Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Alibaba Group

The 20 closest B2B wholesale marketplace alternatives to Alibaba Group, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 6 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Alibaba Group? The closest matches are 1688.com, AliExpress and Made-in-China.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 Alibaba Group

Alibaba Group alibaba.com

Alibaba.com: Manufacturers, Suppliers, Exporters & Importers from the world's largest online B2B marketplace

Find quality Manufacturers, Suppliers, Exporters, Importers, Buyers, Wholesalers, Products and Trade Leads from our award-winning International Trade Site. Import & Export on alibaba.com

Wikidata: Chinese multinational technology company

Top 1K · #306 English 6 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Alibaba Group

Summary by Claude

Alibaba.com is an international business-to-business marketplace where buyers find and source products in bulk from manufacturers, wholesalers and exporters, mostly in China and Asia, with tools for inquiries, orders, payment and shipping.

Who it’s for
Importers, retailers and small businesses sourcing wholesale goods
Business model
Supplier membership fees, advertising and transaction fees

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Alibaba Group’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.

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YoukueBayTemuJD.comIndiaMARTDHgate.comTaobaoMade-in-China.comAliExpress1688.com

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Alibaba Group

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

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  1. 01
    1688.com Top 10K

    阿里1688首页

    阿里巴巴(1688.com)是全球企业间(B2B)电子商务的著名品牌,为数千万网商提供海量商机信息和便捷安全的在线交易市场,也是商人们以商会友、真实互动的社区平台。目前1688.com已覆盖原材料、工业品、服装服饰、家居百货、小商品等12个行业大类,提供从原料--生产--加工--现货等一系列的供应产品和服务

  2. 02
    AliExpress aliexpress.com Top 1K German

    AliExpress German - Kaufen Sie günstig qualitativ hochwertige Produkte aus chinesischen Shops online - DE.AliExpress

    Leidenschaft sollte nicht ein Vermögen kosten. Auf AliExpress finden Sie über 111 Millionen hochwertige Angebote in den Kategorien Mode, Accessoires, Computerelektronik, Spielzeug, Werkzeug, Heimwerkerbedarf, Schönheits- und Gesundheitsartikel, Haushaltsgeräte, Heim & Garten und vieles mehr! Dropshipping Erfahrungen zeigen, wie Sie chinesische Shops Online entdecken und Produkte Finden. Mit Rabattcode sparen mehr!

  3. 03
    Made-in-China.com made-in-china.com Top 10K English

    Made-in-China.com - Manufacturers, Suppliers & Products in China

    Source quality products Made in China. Find reliable China Suppliers, Manufacturers, Factories, Wholesalers & Exporters on the leading B2B e-commerce website Made-in-China.com.

  4. 04
    Taobao taobao.com Top 1K Chinese

    淘宝

    淘宝网 - 亚洲较大的网上交易平台,提供各类服饰、美容、家居、数码、话费/点卡充值… 数亿优质商品,同时提供担保交易(先收货后付款)等安全交易保障服务,并由商家提供退货承诺、破损补寄等消费者保障服务,让你安心享受网上购物乐趣!

  5. 05
    DHgate.com dhgate.com Top 10K

    e-commerce platform

  6. 06
    IndiaMART indiamart.com Top 10K English

    IndiaMART - Indian Manufacturers Suppliers Exporters Directory, India Exporter Manufacturer

    IndiaMART.com is India's largest online marketplace that assists manufacturers, suppliers & exporters to trade with each other at a common, reliable & transparent platform. Largest free online business directory & yellow page with listing of 1,945,000 Indian & International companies. Find here quality products, trade leads, manufacturers, suppliers, exporters & international buyers.

