linkedin.com
Who runs LinkedIn, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest professional social networking alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
Measured from LinkedIn’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit LinkedIn01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs LinkedIn
LinkedIn linkedin.com
1 billion members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.
Wikidata: American social networking website for people in professional occupations
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What LinkedIn 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 6 alternatives below has fewer; 2 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on LinkedIn’s homepage.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to LinkedIn
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to LinkedIn, thumbs down if it isn’t.
20 of the 60 sites closest to LinkedIn match.
- 01
Find the right job for you. Or get found!
Over 1 million jobs ✓ 20,000 recruiters ✓ Salary ranges ✓ Employer reviews. Set your job preferences and do your XING!
Very close - 02
Welcome to the Jungle — Work with the company you belong to
Welcome to the Jungle is the guide that walks you through your job-search: find out what it's like to work for today's top companies and find the best content to thrive in your career
Very close - 03
Instagram
Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
Very close - 04
Comparably - Transparent Cultures, Brands & Salaries
Compare Employee Reviews, Consumer Ratings & Salary Data
Very close - 05
photo sharing website
Very close - 06
Tumblr
Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.
Very close - 07
Startup Jobs & AI Recruiting Platform | Wellfound
Wellfound is the AI recruiting platform and talent marketplace for startups. Post jobs free, deploy AI sourcing agents, or hire with a dedicated recruiter.
Very close - 08
Meetup | Find Local Groups, Events, and Activities Near You
Find Meetup events, join groups, or start your own. Make new friends and connect with like-minded people. Meet people near you who share your interests.
Very close - 09
Hire Freelancers & Find Freelance Jobs Online | Freelancer
Access the world's largest cloud workforce. 25.9+ million jobs completed across 3400+ skills. Post your job free, compare quotes, and hire top talent today.
Very close - 10
Hot Questions - Stack Exchange
Stack Overflow – 180+ community-powered knowledge sites.
Very close - 11
Find Jobs in India | Latest Job Vacancies & Hiring
Explore 5 Lacs+ latest job vacancies in India across top companies, cities and industries. Find full-time, part-time & work from home jobs for freshers and experienced professionals. Apply free on Shine.
Very close - 12
Zoosk | Dating Site, Free to Start | Ambitious, Educated Singles
Zoosk is a modern dating site that connects ambitious, like-minded singles seeking real relationships. Join today for free to start meeting accomplished partners who match your drive.
Very close - 13
Hornet | Hornet, the Queer Social Network
Meet, chat and connect with 100 million+ queer men worldwide
Very close - 14
Kalibrr - Online Job Search Platform - Find Job Opportunities in November 2026
Find your dream career with Kalibrr online job search platform, discover the opportunity of working aboard with AI Powered search.
Very close - 15
Client Challenge
American hosting service, owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos
Very close - 16
VK.com | VK
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Experts Exchange | Verified Solutions from Real Technology Experts
Solve your toughest tech problems with expert-verified answers, not AI guesses. 30 years of trusted solutions from vetted professionals. Try it free.
Very close - 18
Best Free Online Dating Site & App - Friends, Chat, Flirt | Badoo
Join Badoo’s community - the best free online dating app. Chat before you match, meet & date people in your area or make new friends from all over the world.
Very close - 19
Farcaster
A decentralized social network
Very close - 20
VK.com | VK
social networking service from Russia
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles LinkedIn’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones LinkedIn 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 LinkedIn 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 = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,199
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 37 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to LinkedIn’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
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a590ad90c9da0d22-HAM
- Languages & backends
- Java cookie JSESSIONID
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=Hp7LihDNsREwfHX9
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=dDed2VFvlDajBX8X22w52Jx/W/YLHR81SxUuraa…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=11f01284-dffc-40f9-8d56-57e5261ede3f
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=xAGz495k8RbGclhamQx1TkZSHDxOaEd95fOjc8xpbTA
- Miro TXT miro-verification=260f00146b6d2ad1bb70d6dc07a077b672badd28
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace · not on linkedin.com 13/20
- Apple Business 12/20
- Atlassian 12/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on linkedin.com 10/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on linkedin.com 9/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on linkedin.com 7/20
- Salesforce · not on linkedin.com 7/20
- Adobe · not on linkedin.com 7/20
- DocuSign 6/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on linkedin.com 6/20
- Zendesk · not on linkedin.com 6/20
- Cloudflare 6/20
- OneTrust · not on linkedin.com 6/20
- OpenAI · not on linkedin.com 5/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on linkedin.com 5/20