BuiltWith alternative

BuiltWith gives you the data. TechSpy gives you the decision.

Punch in a domain. Get a competitor's real stack turned into a read you can act on — Verdict, Evidence, Implications — in seconds. No $295/mo minimum, no lead-list bloat.

  • An opinionated read, not a flat list of detected tags
  • DMARC/SPF gaps, new subdomains and hidden APIs — as a next move
  • Reads through React & Next.js SPAs, then starts free at 30 scans/day

Free — no card, 30 scans/day.

TechSpy from $0·BuiltWith Pro from ~$295/mo

BuiltWith — raw data

ReactCloudflareHubSpotSegmentIntercomjQueryGAAWSStripeKlaviyo+47 more

TechSpy — the read

High

Verdict

HubSpot + Segment, no DMARC record → lead with a deliverability & security angle.

Evidence: HubSpot forms, Segment analytics.js, SPF present, DMARC missing.

Implications: deliverability exposure they haven't closed — a concrete opener.

A tag list isn't an answer. It's homework.

Same company, two outputs. BuiltWith hands you a long flat list of detected tags and you still have to figure out what it means. TechSpy does that step for you.

Raw data

ReactCloudflareHubSpotSegmentIntercomjQueryGoogle AnalyticsAWSStripeKlaviyoOptimizelyZendesk+47 more

TechSpy read

High
  • VerdictWhat their stack tells you, in plain English
  • EvidenceThe specific tools and signals behind it
  • ImplicationsWhat it means for your GTM, your pitch, your next move

Tools grouped by meaning, not dumped alphabetically. High / Medium / Low confidence on every call — no fake certainty.

Head to head

We're not pretending the whole table is checkmarks on our side. The bottom two rows are BuiltWith's home turf — and if that's your job, that's your tool.

FeatureTechSpyBuiltWith
Entry price$0~$295/mo
OutputVerdict + Evidence + ImplicationsTechnology list
Confidence markers (H/M/L)
DMARC / SPF / DKIM audit
Hidden-API Deep Scan (HAR)
Saved scans · compare · history
Coverage scale (millions of sites)GoodHuge ✓
Historical data · bulk lead listsBuilt for it ✓

It reads the sites that break other scanners

Modern sites ship a near-empty HTML shell and render everything in JavaScript. A simple scraper looks at that shell and sees almost nothing. TechSpy fingerprints three layers at once.

Empty HTML shell

📄

React / Next.js

Three-layer fingerprint

  • · Static HTML — the classic markers
  • · JS-runtime — what actually boots in the browser
  • · HTTP headers — the server's own tells

Detected stack

Named, even where scrapers come back empty.

Blocked by Cloudflare or a hard bot wall? We tell you. Integrity over a fake 100%.

Signals BuiltWith won't hand you as a next move

These are the things you check when you're trying to understand and act, not build a list.

📧

Email-security audit

DMARC / SPF / DKIM posture at a glance. Spot the gaps a prospect or competitor hasn't closed.

🌐

Subdomain discovery

Catch infra and product expansion before the press release. New staging, region, or product surface shows up here first.

🔍

Deep Scan + Interact

Headless render + HAR surfaces hidden APIs and SDKs. Interact drives the page to reveal tools that only appear after you engage.

Worked example: a prospect running HubSpot + Segment with no DMARC recordhands you a deliverability-and-security pitch on a plate — a specific opener BuiltWith's tag list never surfaces.

Static scan is the “seconds” one. Deep Scan and Interact take minutes — they're doing real browser work, not a header peek.

The analysis lives in your workflow, not a CSV you still have to decode

A BuiltWith export is a spreadsheet you still have to interpret. A TechSpy report is already the interpretation.

Saved scans · compare · history

acme.comtracked · 6 scans
New subdomain detected · api-eu.acme.com

Ready to hand a client

Deep Dive reportComparisonRanking

Pipe it into your stack

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Pick BuiltWith instead if…

Straight up — BuiltWith is the better tool when your job is scale. Different jobs; pick the one that matches yours.

Choose BuiltWith if you need to

  • Build large sales-lead lists — thousands of domains filtered by technology
  • Pull deep historical tech-change data going back years
  • Run firmographic or market-share research across whole markets

Choose TechSpy if you need to

  • Understand a handful of specific competitors and decide
  • Get a fresh, opinionated read — not a raw tag dump
  • See DMARC/SPF gaps, new subdomains, and hidden APIs as an action
  • Start free and stay well under $50/mo

Every plan is under BuiltWith's starting price

Max $49 < BuiltWith Pro ~$295. That's the pitch on price alone.

Free

$0

  • Scans: 30/day
  • Deep Scan:
  • Interact:
  • Export PDF · Zapier · API:

Plus

$19/mo

  • Scans: 30/day
  • Deep Scan: 10
  • Interact: 5
  • Export PDF · Zapier · API:
Recommended

Max

$49/mo

  • Scans: Unlimited
  • Deep Scan: 50
  • Interact: 25
  • Export PDF · Zapier · API:

Enterprise $199/mo. For reference, BuiltWith Pro starts around $295/mo — more than our top tier.

Scan your first competitor free