m.me
Messenger
Who runs Messenger, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest instant messaging alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Part of facebook.com
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
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- Closest alternative
Measured from Messenger’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Messenger01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Messenger
Messenger m.me
Hang out anytime, anywhere—Messenger makes it easy and fun to stay close to your favorite people
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Part of
- facebook.com Runs this domain’s DNS
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What Messenger 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; 10 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Messenger’s homepage.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Messenger
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Messenger, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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WhatsApp | Secure and Reliable Free Private Messaging and Calling
Use WhatsApp Messenger to stay in touch with friends and family. WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.
Very close - 02
Telegram Messenger
Fast. Secure. Powerful.
Very close - 03
GroupMe | Group chat app
Group text messaging to every phone. The easy way to connect with all the groups in your life, big and small.
Very close - 04
Home | Viber
cross-platform instant messaging voice-over-Internet Protocol application for smartphones
Close - 05
LINE｜always at your side.
More than just a messenger app. LINE is new level of communication and the very infrastructure of your life.
Very close - 06
Signal >> Home
Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.
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WeChat - Connects with over 1 billion users | Chats · Calls · Life Services
WeChat is a social communication app serving over 1 billion users, supporting free chat, HD voice and video calls, Moments, and mobile payments, making communication and life more convenient.
Very close - 08
ایتا — خانواده، ارتباط، دانایی
پیامرسان ایتا — به جمع میلیونها کاربر بپیوندید.
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Bumble | Date, Chat & Meet New People
Bumble is a social network that allows you to feel empowered while making connections, whether you're dating or looking for friends.
Very close - 10
MAPS.ME (MapsWithMe), detailed offline maps of the world for iPhone, iPad, Android
MAPS.ME (MapsWithMe) are offline maps of the whole world. Map of the USA: New York, San Francisco, Washington. France Paris. Italy: Rome, Venice, Florence, Rimini. Spain: Barcelona, Madrid. Japan, Great Britain, Turkey, Russia, India. For Android and iOS devices.
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Grindr: The World’s Largest Social Networking App for LGBTQ People.
Grindr is the world’s largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. Download Grindr today to discover, connect to, and explore the queer world around you.
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Buffer: Social media management for everyone
Use Buffer to manage your social media so that you can create and share your content everywhere, consistently. Try our forever free plan or upgrade for more.
Very close - 13
Home – Lycos
search engine and web portal
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Snapchat - Say It In A Snap
Chat, send Snaps, explore Stories, and try Lenses on desktop, or download the app on mobile! See how to connect & create with friends on Snapchat, wherever you are.
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Slack | AI Work Platform & Productivity Tools
Boost productivity and save time with Slack — the AI work platform for managing projects, automating workflows, and connecting teams securely. Start working smarter today.
Very close - 16
Tinder | Dating, Make Friends & Meet New People
With 55 billion matches to date, Tinder® is the world’s most popular dating app, making it the place to meet new people.
Very close - 17
Bitly | Short URLs, QR Codes, and More
Bitly makes it easy to create, share, and track short links and QR Codes. Find what's resonating and scale it into bigger reach, more clicks, and more sales.
Very close - 18
Feeld: The Dating App for Open-Minded Individuals
Feeld connects open-minded people exploring love, desire, and alternative relationships in a safe, inclusive space.
Very close - 19
Download Hinge, the dating app designed to be deleted | Hinge
Hinge is built on the belief that anyone looking for love should be able to find it. It’s also built on an acclaimed Nobel-Prize-winning algorithm, so we can succeed in getting you out on promising dates, not keeping you on the app.
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about.me | your personal homepage
Create a free, one-page website in minutes with about.me. Showcase your work, links, and story on a personal homepage that's all about you.
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Messenger’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Messenger 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 Messenger 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 · 0 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,192
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 43 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Messenger’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
We didn’t recognise any technologies on m.me.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on m.me 17/20
- Google Workspace · not on m.me 11/20
- Zendesk · not on m.me 10/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on m.me 9/20
- Atlassian · not on m.me 7/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on m.me 7/20
- OneTrust · not on m.me 7/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on m.me 6/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on m.me 6/20
- nginx · not on m.me 6/20
- Cloudflare · not on m.me 6/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on m.me 5/20
- Stripe · not on m.me 5/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on m.me 5/20
- Next.js · not on m.me 5/20
- React · not on m.me 5/20