Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Altervista

The 20 closest free web hosting alternatives to Altervista, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 5 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Altervista? The closest matches are Blogger, WordPress.com and Hosting. 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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Sites searched
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01 · Entity

About Altervista

Altervista altervista.org

Create a blog or website for free and make money online - Altervista

Do you want to create a website for free? Find out how to do it on Altervista: open a blog or a website quickly and easily and start making money online. Altervista is free of charge forever

Top 10K · #2,224 English 5 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Altervista

Summary by Claude

Altervista provides free website and blog hosting with a managed WordPress installation, unlimited space and traffic, themes and plugins, and built-in ad monetization including Google AdSense and affiliate programs.

Who it’s for
Italian bloggers and small website creators
Business model
Advertising revenue sharing

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Altervista’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

OverblogWebempresaDinahostingBluehostRaptiveNeocitiesWordPressHostingWordPress.comBlogger

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Altervista

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    Blogger blogger.com Top 1K English

    Blogger.com - Create a unique and beautiful blog easily.

    Publish your passions your way. Whether you’d like to share your knowledge, experiences or the latest news, create a unique and beautiful blog.

  2. 02
    WordPress.com wordpress.com Top 100 English

    WordPress.com: Everything You Need to Build Your Website

    Create your WordPress website with built-in hosting, premium themes, and powerful tools. No technical setup required. Start building today—free plan available.

  3. 03
    Hosting a2hosting.com Top 10K English

    Web Hosting Built to Grow With You | hosting.com

    Web hosting that takes you from idea to website to a lasting business. Fast and secure, with free migration, real experts 24/7 and a 99.9% uptime SLA.

  4. 04
    WordPress wordpress.org Top 100 English

    Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS | WordPress.org

    Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

  5. 05
    Neocities neocities.org Top 10K English

    Neocities: Create your own free website!

    Create and surf awesome websites for free.

  6. 06
    Raptive adthrive.com Top 10K English

    Raptive — Powering creator independence

    CafeMedia and AdThrive are now Raptive, a new kind of company transforming creators into global brands and lasting businesses.

  7. 07
    Bluehost bluehost.com Top 1K English

    Cloudflare Captcha Page | Bluehost.com

    web hosting company

  8. 08
    Colorlib colorlib.com Top 10K English

    WordPress Themes & Website Templates - Colorlib

    Colorlib creates beautiful, high-performance WordPress themes and website templates. Trusted by millions of creators since 2013.

  9. 09
    Libero libero.it Top 10K Italian

    Libero: Mail, Ricerca e News con aggiornamento quotidiano

    Entra su Libero.it: Mail e Email PEC, Login, le Ultime Notizie con aggiornamento quotidiano, Video, Motore di Ricerca e tanto altro

  10. 10
    Plausible Analytics plausible.io Top 10K English

    Plausible Analytics | Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative

    Plausible is a lightweight and open-source Google Analytics alternative. Your website data is 100% yours and the privacy of your visitors is respected.

  11. 11
    Dinahosting dinahosting.com Top 10K English

    Dinahosting - Domains and Hosting with the best 24/7 support

    Buy quality Domains and Hosting or select high performance Dedicated Servers and VPS. Leading independent provider with best 24/7 support

  12. 12
    Webempresa webempresa.eu Top 1K Spanish

    Hosting en España especializado en WordPress - Webempresa

    Hosting en España para ofrecer alta Velocidad y Seguridad para tu WordPress. Certificados SSL Gratis. Entra ahora y prueba 45 días sin riesgo.

  13. 13
    wpastra.com Top 10K English

    Astra – Fast, Lightweight & Customizable WordPress Theme - Download Now!

    Looking for a WordPress theme that's fast, elegant & customizable? Meet Astra! It's customizer powered, SEO friendly and compatible with major page builders.

  14. 14
    Overblog over-blog.com Top 10K French

    Overblog - Les meilleurs blogs et la meilleure plateforme de blog

    Le portail d'OverBlog ! Le meilleur de l'info et des articles de nos blogueurs ! Créez facilement et gratuitement un blog sur OverBlog ! Forums, communautés et annuaire de blog sur OverBlog !

  15. 15
    imgsrc.ru Top 10K English

    Unlimited photo hosting @iMGSRC.RU

    Your free and unlimited host iMGSRC.RU presents Unlimited photo hosting

  16. 16
    Vimeo vimeo.com Top 100 English

    Vimeo - All-in-One Video Platform

    The video platform trusted by 287 million creatives, entrepreneurs, and businesses. Everything you need to create, manage, and share stunning videos.

  17. 17
    Locaweb locaweb.com.br Top 10K Portuguese

    Black Friday Locaweb 2026: Hospedagem, VPS e E-mail

    Black Friday Locaweb 2026: hospedagem de site, VPS, e-mail profissional e Google Workspace em até 12x sem juros. Ofertas.

  18. 18
    ShareThis sharethis.com Top 10K English

    ShareThis | Share Buttons | Website Tools | Behavioral Intelligence

    Discover how social sharing tools can drive traffic and help you understand consumer intent for better targeting and personalization.

  19. 19
    Turbify turbify.com Top 10K English

    Find the best Hosting, Domains, Ecommerce, Bizmail, and more | Turbify

    The only platform with all you need to grow an online presence. Find your perfect domain, get bizmail, create a gorgeous website, or launch an online store. Our speed will impress you, our security will keep you online. - Turbify

  20. 20
    Aruba aruba.it Top 10K English

    Home | Aruba.it

    Italian registrar and Web hosting company

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

Fonts
Tag managers
CDN
  • Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: Hhrw7iva92-ZLaBoQ5up3L5RexELqeE1hulrffEXxw5GadykVTOdmw==
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx/1.24.0 (Ubuntu)
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

Stack changes

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Altervista adds or drops shows up here.

SimilarSiteSearch

Competitors by meaning, stacks from the source. Data from public homepages and DNS.

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