10 Best Brave Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Brave sits at #1 in the WordPress.org Lead Generation Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Brave
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FireBox – WooCommerce Popup Builder, Exit Intent Popup, Email Optin & Cart Abandonment
4.9 (75) 7,000+ active installsNewsletter optins, discount coupon popups, sticky bars and lightbox modals that capture leads and recover abandoned WooCommerce carts.
#10 in the WordPress.org Lead Generation Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.8, last updated 10 days ago.
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Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation
4.3 (816) 1 million+ active installs🤩 Make popups & optin forms to get more email newsletter subscribers, leads, and sales - #1 most popular popup builder plugin! 🚀
#2 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. About 50 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.8, last updated 24 days ago.
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Icegram Engage – Popups, Optins, CTAs & Lead Generation
4.7 (369) 10,000+ active installsCreate high-converting popups, email optins, and CTAs in minutes. Capture leads, grow your email list, and convert visitors into customers—without cod …
#2 in the WordPress.org Lead Generation Plugins ranking. About half the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated July 30, 2026.
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Popup Maker
Paid version availablePopup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder
4.9 (4,505) 700,000+ active installsWant to boost sales & marketing efforts? Use your favorite forms & builder. Unlimited popups & impressions, keep your data, no monthly subscription.
#1 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. About 35 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.8, last updated 23 days ago.
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Hustle
Paid version availableHustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups
4.4 (859) 90,000+ active installsSetup email optin forms, popups, newsletter forms & subscription forms to generate email leads with the best marketing popup builder
#4 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. About 4.5 times the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.8, last updated 7 days ago.
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Poptin – Email Marketing Automation, Newsletter & Exit Pop Ups, Email Popups
4.9 (695) 20,000+ active installsFree email automation, email campaigns, exit intent popup builder, gamified popups with spin the wheel, contact forms & smart pop ups. 🎉
#10 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 4.9 against 4.8, last updated 5 days ago.
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5.0 (7) 70,000+ active installsHigh-converting popup campaigns with PopupKit – advanced triggers, A/B testing, spin-to-win, multistep popups & 270+ popup templates for WordPress
#5 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. About 3.5 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups.
4.7 (2,213) 200,000+ active installsIncrease Sales, Lead Generation, Conversion rates and receive good Call to Action rates with smart WordPress popup plugin.
#3 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated July 18, 2026.
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Popup Box
Paid version availablePopup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups
4.6 (81) 50,000+ active installsBuild flexible popups and modal windows with multiple popup types, triggers, and display controls.
#8 in the WordPress.org Popup Plugins ranking. About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated 4 days ago.
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Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress
4.6 (1,169) 50,000+ active installsAdd subscription forms on the website and send newsletters & automatically send post notification about new blog posts once it gets published.
#5 in the WordPress.org Lead Generation Plugins ranking. About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated 12 days ago.
Brave against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Brave vs FireBox20,000+ vs 7,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.9
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Brave vs OptinMonster20,000+ vs 1 million+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.3
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Brave vs Icegram Engage20,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.7
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Brave vs Popup Maker20,000+ vs 700,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.9
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Brave vs Hustle20,000+ vs 90,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.4
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Brave vs Poptin20,000+ vs 20,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.9
Switching from Brave: common questions
What is the best alternative to Brave?
FireBox is the closest match: it shares the Lead Generation Plugins top 10 with Brave and has 7,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which Brave alternative has the most users?
OptinMonster, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Brave alternative is rated highest?
Popup Maker, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,505 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Brave alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Brave score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Brave on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
FireBox is the closest match to Brave by the data we track, and OptinMonster has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Popup Box shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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What moved this week
One email a week, built from the same daily snapshots these rankings come from: the plugins that climbed, what launched, and one ranking worth a look.