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Alternatives to Wappalyzer
21 browser extensions tools sit alongside Wappalyzer in this directory. Below is what separates each from Wappalyzer 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
- 9
- Wappalyzer starts at
- Free, then $250/month
Why people look past Wappalyzer
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Wappalyzer entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Wappalyzer starts at $250/month. Across the 4 browser extensions tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $6.67/month.
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 $45 a month dearer, at $295/month.
Open-source userscript manager for Safari on Mac and iOS
Priced and rated the same as Wappalyzer on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Safari userscript manager that runs Tampermonkey scripts
- Starts $245 a one-time cheaper, at $5/one-time.
The original userscript manager, for Firefox
Priced and rated the same as Wappalyzer on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
User scripts and user styles in one Firefox extension
Priced and rated the same as Wappalyzer on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Chromium-based browser organized around user workflows
Priced and rated the same as Wappalyzer on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Wappalyzer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wappalyzer (this page) | Free, then $250/month | - | - | |
| BuiltWithTechnology detection tool with large index tracking 700K+ technologies and historical adoption data since 2007 | Free, then $295/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Wappalyzer |
| Userscripts | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Wappalyzer |
| Stay | Free, then $5/one-time | One-time | 2 | vs Wappalyzer |
| Greasemonkey | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Wappalyzer |
| FireMonkey | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Wappalyzer |
| Arc | Free | Free | 1 | vs Wappalyzer |
| LanguageTool | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Wappalyzer |
| Ghostery | Free | - | - | vs Wappalyzer |
| Momentum | Free | - | 2 | vs Wappalyzer |
| Night Eye | Free | - | 4 | vs Wappalyzer |
| Awesome Screenshot | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Wappalyzer |
| ColorZilla | Free | Free | 1 | vs Wappalyzer |
| Hemingway Editor | Free, then $8.33/month | - | 4 | vs Wappalyzer |
| Keeper | Free, then $1.79/month | - | 3 | vs Wappalyzer |
| Fireshot | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Wappalyzer |
| Mercury Reader | Free | Free | 1 | vs Wappalyzer |
| Capital One Shopping | Free | - | - | vs Wappalyzer |
| Honey | Free | - | - | vs Wappalyzer |
| Dark Reader | Free | - | - | vs Wappalyzer |
| HTTPS Everywhere | Free | Free | 1 | vs Wappalyzer |
| Instapaper | Free | - | - | vs Wappalyzer |
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 Wappalyzer 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.
- BuiltWith , Free, then $295/month
- Userscripts , Free
- Stay , Free, then $5/one-time
- Greasemonkey , Free
- FireMonkey , Free
- Arc , Free
- LanguageTool , Free
- Ghostery , Free
Cheaper than Wappalyzer (9)
Entry price under Wappalyzer's $250/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Stay , Free, then $5/one-time
- Night Eye , Free
- Awesome Screenshot , Free
- ColorZilla , Free
- Hemingway Editor , Free, then $8.33/month
- Keeper , Free, then $1.79/month
- Fireshot , Free
- Mercury Reader , Free
What you would be giving up
Wappalyzer is most often brought in for building target prospect lists filtered by specific technology adoption, detecting when competitors migrate to new development stacks, enriching crm records with discovered technology stack information, identifying timing signals from prospect infrastructure changes. 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 Wappalyzer is broadly right and the question is cost, the Wappalyzer 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.
Wappalyzer runs on chrome, firefox, edge, web. 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 Wappalyzer alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Wappalyzer?
- 21 other browser extensions tools are listed in this directory, led by BuiltWith, Userscripts, Stay, Greasemonkey. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Wappalyzer?
- 21 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: BuiltWith, Userscripts, Stay, Greasemonkey, FireMonkey.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Wappalyzer?
- Yes. 9 of the alternatives below start under Wappalyzer's $250/month: Stay at Free, then $5/one-time, Night Eye at Free, Awesome Screenshot at Free, ColorZilla at Free.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Wappalyzer?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: it costs more than the category median. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Wappalyzer?
- Wappalyzer is most often brought in for building target prospect lists filtered by specific technology adoption, detecting when competitors migrate to new development stacks, enriching crm records with discovered technology stack information, identifying timing signals from prospect infrastructure changes. 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 Wappalyzer?
- Userscripts, Greasemonkey, FireMonkey are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Wappalyzer 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 Wappalyzer against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Wappalyzer 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 Wappalyzer. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.