ShareThis review (2026): is it any good?
Free share, follow and reaction buttons for publishers
ShareThis report card
Very good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for share and follow buttons from an ad-data company
ShareThis offers share, follow and reaction buttons for more than 40 channels, free to start. It also runs a data business, and the site shows an advertising-partner consent notice with an opt-out link.
Who ShareThis is for
- Fits if you want share buttons on a site and don't mind the ad-data side
- Works for publishers on WordPress or Shopify
Who ShareThis is not for
- 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
Why ShareThis gets a 3.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- AValue for moneyFree, with no paid plan shown on the pages we read.
- AFree plan and trialFree outright, with analytics included at no cost.
- CFeaturesShare, follow and reaction buttons, analytics, consent tools, an API and an MCP server. The consent platform is a separate product we didn't read.
- BEase of useNo store rating on record. Paste in a snippet or use a plugin and the buttons appear.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with WordPress, Shopify, React, Angular and Cloudflare, plus an API. No desktop or phone app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ShareThis's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/sharethis#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/sharethis.svg" alt="ShareThis: 3.2 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where ShareThis stands among popup and widget tools
ShareThis's GPA of 3.2 is higher than 53 of the 54 other popup and widget tools we grade, and level with 1.
It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 53 of 54) and worst on features (C, above 0).
ShareThis has no paid plan.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 55 popup and widget tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. ShareThis’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 49 of 54, level with 5
- AFree plan and trialAbove 53 of 54, level with 1
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 54, level with 38
- BEase of useAbove 53 of 54, level with 1
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 14 of 54, level with 40
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 51 popup and widget tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep ShareThis, or make your own?
Keep it
ShareThis is free, so making your own would save you nothing.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.2 is higher than 53 of the 54 other popup and widget tools we grade.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- It plugs into other products, WordPress, Shopify and ReactJS among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. ShareThis’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is ShareThis?
ShareThis offers inline, sticky, image and video share buttons for more than 40 channels, plus follow buttons, reaction buttons, a consent management tool and a privacy policy generator. The site describes it as free to start, with sharing analytics included in every product.
Worth knowing
- 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
- 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.
ShareThis pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, ShareThis is free to use.
- Starts at
- Free
- Free plan
- Share buttons and other tools are described as free; Sharing Intelligence analytics is included at no cost.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Inline, sticky, image and video share buttons, follow and reaction buttons, and Sharing Intelligence analytics. |
Read from sharethis.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ShareThis before you buy.
Works with
- WordPress
- Shopify
- ReactJS
- Angular
- Cloudflare
- ChatGPT
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Common questions
Does ShareThis have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. ShareThis is listed for Web.
Does ShareThis have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. ShareThis is listed for Web.
Is ShareThis open source?
ShareThis is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does ShareThis have an API?
Yes. ShareThis offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.