AddToAny vs ShareThis (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, AddToAny and ShareThis share a 3.2 GPA, both are free, so the choice depends on which platforms you need.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Which one is for you
Pick AddToAny if
- Fits if you want share buttons without an account or a bill
- Works for sites on WordPress, Drupal, Joomla or a plain script
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a dashboard of shares, as statistics go to Google Analytics
- Too light for social posting or scheduling: it only shares
- Watch out: features can differ between WordPress, Drupal and the plain script
- Watch out: the pages read don't say how the project is funded
Pick ShareThis if
- Fits if you want share buttons on a site and don't mind the ad-data side
- Works for publishers on WordPress or Shopify
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you care about who gets visitor data: ShareThis also runs a data business
- Watch out: the site shows an advertising-partner consent notice and an opt-out link
- Watch out: with no price, what you pay is in data, set out in its privacy policy
- Too light for posting to networks: it handles sharing and following only
How we grade them
| 3.2GPAAddToAnyVery good | 3.2GPAShareThisVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AFree, with no paid plan or fee of any kind on the pages we read. | AFree, with no paid plan shown on the pages we read. |
| Free plan and trial | AFree outright: the plugin page says there is no signup or account to manage. | AFree outright, with analytics included at no cost. |
| Features | CShare menu, floating share bar, counters and follow buttons. It does a smaller job fully, and it has no dashboard of its own. | CShare, follow and reaction buttons, analytics, consent tools, an API and an MCP server. The consent platform is a separate product we didn't read. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record. Drop in a plugin or a script and the buttons appear, with no account. | BNo store rating on record. Paste in a snippet or use a plugin and the buttons appear. |
| Platforms and integrations | BA web script plus plugins for WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Blogger and Tumblr, a browser extension, a JavaScript API and Google Analytics. | BWeb, with WordPress, Shopify, React, Angular and Cloudflare, plus an API. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | share buttons for any website | share and follow buttons from an ad-data company |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: AddToAny and ShareThis. How we grade
Price against what you get
AddToAny has no paid plan and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. ShareThis has no paid plan and scores 2.7.
On this chart the two sit in the same place: the same score for the same starting price. Of the other popup and widget tools on the chart, none scores higher than AddToAny for less, and none scores higher than ShareThis for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- AddToAny is open source, according to its own site.
- ShareThis also covers reports.
At a glance
| AddToAny | ShareThis | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Starts at | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Everything: the WordPress plugin page says AddToAny is free, with no signup, login or accounts to manage. | Share buttons and other tools are described as free; Sharing Intelligence analytics is included at no cost. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | AddToAny | ShareThis |
| Price read from | wordpress.org | sharethis.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
AddToAny
- There is no hosted dashboard; sharing statistics go to Google Analytics.
- Plugins are made for each platform, so features can differ between WordPress, Drupal and a plain script.
- The pages read do not say how the project is funded.
ShareThis
- ShareThis also runs a data business, and the site shows an advertising-partner consent notice and an opt-out link.
- The pages read show no paid plan, so what the free tools cost in data terms is covered by its privacy policy, not by a price.
- Some tools, such as the consent platform, are separate products with their own pages that were not read here.
Key features
AddToAny
- Universal share menu
- Sends visitors to a service's native app or mobile site, with the option to add a custom service.
- Floating share bar
- A share buttons bar that stays in place as the visitor scrolls the page.
- Share counters
- Shows official counts from major services next to the share buttons.
- Follow buttons
- Buttons for following your profiles, including Bluesky and Threads, are listed alongside sharing.
- Google Analytics tracking
- Sharing statistics roll into Google Analytics, so no separate dashboard is needed.
- JavaScript API and customization
- Supports color and style overrides, event handling, service templates, URL shorteners and a JavaScript API.
ShareThis
- Share buttons for 40+ channels
- Inline and sticky bars, image buttons shown on hover, and video share buttons.
- Sharing Intelligence
- Share counts per page and network, channel analytics and top shared content, included with every product.
- AI assistants as share targets
- Share buttons can include ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Grok and Perplexity beside social networks.
- Follow and reaction buttons
- Follow buttons for your social profiles and one-tap reaction buttons on articles.
- Consent and privacy tools
- A consent management platform for GDPR and US privacy notices, and a privacy policy generator.
- API and MCP server
- A REST Headless API and an MCP server at mcp.sharethis.com manage properties and tools without the dashboard.
Plans
AddToAny
Free$0
Share buttons, floating share bar, counters and Google Analytics integration, with no account required.
ShareThis
Free$0
Inline, sticky, image and video share buttons, follow and reaction buttons, and Sharing Intelligence analytics.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AddToAny or ShareThis?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both AddToAny and ShareThis are free to use.
Which has a free plan, AddToAny or ShareThis?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both AddToAny and ShareThis have a free plan.
Which platforms do AddToAny and ShareThis run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only AddToAny lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.