Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Limelight

The 20 closest programmatic advertising technology alternatives to Limelight, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 12 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Limelight? The closest matches are AdKernel, AdMaster and Buzzoola. 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 Limelight

Limelight project-limelight.com

Programmatic Platform | Limelight Inc.

Navigate the programmatic landscape with our advanced platform. Contact us for tailored solutions today!

Top 10K · #4,236 English 12 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

Limelight provides a white-label programmatic advertising platform based on OpenRTB. Ad networks, agencies and publishers use it to run their own branded ad exchange and trading environments.

Who it’s for
Ad networks, agencies, publishers
Business model
Platform licensing / transaction fees

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Limelight’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

HybridAditudeAdmixerAdtelligentOptableAdMaticRTB HouseRTBWiseBuzzoolaAdKernel

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Limelight

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    AdKernel adkernel.com Top 10K English

    White-Label Ad Tech Infrastructure | AdKernel

    White-label infrastructure for your ad-tech business. Launch a DSP, SSP, exchange, ad server, DMP, or retail media network under your brand.

  2. 02
    Buzzoola buzzoola.com Top 10K English

    Buzzoola - innovative technologies for brands, publishers and ad platforms.

    Ad Exchange with fast connection and access to the largest DSPs and SSPs. Programmatic buying of traffic from direct publishers on Web, In-App and Smart TV.

  3. 03
    RTBWise rtbwise.com Top 10K English

    RTBWise - Turn Every Impression into Measurable Revenue

  4. 04
    RTB House rtbhouse.com Top 10K English

    RTB House. The Next-generation Performance DSP

    Cut through the online noise with truly personalized marketing campaigns powered by Deep Learning. Drive growth on web and app.

  5. 05
    AdMatic admatic.de Top 10K English

    AdMatic GmbH – AI-Driven Advertising | Human-Centric Results

  6. 06
    Optable optable.co Top 10K English

    The Agentic Advertising Platform | Optable

    Unlock ad revenue with agentic solutions. Optable is the privacy-preserving identity, activation, and collaboration platform for advertising.

  7. 07
    Adtelligent adtelligent.com Top 10K English

    Adtelligent | Advertising Technology Company

    Adtelligent Inc. is an advertising technology company providing solutions for publishers and advertisers: SSP / DSP / Ad Network / Header Bidding / Video player

  8. 08
    trustedstack.com Top 10K English

    Advertising Technology Company

    Advertising Technology Company

  9. 09
    Admixer admixer.net Top 10K English

    Admixer | Full-Stack Programmatic AdTech Solutions

    Admixer is a global AdTech vendor that provides digital advertising products and services for Publishers, Brands and Advertising Agencies

  10. 10
    Aditude aditude.io Top 10K English

    Publisher Ad Tech Platform — Control Your Programmatic Stack | Aditude

    One platform. Complete control. Aditude unifies ad serving, intelligence, and demand for enterprise publishers ready to maximize revenue at scale.

  11. 11
    ConnectAd connectad.io Top 10K English

    ConnectAd – The Independent European SSP

  12. 12
    Hybrid hybrid.ai Top 10K English

    The leading programmatic marketing platform | Hybrid DSP programmatic advertising

    AI-based creative optimization solutions for a powerful marketing influence

  13. 13
    StackAdapt stackadapt.com Top 1K English

    AI Advertising Platform | StackAdapt

    StackAdapt is the AI advertising platform that helps marketers orchestrate audiences, creative, channels, and measurement from one platform with AI built into every stage of advertising.

  14. 14
    Kueez kueezrtb.com Top 10K English

    Kueez | The Growth Platform for Modern Publishers

    Kueez helps the world's leading publishers build new revenue streams, grow audiences and maximize monetization.

  15. 15
    Basis sitescout.com Top 10K English

    Advertising Automation Platform for Omnichannel Media | Basis

    Plan, activate, optimize, and reconcile media across programmatic, search, and social with one unified advertising automation platform.

  16. 16
    Bidease bidease.com Top 10K English

    Bidease

    Market and monetize your mobile apps with best-in-class, AI-driven programmatic solutions with Bidease.

  17. 17
    Tradedoubler tradedoubler.com Top 10K English

    Tradedoubler | Boosting partnerships since 1999

    We empower a thriving partner marketing network where everyone wins. Brands, Publishers, Creators and Influencers alike. Established in Stockholm by Felix Hagnö and Martin Lorentzon, co-founder of Spotify, Tradedoubler swiftly ascended to become Europe's no. 1 Affiliate Marketing network, listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Presently, we extend our Partner Marketing and Tech Solutions across +90 markets. While operating globally, our ethos remains deeply rooted in local authenticity.

  18. 18
    Taboola taboola.com Top 1K English

    Taboola: Performance Advertising & Gen AI Answers for Publishers

    Advertisers get measurable results beyond search and social with Realize. Publishers win back engagement lost to AI search with DeeperDive answers on-site.

  19. 19
    Adweek adweek.com Top 10K English

    ADWEEK

    Breaking News in Advertising, Media and Technology

  20. 20
    AdsWizz adswizz.com Top 10K English

    Home - AdsWizz

    Publisher Solutions We have created a comprehensive technology stack that includes dynamic ad insertion, campaign management, yield optimization and a programmatic selling platform. We enable publishers to optimize revenue and manage multiple demand sources, all while preserving a relevant, positive listening experience.https://www.linkedin.com/company/adswizz-com/

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

JavaScript frameworks
  • React asset https://ms-cdn.multiscreensite.com/runtime-react/4312/res/js/runtime-react.js
JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://static.cdn-website.com/libs/jquery/jquery-3.7.0.min.js
Analytics
Tag managers
Advertising
Marketing automation
  • HubSpot page source: js-eu1.hs-scripts.com
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Email hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

Stack changes

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