Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Adblock Plus
The 20 closest ad blocker alternatives to Adblock Plus, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 5 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Adblock Plus? The closest matches are AdGuard, Brave and Opera. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
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- Vector
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- Query
- 19 ms
01 · Entity
About Adblock Plus
Adblock Plus adblockplus.org
Adblock Plus | The world's #1 free ad blocker
Adblock Plus, the most popular ad blocker on Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Android and iOS. Block pop-ups and annoying ads on websites like Facebook and YouTube.
Wikidata: content filtering and ad blocking browser extension
Summary by Claude
Adblock Plus is a free, open-source browser extension and mobile app that blocks ads, pop-ups, video ads and trackers on browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, Safari and Samsung Internet. It also offers an ad-blocking browser for Android.
- Who it’s for
- General web users on desktop and mobile
- Business model
- Acceptable Ads whitelisting fees and premium subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Adblock Plus’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Adblock Plus
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Adblock Plus, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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AdGuard Ad Blocker — block ads, popups, and trackers
AdGuard is the best way to get rid of annoying ads and online tracking and protect your computer from malware. Make your web surfing fast, safe and ad-free
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The browser that puts you first | Brave
The Brave browser is a fast, private and secure web browser for PC, Mac and mobile. Download now to enjoy a faster ad-free browsing experience that saves data and battery life by blocking tracking software.
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Opera Web Browser | Faster, Safer, Smarter | Opera
Faster, safer and smarter than default browsers. Fully-featured for privacy, security, and so much more. Get the faster, better Opera browser for free.
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UC Browser | Powerful, Personal and Private web browser
UC Browser is a fast and safe web browser for PC, Mac, and mobile. Download now to enjoy a clean, ad-free browsing experience with built-in VPN for enhanced privacy and security!
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Firefox: The fast, private browser that keeps you safe — Firefox.com
The independent browser that has your back. Firefox blocks trackers, has a free built-in VPN, puts you in control of AI, and never sells your personal data.
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DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.
The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
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Free web proxy and a cutting-edge online proxy | CroxyProxy
CroxyProxy is a cutting-edge secure web proxy service. Use it to access your favorite websites and web applications: as a Facebook or YouTube proxy. It is free, you can try this online proxy right now!
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Free Online Video Downloader - SaveFrom.net
Download videos from popular platforms with SaveFrom.net, the leading free online video downloader. Easily save videos in various formats and resolutions. Start downloading now!
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AdGuard DNS — ad-blocking DNS server
Create your ad-blocking DNS server that will protect your personal data, prevent tracking and allow you to control access to specific content on the Internet.
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Stream, shop, play - no matter where in the world you are!
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TradPlus | One-stop Solutions to Monetize your App
TradPlus is the leading platform for app develpers to monetize their apps through mediation, ad exchange, and SaaS ad exchange products and services to increase their ad revenue
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privacy-focused online search engine
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LITEAPKS - #1 MOD APK for Android
LITEAPKS.COM is the leading reputable source for mod apk, free games and apps for Android
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NextDNS - The new firewall for the modern Internet
NextDNS protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps and provides a safe and supervised Internet for kids — on all devices and on all networks.
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Stream, shop, play - no matter where in the world you are!
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Stream, shop, play - no matter where in the world you are!
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Canva
online graphic design platform
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Semrush: Your Unfair Advantage for Growing Brand Visibility
Semrush is the leading platform to grow and measure brand visibility across AI search, SEO, PPC, social, and more.
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datadome.co
cybersecurity company
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Guardio | Powerful Online Protection for Your Digital Life
Protect all your devices online. Keep your personal and business data safe from phishing, malware, and identity theft. Get your free Guardio security scan today.
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to adblockplus.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Adblock Plus uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Adblock Plus is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-ber1080049-BER
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:spf1.adblockplus.org include:_spf.google.com include:s…
- DNS hosting
- UltraDNS NS pdns73.ultradns.co.uk
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=WscIWU4ciCgJXgNh6k-Z0yJQOD7H1h_N1f3kxsNpLEA
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Adblock Plus adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 15/20
- Google Workspace 12/20
- Zendesk · not on adblockplus.org 9/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on adblockplus.org 8/20
- Apple Business · not on adblockplus.org 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on adblockplus.org 7/20
- Amazon SES · not on adblockplus.org 6/20
- nginx · not on adblockplus.org 6/20
- PHP · not on adblockplus.org 6/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on adblockplus.org 5/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on adblockplus.org 5/20
- Vue.js · not on adblockplus.org 4/20
- DocuSign · not on adblockplus.org 4/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on adblockplus.org 4/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on adblockplus.org 4/20
- OpenAI · not on adblockplus.org 4/20