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The Chive's tech stack

What does The Chive use?

The Chive (thechive.com) uses at least 68 tools we can see from public records, including Amazon Web Services for hosting, Google Workspace for email and documents, Demandbase for sales and Zendesk for customer support. Last checked .

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Tools found
68
Categories
16
Layers
5 of 5
Changes seen
2

The Chive's stack, layer by layer

Each tool links to the other companies we've found using it. The label says what kind of public trace gave it away.

Edge & Hosting

4 tools, where the bytes are served from

Hosting & Cloud

CDN & Edge

Application

5 tools, what the product is built with

Frontend

Payments & Billing

Media & UI

Data & Observability

6 tools, what they measure and store

Monitoring

Analytics

Go-to-market

47 tools, how they find and keep customers

Website & CMS

Marketing

Ads & Pixels

Sales & CRM

Support & Docs

Company Ops

6 tools, what the team runs on day to day

Email Delivery

Workspace

Collaboration

Security & Compliance

What changed at The Chive

Recent starts and stops

  1. StoppedBraintree
  2. StoppedGlobalSign

Companies like The Chive also use

Tools common among companies with a similar stack that we haven't found at The Chive.

Companies with a stack like The Chive's

Ranked by shared tools, with rare tools counting more.

The Chive tech stack FAQ

What tools does The Chive use?

As of October 2026, runsonwhat has found 68 tools at The Chive (thechive.com) in public records. Edge & Hosting: Cloudflare, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. Application: jQuery, Font Awesome and YouTube. Data & Observability: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Sentry. Go-to-market: WordPress, Google Ads and Meta Pixel. Company Ops: Google Workspace, reCAPTCHA and SendGrid. Last checked October 31, 2026.

What cloud does The Chive run on?

The Chive uses Amazon Web Services for hosting and cloud infrastructure, alongside Google Cloud and WordPress VIP, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Amazon Web Services through Amazon Web Services code on thechive.com. Amazon Web Services is used by 146,178 companies runsonwhat tracks.

What sales tools does The Chive use?

The sales tools runsonwhat has found at The Chive are Demandbase, Bombora and Clickagy (October 2026); no CRM shows up in The Chive's public records. runsonwhat found Demandbase through Demandbase code on thechive.com.

What email provider does The Chive use?

The Chive 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 thechive.com. Google Workspace is used by 406,769 companies runsonwhat tracks.

What does The Chive use for customer support?

The Chive uses Zendesk for customer support and documentation, alongside Discord, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Zendesk through email records that authorize Zendesk and code on thechive.com. Zendesk is used by 42,428 companies runsonwhat tracks.

What payment provider does The Chive use?

The Chive uses Chargebee for payments and billing, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Chargebee through Chargebee code on thechive.com. Chargebee is used by 519 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Does The Chive use jQuery?

Yes. runsonwhat found jQuery at The Chive through jQuery code on thechive.com. jQuery is a Frontend tool used by 925,302 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Has The Chive changed tools recently?

Yes. On runsonwhat's rechecks, The Chive stopped using Braintree and GlobalSign (latest on October 31, 2026). A change counts only between two checks of thechive.com done the same way.

Which companies have a tech stack similar to The Chive's?

The companies with the stacks most like The Chive's are Vice Digital Publishing, LittleThings.com, FOX SPORTS and Page Six, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). Each shares 35 to 51 tools with The Chive, and rare tools count for more than common ones like Google Workspace, so the match reflects real stack choices.

How does runsonwhat know what The Chive uses?

runsonwhat reads public records only. Of the 68 tools at The Chive, 45 were found through code on thechive.com, 13 through website configuration files, 5 through email records, 4 through DNS records and 1 through subdomains that point at the vendor. A tool is listed only when a direct record backs it up; DNS is rechecked weekly and thechive.com about monthly.

We read public traces only: DNS and email records, certificate logs, website code and published subprocessor lists. A tool is listed when a direct record backs it up, and dropped when a recheck no longer finds it. Is this your company? See how to opt out.