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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BigCommerceHonorAllegroOLXShopeeetsy.comeBayAlibaba CloudIndiaMARTMade-in-China.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
    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.

  2. 02
    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.

  3. 03
    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.

  4. 04
    eBay ebay.it Top 10K English

    Error Page | eBay

    American multinational internet corporation that manages eBay.com

  5. 05
    etsy.com Top 1K English

    etsy.com

    American e-commerce company

  6. 06
    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.

  7. 07
    OLX olx.com.br Top 10K English

    online marketplace

  8. 08
    Allegro allegro.pl Top 1K English

    allegro.pl

    online shopping and e-commerce marketplace platform

  9. 09
    Honor honor.com Top 10K English

    HONOR

    Shop mobile phones, tablets, laptops, wearables, and more at the official HONOR Global store. Enjoy exclusive deals, points, and offers on authentic HONOR products.

  10. 10
    Freelancer freelancer.com Top 10K English

    Hire Freelancers & Find Freelance Jobs Online | Freelancer

    Access the world's largest cloud workforce. 25.9+ million jobs completed across 3400+ skills. Post your job free, compare quotes, and hire top talent today.

  11. 11
    BigCommerce bigcommerce.com Top 10K English

    Commerce built for momentum. | BigCommerce

    Power modern buying experiences across brands, regions, and channels — all from a single, scalable foundation. Learn more.

  12. 12
    Qunar qunar.com Top 10K English

    【去哪儿网】机票查询预订,酒店预订,旅游团购,度假搜索,门票预订-去哪儿网Qunar.com

    去哪儿Qunar.com提供机票,飞机票,特价机票,打折机票的查询预订;99元春秋航空特惠折扣机票,百元南航、海航惊喜特价机票任您挑选,国航、深航1折特价机票和折扣机票一网打尽,更多打折机票尽在Qunar.com。实时提供上百家旅游预订网站机票报价和航空公司直销机票价格,为您找到最实惠的飞机票信息,是你查询特价机票和机票预订的最佳途径。

  13. 13
    Viator viator.com Top 10K English

    viator.com

    online travel marketplace

  14. 14
    Big Cartel bigcartel.com Top 10K English

    Free, Easy Online Stores for Artists & Small Businesses

    Start your free online store & scale as you grow. Easily manage your e-commerce business. Join a community of artists & small businesses.

  15. 15
    Bookshop.org bookshop.org Top 10K English

    book e-commerce website

  16. 16
    Wish wish.com English

    Wish | Shop and Save

    Discover affordable items for your home and life needs. Enjoy our money back guarantee, frequent discounts, flat rate shipping (select markets), and more.

  17. 17
    Pinduoduo pinduoduo.com Top 10K English

    Pinduoduo - Together, More Savings, More Fun

    Pinduoduo - Together, More Savings, More Fun

  18. 18
    Poshmark poshmark.com Top 10K English

    Poshmark: Buy and sell fashion, home decor, beauty & more

    Buy, sell, and discover fashion, home decor, beauty, and more

  19. 19
    Wayfair wayfair.com Top 10K English

    Wayfair.com - Online Home Store for Furniture, Decor, Outdoors & More

    Shop Wayfair for A Zillion Things Home across all styles and budgets. 5,000 brands of furniture, lighting, cookware, and more. Free Shipping on most items.

  20. 20
    Eventbrite eventbrite.com Top 1K English

    Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do

    Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do

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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