Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Crunchyroll

The 20 closest anime streaming alternatives to Crunchyroll, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 21 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Crunchyroll? The closest matches are yummyani.me, Netflix and Prime Video. 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 Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll crunchyroll.com

Wikidata: American video streaming service

Top 10K · #2,503 English 21 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Crunchyroll

Summary by Claude

Subscription and ad-supported video streaming service focused on Japanese anime series and films, including subtitled and dubbed episodes, simulcasts shortly after Japanese broadcast, plus a merchandise store, games and live events.

Who it’s for
Anime fans worldwide
Business model
Subscriptions, advertising, and merchandise sales

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Crunchyroll’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

Pluto TViQIYIYouTubeTubiMasterClassTidalBiliBiliMyAnimeListWeTVPrime Video

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Crunchyroll

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

Only in English

We can’t read crunchyroll.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    Prime Video primevideo.com Top 1K English

    Prime Video | Watch movies, TV shows, Live TV, and sports

    Watch now on Prime Video for a wide selection of movies, TV shows, live TV, and sports.

  2. 02
    WeTV wetvinfo.com Top 10K English

    Watch Chinese, Korean, Japanese & Thai Dramas with Subtitles | WeTV

    Watch Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Thai dramas, anime and movies on WeTV — free with subtitles and dubbing, or ad-free with VIP.

  3. 03
    MyAnimeList myanimelist.net Top 10K English

    MyAnimeList.net - Anime and Manga Database and Community

    Welcome to MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more!

  4. 04
    BiliBili bilibili.tv Top 10K English

    BiliBili

    BiliBili, Southeast Asia\'s leading anime, comics, and games (ACG) community where people can create, watch and share engaging videos.

  5. 05
    Tidal tidal.com Top 10K English

    tidal.com

    subscription-based music streaming service

  6. 06
    MasterClass masterclass.com English

    online education platform

  7. 07
    Tubi tubitv.com Top 10K English

    Tubi is the largest free movie and TV streaming service in the US. We are not available in Europe due to changes in EU laws.

    American streaming video service

  8. 08
    nicovideo.jp Top 10K English

    ニコニコ

    日本最大級の動画サービス、ニコニコ(niconico)。動画にコメントを付けて楽しむニコニコ動画や、生放送番組にリアルタイムでコメントを付けられるニコニコ生放送のほか、イラスト・マンガ・最新ニュース・ゲームなど、エンターテイメントを全て無料で楽しめる!

  9. 09
    YouTube youtube.com Top 100 English

    YouTube

    Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

  10. 10
    iQIYI iq.com Top 10K English

    iQIYI - Watch Asian dramas shows movies animes Free online - Streaming Korean drama, Chinese drama, Thai drama, with subtitles and dubbing – iQIYI | iQ.com

    Watch online free and latest Chinese dramas, Korean dramas, Thai dramas, variety shows, movies and animes with multiple subtitles and dubbing at your fingertips on iQIYI(iQ.com)! VIP unlock more hot shows and contnet. Enjoy in HD with on your mobile, pad, computer, TV devices.

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    HBO Max hbomax.com Top 10K English

    HBO Max | Stream Series and Movies

    Stream must-see series, hit movies, exclusive originals, family favorites, and live sports.

  12. 12
    Pluto TV pluto.tv Top 10K English

    Pluto TV: Watch Free Movies, TV Shows & Live TV Online

    Watch your choice of free hit movies, free binge-worthy TV shows & live TV online, anytime. Stream Now. Pay Never.

  13. 13
    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.

  14. 14
    Envato® envato.com Top 10K English

    Envato® | AI Tools and Unlimited Creative Assets

    Create and customize content with AI tools and unlimited creative assets for professional and commercial use.

  15. 15
    MUBI mubi.com English

    MUBI: Watch and Discover Movies

    Watch truly great cinema. Wherever you are. From iconic, award-winning directors to emerging auteurs. Transformative films from all over the world. Stream Now. Download to watch Offline. Start your free 7 day trial now.

  16. 16
    SoundCloud soundcloud.com Top 1K English

    Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud

    Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.

  17. 17
    RainberryTV rainberrytv.com Top 10K English

    RainberryTV

    With 20 live channels and over 100 on demand content partners, RainberryTV offers viewers an exciting viewing experience published around the world. Our content spans entertainment news, new music discovery, world news, sports, movie trailers, gaming, viral videos, and more. Our user base of over 65 million is one of the largest for any streaming video platform. Whether you’re looking to tune in and find out what’s happening, or just relaxing and want to enjoy some fun video content, RainberryTV delivers. You won’t find passwords, subscriptions, payments needed to use our service, and it’s fre

  18. 18
    lk21official.cc Top 10K English

    Lk21 - Nonton Film dan Series Streaming Download Movie

    Nonton dan download film & series terbaru di LK21. Streaming sub Indo gratis, kualitas HD. Tersedia drama Korea, anime, film barat, dan Asia lengkap!

  19. 19
    thenkiri.com Top 10K English

    Welcome To Nkiri | Download Hollywood Movies, Series & Dramas

    Download Hollywood and Korean Movies, Series and Dramas for free at nkiri.com. Download all blockbuster Movies and Dramas at nkiri.com.

  20. 20
    Plex plex.tv Top 10K English

    streaming media service

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

Marketing automation
  • Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mg-spf.greenhouse.io include:s…
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mg-spf.greenhouse.io include:s…
Cookie consent
  • OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=a9640493fbc14c438364396d3beeee72
Payments
  • Stripe TXT stripe-verification=824C13F6A4D15C6DAF2E3E8158327C361069DCD53031B8638…
CDN
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mg-spf.greenhouse.io include:s…
  • Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mg-spf.greenhouse.io include:s…
  • SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mg-spf.greenhouse.io include:s…
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=02433577a48e35340565bd60d45eeefdeaa565be0…
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=WuFGVBoUb8qugznj
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=X/wJXdy2d45K08l/Q5ikItlaVBiRRaxPBs11naO…
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=ff96294e-1c21-4bb4-9502-2ba60858c4cc
  • GlobalSign TXT globalsign-domain-verification=96E06C23114A8008E83A182F6F5A5AEC
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=6nvHyxrAmnfMTI7_nT4-uChy8N_ImJIRjCmH8qdWd6c
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=tupz68o4demh4s7i5ey6e5xtcg48w4
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=a7e788f62ab11498606c69435a5ff3a4eb94bf0e
  • Notion TXT notion-domain-verification=G2tflghw5NLfgtx5uGhLHuh1g8NfU3BuoIXbEAch62D
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-vMwnfYVqgXbuORx9YJrV7MET

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