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IAB

Who runs IAB, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest advertising trade association alternatives.

Who’s behind it
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Online since
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Trackers
Prices
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Last price change
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Closest alternative
ANA

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs IAB

IAB iab.com

Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) empowers the media and marketing industries to thrive in the digital economy.

Wikidata: trade organization for the online advertising industry

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

02 · Privacy

What IAB 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

14 of the 16 alternatives below have fewer, 1 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
OneTrust
US company
4 tools
  • Advertising and retargeting

    Lets ad networks recognise visitors on other sites and show them ads.

  • Visitor analytics

    Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.

  • Marketing and email tracking

    Links visits to email campaigns and customer profiles.

  • Tag manager

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

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to IAB

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

Fewer trackers than IABNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    ANA ana.net English No trackers

    Association of National Advertisers | ANA

    The ANA sets the agenda for the marketing industry, driving brand and business growth.

    Compare ANA with IAB →
  2. 02
    The NAI thenai.org Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Home - The NAI: Network Advertising Initiative

    The Network Advertising Initiative is an industry trade group founded in 2000 that develops self-regulatory standards for online advertising.

    Compare The NAI with IAB →
  3. 03
    Society for Human Resource Management shrm.org Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Welcome to SHRM | The Voice of All Things Work

    For all things work, turn to SHRM, the world’s largest HR association dedicated to creating better workplaces that work for all.

    Compare Society for Human Resource Management with IAB →
  4. 04
    Web Professionals webprofessionals.org English No trackers

    Web Professionals

    Web Professional association for web designers, web developers, web marketers, analysts and other web professionals.

    Compare Web Professionals with IAB →
  5. 05
    Adweek adweek.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

    ADWEEK

    Breaking News in Advertising, Media and Technology

    Compare Adweek with IAB →
  6. 06
    Digiday digiday.com English 3 trackers

    Digiday — The home of modern media and marketing

    Digiday is the leading voice of the media and marketing industry and how they are being disrupted by technology.

    Compare Digiday with IAB →
  7. 07
    WorldatWork worldatwork.org English 5 trackers

    WorldatWork Home | WorldatWork

    WorldatWork is dedicated to elevating employee experiences and driving organizational performance through rewards, offering education, leadership and community.

    Compare WorldatWork with IAB →
  8. 08
    Federal Trade Commission ftc.gov Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Federal Trade Commission | Protecting America's Consumers

    The official website of the Federal Trade Commission, protecting America’s consumers for over 100 years.

    Compare Federal Trade Commission with IAB →
  9. 09
    ETSI etsi.org English 2 trackers

    Welcome - ETSI

    ETSI provides an open, collaborative environment to develop globally applicable standards for ICT-enabled systems, applications, and services.

    Compare ETSI with IAB →
  10. 10
    DataCite datacite.org English No trackers

    DataCite – Connecting Research, Advancing Knowledge - DataCite

    international not-for-profit organization which aims to improve data citation

    Compare DataCite with IAB →
  11. 11
    Fight for the Future fightforthefuture.org English No trackers

    Fight for the Future

    Who are we? We are a group of artists, engineers, activists, and technologists who have been behind the largest online protests in human history, channeling Internet outrage into political power to win public interest victories previously thought to be impossible. We fight for a future where technology is a force for liberation— not oppression. Battle […]

    Compare Fight for the Future with IAB →
  12. 12
    AAAS aaas.org English 2 trackers

    AAAS Home | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

    international non-profit organization promoting science

    Compare AAAS with IAB →
  13. 13
    American Diabetes Association diabetes.org English 2 trackers

    Diabetes Research, Education, Advocacy | ADA

    Leading the fight against the deadly consequences of diabetes for those affected by it through research funding, community services, education and advocacy.

    Compare American Diabetes Association with IAB →
  14. 14
    ICANN icann.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

    ICANN’s mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet.

    Compare ICANN with IAB →
  15. 15
    Innovid innovid.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    The premier global independent, omnichannel advertising platform | Innovid

    Innovid empowers advertisers and publishers to create, deliver, measure, and optimize their ad and social experiences that drive consumer connections and business growth.

    Compare Innovid with IAB →
  16. 16
    Marketing Dive marketingdive.com English 2 trackers

    Digital Marketing News | Marketing Dive

    Marketing Dive provides in-depth journalism covering the most impactful news shaping the marketing industry. We cover topics like social media, video marketing, mobile, data and analytics, technology, and more.

    Compare Marketing Dive with IAB →
  17. 17
    Criteo criteo.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    The Global Commerce Intelligence Platform

    Make every shopping moment smarter with ads powered by commerce AI fueled by the world’s largest set of commerce data

    Compare Criteo with IAB →
  18. 18
    undertone.com Top 10K English

    New York-based online advertising company

    Compare undertone.com with IAB →
  19. 19
    Kargo kargo.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Kargo | Premium Advertising Solutions for Modern Brands — Kargo

    Kargo helps brands reach consumers through premium media, breakthrough creative, retail media, and AI-powered advertising solutions that drive measurable business results.

    Compare Kargo with IAB →
  20. 20
    GumGum gumgum.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    GumGum | The Mindset Company™ – CTV, OLV & High Impact Display Advertising

    A global advertising technology company identifying the moments consumers are most receptive — delivering mindset-driven campaigns across CTV, online video, and high-impact display at scale.

    Compare GumGum with IAB →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles IAB’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones IAB 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 IAB 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 · 23 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,193
Vector
384-d
Query
42 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to IAB’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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