ghostery.com
Ghostery
Who runs Ghostery, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest ad blocker alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Adblock Plus
Measured from Ghostery’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Ghostery01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Ghostery
Ghostery ghostery.com
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.
Wikidata: free and open-source browser extension and mobile browser app
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What Ghostery 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 20 alternatives below has fewer; 6 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Ghostery’s homepage.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Ghostery
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Ghostery, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Adblock Plus | The world's #1 free ad blocker
Adblock Plus, the most popular ad blocker on Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Android and iOS. Block pop-ups and annoying ads on websites like Facebook and YouTube.
Very close - 02
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 - 03
Privacy Badger | Fight hidden tracking with EFF
open source privacy-enhancing web browser extension
Very close - 04
Surf the web without annoying pop ups and ads!
AdBlock is one of the most popular ad blockers worldwide with more than 60 million users on Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge as well as Android. Use AdBlock to block all ads and pop ups. AdBlock can also be used to help protect your privacy by blocking trackers. AdBlock blocks ads on Facebook, YouTube, and all other websites. Download it for free now!
Very close - 05
uBlock Origin - Free, open-source ad blocker extension | Unofficial website
Block ads, trackers, pop-ups, and page clutter with uBlock Origin, a free ad blocker. Compare uBlock Origin Lite, browser support, filters, and permissions.
Very close - 06
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 - 07
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 - 08
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 - 09
Firefox: The fast, private browser that keeps you safe — 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.
Very close - 10
Pi-hole – Network-wide Ad Blocking
ad- and tracker-blocking application
Very close - 11
VPN service that's fast, reliable, & effective | Windscribe
Protect your privacy, stream global content, and mask your location with the best VPN service. Enjoy fast speeds and servers in over 135 locations.
Very close - 12
privacy-focused online search engine
Very close - 13
Mojeek
Mojeek is a web search engine that provides unbiased, fast, and relevant search results combined with a no tracking privacy policy.
Very close - 14
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 - 15
NextDNS - The new firewall for the modern Internet
NextDNS protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps and provides a safe and supervised Internet for kids — on all devices and on all networks.
Very close - 16
Anti-Detect Browser for Multi-Accounting - Incogniton
Incogniton is an antidetect browser that keeps you anonymous online. Manage multiple accounts and browser profiles from one easy-to-use interface.
Very close - 17
Raindrop.io — All-in-one bookmark manager
For your inspiration, read later, media and stuff
Very close - 18
Utiq enables responsible digital marketing - Utiq
Utiq delivers an Authentic Consent Service, giving users simple and easy control over their data
Very close - 19
Antidetect Browser for Multi-Accounting ⭐️ Dolphin Anty ⭐️
🔥 The best Anti Detect Browser for Multi-Accounting, Affiliate marketing and traffic arbitrage! ⚡️ Powerful Anti-detect browser Dolphin Anty ✅ Free! Try it now!
Very close - 20
Stream, shop, play - no matter where in the world you are!
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Ghostery’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Ghostery 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 Ghostery 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 Ghostery’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
- CMS
- WordPress page source: /wp-content/
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.protonmail.ch include:spf.sendinblue.com include:…
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: EZiO4rJZYlluFwV7JU9SOjuGO3tq1osQVBG2BdQVHC8vSt2Zxmiyng==
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-content/)
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms62448473
- Proton Mail MX mail.protonmail.ch
- Email delivery
- Brevo TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.protonmail.ch include:spf.sendinblue.com include:…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-963.awsdns-56.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=pj38w5PczAfk4-Gyi1w4Vxr4Rt6ADP8U99WU1eWVabc
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 16/20
- Google Workspace · not on ghostery.com 13/20
- Cloudflare · not on ghostery.com 7/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on ghostery.com 7/20
- Zendesk 7/20
- jQuery · not on ghostery.com 6/20
- Microsoft 365 6/20
- PHP 6/20
- WordPress 6/20
- nginx · not on ghostery.com 5/20
- React · not on ghostery.com 5/20
- Amazon SES · not on ghostery.com 4/20
- Apple Business · not on ghostery.com 4/20
- Yandex Webmaster · not on ghostery.com 4/20
- Google Fonts · not on ghostery.com 4/20
- Next.js · not on ghostery.com 4/20