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Scribd

Who runs Scribd, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest digital document library alternatives.

Who’s behind it
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Online since
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Trackers
Prices
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Last price change
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Closest alternative
SlideShare

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Scribd

Scribd scribd.com

Get to the source. Specialized knowledge on any topic, and answers you won’t find anywhere else. Home to the world’s documents, 300M+ and counting.

Wikidata: digital library

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Scribd 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.

tracker that follows visitors

5 of the 14 alternatives below have fewer, 4 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Scribd

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Scribd, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than ScribdNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

20 of the 60 sites closest to Scribd match.

  1. 01
    SlideShare slideshare.net Top 1K English No trackers

    Client Challenge

    American hosting service, owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos

    Compare SlideShare with Scribd →
  2. 02
    Issuu issuu.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Issuu | Create Interactive Flipbooks on our Digital Publishing Platform

    Issuu converts PDFs and documents into an interactive flipbook and marketing assets. Embed flipbooks onto your website and distribute online. Create yours with Issuu.

    Compare Issuu with Scribd →
  3. 03
    Everand everand.com English No trackers

    Client Challenge

    digital library

    Compare Everand with Scribd →
  4. 04
    Course Hero coursehero.com English 2 trackers

    Course Hero | Own the study hour

    Instant access to millions of Study Resources, Course Notes, Test Prep, 24/7 Homework Help, Tutors, and more. Learn, teach, and study with Course Hero. Get unstuck.

    Compare Course Hero with Scribd →
  5. 05
    Joomag joomag.com English No trackers

    Digital Publishing and Content Experience Platform | Joomag

    Joomag is a leading Content Experience Platform for creating and distributing high-design content — magazines, catalogs, brochures, proposals and reports that are personalized and interactive.

    Compare Joomag with Scribd →
  6. 06
    Publuu publuu.com English 1 tracker

    Publuu | Digital Publication Maker

    Turn your PDFs into stunning, interactive flipbook with Publuu! Easily create engaging content with realistic page-flipping. Start today now!

    Compare Publuu with Scribd →
  7. 07
    FlippingBook flippingbook.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    FlippingBook | Flipbook Maker for Digital Publishing

    Convert PDFs into online flipbooks with FlippingBook digital publishing tool. Brand your flipbook, share it with clients, track stats, and more.

    Compare FlippingBook with Scribd →
  8. 08
    Readly readly.com 1 tracker

    Readly

    magazine subscription service

    Compare Readly with Scribd →
  9. 09
    JSTOR jstor.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Client Challenge

    distributor of eBooks and other digital media

    Compare JSTOR with Scribd →
  10. 10
    OverDrive overdrive.com Top 10K English No trackers

    OverDrive: Free ebooks, audiobooks & movies from your library.

    Thousands of libraries & schools offer free digital content thru OverDrive's suite of products/services. Learn more about Libby, Kanopy, Sora & TeachingBooks.

    Compare OverDrive with Scribd →
  11. 11
    Flipsnack flipsnack.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Online Flipbook Maker - Create Interactive Flipbooks | Flipsnack

    Create flipbooks online using our interactive flipbook maker. Flipsnack is the easiest way to make brochures, magazines & catalogs. Upload PDF or design online!

    Compare Flipsnack with Scribd →
  12. 12
    Gale gale.com No trackers

    Gale: Historical Archive, Educational & Library Resources

    Gale, part of Cengage Group, provides historical archive, library solutions, and trusted educational resources for academic, K-12, and public libraries.

    Compare Gale with Scribd →
  13. 13
    Zinio zinio.com English 3 trackers

    Digital magazine subscriptions. Over 10,000 publications.

    Read your magazines anytime, anywhere. Over 10,000 magazines at your fingertips on the world's largest digital magazine newsstand.

    Compare Zinio with Scribd →
  14. 14
    Archbee archbee.com English 2 trackers

    Archbee — The First Knowledge Portal Platform

    Build beautiful knowledge portals that are easy to navigate, search, share and contribute to: user guides, API docs, knowledge bases and SOPs in one platform.

    Compare Archbee with Scribd →
  15. 15
    De Gruyter Brill degruyterbrill.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    De Gruyter Brill

    De Gruyter Brill | Over 300 years of publishing excellence

    Compare De Gruyter Brill with Scribd →
  16. 16
    EBSCO Information Services ebsco.com Top 10K English No trackers

    EBSCO - Research Databases, EBooks, Discovery Service

    EBSCO is the leading provider of research databases, e-journals, magazine subscriptions, ebooks and discovery service for academic libraries, public libraries, corporations, schools, government and medical institutions

    Compare EBSCO Information Services with Scribd →
  17. 17
    Hoopla Digital hoopladigital.com English 1 tracker

    North American digital media streaming service for public libraries to provide for their patrons

    Compare Hoopla Digital with Scribd →
  18. 18
    Demiplane demiplane.com English 2 trackers

    Home | Demiplane

    Find Your Next Adventure On Demiplane - Matchmaking, Video, Voice, Shared Journaling, And Much More To Come!

    Compare Demiplane with Scribd →
  19. 19
    Bibliotheca bibliotheca.com English 3 trackers

    Homepage | Bibliotheca

    Bibliotheca is creating the library of tomorrow, while engineering the solutions that help engage people, connect communities, and evolve service today.

    Compare Bibliotheca with Scribd →
  20. 20
    Brandfolder brandfolder.com English 2 trackers

    Brandfolder - The Most Usable Digital Asset Management Platform

    Manage, distribute, and analyze your digital assets in one place with Brandfolder, the world's most powerfully simple brand asset management software.

    Compare Brandfolder with Scribd →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Scribd’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Scribd uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Scribd 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 · 20 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,193
Vector
384-d
Query
61 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Scribd’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.

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