We still remember the days when live adult cam shows were a novelty. These days, the web is cluttered with hundreds of portals where you can watch sexy performers offering all kinds of adult shows…
Of course, the most famous of the bunch is Chaturbate: home to some of the sexiest live adult cams on the planet. But there are many good alternatives. If you came here looking for sites like Chaturbate, you’ll be pleased at the variety of rival platforms available.
From all the Chaturbate alternatives, our current favorite is StripChat, a sleek cam site that boasts VR rooms, interactive sex toys and a large roster of active performers. It’s closely followed by CamSoda which is something of a PR-magnet, having gained a wave of exposure in the last three years. CamSoda offers an experience that will be very familiar to Chaturbate users, but it has a nice modern interface. It also benefits from a generous payout arrangement system that attracts a lot of the best amateur cam girls to its site.
In this guide, we will look at the best alternatives to Chaturbate, some excellent free live shows, as well as cam sites you might not have heard about that cater to specific niche interests.
8 Best Sites Like Chaturbate
Tired of the same girls, the same shows, and looking for the best Chaturbate alternative?
We’ve put together a guide based on the top live adult cam sites on the web.
By combing through these sites, you can find an almost limitless selection of different girls (plus guys and transgender performers) across whatever taste you are interested in: be it Asian cams, Japanese girls, couples, lesbians, trannies…
Best Chaturbate Alternatives
Looking to indulge in a little chaturbate? In case you hadn’t figured, that’s the act of ‘masturbating while chatting online’…
Here are some of the best adult camming sites to consider beyond Chaturbate.
CamSoda
CamSoda has exploded on to the scene in recent years and is snapping at the heels of Chaturbate with a business model that largely copies everything that made Chaturbate great – and puts a shiny new spin on it.
It operates a similar free-to-view business model where users are encouraged to tip to get models to perform a variety of different shows – be it public, private, or in small groups.
CamSoda has made headlines with various cheeky PR campaigns – such as offering the quarantined passengers of Covid-stricken cruise ships free access to their platform.
It has also recruited several high-profile porn stars to attract new users to the platform with special VIP shows.
And to great effect.
CamSoda is one of the fastest growing Chaturbate rivals, with particularly strong support amongst the models themselves.
See our full CamSoda review
StripChat
StripChat started as a gimmicked online stripping platform but it has evolved in to a cam site that rivals any of the others on our list. You’ll typically find over 3000 models live at any given time.
These days StripChat is an extremely polished platform boasting some high-quality HD cam feeds and a huge roster of amateur models from all over the world.
It’s also one of the first cam sites in the world to tap in to virtual reality technology.
So you want to view the performer through a VR headset for the most realistic camming experience in the world? StripChat has you covered.
It’s not as cheap as Chaturbate, and much of the best content is tucked away in private one-to-one shows, but it’s certainly one of the best looking cam sites in the world today.
See our full Strip Chat review.
Flirt4Free
Flirt4Free is a popular rival to Chaturbate that hit the news a couple of years ago when one user spent an incredible $57,000 in the space of one weekend on private shows and extravagant tips.
The identify of the mystery viewer has never been revealed, but no doubt the ladies on Flirt4Free live in hope that he’ll one day return to the site!
The site functions much like Chaturbate with free shows available for general viewing, backed up by a raft of premium features that cost credits to access.
Some of their popular features include:
- One-on-one live video chat
- Voyeur mode for watching other private shows (without interaction or audio)
- Multi-user group shows where the cost is split by several other paying viewers
- Party chat — free to watch but ‘tipping’ the model will encourage her to live up to the ‘no holds barred’ billing…
The site isn’t as simple to use as Chaturbate, or as large, but it has some excellent performers who will pull out all the stops to get you tipping.
When you sign up, you’ll receive 120 free credits to spend on live shows, one-to-one video chat, or in ‘voyeur’ mode.
See our full Flirt4Free review.
Live Jasmin
The famous red spread of Live Jasmin will be familiar to anybody who has ventured on to RedTube, PornHub or YouPorn.
This site is aggressively promoted across all of the major porn tubes. If you are used to shutting the window and carrying on with your videos, then now’s a good time to give Live Jasmin a second chance.
This is another gigantic adult cam site. It is divided in to a number of categories: girls, lesbians, mature women, couples, gay, and transgender. Each category has its own sub-category based on the performers that are receiving the most interest.
For example, in the girls category, you can explore live performances tagged to young 18 year olds, ‘big tits’, Latin women, stockings, Asian girls, blondes, petite and more.
Whatever your taste, LiveJasmin has you covered.
Unlike Chaturbate, this site operates on a fixed paid credits system for private shows and special requests. Credit packages start at around $45.
