Alternatives and competitors
Sites like ImgBB
The 20 closest image hosting alternatives to ImgBB, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 3 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to ImgBB? The closest matches are Postimages, Imgur and imgsrc.ru. 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.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 9 ms
01 · Entity
About ImgBB
ImgBB ibb.co
ImgBB — Upload Image — Free Image Hosting
Free image hosting and sharing service, upload pictures, photo host. Offers integration solutions for uploading images to forums.
Summary by Claude
ImgBB is a free image hosting service where users upload pictures by drag and drop or URL and get direct links, HTML and BBCode embed codes, albums, and optional auto-deletion. Paid Pro plans add more features.
- Who it’s for
- Forum users, bloggers and general web users
- Business model
- Advertising and Pro subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to ImgBB’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 ImgBB
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to ImgBB, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Postimages — free image hosting / image upload
Provides free image uploading and hosting integration for forums. Free picture hosting and photo sharing for websites and blogs.
Very close cos 0.940 - 02
Imgur: The magic of the Internet
Find, rate and share the best memes and images. Discover the magic of the Internet at Imgur.
Very close cos 0.919 - 03
Unlimited photo hosting @iMGSRC.RU
Your free and unlimited host iMGSRC.RU presents Unlimited photo hosting
Very close cos 0.916 - 04
ImageShack: Image Hosting & Photo Sharing
Image hosting and photo storage for your high-res photos. Upload, organize into albums and share anywhere with ImageShack. Plans from $3.99/month.
Very close cos 0.907 - 05
free image hosting website
Close cos 0.892 - 06
paid image sharing, image hosting service, and online video platform
Close cos 0.893 - 07
American image and video hosting website
Close cos 0.890 - 08
Client Challenge
American hosting service, owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos
Close cos 0.890 - 09
File sharing and storage made simple
MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.
Close cos 0.889 - 10
Cloud storage and data transfer services ~ pixeldrain
Pixeldrain is a file transfer service, you can upload any file and you will be given a shareable link right away. pixeldrain also supports previews for images, videos, audio, PDFs and much more.
Close cos 0.889 - 11
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.
Close cos 0.887 - 12
Wikidot - Free and Pro Wiki Hosting
Polish wiki hosting corporation
Close cos 0.883 - 13
WeTransfer | Skicka stora filer snabbt
Det enkla, snabba och säkra sättet att skicka filer till hela världen utan ett konto. Dela filer, foton och videor idag helt gratis.
Close cos 0.884 - 14
Verification Required
English-language imageboard website
Close cos 0.883 - 15
Neocities: Create your own free website!
Create and surf awesome websites for free.
Close cos 0.880 - 16
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.
Close cos 0.880 - 17
Flickr | The best place to be a photographer online.
The nicest place on the internet is here for you: inspiration, community, creativity, art, passion, and a heaping scoop of weirdness await you. Join for free.
Close cos 0.875 - 18
American photo storage and image hosting website
Close cos 0.874 - 19 Close cos 0.873
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4shared - free file sharing and storage
Online file sharing and storage - 15 GB free web space. Easy registration. File upload progressor. Multiple file transfer. Fast download.
Close cos 0.875
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to ibb.co’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones ImgBB uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What ImgBB is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/
- Web servers
- OpenResty header server: openresty
- Languages & backends
- PHP cookie PHPSESSID
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what ImgBB adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on ibb.co 15/20
- Google Workspace · not on ibb.co 12/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on ibb.co 9/20
- Google Fonts 8/20
- Google Analytics · not on ibb.co 5/20
- Zendesk · not on ibb.co 4/20
- Amazon SES · not on ibb.co 3/20
- Atlassian · not on ibb.co 3/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on ibb.co 3/20
- Cloudflare · not on ibb.co 3/20
- Stripe · not on ibb.co 3/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on ibb.co 3/20
- SendGrid · not on ibb.co 3/20
- Fastly · not on ibb.co 2/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on ibb.co 2/20
- Zoom · not on ibb.co 2/20