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Wappalyzer
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As of 30 August 2026, Wappalyzer has a free plan and paid plans start at $250/month. Wappalyzer is a technology profiler that shows you what websites are built with. Softwr lists it under Browser Extensions. Wappalyzer is launched in 2009, available on Browser extension, Web.
Overview
What Wappalyzer does
Wappalyzer is a technology profiler that shows you what websites are built with. It reveals the content management systems, ecommerce platforms, web frameworks, server software, analytics tools, and more used by any website.
What people use it 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
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Wappalyzer.
- Cannot detect server-side or hidden technologies without client-side footprints
- Went closed-source in 2023; self-hosting now difficult without maintaining community forks
- Data export features locked to Business plan ($450/month) minimum
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Capabilities
Features
Technology detection
CMS identification
Framework analysis
Analytics tracking
Chrome support
Available on chrome
Firefox support
Available on firefox
Edge support
Available on edge
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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Does Wappalyzer have a free version?
Yes. Wappalyzer's browser extension is completely free and provides unlimited technology lookups with no account required. The free tier includes basic website technology detection across all categories.
SourceWhat are the paid pricing tiers for Wappalyzer?
Wappalyzer's paid plans start at $250/month for Pro (5,000 lookups, 1 user), $450/month for Business (20,000 lookups, 5 users, API access), and $850+/month for Enterprise (200,000+ lookups, 25+ users). Annual billing offers 17% discount.
SourceCan Wappalyzer detect all website technologies?
Wappalyzer detects over 1,000 technologies but cannot detect server-side or hidden technologies, backend infrastructure, internal databases, or ERP systems with no client-side footprint.
SourceCan Wappalyzer be self-hosted?
Wappalyzer went closed-source in 2023 when the GitHub repository was taken down. It can be deployed via Docker or npm, but the community-contributed fingerprint database is now part of the commercial product. Open-source forks are available but not officially maintained.
SourceWhat integrations does Wappalyzer offer?
Wappalyzer integrates with CRM systems like Salesforce and HubSpot, and supports lead list exports and API access for business users on paid plans.
SourceWhen does Wappalyzer data export become available?
Data export and lead list generation features are only available on the Business plan ($450/month) and above, not on the Pro tier.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Wappalyzer
- Company
- Wappalyzer
- Based in
- Melbourne, Australia
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