Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Tidal
The 20 closest music streaming alternatives to Tidal, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 14 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Tidal? The closest matches are Qobuz, SoundCloud 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
- 16 ms
01 · Entity
About Tidal
Tidal tidal.com
tidal.com
Wikidata: subscription-based music streaming service
Summary by Claude
Subscription music streaming service offering a large catalog of tracks and music videos, with high-fidelity and lossless audio quality options.
- Who it’s for
- Music listeners and audiophiles
- Business model
- Subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Tidal’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 Tidal
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Tidal, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read tidal.com’s homepage (HTTP 403), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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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.
Very close cos 0.943 - 02
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 0.936 - 03
online education platform
Very close cos 0.933 - 04
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 0.930 - 05
Mixcloud - This is Audio Culture
Join a global community where creators craft a deeper listening experience.
Very close cos 0.926 - 06
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 0.924 - 07
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 0.923 - 08
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 0.922 - 09
Client Challenge
American online music distributor
Very close cos 0.922 - 10
SiriusXM: Music, Sports, Talk & Podcasts, Live & On Demand
Whether it’s new hip-hop and classic comedy or ‘90s jams and sports podcasts, everything you want to hear lives here at SiriusXM.
Very close cos 0.920 - 11
Prime Video | Watch movies, TV shows, Live TV, and sports
Watch now on Prime Video for a wide selection of movies, TV shows, live TV, and sports.
Very close cos 0.920 - 12
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 0.919 - 13
Envato® | AI Tools and Unlimited Creative Assets
Create and customize content with AI tools and unlimited creative assets for professional and commercial use.
Very close cos 0.919 - 14
HBO Max | Stream Series and Movies
Stream must-see series, hit movies, exclusive originals, family favorites, and live sports.
Very close cos 0.915 - 15
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.
Very close cos 0.910 - 16
American video streaming service
Very close cos 0.909 - 17
Tubi is the largest free movie and TV streaming service in the US. We are not available in Europe due to changes in EU laws.
American streaming video service
Very close cos 0.908 - 18
MUBI: Watch and Discover Movies
Watch truly great cinema. Wherever you are. From iconic, award-winning directors to emerging auteurs. Transformative films from all over the world. Stream Now. Download to watch Offline. Start your free 7 day trial now.
Very close cos 0.904 - 19
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.
Very close cos 0.905 - 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 tidal.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Tidal uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Tidal is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:mailg…
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=d0d80c66b8114ce79ecf5a87d1281189
- Security
- DataDome header x-datadome: protected
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: MTnklSqAaZhXVzk7X5SEiVaLpmh_rUX_gkWo4E4jvmRNG3GfoYBZeQ==
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms76995430
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:mailg…
- Mailgun TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:mailg…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-974.awsdns-57.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=ZoQs0pUerywMs4x7
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=9iYUpJGNkg1t97CI3rPIi2JSZhPPPq2vqa29bn1…
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=UDYAJfCHUow55ggPi6uQLMjDLA-lYxgfZ6m7L…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=acGP11QOEKFia9dw8Edv3YgLq09rd38xUp3IVLEiA1k
- Notion TXT notion-domain-verification=tnkMyAWyLYXZJAtPVnWXMYTWw3riaU73Skpqu1sfp7x
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Tidal adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 16/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on tidal.com 14/20
- Apple Business 13/20
- Atlassian 12/20
- Microsoft 365 10/20
- Amazon Route 53 9/20
- OneTrust 7/20
- OpenAI · not on tidal.com 7/20
- Stripe · not on tidal.com 7/20
- Mailchimp · not on tidal.com 7/20
- Zendesk 7/20
- GlobalSign 6/20
- DocuSign · not on tidal.com 6/20
- Miro · not on tidal.com 5/20
- Notion 5/20