  7. 07
    JD.com jd.com Top 1K

    京东全球版-专业的综合网上购物商城

    京东全球版-专业的综合网上购物商城,为您提供正品低价的购物选择、优质便捷的服务体验。商品来自全球数十万品牌商家,囊括家电、手机、计算机、服装、居家、母婴、美妆、个护、食品等丰富品类,满足各种购物需求。香港的用户支持自提、京东集运和国际卡支付,现时已覆盖香港、澳门、台湾、新加坡、马来西亚、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰和日本等海外200多个国家和地区。

  8. 08
    Temu temu.com Top 1K

    Chinese online marketplace owned by PDD Holdings

  9. 09
    Alibaba Cloud aliyun.com Top 1K English

    Alibaba Cloud: Reliable Secure Cloud Solutions to Empower Your Global Business

    Alibaba Cloud offers a integrated suite of cloud products and services that are reliable and secure, to help you build cloud infrastructure, data centers in multi regions empower your global business. Try for Free.

  10. 10
    eBay ebay.it Top 10K English

    Error Page | eBay

    American multinational internet corporation that manages eBay.com

  11. 11
    Youku youku.com Top 1K

    优酷-热门独播剧集综艺电影在线观看-为好内容全力以赴

    优酷视频是中国领先的在线视频平台,提供海量正版高清电视剧、电影、综艺、动漫、纪录片等视频内容,独家热播剧集实时更新,畅享流畅观影体验。

  12. 12
    etsy.com Top 1K English

    etsy.com

    American e-commerce company

  13. 13
    ChinaZ.com chinaz.com Top 10K

    站长之家 - 站长资讯-我们致力于为中文网站提供动力!

    站长之家(中国站长站)为个人站长与企业网络提供全面的站长资讯、源代码程序下载、海量建站素材、强大的搜索优化辅助工具、网络产品设计与运营理念以及一站式网络解决方案,十年来我们一直致力为中文网站提供动力。

  14. 14
    Mercado Libre mercadolibre.com Top 10K

    Mercado Libre - Envíos Gratis en el día

    Compre productos con Envío Gratis en el día en Mercado Libre. Encuentre miles de marcas y productos a precios increíbles.

  15. 15
    Rakuten rakuten.com Top 1K

    Rakuten: Shop. Get Cash Back. Repeat.

    Feel the joy of Cash Back! Start your shopping at Rakuten - Shop as usual - Get Cash Back. Shop at over 3500 stores and get paid.

  16. 16
    Shopee shopee.com Top 10K English

    Leading Online Shopping Platform In Southeast Asia & Taiwan | Shopee

    Shopee is the leading e-commerce online shopping platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. It provides customers with an easy, secure and fast online shopping experience through strong payment and logistical support. Shopee has a wide selection of product categories ranging from consumer electronics to home & living, health & beauty, baby & toys, fashion and fitness equipment.

  17. 17
    bol bol.com Top 10K

    bol

    webshop in the Netherlands

  18. 18
    kakaku.com Top 10K Japanese

    価格.com - 「買ってよかった」をすべてのひとに。

    「買ってよかった!」と思えるお買い物は価格.comから! パソコンや家電から、ファッション、食品に至るまで、あらゆる製品・サービスを、販売価格やクチコミ情報、ランキングなどの視点から比較・検討できる、お買い物支援サイトです。

  19. 19
    OLX olx.com.br Top 10K English

    online marketplace

  20. 20
    Allegro allegro.pl Top 1K English

    allegro.pl

    online shopping and e-commerce marketplace platform

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

JavaScript frameworks
  • React asset https://s.alicdn.com/@g/code/lib/??react/18.2.0/umd/react.production.min.js,react-dom/18.…
Languages & backends
  • Java cookie JSESSIONID
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=IFGeXwDYyE372q7vTM6z6YPSbPiKWvZjJASy4…
  • Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: BxUUDuMEUF1h8EKRruLQLdNLZlcFwNFhiClKsPDCoiU
  • Yandex Webmaster meta yandex-verification: 7d39e39e19d480d6
  • Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_nroBN4oZjyaVOxAXxm4ETC

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