Some users are not fond of paying upfront for exclusivity, but others enjoy the intimacy of private one-to-one shows. Not to mention, Live Jasmin has some of the best streaming tech on the market so you will feel like you’ve been teleported straight in to your performer’s bedroom. It uses high quality HD streams.
Expect over 1000 models streaming live adult shows on Live Jasmine at any given time. These women are illustrated beautifully by showcase images rather than screen-grabs of their shows, thus helping you to navigate quickly between shows that match your tastes.
As a result, the site looks much more professional than Chaturbate. Then again, some people dig that ‘amateur’ quality.
See our full Live Jasmin review.
My Free Cams
My Free Cams (MFC) is probably the closest alternative to Chaturbate, and it is legendary for the amount of action you can find on their platform absolutely free.
MFC was launched back in 2004 and judging by the interface, not much has changed since then. It grew rapidly over the years and was described by XBIZ in 2010 as one of the world’s largest adult webcam communities.
Just how large?
Well, back then it was said that MyFreeCams.com had over 100,000 models and 5 million active members.
Why so many models?
You’re probably wondering how MFC would attract so many models if it was operating a free model, but the way the site works is that users would get together and tip their favorite performers to put on a certain type of show — usually involving toys, masturbation, stripteasing, or sometimes even full sex.
The huge audience led to some cam models earning as much as $75,000 in a single month.
These numbers should make you think twice about dismissing that ugly 2004-esque interface…
The driving force behind the success of My Free Cams over the years is the willingness of its performers to give away a little, or a lot, for free.
You can buy credits and enjoy private shows with your favorite performers if you wish.
Unless a performer is in a private show, she/he will likely appear in one of the main lobby areas that is open to all members.
Performers have learnt that they don’t need to do private shows on MFC to make money. They can simply set a ‘tipping target’ and allow the crowd to chip in, penny by penny, until the target is reached. At that point… it’s show time.
This business model closely resembles the Chaturbate token tipping system, and it allows for a lot of free shows that will blow your mind if you are not familiar with adult cam shows.
It’s not uncommon to be flicking through chat windows on MFC only to stumble in to a college girl fucking her friend, in real-time, because she’s just reached her tipping target. Or to walk in to a solo display of masturbation, or a strip show, or a tour de force in toy-play.
Seriously… the toys. There are so many toys on this site. You could be transfixed for days if watching amateurs attack dildos and vibrators is your thing.
If you want to enjoy intimate private shows, the paid credits are more than reasonable in price. Packages start at just $19.99 with a token costing around $0.08-$0.10.
Just like Chaturbate, MyFreeCams relies on the goodwill and friendliness of the community to tip for shows that they like. You can lurk and troll if you wish, but you’ll likely end up blocked pretty fast.
See our full MyFreeCams review.
IMLive
IMLive was founded back in 2002 and has gone on to become one of the largest adult webcam communities on the web.
It has over 35 million members, and 80,000 ‘hosts’, which is the IMLive term for a model/performer. This site has scooped a number of awards over the years, including the prestigious AVN Best Live Chat Website in 2011 and 2012.
Similarly to Chaturbate, IMLive has its own currency that is used across the site. Users can pay for IMLive credits which can be exchanged for private shows, or tipped for those performers you’d like to give a little extra appreciation in public.
The hosts on IMLive are a mix of models both professional and amateur. You can find live sex cams for females, males, couples and shemales. IMLive is known for its partnership with several famous porn stars, such as Lexi Belle, Joanna Angel, Sunny Leone, and Tori Black amongst others.
Of course, if you want to indulge in a private show with these famous names, you can expect to pay a handsome rate. Each host gets to set her rate of IMLive credits per minute: normally between 1 to 6.
The better or more popular the model, the higher you can expect that credits per minute rate to be.
1 credit = $1.
So, a ten minute session with one of the top models on the platform might cost you $60, which is the equivalent of an hour-long masturbation frenzy with one of IMLive’s lowest charging performers. Your mileage may vary!
One thing that sets IMLive apart from Chaturbate is a unique feature known as Happy Hour, where users can receive a discounted show that is non-exclusive — but which lets them take charge of the chat for a set period of time and play the role of director.
Users take it in turns to play director, using credits to pay for their time slot, whilst other users can watch but cannot type — unless they choose to ‘wait-in-line’ for the same privilege.
Another interesting addition to this cams site is the Live Experts section. IMLive is not just for erotic shows, sex chat and masturbation. It also has categories for Mysticism & Spirituality, Health, Diet & Fitness and Business & Finance.
