pixiv.net
Pixiv
Who runs Pixiv, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest art-sharing community alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Couldn’t check
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- DeviantArt
Measured from Pixiv’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Pixiv01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Pixiv
Pixiv pixiv.net
Wikidata: Japanese online artist community
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What Pixiv tracks
We couldn’t read pixiv.net’s homepage (bot protection page), so we can’t say what it loads.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Pixiv
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Pixiv, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read pixiv.net’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
- 01
DeviantArt - The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community
DeviantArt is where art and community thrive. Explore over 650 million pieces of art while connecting to fellow artists and art enthusiasts.
Very close - 02
ニコニコ
日本最大級の動画サービス、ニコニコ（niconico）。動画にコメントを付けて楽しむニコニコ動画や、生放送番組にリアルタイムでコメントを付けられるニコニコ生放送のほか、イラスト・マンガ・最新ニュース・ゲームなど、エンターテイメントを全て無料で楽しめる！
Very close - 03
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 - 04
Index -- Fur Affinity [dot] net
Fur Affinity | For all things fluff, scaled, and feathered!
Very close - 05
MyAnimeList.net - Anime and Manga Database and Community
Welcome to MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more!
Very close - 06
photo sharing website
Very close - 07
FC2 - Free Website, Analyzer, Blog, Rental Server, SEO Countermeasures, etc. -
FC2 is a portal site which brings you a pleasant web life providing blog/website/analyzer services and others. Our blog service is ranked No.2 domestically and supported by wide range of users including both beginners and heavy users. We offer as many as 30 different services.
Very close - 08
AniList: Track, Discover, Share Anime & Manga
Track, discover, and share anime and manga with AniList. Discover top-rated and popular shows through reviews and recommendations. Sign up for free!
Very close - 09
Japanese story self-publishing website
Close - 10
Wallpaper Cave
Wallpaper community sharing hundreds of cool wallpapers daily! Free downloads - More than 7 million wallpapers!
Very close - 11
DEV Community
A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career
Very close - 12
SongMeanings | Song Lyrics, Meanings & Discussion
SongMeanings is a community of thousands of music lovers who contribute song lyrics, discuss song meanings and interpretations, and connect over songs and artists they love!
Very close - 13
Korean language website in Paraguay
Very close - 14
wiki hosting service and domain
Very close - 15
MangaDex
Read comics and manga online at MangaDex, with high quality images and support creators and translators!
Very close - 16
Comick has a new home — comick.dev
Comick.io is now Comick.dev: your manga and anime tracker, database, and community. Discover our next chapter.
Very close - 17
YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Very close - 18
Yours for the making
Instructables is a community for people who like to make things. Come explore, share, and make your next project with us!
Close - 19
Wattpad - Stories to obsess over
Wattpad connects a global community of millions of readers and writers through the power of story
Very close - 20
Minecraft Internet forum and fansite
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Pixiv’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Pixiv 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 Pixiv 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 = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,197
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 34 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Pixiv’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
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.pixiv.net include:mail.zendesk.com include:sendgr…
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a562fe2d5816ae67-HAM
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.pixiv.net include:mail.zendesk.com include:sendgr…
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- GlobalSign TXT globalsign-domain-verification=e_Nj1kv39zKi39YDMjczo6I7enPLWRCo7nMfs7…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=oMigmD_3bbBXe0g-66DG1555h8G4ftEVDUGwitPqpFM
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=ehppa9dvc6xcigimqv0ydnvdzl0kml
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on pixiv.net 11/20
- Google Workspace 10/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on pixiv.net 7/20
- nginx · not on pixiv.net 7/20
- Amazon SES · not on pixiv.net 6/20
- Google Analytics · not on pixiv.net 6/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on pixiv.net 5/20
- Zendesk 5/20
- Cloudflare 5/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on pixiv.net 5/20
- Apache HTTP Server · not on pixiv.net 3/20
- GlobalSign 3/20
- Atlassian · not on pixiv.net 3/20
- PHP · not on pixiv.net 3/20
- SendGrid 3/20