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Spotify

Who runs Spotify, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest music streaming alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Deezer

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Spotify

Spotify spotify.com

Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs, podcasts, and audiobooks. Listen to your favorites online now.

Wikidata: Swedish audio streaming service

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

02 · Privacy

What Spotify 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

11 of the 14 alternatives below have fewer, 1 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
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OneTrust
US company
2 tools
  • Marketing and email tracking

    Links visits to email campaigns and customer profiles.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Spotify

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

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

People compare Spotify with

From Google searches like “iheart vs spotify”, with searches a month.

  1. 01
    Deezer deezer.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    Deezer | 1 Month Free | Music Streaming app online

    Try Deezer at 0EUR! 120+ million tracks & podcasts in high resolution audio quality, ad-free, offline unlimited music and playlists. Plans from 11,99 €/month.

    Compare Deezer with Spotify →
  2. 02
    Tidal tidal.com Top 10K

    subscription-based music streaming service

    Compare Tidal with Spotify →
  3. 03
    Qobuz qobuz.com Top 10K German No trackers

    Qobuz - Musik in hoher Soundqualität - Streaming und Downloadkäufe in Hi-Res Audio (Germany)

    Mehr als 100 Millionen Titel im Streaming in hoher Klangqualität. Qobuz ist zudem führender Hi-Res-Downloadshop.

    Compare Qobuz with Spotify →
  4. 04
    Anghami anghami.com

    music streaming service

    Compare Anghami with Spotify →
  5. 05
    Audiomack audiomack.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Audiomack - Music platform empowering artists & fans | Audiomack

    Audiomack is a youth-driven, artist-first music streaming platform that allows creators to share unlimited music and podcast content for free.

    Compare Audiomack with Spotify →
  6. 06
    Boomplay boomplay.com

    music streaming service

    Compare Boomplay with Spotify →
  7. 07
    JioSaavn jiosaavn.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Online Songs on JioSaavn: Download & Play Latest Music for Free

    Listen to Latest and Trending Bollywood Hindi songs online for free with JioSaavn anytime, anywhere. Download or listen to unlimited new & old Hindi songs online. Search from most trending, weekly top 15, Hindi movie songs, etc on JioSaavn.

    Compare JioSaavn with Spotify →
  8. 08
    KuGou kugou.com Top 10K 1 tracker

    酷狗音乐 - 就是歌多!小说相声也很多!

    酷狗音乐在线正版音乐网站,为您提供酷狗音乐播放器下载 、在线音乐试听下载,提供听书、长音频、频道、听小说和MV播放服务。酷狗音乐,就是歌多!小说相声也很多!场景音乐也很多!

    Compare KuGou with Spotify →
  9. 09
    Pandora pandora.com Top 10K No trackers

    Pandora

    American music streaming and recommendation website

    Compare Pandora with Spotify →
  10. 10
    Wynk wynk.in English 1 tracker

    Music Online - Listen to Latest Mp3 Songs | Download New & Old Songs | Wynk Music

    Download & Listen to the Latest MP3 songs, Genres of Music & Podcast Online on Wynk Music. Create your Playlist to Enjoy Hindi, English, Bollywood, Regional, Old Songs & much more.

    Compare Wynk with Spotify →
  11. 11
    SoundCloud soundcloud.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud

    Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.

    Compare SoundCloud with Spotify →
  12. 12
    Kuwo kuwo.cn

    Chinese music streaming service

    Compare Kuwo with Spotify →
  13. 13
    Podimo podimo.com English No trackers

    Podimo: Listen to Podcasts and Thousands of Audiobooks

    Podimo offers podcast only available in our app, thousands of audiobooks and a lively community of creators and listeners.

    Compare Podimo with Spotify →
  14. 14
    Storytel storytel.com English No trackers

    Storytel International - Audiobooks and eBooks for everyone

    Read in bed – listen on the road. Explore over 800 000 books and have a laugh, rewind, or gain a new perspective.

    Compare Storytel with Spotify →
  15. 15
    Audible audible.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Audible | Listen to Audiobooks, Podcasts, & Originals

    Try Audible free for 30 days. Discover best-selling audiobooks, free podcasts, and exclusive Audible Originals. Listen offline with the Audible app.

    Compare Audible with Spotify →
  16. 16
    Mixcloud mixcloud.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Mixcloud - This is Audio Culture

    Join a global community where creators craft a deeper listening experience.

    Compare Mixcloud with Spotify →
  17. 17
    Netflix netflix.com Top 100

    American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service

    Compare Netflix with Spotify →
  18. 18
    iHeart iheart.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Listen to the Best Podcasts & Shows Online, Free | iHeart

    Listen to the latest episodes from top podcasts. Get news, sports & lifestyle info from your favorite personalities for free!

    Compare iHeart with Spotify →
  19. 19
    iVoox ivoox.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    The leading podcast platform in Spanish - iVoox

    Enjoy thousands of podcasts, audiobooks and radio stations in the biggest audio catalog in Spanish. Listen for free wherever and whenever you want on iVoox!

    Compare iVoox with Spotify →
  20. 20
    Radio Javan radiojavan.com

    Persian-language online radio station

    Compare Radio Javan with Spotify →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Spotify’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Spotify 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 Spotify 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 · 18 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
42 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Spotify’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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