Alternatives and competitors
Sites like kickstarter.com
The 20 closest crowdfunding alternatives to kickstarter.com, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 13 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to kickstarter.com? The closest matches are Indiegogo, GoFundMe and KICK. 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 kickstarter.com
kickstarter.com
Wikidata: US-based crowdfunding platform
Summary by Claude
Kickstarter is a reward-based crowdfunding platform where creators launch campaigns to raise money from backers for creative projects such as films, music, games, comics, publishing, technology and food products.
- Who it’s for
- Creators, inventors and project backers
- Business model
- Transaction fees on funded projects
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to kickstarter.com’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 kickstarter.com
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to kickstarter.com, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read kickstarter.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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American crowdfunding website
Very close cos 0.929 - 02
GoFundMe | The #1 Crowdfunding and Fundraising Platform
Start your fundraiser in minutes with tools to help you succeed. GoFundMe is the global leader in crowdfunding, trusted by 100+ million people.
Very close cos 0.895 - 03
KICK
KICK is a streaming platform that makes it easy for you to find and watch your favorite content.
Close cos 0.892 - 04
Online fundraising donations and ideas - JustGiving
Fundraise or donate with JustGiving, the worlds leading online fundraising platform, helping charities to make more with GiftAid
Close cos 0.889 - 05
web patronage service
Close cos 0.875 - 06
Where Creator Communities Thrive — Patreon
Build a community, share exclusive work, and turn your passion into a thriving business with Patreon. Get started today!
Close cos 0.874 - 07
product discovery website
Close cos 0.874 - 08
Building tools for shared knowledge - Creative Commons
family of public copyright licenses for allowing free use of a work
Close cos 0.870 - 09
Ravelry
Ravelry is a community site, an organizational tool, and a yarn & pattern database for knitters and crocheters.
Close cos 0.870 - 10
Crunchbase | Private Company Data & Predictive Intelligence
Discover private company data, funding insights, and AI-powered predictions with Crunchbase.
Close cos 0.866 - 11
TechCrunch | Startup and Technology News
TechCrunch | Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley
Close cos 0.869 - 12
Hotmart — Learn what you want, teach what you know
Learn more about Hotmart, the leading platform for selling and distributing digital products.
Close cos 0.865 - 13
Trade Crypto, Predict Outcomes & Earn — All in One Platform | Gemini | Gemini
The crypto super app for trading, predicting, and earning. Buy 90+ cryptos, trade prediction markets, and earn with staking and the Gemini Credit Card.
Close cos 0.868 - 14
YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Close cos 0.866 - 15
Bazaarvoice | The UGC Platform for Authentic Shopper Experiences
The leading UGC platform for authentic ratings, reviews, visual UGC, and review syndication that powers discovery, shopper trust, and higher ecommerce conversion.
Close cos 0.865 - 16
Wikimedia Error
global social movement for free educational knowledge
Close cos 0.865 - 17
corporation that owns a network of gaming-related websites
Close cos 0.861 - 18
Roblox: Play Free Online Games - Sign Up to Play!
Roblox is the ultimate virtual universe that lets you create, share experiences with friends, and be anything you can imagine. Join millions of people and discover an infinite variety of immersive experiences created by a global community!
Close cos 0.859 - 19
The Global Commerce Intelligence Platform
Make every shopping moment smarter with ads powered by commerce AI fueled by the world’s largest set of commerce data
Close cos 0.860 - 20
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
U.S. non-profit organization and digital archive
Close cos 0.862
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to kickstarter.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones kickstarter.com uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What kickstarter.com is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Marketing automation
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:mail.zendesk.com include:_spf.google.com include:u4672…
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=5541787318b305241749573e0831951c70aefc071906aef87…
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a562fed56e4f1f5f-HAM
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms78138665
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS isaac.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=fr5gGEo5gbyXf30d
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=7v1jzr5l4IiiscoEpn5RnnH7C59La/FBYP5HnyW…
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=BKiSSX_Jp9ZRTyGpUHktBKTpLbPiFodT7BzDi…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=3HgDNY1aQJLtSK85ov4w1Z8K-rZl__oRfXxUD3jOO_8
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=1lt1x2v2lp1alxae1372s1n3qp22sp
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what kickstarter.com adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Google Workspace 16/20
- Microsoft 365 12/20
- Atlassian 11/20
- Cloudflare 10/20
- Cloudflare DNS 10/20
- DocuSign · not on kickstarter.com 10/20
- Apple Business 10/20
- Zendesk 10/20
- Stripe 9/20
- Meta Business Suite 7/20
- Next.js · not on kickstarter.com 7/20
- OpenAI · not on kickstarter.com 7/20
- React · not on kickstarter.com 7/20
- Adobe · not on kickstarter.com 6/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on kickstarter.com 6/20