Security and privacy decision
Blurweb
A competent developer can build and maintain a useful replacement (content scripts + small backend + Stripe) within a few weeks; vendor advantages are modest (install base/brand) and not an insurmountable moat.
Visit website↗Not priced
No pricing page we fetched carried a figure, so there is nothing to compare against. The build side is still real.
$100one-off64 h to build
$50/mo4 h/mo upkeep
No published price to break even against.
Open-source builds that already do this
Every project below is open source and already does this job today. Fork one, self-host it, or take the parts you need - the build prompt further down assumes an empty file, and this is the shortcut past that. Licences differ; check the one on each card before you ship. All Blurweb alternatives, with the arithmetic →
What a replacement has to do
- User installs extension → select/paint elements or click to blur → extension applies CSS/Canvas blur in-page → optional 'keep blur' persists rule and syncs with account.
What it still won’t have
- Polish and cross-browser QA of a mature commercial extension
- Established user trust, reviews and marketplace listing momentum
- Ongoing product updates and customer support responsiveness
- Analytics and aggregated usage telemetry provided by vendor
What remains hard
- Brand trust
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First-year cost
No published price
Blurweb does not publish a price we could read, so there is nothing to compare against. What building costs is below.
Money you would actually spend
Time you would spend
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What you would spend
What we assumed
The verdict above measures whether you could build it. This one is only about money.
Runnable build prompt
Build a cross-browser WebExtension in TypeScript: use React for the popup/options UI, a content script to implement element hover/select, single-click blur, and a rectangular-draw blur tool; persist rules locally (IndexedDB) and implement a minimal Node/Express + Postgres backend with endpoints for license activation/deactivation and optional rule sync; integrate Stripe Checkout for one-time license purchases and provide simple account pages (activate/deactivate devices). In scope: content-script blur logic, UI, local persistence, backend licensing API, Stripe integration, tests (unit for core logic, e2e for install+blur flow), error handling and packaging for Chrome/Edge/Firefox. Out of scope: native apps, blurring browser UI/URL bar, large-scale analytics or enterprise SSO. Provide CI to build browser bundles and automated tests.
How we checked
How the score was reached
- Partly verdict base52
- An open-source build was found+5
- 5 cited sources+3
- Price verified on pricing page+3
- Evidence score63
The base comes from the verdict. Everything under it is a check that either happened or did not, and each one is a fact frozen in this record rather than a judgement made at render time - so the same evidence always produces the same number.
How scoring works →Cited sources · 5
Every page the run actually retrieved.
- official productBlurWeb — Blur Extension for Chrome: Hide Any Element on Any Site
- official pricingBlurweb.app Pricing
- official docsBlurWeb Docs
- open sourceoblador/hush
- open sourcensfw-filter/nsfw-filter
Integrity checks
What held up, and what did not.
