EthicalAds vs Infolinks Comparison 2026
EthicalAds shows one contextual ad per page with no tracking, and states its revenue share plainly: publishers keep 70 percent, though getting in needs an application and roughly 50,000 monthly pageviews from a developer audience. Infolinks sets no traffic minimum at all and will take a brand-new site, across six ad formats including in-text and interstitial units, but does not publish the share it pays before you apply. The trade is a known rate with a high bar to clear, against an open door with an unknown one.
Ads without tracking, for developer sites
Display ads with no traffic minimum to join
At a glance
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
EthicalAds | Infolinks | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | Free |
| Pricing model | Free | Free |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Usage-based | Usage-based |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export |
EthicalAds
Ads without tracking, for developer sites
EthicalAds targets on page content rather than on the reader, so a site running it needs no cookie banner and shows one ad instead of six. That is a smaller advertiser pool and a lower ceiling than a general network, and the trade is deliberate. Getting in is the hard part: the network is invite-only and aimed at sites a developer audience reads.
Our note
The published revenue share is the reason to read this one. Every other network in this category treats its split as confidential, so a stated 70 percent is a number you can hold them to.
Infolinks
Display ads with no traffic minimum to join
Infolinks places in-text, in-frame and interstitial ads on sites that the managed networks will not take, because it sets no pageview floor at all. That is its whole reason to exist and it is a real one for a site that is growing. The formats are more intrusive than a standard banner, and the rate it pays is not published anywhere before you apply.
Our note
Why people weigh these two
- Infolinks instead of EthicalAds
- Infolinks takes sites with no traffic minimum too, so it is the other network open to a small site, without the privacy stance.
- EthicalAds instead of Infolinks
- EthicalAds sells ads without tracking, aimed at developer sites, for a publisher who does not want visitors profiled.
Which one should you pick
Pick EthicalAds if your site is developer-facing, documentation or a technical newsletter already past roughly 50,000 monthly pageviews. One ad per page, no cookie banner, and a published 70 percent revenue share are the reasons to wait for the application.
Pick Infolinks if a site cannot yet clear anybody else's traffic floor, EthicalAds included, and revenue matters more than ad load right now. Six formats such as in-text and interstitial units are more intrusive than a standard banner, and the pay rate is not published anywhere before you apply, so weigh the revenue against what those formats cost in readers.
Common questions
- Which one accepts a brand-new site?
- Infolinks. It sets no traffic minimum at all. EthicalAds requires an application and a stated bar of roughly 50,000 monthly pageviews from a developer-facing audience, so a new or small site will not get in.
- Which one publishes its revenue share?
- EthicalAds does: it states plainly that it keeps 30 percent, leaving 70 percent to the publisher. Infolinks does not publish a rate anywhere before you apply, stating only that it has paid publishers over $100 million to date across 350,000 of them.
- Are Infolinks ads more intrusive than EthicalAds?
- Yes, by design. EthicalAds shows one contextual ad per page with no tracking and no cookie banner needed. Infolinks runs six formats, including in-text, in-frame and interstitial units, which read as more intrusive than a standard banner.
- Can I run both on the same site?
- Infolinks is built to run alongside other ad networks, so it is a plausible add-on for a site already using something else. EthicalAds shows only one ad per page by design, which leaves less room to stack a second network into the same space.
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