Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Rakuten

The 20 closest cash back rewards alternatives to Rakuten, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 14 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Rakuten? The closest matches are Capital One Shopping, Shop and Bazaarvoice. 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 Rakuten

Rakuten rakuten.com

Rakuten: Shop. Get Cash Back. Repeat.

Feel the joy of Cash Back! Start your shopping at Rakuten - Shop as usual - Get Cash Back. Shop at over 3500 stores and get paid.

Wikidata: e-commerce website

Top 1K · #813 14 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Rakuten

Summary by Claude

Rakuten.com is a US cash back shopping portal where members earn a percentage back on purchases made through links to over 3,500 partner online stores, plus coupons and card-linked offers.

Who it’s for
US online shoppers
Business model
Affiliate commissions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Rakuten’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

Semrushecnavi.jpZapposAlibaba GroupWayfairInfoseek[インフォシーク]Checkout.comkakaku.comBazaarvoiceShop

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Rakuten

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

  1. 01
    Capital One Shopping capitaloneshopping.com Top 10K English

    Capital One Shopping: Coupons, Loyalty, and Deals

    Add our 100% free extension in seconds to find exclusive deals at over 30K stores and automatically apply coupons & Rewards to your cart.

  2. 02
    Shop shop.app Top 1K English

    Shop - Shopping designed around you

    Shop from top brands, earn exclusive rewards, and track your packages all in one place. Now available on iOS, Android, and web.

  3. 03
    Bazaarvoice bazaarvoice.com Top 10K English

    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.

  4. 04
    kakaku.com Top 10K Japanese

    価格.com - 「買ってよかった」をすべてのひとに。

    「買ってよかった!」と思えるお買い物は価格.comから! パソコンや家電から、ファッション、食品に至るまで、あらゆる製品・サービスを、販売価格やクチコミ情報、ランキングなどの視点から比較・検討できる、お買い物支援サイトです。

  5. 05
    Checkout.com checkout.com English

    Payment services to power your performance | Checkout.com

    Boost your acceptance rate, cut processing costs, fight fraud, and create extraordinary customer experiences with Checkout.com's payment solutions.

  6. 06
    Infoseek[インフォシーク] infoseek.co.jp Top 10K Japanese

    Infoseek[インフォシーク] - 楽天が運営するニュースサイト

    Infoseek(インフォシーク)は、社会、経済、国際、芸能、スポーツ、IT、天気等の最新ニュースを配信しています。楽天ポイントが獲得出来るお小遣いコンテンツ(ポイ活)やお得な情報も充実しています。

  7. 07
    Wayfair wayfair.com Top 10K English

    Wayfair.com - Online Home Store for Furniture, Decor, Outdoors & More

    Shop Wayfair for A Zillion Things Home across all styles and budgets. 5,000 brands of furniture, lighting, cookware, and more. Free Shipping on most items.

  8. 08
    Alibaba Group alibaba.com Top 1K English

    Alibaba.com: Manufacturers, Suppliers, Exporters & Importers from the world's largest online B2B marketplace

    Find quality Manufacturers, Suppliers, Exporters, Importers, Buyers, Wholesalers, Products and Trade Leads from our award-winning International Trade Site. Import & Export on alibaba.com

  9. 09
    Zappos zappos.com Top 10K English

    Shoes, Sneakers, Boots, & Clothing + FREE SHIPPING | Zappos.com

    Fast, FREE shipping on just-landed sneakers, boots, heels & more from your favorite brands. Now that's a win.

  10. 10
    ecnavi.jp Top 10K Japanese

    ポイントサイトの副業でお小遣い稼ぎ - ECナビ

    ECナビは、日本最大級のポイントサイトです。ネットショッピングやアンケート、無料会員登録やミニゲームなどで現金や電子マネー、ギフト券などと交換できるポイントが貰えます。副業、副収入にも最適。毎日ポイントをゲットして、カンタンお小遣いかせぎしよう!

  11. 11
    Semrush semrush.com Top 10K English

    Semrush: Your Unfair Advantage for Growing Brand Visibility

    Semrush is the leading platform to grow and measure brand visibility across AI search, SEO, PPC, social, and more.

  12. 12
    Big Cartel bigcartel.com Top 10K English

    Free, Easy Online Stores for Artists & Small Businesses

    Start your free online store & scale as you grow. Easily manage your e-commerce business. Join a community of artists & small businesses.

  13. 13
    etsy.com Top 1K English

    etsy.com

    American e-commerce company

  14. 14
    Tripadvisor tripadvisor.com Top 1K English

    tripadvisor.com

    American travel website company

  15. 15
    JD.com jd.com Top 1K

    京东全球版-专业的综合网上购物商城

    京东全球版-专业的综合网上购物商城,为您提供正品低价的购物选择、优质便捷的服务体验。商品来自全球数十万品牌商家,囊括家电、手机、计算机、服装、居家、母婴、美妆、个护、食品等丰富品类,满足各种购物需求。香港的用户支持自提、京东集运和国际卡支付,现时已覆盖香港、澳门、台湾、新加坡、马来西亚、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰和日本等海外200多个国家和地区。

  16. 16
    PayPal paypal.com Top 1K English

    Pay, Send and Save Money with PayPal | PayPal US

    From paying friends to saving money or getting cash back when you shop, explore what the new PayPal app has to offer.

  17. 17
    Naver naver.com Top 1K Korean

    NAVER

    네이버 메인에서 다양한 정보와 유용한 컨텐츠를 만나 보세요

  18. 18
    Klook klook.com Top 10K English

    klook.com

    website where tourists can book activities

  19. 19
    Redfin redfin.com Top 10K English

    Human Verification

    American real estate brokerage

  20. 20
    Rokt rokt.com Top 10K English

    Unlock the Moment That Matters Most | Rokt

    Ecommerce technology platform powering 13B+ transactions annually. AI-driven relevance in the Transaction Moment™ drives incremental profit, customer acquisition, and enhanced CX for 30,000+ global brands.

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

JavaScript frameworks
  • Next.js page source: /_next/static/
  • React implied by Next.js (page source: /_next/static/)
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=5aefb7fe-df28-4971-8c37-a5b48aa8714f
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=H6mtoIlYoA4bu3C1
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=W9E9ZswMlhU5YJu4DFAkbgVoji7ICcjqlquvr11…
  • Bing Webmaster Tools meta msvalidate.01: 46AE393A8007808D66CAB4D05BAB08E0
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=de9d93c8-371e-4190-83de-dbe818614795
  • Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: psBe4MH7fS-KOFMLl-Fygd3F0uxRwQHjvEB72HRnyS8
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=547580ac2359fc358182fce2a4f982612555ed95
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-yIg8cLxdcKMGDzeMRf2ZsmQz
  • Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_1CUyk4ZURzG11xU4RW6Ncw

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