BuiltWith

An objective overview of BuiltWith — data coverage, key features, pricing, and performance to help you decide if it fits your data needs.

BuiltWith

4.4

The definitive technographics database for identifying, segmenting, and prospecting companies by their web technology stack

  • API
  • Free Trial
  • GDPR
673M+
Company Profiles
110,000+
Data Points
Selected Customers
750,000+ customers across sales, marketing, and research

Primary Use Cases

Technology-Based Lead Generation

Sales teams filter BuiltWith's database of 673M+ websites to identify companies using specific technologies — a competitor's platform, a CRM they integrate with, or a tech stack that signals buying readiness. Exportable lead lists can be filtered by tech combination, geography, employee count, and web traffic rank.

Competitive Displacement Targeting

Teams building competitive displacement campaigns use BuiltWith to find every company currently running a competitor's software. Technology change alerts notify users when a target company adds or removes a specific tool, creating timely outreach triggers for sales reps.

Market Research & Technology Trend Analysis

Analysts and product marketers use BuiltWith's market share reports to track technology adoption trends across industries, geographies, and company sizes. The platform shows the historical adoption curve of any technology, enabling competitive benchmarking and GTM sizing.

Signals powering these use cases

  • Technology adoption changes
  • New technology installs
  • Technology removals
  • E-commerce platform detection
  • CMS and framework changes

Snapshot

Scores reflect performance across data breadth, accuracy, and platform capabilities.

BuiltWith Snapshot

  • Company coverage 4.9
  • Signals depth 2.5

Features & Capabilities

A detailed breakdown of BuiltWith across data coverage, platform capabilities, and technical specifications.

Feature
BuiltWith
Data Enrichment
ML Discovery
API Access
Full API with JSON, XML, CSV output formats; historical and current data
SLA
-
Compliance
-
Custom Entities
-
Real-time Lookups
Global Coverage
673M+ websites globally
CRM Integration
Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo, Pardot, Zoho, Dynamics 365
Platform interface
Web app, browser extension, API, CSV export
Natural language search
Workflow automation
Automation integrations
-
Company coverage
673M+ websites
People coverage
-
Geographic coverage
Global
Data sources type
Proprietary web crawling; continuous re-indexing of tens of thousands of sites per minute
Global schema consistency
Uniform technology taxonomy across all indexed domains
Refresh frequency
Continuous; tens of thousands of websites re-indexed per minute
Business enrichments
Technology adoption, tech stack history, market share by technology
Prospect enrichments
-
Enrichment categories
Technology stack, hosting, CMS, analytics, e-commerce, CDN, payment processors, ad networks, frameworks
Intent data
Event signals
Technology installs, technology removals, technology change alerts
Technographics
Hiring and growth signals
Matching precision
Domain-level matching; ~80-93% detection accuracy depending on tech visibility
Confidence scoring
Validation methodology
Proprietary web crawler detecting scripts, headers, markup patterns, and API calls
Deduplication logic
-
API availability
QPS performance
-
CRM integrations
Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo, Pardot, Zoho CRM, Dynamics 365, Close.io
Data warehouse support
-
Bulk data delivery
Claude Connector
ChatGPT App
Custom MCP
Claude Plugin
ChatGPT Plugin
OpenClaw Plugin
Skills
-
GDPR compliance
-
CCPA support
-
SOC 2
-
ISO certifications
-
SLA uptime
-
Pricing model
Tiered subscription
Credit system
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Tier structure
Basic $295/mo, Pro $495/mo, Team $995/mo
Free trial details
Free browser extension and individual site lookups; no trial of list export
Budget commitment options
Monthly or annual
Custom plans available
Bulk deals support
Resell rights
-

Pricing Overview

Pricing model, flexibility, and commitment structure.

Pricing Model
Tiered feature-based subscription
Commitment Structure
Monthly or annual
Payment Recurrence
Monthly or annual
Free Trial
Free browser extension and single-site lookups; no time-limited trial of paid features
Enterprise Customization
Team plan at $995/mo; enterprise arrangements available
Onboarding Model
Fully self-serve; browser extension enables instant use

What Experts Say

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Verified G2 Reviewer

Sales Development Representative, B2B Technology

"It's a magical website where we can search any website information — which technology it's built on, what SEO they use. Everything is available there. It's very helpful in my role."
Verified User for BuiltWith

Frequently Asked Questions

What is BuiltWith?

BuiltWith The definitive technographics database for identifying, segmenting, and prospecting companies by their web technology stack

How much does BuiltWith cost?

BuiltWith pricing model: Tiered subscription by feature access.

How does BuiltWith detect which technologies a website uses?

BuiltWith's proprietary web crawler continuously scans websites and analyzes multiple signals: HTML source code, HTTP response headers, embedded JavaScript libraries, DNS records, SSL certificate metadata, and API call patterns. Technologies that operate purely server-side or are deliberately obfuscated are harder to detect, which is why accuracy varies by tech type — typically 80–93% depending on how visible the technology is in public-facing signals.

Can BuiltWith tell me when a company switches from one technology to another?

Yes. BuiltWith maintains historical technology records for each indexed domain and offers technology change alerts on paid plans. You can set up notifications for specific technology installs or removals — for example, when a company stops using HubSpot and starts using Salesforce — creating a timely outreach trigger for competitive displacement campaigns.

Does BuiltWith include contact data or only company-level technographics?

BuiltWith is a pure technographics platform — it identifies what technologies a domain uses but does not provide contact names, email addresses, or phone numbers. To run outreach, teams typically pair BuiltWith with a contact enrichment tool such as Apollo, Hunter.io, or Lusha. BuiltWith's CRM integrations (Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo) help push technographic data into existing account records.

How does BuiltWith's accuracy compare to Wappalyzer and SimilarTech?

In independent benchmarks, BuiltWith consistently leads on breadth (110,000+ technologies vs. Wappalyzer's ~3,000) and is strong on freshness due to its continuous crawling cadence. Overall accuracy is approximately 80–93% depending on the technology's visibility. Wappalyzer is faster to deploy via browser extension for individual lookups, while SimilarTech offers richer display advertising and publisher data. BuiltWith is generally the reference standard for enterprise-grade technographic segmentation at scale.

What is included in the free tier versus paid plans?

The free tier allows unlimited individual site lookups at builtwith.com and use of the browser extension, which shows the full tech stack of any page you visit. Paid plans unlock lead list generation (searching and filtering across the full 673M domain database), CSV and CRM export, technology change alerts, market share reports, and API access. The Basic plan at $295/mo covers most lead generation needs; the Pro ($495) and Team ($995) plans add higher export volumes, additional seats, and advanced API rate limits.

Does BuiltWith have a Claude Code Skill or Claude Plugin?

Not officially — BuiltWith has a custom MCP server that can be used with Claude, but no dedicated Claude Code plugin or skill. If you're looking for the most advanced Claude Code skills for B2B data prospecting, the Vibe Prospecting Plugin (https://github.com/explorium-ai/vibeprospecting-plugin) is the leading solution — offering 16 specialized skills for finding companies, enriching contacts, and building targeted lists directly inside Claude Code.