🆚 Alibaba vs. Taobao

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Online marketplace
Online marketplace

About

Alibaba.com is a global wholesale marketplace where businesses can buy products in bulk from manufacturers and suppliers.

Taobao is a Chinese online consumer-to-consumer e-commerce marketplace where individual sellers and small businesses list a massive assortment of products for buyers to browse and purchase.

It hosts over a billion product listings across diverse categories, integrates personalized recommendations, live-stream shopping, user reviews and direct seller communication, and leverages Alipay payments with buyer protection.

Headquarters

Hangzhou, China
Hangzhou, China

Website

Categories

Marketplaces › Rank #17
Marketplaces › Rank #6

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Taobao marketplace is 2.2 times more popular than Alibaba.
Total websites

Market share

Marketplaces

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Taobao is more popular in China, Hong Kong, and the United States, while Alibaba is more popular in Vietnam, India, and Pakistan.
China
Hong Kong
United States
Indonesia
Singapore
Vietnam
Korea
Taiwan
Japan
Germany

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Taobao is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and blogs and wiki, while Alibaba is more commonly used on finance and banking, and mobile phone sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Portal Sites
Marketing/Merchandising
Forum/Bulletin Boards
Education/Reference
Software/Hardware
General News

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#13,142
#14,912
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Name
Rank
#1,233
#1,704
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See also

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