates each from SimilarWeb 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
- 0
- SimilarWeb starts at
- Free
Why people look past SimilarWeb
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the SimilarWeb entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
SimilarWeb 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.
See what websites are built with
- Starts $295 a month dearer, at $295/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 4 tiers to SimilarWeb's 1.
Clip web pages to Evernote
Priced and rated the same as SimilarWeb 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 freemium.
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 freemium.
- 2 tiers to SimilarWeb's 1.
The original userscript manager, for Firefox
- Sold on a open-source model rather than freemium.
User scripts and user styles in one Firefox extension
- Sold on a open-source model rather than freemium.
Every SimilarWeb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimilarWeb (this page) | Free | Freemium | 1 | |
| BuiltWithTechnology profiler browser extension for discovering what technologies websites use | Free, then $295/month | Subscription | 4 | vs SimilarWeb |
| Evernote Web ClipperBrowser extension for saving and organizing web content with AI-powered features | Free | Freemium | - | vs SimilarWeb |
| Userscripts | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs SimilarWeb |
| Stay | Free, then $5/one-time | One-time | 2 | vs SimilarWeb |
| Greasemonkey | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs SimilarWeb |
| FireMonkey | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs SimilarWeb |
| Arc | Free | Free | 1 | vs SimilarWeb |
| LanguageTool | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs SimilarWeb |
| Ghostery | Free | - | - | vs SimilarWeb |
| Momentum | Free | - | 2 | vs SimilarWeb |
| Night Eye | Free | - | 4 | vs SimilarWeb |
| Awesome Screenshot | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs SimilarWeb |
| ColorZilla | Free | Free | 1 | vs SimilarWeb |
| Hemingway Editor | Free, then $8.33/month | - | 4 | vs SimilarWeb |
| Keeper | Free, then $1.79/month | - | 3 | vs SimilarWeb |
| Fireshot | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs SimilarWeb |
| Mercury Reader | Free | Free | 1 | vs SimilarWeb |
| Capital One Shopping | Free | - | - | vs SimilarWeb |
| Honey | Free | - | - | vs SimilarWeb |
| Dark Reader | Free | - | - | vs SimilarWeb |
| HTTPS Everywhere | Free | Free | 1 | vs SimilarWeb |
| Instapaper | Free | - | - | vs SimilarWeb |
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 SimilarWeb 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.
- BuiltWith , Free, then $295/month
- Evernote Web Clipper , Free
- Userscripts , Free
- Stay , Free, then $5/one-time
- Greasemonkey , Free
- FireMonkey , Free
- Arc , Free
- LanguageTool , Free
What you would be giving up
SimilarWeb is most often brought in for analyzing competitor advertising across display, search, social, understanding traffic loss to search and ai recommendations, tracking brand visibility across chatgpt and ai chatbots, optimizing amazon product placement with marketplace analytics, identifying high-intent prospects at optimal buying moments. 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 SimilarWeb is broadly right and the question is cost, the SimilarWeb 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.
SimilarWeb runs on web, browser extension. 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 SimilarWeb alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to SimilarWeb?
- 22 other browser extensions tools are listed in this directory, led by BuiltWith, Evernote Web Clipper, Userscripts, Stay. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to SimilarWeb?
- 22 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: BuiltWith, Evernote Web Clipper, Userscripts, Stay, Greasemonkey.
- Why do people look for an alternative to SimilarWeb?
- 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 SimilarWeb?
- SimilarWeb is most often brought in for analyzing competitor advertising across display, search, social, understanding traffic loss to search and ai recommendations, tracking brand visibility across chatgpt and ai chatbots, optimizing amazon product placement with marketplace analytics, identifying high-intent prospects at optimal buying moments. 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 SimilarWeb?
- Userscripts, Greasemonkey, FireMonkey are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these SimilarWeb 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 SimilarWeb against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against SimilarWeb 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 SimilarWeb. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.