Home › YC Companies › Consumer › Airbnb › Alternatives Airbnb alternatives TL;DR: The closest YC-backed alternatives to <strong>Airbnb</strong> are other Y Combinator Consumer companies, especially from the Winter 2009 batch. Below are 20 ranked competitors with batch, status, and team size.
Y Combinator-backed Consumer companies similar to Airbnb (YC Winter 2009).
Last verified: 2026-04-21
Heyzap YC Winter 2009 · Acquired · 11 people — Heyzap (acquired by Fyber for $45m in 2016) is one of the largest… Divvyshot YC Winter 2009 · Acquired · 2 people Echodio YC Winter 2009 · Acquired · 2 people — Sync and stream your music across any device. Acquired in 2009. Foodoro YC Winter 2009 · Inactive · 11 people Picurio YC Winter 2009 · Inactive · 2 people Voxli YC Winter 2009 · Inactive · 2 people Nambii YC Winter 2009 · Inactive Recurious YC Winter 2009 · Inactive DoorDash YC Summer 2013 · Public · 8600 people — Restaurant delivery. Instacart YC Summer 2012 · Public · 3000 people — Marketplace for grocery delivery and pickup Twitch YC Winter 2007 · Acquired · 2000 people — A global community creating the future of live entertainment. Reddit YC Summer 2005 · Acquired · 2000 people — The frontpage of the internet. Machine Zone YC Winter 2008 · Acquired · 501 people — Pioneers of mobile social gaming. Chariot YC Winter 2015 · Acquired · 501 people — The world's first private mass transit service providing a commuting… The Athletic YC Summer 2016 · Acquired · 600 people — Subscription sports media. GOAT Group YC Winter 2011 · Active · 1600 people — Platform for the greatest products from the past, present and future. Chaldal YC Summer 2015 · Active · 2886 people Rappi YC Winter 2016 · Active · 4800 people — On-demand delivery and financial services for Latin America. Clipboard YC Winter 2017 · Active · 1000 people — Every shift, Covered. Hogaru YC Winter 2017 · Active · 746 people — Hogaru is a tech-enabled home services platform in Latin America. Loading interactive view…