What does Prey use?

As of October 2026, runsonwhat has found 30 tools at Prey (preyproject.com) in public records. Edge & Hosting: Cloudflare and Google Cloud. Application: jQuery, Lottie and Braintree. Data & Observability: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Hotjar. Go-to-market: Google Ads, Meta Pixel and Microsoft Ads. Company Ops: Google Workspace, reCAPTCHA and Cookiebot. Last checked October 20, 2026.

Prey uses Google Cloud for hosting and cloud infrastructure, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Google Cloud through Google Cloud code on preyproject.com. Google Cloud is used by 75,729 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Prey uses Google Workspace for email and office software, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Google Workspace through email records that authorize Google Workspace and code on preyproject.com. Google Workspace is used by 402,299 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Prey uses Zendesk for customer support and documentation, alongside Intercom and Help Scout, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Zendesk through a subdomain that points at Zendesk and email records, and Prey has used it since at least November 2024. Zendesk is used by 41,726 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Prey uses Braintree for payments and billing, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Braintree through email records that authorize Braintree. Braintree is used by 1,928 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Prey uses Google Analytics for analytics, alongside Google Tag Manager, Hotjar and Fathom, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Google Analytics through Google Analytics code on preyproject.com. Google Analytics is used by 878,118 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Prey has used Help Scout since at least July 2014, going by the first public certificate of the preyproject.com subdomain that points at Help Scout. Other long-running tools at Prey include Instatus (since March 2021) and Zendesk (since November 2024).

Yes. runsonwhat found jQuery at Prey through jQuery code on preyproject.com. jQuery is a Frontend tool used by 914,562 companies runsonwhat tracks.

The companies with the stacks most like Prey's are Chargeback, CommonLit, Own Company and OwnBackup, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). Each shares 11 to 13 tools with Prey, and rare tools count for more than common ones like Google Workspace, so the match reflects real stack choices.

runsonwhat reads public records only. Of the 30 tools at Prey, 16 were found through code on preyproject.com, 8 through DNS records, 3 through subdomains that point at the vendor, 2 through email records and 1 through website configuration files. A tool is listed only when a direct record backs it up; DNS is rechecked weekly and preyproject.com about monthly.