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Discord

Who runs Discord, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest Instant messaging and VoIP alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
TeamSpeak

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Discord

Discord discord.com

Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.

Wikidata: instant messaging and VoIP software

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Discord 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

15 of the 19 alternatives below have fewer, 3 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
OneTrust
US company
3 tools
  • Marketing and email tracking

    Links visits to email campaigns and customer profiles.

  • Tag manager

    Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.

  • Third-party embeds

    Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Discord

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

Fewer trackers than DiscordNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

20 of the 60 sites closest to Discord match.

  1. 01
    telegram.org Top 1K No trackers

    Telegram Messenger

    Fast. Secure. Powerful.

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  2. 02
    Guilded guilded.gg English No trackers

    Guilded - Chat for Gaming Communities

    Guilded upgrades your group chat and equips your server with integrated event calendars, forums, and more – 100% free.

    Compare Guilded with Discord →
  3. 03
    Slack slack.com Top 1K English EU-registeredFree plan 1 tracker

    Slack | AI Work Platform & Productivity Tools

    Boost productivity and save time with Slack‌ — ‌the AI work platform for managing projects, automating workflows, and connecting teams securely. Start working smarter today.

    Compare Slack with Discord →
  4. 04
    Messenger messenger.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Messenger

    Hang out anytime, anywhere—Messenger makes it easy and fun to stay close to your favorite people

    Compare Messenger with Discord →
  5. 05
    GroupMe groupme.com English No trackers

    GroupMe | Group chat app

    Group text messaging to every phone. The easy way to connect with all the groups in your life, big and small.

    Compare GroupMe with Discord →
  6. 06
    LINE line.me Top 1K English 1 tracker

    LINE|always at your side.

    More than just a messenger app. LINE is new level of communication and the very infrastructure of your life.

    Compare LINE with Discord →
  7. 07
    WhatsApp whatsapp.com Top 100 English No trackers

    WhatsApp | Secure and Reliable Free Private Messaging and Calling

    Use WhatsApp Messenger to stay in touch with friends and family. WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.

    Compare WhatsApp with Discord →
  8. 08
    Signal signal.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Signal >> Home

    Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.

    Compare Signal with Discord →
  9. 09
    Element element.io English 1 tracker

    Element | Secure collaboration and messaging

    Element is a Matrix-based end-to-end encrypted messenger and secure collaboration app. It’s decentralised for digital sovereign self-hosting, or through a hosting service such as Element Matrix Services. Element operates on the open Matrix network to provide interoperability and easy connections.

    Compare Element with Discord →
  10. 10
    BAND band.us Top 10K English No trackers

    BAND – The App For Groups

    Where Leaders Communicate Better

    Compare BAND with Discord →
  11. 11
    WeChat wechat.com Top 10K No trackers

    WeChat - Connects with over 1 billion users | Chats · Calls · Life Services

    WeChat is a social communication app serving over 1 billion users, supporting free chat, HD voice and video calls, Moments, and mobile payments, making communication and life more convenient.

    Compare WeChat with Discord →
  12. 12
    Eitaa eitaa.com Top 10K Persian No trackers

    ایتا — خانواده، ارتباط، دانایی

    پیام‌رسان ایتا — به جمع میلیون‌ها کاربر بپیوندید.

    Compare Eitaa with Discord →
  13. 13
    zopim.com Top 10K German 1 tracker

    Live-Chat-Software: Die 11 besten Anbieter für 2026

    Live-Chat bietet personalisierten Support in Echtzeit über Website, App und Social Media. Finden Sie die beste Software.

    Compare zopim.com with Discord →
  14. 14
    MAX max.ru Top 10K Russian 1 tracker

    MAX — быстрое и легкое приложение для общения и решения повседневных задач

    MAX позволяет отправлять любые виды сообщений и звонить даже на слабых устройствах и при низкой скорости интернета.

    Compare MAX with Discord →
  15. 15
    PubNub pubnub.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Build, manage, & optimize real-time apps at scale | PubNub

    Power your real-time app with PubNub - the world's largest pub/sub network. Scale to 3 trillion API calls/month, with <30ms global delivery. Start building now!

    Compare PubNub with Discord →
  16. 16
    Threema threema.ch Top 10K English No trackers

    Threema – Secure Communication For Individuals and Companies

    The secure instant messenger from Switzerland. GDPR-compliant messaging for individuals and organizations that value privacy, security and data protection.

    Compare Threema with Discord →
  17. 17
    CometChat cometchat.com English 1 tracker

    In-app Chat SDK & API For Messaging And Calling - CometChat

    In-app chat, voice, and video calling for web and mobile. UI kits, SDKs, and APIs for React, iOS, Android, Flutter, and more. Start free.

    Compare CometChat with Discord →
  18. 18
    Zego即构科技 zego.im 1 tracker

    ZEGO即构科技 - 帮助全球企业即刻构建语音视频通讯能力

    ZEGO即构科技致力于为全球企业提供语音视频通讯能力,为各类实时互动场景提供技术支持和服务。开发者通过调用SDK & API,4行代码,30分钟便可在应用内构建出高质量的实时音视频业务。

    Compare Zego即构科技 with Discord →
  19. 19
    Zalo zalo.me Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Zalo: Phát triển Internet thay đổi cuộc sống người Việt Nam

    Tìm hiểu cách Zalo xây dựng, phát triển và đóng góp thông qua Zalo, Zing, Zalo Video; Trí tuệ nhân tạo (AI) Kiki Auto, mô hình ngôn ngữ lớn; Chuyển đổi số …

    Compare Zalo with Discord →
  20. 20
    Pusher pusher.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Pusher | Leader In Realtime Technologies

    Simple, scalable and reliable. Hosted realtime APIs loved by developers and trusted by giants. Build live dashboards, notifications, geotracking, chat and more.

    Compare Pusher with Discord →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Discord’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Discord uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Discord 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 · 15 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,214
Vector
384-d
Query
39 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Discord’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.

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