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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
- Vivaldi
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 mozilla.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.
- 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 19 alternatives below has fewer; 11 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
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 - 02
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 - 03
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 - 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
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 - 06
Google
search engine by Google LLC
Very close - 07
Microsoft – AI, Cloud, Productivity, Computing, Gaming & Apps
Explore Microsoft products and services and support for your home or business. Shop Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams, Xbox, Windows, Azure, Surface and more.
Very close - 08
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 - 09
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 - 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
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
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 - 13
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 - 14
Raindrop.io — All-in-one bookmark manager
For your inspiration, read later, media and stuff
Very close - 15
Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS | WordPress.org
Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.
Very close - 16
ChromeOS – das sichere Cloud-First-Betriebssystem für Ihr Unternehmen
Kennen Sie schon ChromeOS, das sichere Cloud-First-Betriebssystem, mit dem Sie Ihr Unternehmen voranbringen und die Erwartungen Ihrer Mitarbeitenden an moderne Arbeitsumgebungen erfüllen können?
Very close - 17
Web Analytics Made Easy - Statcounter
StatCounter is a simple but powerful real-time web analytics service that helps you track, analyse and understand your visitors so you can make good decisions to become more successful online.
Very close - 18
virtual private network provider
Very close - 19
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 - 20
Web Hosting Built to Grow With You | hosting.com
Web hosting that takes you from idea to website to a lasting business. Fast and secure, with free migration, real experts 24/7 and a 99.9% uptime SLA.
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 · 13 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,192
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 27 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
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=12da43cd3189cf99e5c3ecdfdae9c97c7d4230aed93a22ae6…
- 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 aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms53448578
- DNS hosting
- Akamai Edge DNS NS ns7-66.akam.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=AW6Ub2u78cjUEoTz
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=8xkMty0tOT0eog0PN17DvoBgD4NC/3/j/Tkx6tR…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=b3fe0d4f-0830-4d21-8ac4-3247fd53199c
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=IpSwLqTy1MSoslsauQbp2ohg2A92W2Qq2SAw5QQC5jA
- Notion TXT notion-domain-verification=iFlGX1ER56vtEhhqy0jkEDrJTKztyPXD2BPU4BNYTTG
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-K4BRwXIccR9ZPEk5YkygkYoA
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 14/20
- Google Workspace 8/20
- Microsoft 365 8/20
- Cloudflare · not on mozilla.com 7/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on mozilla.com 7/20
- Apple Business 5/20
- PHP · not on mozilla.com 4/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on mozilla.com 4/20
- OpenAI 4/20
- Zendesk · not on mozilla.com 4/20
- Bing Webmaster Tools · not on mozilla.com 3/20
- jQuery · not on mozilla.com 3/20
- WordPress · not on mozilla.com 3/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on mozilla.com 3/20
- DocuSign 3/20
- GlobalSign · not on mozilla.com 3/20