Sites like Giphy
The 20 closest GIF search engine alternatives to Giphy, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 15 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Giphy? The closest matches are tenor.com, Google and 9GAG. 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 Giphy
Giphy giphy.com
GIPHY - Be Animated
GIPHY is the platform that animates your world. Find the GIFs, Clips, and Stickers that make your conversations more positive, more expressive, and more you.
Wikidata: website hosting animated GIFs
Summary by Claude
A searchable database of animated GIFs, short video clips and stickers that users can browse, create, and share in messaging apps and social media.
- Who it’s for
- Social media and messaging users
- Business model
- Advertising and branded content
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Giphy’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
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Giphy
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Giphy, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Tenor GIF Keyboard - Bring Personality To Your Conversations
Say more with Tenor. Find the perfect Animated GIFs and videos to convey exactly what you mean in every conversation.
Very close cos 0.945 - 02
9GAG - Best Funny Memes and Breaking News
Your daily dose of funny memes, GIFs, videos and weird news stories. We deliver hundreds of new memes daily and much more humor anywhere you go.
Very close cos 0.913 - 03
Canva
online graphic design platform
Very close cos 0.910 - 04
Internet Meme Database | Know Your Meme
Know Your Meme is a website dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more.
Very close cos 0.908 - 05
TikTok - Make Your Day
video-focused social media platform
Very close cos 0.907 - 06
Higgsfield AI — AI-native creative suite
Create images, videos, and voice content with Higgsfield AI from text prompts or references. Edit and upscale media, automate creative workflows with its AI agent, and generate content on web and mobile.
Very close cos 0.902 - 07
Genius
American digital media company
Very close cos 0.902 - 08
Turn Data Into Interactive Stories | Infogram
Create interactive charts, maps, infographics, reports and more. Share and embed anywhere. All AI powered from charts to infographics.
Very close cos 0.901 - 09
Bored Panda - The Only Magazine For Pandas
Bored Panda is a leading art, pop culture and lifestyle magazine that is viewed nearly 100 million times every month.
Very close cos 0.903 - 10
American media company
Very close cos 0.901 - 11
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here
Dive into cutting-edge tech, reviews and the latest trends with the expert team at Gizmodo. Your ultimate source for all things tech.
Very close cos 0.902 - 12
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!
Very close cos 0.899 - 13
Myinstants | The largest instant sound buttons website in Germany!
Myinstants is where you discover funny instant sound buttons from Germany. HAVE FUN!
Very close cos 0.895 - 14
Lifehacker | Do everything better
Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.
Very close cos 0.900 - 15
YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Very close cos 0.898 - 16
Digg - News, before it trends
See what's next in AI before it trends. Digg watches the people who move first.
Very close cos 0.895 - 17
DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.
The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
Very close cos 0.896 - 18
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.
Close cos 0.894 - 19
Simple Page
food focused online social networking service
Close cos 0.894 - 20
MUO - Technology, Simplified.
MUO is your guide to modern tech. Learn how to make use of the tech and gadgets around you, and discover cool stuff on the internet.
Very close cos 0.897
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to giphy.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Giphy uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Giphy is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- Analytics
- Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Advertising
- Meta Pixel page source: connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:sendgrid.net include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.mail…
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-iad-kcgs7200168-IAD, cache-ber1080056-BER
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:sendgrid.net include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.mail…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-8.awsdns-01.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=Fii0eNOZHns9TIAc
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=2ZiBk8nroSamkeHuamMoEH9zYMfA1R0XO1ZWlq1…
- Bing Webmaster Tools meta msvalidate.01: F8A7FDC3D369E857ACB67C4AB8EBD9A4
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: 8mfne8CLOmysP4fUdGDJioWLEGbHMJY4tBsxsQT2eSY
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-Sagm5Hc2GH6IccoTx7kqsIPO
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Giphy adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Google Workspace 16/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on giphy.com 12/20
- Apple Business 9/20
- Cloudflare · not on giphy.com 8/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on giphy.com 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 7/20
- Google Analytics · not on giphy.com 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on giphy.com 6/20
- DocuSign · not on giphy.com 5/20
- Atlassian 5/20
- Zendesk · not on giphy.com 5/20
- OneTrust · not on giphy.com 4/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on giphy.com 3/20
- GlobalSign · not on giphy.com 3/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on giphy.com 3/20