emby.media

Emby

Who runs Emby, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest personal media server software alternatives.

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

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Emby

Emby emby.media

Emby is a personal media server that organizes and streams your own videos, music, photos, and live TV to your devices.

Wikidata: software

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

02 · Privacy

What Emby 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 19 alternatives below has fewer; 14 have more.

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Cookie banner
None found

We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Emby’s homepage.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Emby

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

No ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    Jellyfin jellyfin.org English No trackers

    The Free Software Media System | Jellyfin

    The volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached.

    Compare Jellyfin with Emby →
  2. 02
    Plex plex.tv Top 10K English No trackers

    streaming media service

    Compare Plex with Emby →
  3. 03
    Stremio stremio.com English 1 tracker

    Stremio - Freedom to Stream

    Watch videos, movies, TV series and TV channels instantly.

    Compare Stremio with Emby →
  4. 04
    Wistia wistia.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Video Hosting & Marketing Platform for Business | Wistia

    Wistia is the complete video and webinar platform for business. Host with an ad-free player, run webinars, record and edit, and measure what drives impact.

    Compare Wistia with Emby →
  5. 05
    Streamable streamable.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    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!

    Compare Streamable with Emby →
  6. 06
    XSplit xsplit.com English 3 trackers

    XSplit | Live streaming and recording software

    XSplit is the ultimate recording and live streaming software for your game, podcast, presentation. Creating professional recordings and live streams.

    Compare XSplit with Emby →
  7. 07
    Mux mux.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Video API for developers | Mux

    Mux helps teams ship high-performance and cost-effective video in minutes, not months. Build better video into anything from websites to platforms to AI workflows.

    Compare Mux with Emby →
  8. 08
    Syncthing syncthing.net Top 10K English No trackers

    Syncthing

    open source continuous file synchronization software

    Compare Syncthing with Emby →
  9. 09
    Vimeo vimeo.com Top 100 English 2 trackers

    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.

    Compare Vimeo with Emby →
  10. 10
    Mpc-hc mpc-hc.org English No trackers

    Home · MPC-HC

    MPC-HC, the free, open source media player for Windows

    Compare Mpc-hc with Emby →
  11. 11
    TeamSpeak teamspeak.com English 3 trackers

    TeamSpeak

    TeamSpeak — the trusted voice communication platform for gaming, business, and communities. Crystal-clear audio, military-grade security, and cross-platform support.

    Compare TeamSpeak with Emby →
  12. 12
    Shoutcast shoutcast.com English 4 trackers

    Home Page - Shoutcast

    media streaming software

    Compare Shoutcast with Emby →
  13. 13
    InShot inshot.com English 1 tracker

    InShot - Video Editor & Maker

    InShot Video Editor: Empowering Creators with Advanced Video and Photo Editing. Unlock effortless editing with easy-to-use features and powerful AI tools, elevating your video and photo editing experience to new heights.

    Compare InShot with Emby →
  14. 14
    Nextcloud nextcloud.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Nextcloud - Open source content collaboration platform

    The most popular open source content collaboration platform for tens of millions of users at thousands of organizations across the globe

    Compare Nextcloud with Emby →
  15. 15
    ManyCam manycam.com English 4 trackers

    ManyCam | Live video software & Virtual Webcam

    ManyCam allows you to enhance your live streams, video calls and conferences with powerful live video tools. Try it for free!

    Compare ManyCam with Emby →
  16. 16
    Discourse discourse.org English 2 trackers

    Discourse | One platform. Any community.

    Discourse is the customizable, scalable community platform powering more than 22,000 communities that create knowledge through conversation.

    Compare Discourse with Emby →
  17. 17
    Kevel kevel.com English 2 trackers

    Kevel | Your audience. Your rules. Your revenue.

    The only commerce media platform that gives you complete control of your data, technology, monetisation strategy and growth trajectory.

    Compare Kevel with Emby →
  18. 18
    Dacast dacast.com English No trackers

    Professional Live Streaming & Video Hosting | Dacast

    Dacast is the professional live streaming and video hosting platform for organizations that broadcast on a schedule. Reliable, transparent, from $39/mo.

    Compare Dacast with Emby →
  19. 19
    BitTorrent bittorrent.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    BitTorrent | Official Torrent Client & Free Download

    Download BitTorrent — the world's most popular torrent client with over 2 billion installs. Free versions available for Windows, Mac, and Android. Stream while you download.

    Compare BitTorrent with Emby →
  20. 20
    RustDesk rustdesk.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    RustDesk: Open-Source Remote Desktop with Self-Hosted Server Solutions

    RustDesk is open-source remote desktop software for your own self-hosted server, a TeamViewer and AnyDesk alternative for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

    Compare RustDesk with Emby →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Emby’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Emby 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 Emby 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 · 5 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,199
Vector
384-d
Query
57 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Emby’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

NextcloudShoutcastMpc-hcVimeoXSplitStreamableWistiaStremioPlexJellyfin