ShareThis vs. AddThis

AddThis has been discontinued. Oracle, which acquired AddThis in 2016, announced that all AddThis services would be terminated in 2023. Existing publishers were asked to remove AddThis code from their sites, and the AddThis dashboard and support are no longer available.

AddThis was a free social bookmarking and sharing service that provided website tools such as share buttons, follow buttons, and related content widgets. By adding a small snippet of code, publishers could let visitors share content to hundreds of social networks and measure engagement with basic analytics.

AddThis offered its sharing tools for free. There was no subscription fee for the core share buttons or follow tools. However, because the service has been shut down, new installations are no longer possible and existing implementations are no longer supported.

Because all AddThis services have been shut down, existing AddThis share buttons — including the Facebook Share Button and other social share options — may no longer load or function reliably. If you still have AddThis code installed, we recommend replacing it with an actively supported solution such as ShareThis Share Buttons to avoid broken icons or scripts on your pages.

While it was active, AddThis earned praise for being free, easy to set up, and offering a wide range of social networks. Reviewers often mentioned that it was a quick way to add social sharing without custom development. On the flip side, some users wished for more modern design options, deeper customization of colors and layouts, and lighter-weight code.

Both tools were designed to help publishers grow traffic and engagement through social sharing, but there are key differences:

• AddThis has been discontinued and is no longer supported, while ShareThis is actively maintained and continues to release new tools and updates.
• ShareThis offers a broader suite of free website tools beyond share buttons — including follow buttons, a privacy policy generator, and a consent management platform — with flexible customization options and multi-language support.
• Each day, ShareThis processes terabytes of data to better understand the movements of Internet users so that it can provide the smartest tools built to target ever-changing audiences, while keeping privacy and compliance at the core of its products.