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Spotify
Who runs Spotify, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest podcast hosting alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Podbean
Measured from Spotify’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Spotify01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Spotify
Spotify anchor.fm
Get to know Spotify for Creators (formerly Spotify for Podcasters), the free audio and video podcasting platform of Spotify.
Wikidata: Swedish audio streaming service
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
02 · Privacy
What Spotify tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
trackers that follow visitors
None of the 15 alternatives below has fewer; 10 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Spotify’s homepage.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Spotify
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Spotify, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Free Podcast hosting and Monetizing Platform | Podbean
Podbean podcast hosting and monetizing platform helps you start a podcast. All the tools you need to create, promote and monetize your podcast.
Very close - 02
The Best Podcast Hosting Platform | Libsyn
The best podcast hosting, distribution & monetization platform. Detailed stats | Excellent service | Start for free
Very close - 03
Host Unlimited Shows • Best Audio and Video Podcast Hosting • Transistor
Upload once and distribute your video and audio podcast to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and more. Unlimited shows, detailed analytics, free podcast website, and real human support.
Very close - 04
Spreaker
Discover a world of captivating podcasts and immersive audio experiences on Spreaker. Dive in and elevate your listening journey today!
Very close - 05
podcast hosting service
Very close - 06 Captivate captivate.fm
London-based podcast marketing, hosting, analytics and monetization platform
Very close - 07 Simplecast simplecast.com
podcast hosting and distribution platform
Very close - 08
Acast: The Best Podcast Monetization Platform
Acast helps podcasters earn more. As the leading podcast monetization platform, we connect creators with premium advertisers to drive reliable revenue.
Very close - 09
ART19
American podcasting company
Very close - 10
FeedPress – RSS Analytics and Podcast Hosting, Done Right
The most trusted solution for bloggers and podcasters to manage, track, and grow their RSS feeds with powerful analytics and seamless hosting.
Very close - 11
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 - 12
Podimo: Listen to Podcasts and Thousands of Audiobooks
Podimo offers podcast only available in our app, thousands of audiobooks and a lively community of creators and listeners.
Very close - 13
Substack
Substack is the app for independent voices: a free newsletter, video, and podcast hosting platform with paid subscriptions built in.
Very close - 14
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 - 15
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/
Very close - 16
Podtrac - Podtrac Home
Podtrac provides industry standard podcast measurement data for podcast publishers and advertisers.
Very close - 17 Boomplay boomplay.com
music streaming service
Very close - 18
Vimeo - All-in-One Video Platform
The video platform trusted by 287 million creatives, entrepreneurs, and businesses. Everything you need to create, manage, and share stunning videos.
Very close - 19 Very close
- 20
Web Hosting Built to Grow With You | hosting.com
Web hosting that takes you from idea to website to a lasting business. Fast and secure, with free migration, real experts 24/7 and a 99.9% uptime SLA.
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Spotify’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Spotify uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Spotify adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 9 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,193
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 27 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Spotify’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). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-ber1080054-BER, cache-ber1080054-BER, cache-ber108002…
- Hosting
- Google Cloud header via: HTTP/2 edgeproxy, 1.1 google, 1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish
- Web servers
- Envoy header server: envoy
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 a mx include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com -all
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1225.awsdns-25.org
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: aO993F8yaFFSu4KnaQAhrF6hk4xAIQGs8jk_eWbefec
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace 16/20
- Amazon Route 53 11/20
- Cloudflare · not on anchor.fm 9/20
- Zendesk · not on anchor.fm 8/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on anchor.fm 8/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on anchor.fm 7/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on anchor.fm 7/20
- Google Fonts · not on anchor.fm 6/20
- HubSpot · not on anchor.fm 6/20
- Stripe · not on anchor.fm 6/20
- Apple Business · not on anchor.fm 5/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on anchor.fm 5/20
- SendGrid · not on anchor.fm 5/20
- Atlassian · not on anchor.fm 5/20
- OneTrust · not on anchor.fm 5/20