privacybadger.org
Privacy Badger
Who runs Privacy Badger, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest tracker blocking extension alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Part of eff.org
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Ghostery
Measured from Privacy Badger’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Privacy Badger01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Privacy Badger
02 · Privacy
What Privacy Badger 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; 6 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Privacy Badger’s homepage.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Privacy Badger
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Privacy Badger, thumbs down if it isn’t.
20 of the 60 sites closest to Privacy Badger match.
- 01
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 - 02
uBlock Origin - Free, open-source ad blocker extension | Unofficial website
Block ads, trackers, pop-ups, and page clutter with uBlock Origin, a free ad blocker. Compare uBlock Origin Lite, browser support, filters, and permissions.
Very close - 03
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.
Very close - 04
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 - 05
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 - 06
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 - 07
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 - 08
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 - 09
Hyphanet
free software
Close - 10
Homepage | CNIL
national French data protection authority
Close - 11
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 - 12
Privacy Guides
Established in 2021, Privacy Guides is the largest impartial, non-profit media outlet focused on finding privacy tools and learning about protecting your digital life.
Close - 13
I2P - The Invisible Internet Project | EN
I2P is a fully encrypted private network layer. Protect your online activity from surveillance and censorship with built-in end-to-end encryption.
Close - 14
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
Close - 15
Home | Grants.gov
USA federal website
Close - 16
Codeberg.org
Codeberg is a non-profit community-led organization that aims to help free and open source projects prosper by giving them a safe and friendly home.
Close - 17
Your Online Choices | EDAA
Close - 18
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 - 19
Tor Project | Anonymity Online
Anonymity Online | Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
Close - 20
Home | SAM.gov
system for tracking US federal acquisition and contracting
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Privacy Badger’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Privacy Badger 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 Privacy Badger 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 · 2 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,211
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 38 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Privacy Badger’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
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=0tCFuKarRimDr7s02P6lt6dIdVQC8kHSY5lwN3SmY3o
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 14/20
- Google Workspace · not on privacybadger.org 8/20
- Zendesk · not on privacybadger.org 7/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on privacybadger.org 7/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on privacybadger.org 5/20
- Cloudflare · not on privacybadger.org 5/20
- jQuery · not on privacybadger.org 5/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on privacybadger.org 4/20
- PHP · not on privacybadger.org 4/20
- Fastly · not on privacybadger.org 4/20
- Amazon SES · not on privacybadger.org 4/20
- Apple Business · not on privacybadger.org 3/20
- nginx 3/20
- Stripe · not on privacybadger.org 3/20
- Mailgun · not on privacybadger.org 3/20
- Matomo · not on privacybadger.org 3/20