Alternatives and competitors
Sites like SoundCloud
The 20 closest music streaming alternatives to SoundCloud, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 17 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to SoundCloud? The closest matches are Mixcloud, Audiomack and Spotify. 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
- 19 ms
01 · Entity
About SoundCloud
SoundCloud soundcloud.com
Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud
Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.
Wikidata: German business providing an online audio distribution platform
Summary by Claude
An audio streaming service where users upload, share and listen to music, DJ mixes, podcasts and other audio tracks, with social features like following, comments and reposts.
- Who it’s for
- Music listeners, independent artists, DJs and audio creators
- Business model
- Subscriptions and advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to SoundCloud’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 SoundCloud
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to SoundCloud, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Mixcloud - This is Audio Culture
Join a global community where creators craft a deeper listening experience.
Very close cos 0.959 - 02
Audiomack - Music platform empowering artists & fans | Audiomack
Audiomack is a youth-driven, artist-first music streaming platform that allows creators to share unlimited music and podcast content for free.
Very close cos 0.949 - 03
Spotify - Web Player: Listen to Music, Podcasts, and Audiobooks Online
Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs, podcasts, and audiobooks. Listen to your favorites online now.
Very close cos 0.945 - 04
tidal.com
subscription-based music streaming service
Very close cos 0.943 - 05
Qobuz - Musik in hoher Soundqualität - Streaming und Downloadkäufe in Hi-Res Audio (Germany)
Mehr als 100 Millionen Titel im Streaming in hoher Klangqualität. Qobuz ist zudem führender Hi-Res-Downloadshop.
Very close cos 0.933 - 06
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 0.923 - 07 Very close cos 0.922
- 08
Client Challenge
American online music distributor
Very close cos 0.918 - 09
Online Songs on JioSaavn: Download & Play Latest Music for Free
Listen to Latest and Trending Bollywood Hindi songs online for free with JioSaavn anytime, anywhere. Download or listen to unlimited new & old Hindi songs online. Search from most trending, weekly top 15, Hindi movie songs, etc on JioSaavn.
Very close cos 0.918 - 10
Deezer | 1 Month Free | Music Streaming app online
Try Deezer at 0EUR! 120+ million tracks & podcasts in high resolution audio quality, ad-free, offline unlimited music and playlists. Plans from 11,99 €/month.
Very close cos 0.917 - 11
Pandora
American music streaming and recommendation website
Very close cos 0.914 - 12
Listen to the Best Podcasts & Shows Online, Free | iHeart
Listen to the latest episodes from top podcasts. Get news, sports & lifestyle info from your favorite personalities for free!
Very close cos 0.912 - 13
online education platform
Very close cos 0.911 - 14
American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service
Very close cos 0.909 - 15
Upload Video Online - Free Video Hosting - Streamable
Upload your video in seconds on Streamable. We accept a variety of video formats including MP4, MOV, AVI, and more. It's free, try it now!
Very close cos 0.906 - 16
Client Challenge
American hosting service, owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos
Very close cos 0.905 - 17
podcast hosting service
Very close cos 0.905 - 18
Twitch
Twitch is an interactive livestreaming service for content spanning gaming, entertainment, sports, music, and more.
Very close cos 0.905 - 19
JustWatch - The Streaming Guide
All your streaming services in one app.
Very close cos 0.903 - 20
Audible | Listen to Audiobooks, Podcasts, & Originals
Try Audible free for 30 days. Discover best-selling audiobooks, free podcasts, and exclusive Audible Originals. Listen offline with the Audible app.
Very close cos 0.902
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to soundcloud.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones SoundCloud uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What SoundCloud is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Analytics
- Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
- Marketing automation
- HubSpot TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ip4:178.249.138.0/23 ip4:145.253.129.2…
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=e1469db8bb5c9886c8a7abbece38ddc342618aa4ac7dca85b…
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: sKffKbK_t9BEBwdfGl-ZQFVJtjrsqfGy8pcg2kgD9Ep3yxyN2H2vcQ==
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms67894313
- Email delivery
- Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ip4:178.249.138.0/23 ip4:145.253.129.2…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-56.awsdns-07.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=DJEx73gNNUTjejVL
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=fycZUT0eVlPEiaehQXOKmXCe9NJeJsZmCWgWfW7…
- GlobalSign TXT globalsign-domain-verification=tJKfbnEmy7WvFRWf3KQMyZ05PnvVJidfQRNnq4…
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: dY0CigqM8Inubs_hgrYMwk-zGchKwrvJLcvI_G8631Q
- Miro TXT miro-verification=f08757fb9739f5263de5643f8c9534cccb49b7d3
- Notion TXT notion-domain-verification=aaDf7uN8420EVWFPGzzgrYMC2i5hLHzKqJvpygMdH0M
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-sOXO0PYHFRn8QJdpVkjwvqyI
- Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_hBlTOUUcSiW7IhDAv16bqQ
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what SoundCloud adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 18/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on soundcloud.com 11/20
- Amazon Route 53 11/20
- Atlassian 10/20
- Apple Business 8/20
- Amazon SES · not on soundcloud.com 8/20
- Microsoft 365 8/20
- Zendesk · not on soundcloud.com 7/20
- Fastly · not on soundcloud.com 6/20
- Mailchimp · not on soundcloud.com 5/20
- GlobalSign 5/20
- DocuSign · not on soundcloud.com 5/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on soundcloud.com 4/20
- OneTrust 4/20
- SendGrid · not on soundcloud.com 4/20