🆚 Prefetch vs. Tachyon

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Performance technology
Performance technology

About

The rel="prefetch" attribute on HTML <link> elements.

Tachyon is a deprecated script that improves the user experience of your website by prerendering pages before a user navigates to them.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Performance › Rank #8
Performance › Rank #32
Standards › Rank #17
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #287
Legacy › Rank #89

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Prefetch performance technology is 614 times more popular than Tachyon.
Total websites

Market share

Performance

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Prefetch is more popular than Tachyon in all countries.
United States
Vietnam
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Japan
Netherlands
Spain
Australia
Italy

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Prefetch is more popular than Tachyon in all market segments.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Blogs/Wiki
Fashion/Beauty
Travel
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#199
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Rank
#2,621
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