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Firefox
Who runs Firefox, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest web browser alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Brave
Measured from Firefox’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Firefox01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Firefox
Firefox firefox.com
The independent browser that has your back. Firefox blocks trackers, has a free built-in VPN, puts you in control of AI, and never sells your personal data.
Wikidata: free and open source web browser
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What Firefox 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 18 alternatives below has fewer; 8 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Firefox’s homepage.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Firefox
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Firefox, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
The browser that puts you first | Brave
The Brave browser is a fast, private and secure web browser for PC, Mac and mobile. Download now to enjoy a faster ad-free browsing experience that saves data and battery life by blocking tracking software.
Very close - 02
Vivaldi Browser | Powerful, Personal and Private web browser
It’s a web browser. But fun. It comes with a bunch of clever features built-in. It’s super flexible and does not track you. Get the Vivaldi browser for desktop, mobile, and your car!
Very close - 03
Opera Web Browser | Faster, Safer, Smarter | Opera
Faster, safer and smarter than default browsers. Fully-featured for privacy, security, and so much more. Get the faster, better Opera browser for free.
Very close - 04
Mozilla - Internet for people, not profit (US)
We’re working to put control of the internet back in the hands of the people using it.
Very close - 05
DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.
The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
Very close - 06
UC Browser | Powerful, Personal and Private web browser
UC Browser is a fast and safe web browser for PC, Mac, and mobile. Download now to enjoy a clean, ad-free browsing experience with built-in VPN for enhanced privacy and security!
Very close - 07
Google
search engine by Google LLC
Very close - 08
Cốc Cốc Browser | The web browser for Vietnamese people
Cốc Cốc web browser has built-in Adblocker, Video Downloader, and PiP on all platforms. Download Cốc Cốc for Windows, Mac, Android and iOS.
Very close - 09
Ghostery Ad Blocker | Best Free Ad Blocker & Privacy Tool | Ghostery
Take back control of your online privacy with Ghostery. The #1 privacy suite that gives you the power to block ads, stop trackers, and much more.
Very close - 10
Mojeek
Mojeek is a web search engine that provides unbiased, fast, and relevant search results combined with a no tracking privacy policy.
Very close - 11
web search engine and browser
Very close - 12
privacy-focused online search engine
Very close - 13
free email client and personal information manager
Very close - 14
Qwant - The search engine that values you as a user, not as a product
Fast, reliable answers and still in trust: Qwant does not store your search data, does not sell your personal data and is hosted in Europe.
Very close - 15
Raindrop.io — All-in-one bookmark manager
For your inspiration, read later, media and stuff
Very close - 16
Yandex — fast Internet search
Yandex finds anything: webpages, images, music, good. Solve any problem — from everyday to a scientific one. Search by text, voice or image.
Very close - 17
Home – Lycos
search engine and web portal
Very close - 18
Free web proxy and a cutting-edge online proxy | CroxyProxy
CroxyProxy is a cutting-edge secure web proxy service. Use it to access your favorite websites and web applications: as a Facebook or YouTube proxy. It is free, you can try this online proxy right now!
Very close - 19
Proton: Privacy by default
Over 100 million people use Proton to stay private and secure online. Get a free Proton account and take back your privacy.
Very close - 20
AdGuard Ad Blocker — block ads, popups, and trackers
AdGuard is the best way to get rid of annoying ads and online tracking and protect your computer from malware. Make your web surfing fast, safe and ad-free
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Firefox’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Firefox 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 Firefox 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
- 9,192
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 26 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Firefox’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
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 mx a include:amazonses.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:%{…
- Monitoring
- Sentry page source: .ingest.us.sentry.io
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-ber1080059-BER, cache-ber1080059-BER, cache-ber108005…
- Hosting
- Google Cloud header via: 1.1 google, 1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX smtp.google.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 mx a include:amazonses.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:%{…
- DNS hosting
- Akamai Edge DNS NS ns7-66.akam.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=NZ6YuiV9PaFX7rWqXJZxDpunitn7M8mtlnoaN2Z8Dcs
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=wcer1w80xkwrzqftwc3shhkel9ys8m
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 15/20
- Google Workspace 10/20
- Apple Business · not on firefox.com 8/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on firefox.com 8/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on firefox.com 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on firefox.com 7/20
- Zendesk 6/20
- GlobalSign · not on firefox.com 4/20
- OpenAI · not on firefox.com 4/20
- Amazon SES 3/20
- DocuSign · not on firefox.com 3/20
- Bing Webmaster Tools · not on firefox.com 3/20
- Yandex Webmaster · not on firefox.com 3/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on firefox.com 3/20
- Meta Business Suite 3/20
- nginx · not on firefox.com 3/20