Segment alternatives
TL;DR: 12 companies doing similar work to Segment in B2B, ranked by how closely they match what Segment actually does — not just by category.
How this list was built: every company here is Y Combinator-backed and shares at least one category with Segment. They are scored on how closely their own description overlaps with Segment's, and all facts shown come from the YC company records — nothing is estimated.
What are the best alternatives to Segment?
| Alternative | What it does | Batch | Team | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fithub | — | Winter 2010 | — | Inactive |
| Insoshi | — | Winter 2008 | — | Inactive |
| Optilly/Installmonetizer | Fb ad optimization platform | Winter 2012 | 11 | Inactive |
| Shape | Get data insights without writing SQL | Summer 2021 | 4 | Active |
| Lotas | AI for quantitative trading | Summer 2025 | 2 | Active |
| Sherpa Labs | Frontier Data | Winter 2025 | 5 | Active |
| NewsCatcher | Turning the web into a structured database of real world events. | Summer 2022 | 22 | Active |
| Anasen | Anasen is an app that makes data analysis easy and accessible to… | Winter 2017 | 15 | Inactive |
| Dataform | Manage data in Snowflake, BigQuery, and Redshift | Winter 2018 | 10 | Acquired |
| GiveSpark | Givespark was a celebrity charity fundraising platform | Winter 2012 | 1 | Inactive |
| Preseen | The AI forecasting company for global macro events. | Summer 2025 | 1 | Active |
| OpenInt | Open Source Embedded Product Integrations | Winter 2023 | 4 | Acquired |
Is Segment still active?
Segment has been acquired, which often means pricing, roadmap or support changes. That is the usual reason people start looking at this list.
How was this list put together?
Every company here is Y Combinator-backed and shares at least one category with Segment. They are then ranked on how closely their own description overlaps with Segment's, so the closest matches come first rather than whoever happens to share a tag.