What is the best alternative to Embedly?

By number of websites, the most widely used alternatives to Embedly are YouTube, Vimeo, MediaElement.js, Wistia, JW Player. The right one depends on your needs; compare them on adoption, authority, and audience above.

How many alternatives to Embedly are there?

Site Stats Database tracks 17 other video players & hosts used by 100 or more websites, plus a long tail of rarer ones. Embedly itself is used by 2,880 websites.

Which video player / host has the most websites?

YouTube leads this category with 82,680 websites in our catalog.

Where does this data come from?

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; authority (Ahrefs Domain Rating) and traffic come from Ahrefs and DataForSEO. Everything reflects the sites we track and refreshes at least monthly.

Embedly Alternatives & Competitors

Last updated July 1, 2026 · refreshes automatically as new data lands.

Looking for an alternative to Embedly? Site Stats Database tracks 17 other video players & hosts; the top ones are below, ranked by adoption, with authority and traffic for each and the leading sites that use them. Embedly itself is used by 2,880 websites. Back to Embedly.

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Embedly Alternatives & Competitors

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YouTube

Vimeo

MediaElement.js

Wistia

JW Player

Cloudflare Stream

Video.js

Plyr

Brightcove

Vidyard

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