pi-hole.net
Pi-hole
Who runs Pi-hole, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest DNS ad blocking alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- AdGuard
Measured from Pi-hole’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Pi-hole01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Pi-hole
Pi-hole pi-hole.net
Wikidata: ad- and tracker-blocking application
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What Pi-hole 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; 9 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 1 tool
Third-party embeds
Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Pi-hole
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Pi-hole, thumbs down if it isn’t.
20 of the 60 sites closest to Pi-hole match.
- 01
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 - 02
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 - 03
AdGuard DNS — ad-blocking DNS server
Create your ad-blocking DNS server that will protect your personal data, prevent tracking and allow you to control access to specific content on the Internet.
Very close - 04
Control D | DNS Filtering for Every OS
Encrypted DNS filtering trusted by 100M+ users. Blocks malware and trackers on every OS. Flat fee per endpoint. Start free.
Close - 05
CleanBrowsing | DNS Content Filtering Service
Affordable DNS filtering that blocks malware, adult content, and unwanted sites. Protect schools, families, and businesses at the network level.
Very close - 06
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 - 07
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 - 08
Home
Boost subscriber performance by up to 25% for less than 1% of your overall 5G network investment.
Very close - 09
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 - 10
Syncthing
open source continuous file synchronization software
Very close - 11
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.
Close - 12
Quad9 | A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy
A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy
Very close - 13
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 - 14
Lantern VPN: Nonprofit VPN for fast, private, unrestricted internet access
Nonprofit VPN trusted by 250+ million people. Fast, private internet access that bypasses censorship. Free to start, Pro funds open access in censored regions.
Very close - 15
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 - 16
Strengthening trust and safety across the internet | Spamhaus
Strengthening trust and safety online through IP and domain reputation intelligence, expertise, education, and community collaboration.
Very close - 17
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 - 18
The Free Software Media System | Jellyfin
The volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached.
Very close - 19
DNSExit | Dynamic DNS, Remote Access, SMTP Relay, DNS Failover and Hosting
DNSExit provides Dynamic DNS, Remote Access, SMTP relay, DNS failover, business email hosting, backup MX, SSL, domains, and web hosting for businesses, IT teams, and self-hosted users.
Very close - 20
Best-Rated DNS Filtering Service | DNS Security | DNSFilter
The DNS filtering service trusted by 57,000+ organizations. DNSFilter's DNS security software blocks malware, phishing, and unwanted sites in minutes.
Close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Pi-hole’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Pi-hole 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 Pi-hole 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 · 7 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,214
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 39 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Pi-hole’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 meta generator: WordPress 7.1.4
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://wp-cdn.pi-hole.net/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/
- Payments
- Stripe page source: js.stripe.com/
- Web servers
- LiteSpeed header server: LiteSpeed
- Languages & backends
- PHP header x-powered-by: PHP/8.3.36
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=nROR2tF6iK-DbzAlLpgfV0L4BCGBK4c0AZ9r5jNyYSU
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 17/20
- Google Workspace · not on pi-hole.net 13/20
- Zendesk · not on pi-hole.net 9/20
- Cloudflare · not on pi-hole.net 7/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on pi-hole.net 7/20
- jQuery 7/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on pi-hole.net 6/20
- Amazon SES · not on pi-hole.net 5/20
- Google Fonts 5/20
- Google Analytics · not on pi-hole.net 4/20
- Fastly · not on pi-hole.net 4/20
- Apple Business · not on pi-hole.net 3/20
- Vue.js · not on pi-hole.net 3/20
- Next.js · not on pi-hole.net 3/20
- React · not on pi-hole.net 3/20
- cdnjs · not on pi-hole.net 3/20