Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Airbnb

The 20 closest vacation rental marketplace alternatives to Airbnb, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 18 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Airbnb? The closest matches are Vrbo, Houfy and booking.com. 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.

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01 · Entity

About Airbnb

Airbnb airbnb.com

Airbnb: Vacation Rentals, Cabins, Beach Houses, Unique Homes & Experiences

Get an Airbnb for every kind of trip → 8 million vacation rentals → 2 million Guest Favorites → 220+ countries and regions worldwide

Wikidata: American online platform for rental accommodations

Top 1K · #829 English 18 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Airbnb

Summary by Claude

Online marketplace where travelers book short- and long-term stays in private homes, apartments, villas and cabins listed by hosts, plus local experiences and services.

Who it’s for
Travelers and property hosts
Business model
Booking commissions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Airbnb’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

Trip.comGetYourGuideApartments.comHotels.comTripadvisorViatorexpedia.combooking.comHoufyVrbo

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Airbnb

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Airbnb, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Vrbo vrbo.com Top 10K

    Bot or Not?

    American vacation rental online marketplace

  2. 02
    Houfy houfy.com English

    Book Direct Vacation Rentals – Houfy

    Book direct with verified hosts. Message the host, agree to the terms, and pay the host directly on Houfy.

  3. 03
    booking.com Top 1K English

    website and mobile apps for booking accommodation

  4. 04
    expedia.com Top 10K

    Bot or Not?

    travel website

  5. 05
    Viator viator.com Top 10K English

    viator.com

    online travel marketplace

  6. 06
    Tripadvisor tripadvisor.com Top 1K English

    tripadvisor.com

    American travel website company

  7. 07
    Hotels.com hotels.com Top 10K

    Online travel platform for booking hotels, vacation rentals, and other accommodation worldwide

  8. 08
    Apartments.com apartments.com Top 10K

    With over 1 million rental listings, Apartments.com is the place to find a place.

  9. 09
    GetYourGuide getyourguide.com Top 10K

    GetYourGuide – Error

    website where tourists can book activities

  10. 10
    Rentalcars.com rentalcars.com Top 10K English

    Cheap Car Rental, Price Match Guarantee - Rentalcars.com

    Find the best rental prices on luxury, economy, and family rental cars with FREE amendments in over 60,000 locations worldwide, reserve online today!

  11. 11
    Trip.com trip.com Top 10K English

    Trip.com Official Site‎‎ | Travel Deals and Promotions

    Choose from over 1.2 million hotels in more than 200 countries, 30 million real guest reviews. Book flights to over 5,000 destinations worldwide. 24/7 Customer Service.

  12. 12

    Hostels Worldwide - Online Bookings, Ratings and Reviews

    Online confirmed bookings for backpacker hostels around the world. City guides, sightseeing, entertainment and backpacking information for hostels and backpacker tours around the world.

  13. 13
    priceline.com Top 10K English

    Priceline.com - The Best Deals on Hotels, Flights and Rental Cars.

    Deep Discounts on Hotels, Flights and Rental Cars. Get Exclusive Savings with Priceline.com.

  14. 14
    ImmobilienScout24 immobilienscout24.de Top 10K

    Ich bin kein Roboter - ImmobilienScout24

    an online service/website that offers search for real estate (houses, apartments, etc.) purchase or rental in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

  15. 15
    iranhotelonline iranhotelonline.com Persian

    رزرو هتل و هتل آپارتمان آنلاین با بهترین قیمت تا 91% تخفیف

    رزرو هتل و هتل آپارتمان داخل و خارج کشور تا 91% تخفیف ویژه و بهترین قیمت با پشتیبانی 24ساعته

  16. 16
    Zillow zillow.com Top 1K English

    Zillow: Real Estate, Apartments, Mortgages & Home Values

    The leading real estate marketplace. Search millions of for-sale and rental listings, compare Zestimate® home values and connect with local professionals.

  17. 17
    Redfin redfin.com Top 10K English

    Human Verification

    American real estate brokerage

  18. 18
    Klook klook.com Top 10K English

    klook.com

    website where tourists can book activities

  19. 19
    OnTheMarket onthemarket.com Top 10K English

    OnTheMarket | Property, Houses & Flats for Sale & to Rent

    The most uncluttered, user-friendly property portal. Find hundreds of 1000s of properties for sale & to rent from leading UK estate agents | OnTheMarket

  20. 20
    MakeMyTrip makemytrip.com Top 10K

    Indian online travel company

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to airbnb.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Airbnb uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Airbnb is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Payments
  • Stripe TXT stripe-verification=271cb9609512aa1a36ff5693b0a5cd9f04d19e089e8abae29…
Monitoring
  • Bugsnag page source: notify.bugsnag.com
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Maps
  • Google Maps page source: maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=e68ae64c-3a65-4439-b368-0042e72c4cc8
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=KVJVb0VKHY0IkzDH
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=mvMbea0qZ4IoMr8/xjkRYgjiHikXBbF04PZnZYv…
  • Canva TXT canva-site-verification=LTDCDSi1WalQaoEcq8B1WA
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=d56dee1c-0384-4ffa-8801-e6bea308af97
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=_e6Ayd8GN0S5dR116WkaM5ds5tx3ekRD5DC9-51pGrg
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=t3zulila9jjnrfbyt6vjamhqdxz47f
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=c5c6890aa37542fb59662ade09a0778c6e028b2f
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-g8FeEwzIIZCUjUpPuF8szG3a
  • Webex TXT webexdomainverification.=162d362c-c218-48f0-8b53-0017116e6f29

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