Hell, if you are interested in falling in love via webcam, there’s even a section for friendship and romance. A bit masochistic, but hey… we’re probably not the target audience…
IMLive has some neat features, but if you are the kind of guy (or girl) who likes to cruise various streams and browse before you buy, it’s not the best platform for free shows.
See our full IMLive review.
Bonga Cams
BongaCams is one of the top European adult cam networks, and boldly calls itself the ‘nastiest adult webcam community in the world’.
This site is popular with European amateur performers, and has a large and growing European base of members.
The homepage is your typical adult portal mix of selected VIP profiles, and performers in the middle of trending shows. You can find categories for just about every taste down the left sidebar, including pregnant models, Asian, ebony, housewives, pornstars, teens, group sex and even the smoking fetish.
Bonga is popular in the camming community for its penchant of a good contest. Each week the top 100 models on the site receive a prize based on member satisfaction and tokens collected. The top performer takes a $1000 bounty, with further cash prizes available for the runners up. This gives each model good reason to go above and beyond in giving you a show to remember.
Or, at least, those performers who think they have a chance of topping the charts…
It’s a pretty large community after all.
At any given time, you can expect to browse between 500-1000 live shows. These come with a free chat, or the premium options to go private, ‘full private’ or VIP.
There is also the option to enter Spy mode, which explains why one chat isn’t as private as fully private. In non-fully-private, other members can spy on an encounter for the cost of 7 tokens per minute.
If that sounds a bit cheeky, it should come as no surprise that the spy mode on BongaCams is one of its most popular features. It gives members the opportunity to watch a model getting down and dirty without paying for the privilege of the director’s seat.
Any user who wants private to mean private can go for the full private chat option, which costs slightly more. Ahh, the tax of exclusivity.
You can sign up today and get 5 free tokens.
See our guide to the best free cam token deals.
Not that 5 tokens will go very far. Here are the current rates:
- 13 Tokens for €1.99 (~0.15 per token)
- 38 Tokens for €4.99 (~0.13 per token)
- 78 Tokens for €9.99 (~0.13 per token)
- 231 Tokens for €24.99 (~0.11 per token)
- 492 Tokens for €49.99 (~0.10 per token)
- 630 Tokens for €65.00 (~0.10 per token)
- 740 Tokens for €74.99 (~0.10 per token)
- 5080 Tokens for €500.00 (~0.10 per token)
- 10000 Tokens for €990.00 (~0.10 per token)
Remember, that’s in Euros, not USD. The currencies are pretty close together these days anyway. US customers should add around 10% for the correct USD amount.
See our full BongaCams review.
Sakura Live
If there’s one niche that isn’t really covered by the sites we’ve looked at so far, it’s the market for Japanese cam girls.
Japanese cam girls just aren’t really a thing on Chaturbate, or the sites like it.
Well, if your fantasy is to watch sexy young Japanese chicks masturbate and follow your commands, then there’s an excellent site that allows just this: Sakura Live.
This live cam site is the web’s top community for uncensored Japanese video chat and is tailored towards the English-speaking market. It has over 21,000 registered performers and the unique ability to remotely operate toys.
“You control her camera, toy and body,” the site promises.
It’s clearly targeted at men who have a nagging preference for Japanese girls.
“Hot, sexy, nude, submissive Japanese women are waiting for you…”
“See how submissive Japanese girls really are….”
Sign up and you’ll be able to browse anywhere from 75-250 live performers at any given time. Many of these girls are actually based in Japan, so it’s worth noting the time difference and that some of the best performers might not be willing to stream during your typical viewing hours.
Not all of the girls speak English; in fact many of them don’t.
So, how do you actually communicate and express what you want if it’s a Japanese cam girl and she can’t speak or read English?
The site gets around this by allowing you to select icons that correspond to actions and body parts. These are understandable to both performer and member, regardless of any language barrier.
Some of these features are a little quirky, such as the ability to lick or kiss through clicking different buttons. It’s very… well, Japanese.
But that’s probably why you’re browsing the hundreds of cute young submissive girls on Sakura Live in the first place…
If you don’t want to use the graphical communication tools, you can go cam-to-cam or start an audio show. Private cam shows rely on a crediting system, usually starting at around $2 per ‘SakuraLive point’. The real cost of shows is typically anywhere between $3 to $6 per minute, with most around the $4/minute mark.
Sakura Live isn’t a like-for-like Chaturbate alternative, but it’s a must-visit for anybody who likes Japanese cams and wants to find a lot of them in one place.
What’s your favorite site like Chaturbate?
Or is Chaturbate still your favorite destination for live adult cams?
Let us know your thoughts, reviews and experiences below!
You can’t beat Chaturbate. That place is a god damn time suck.
Do remember the good old days of MFC. I can see how the girls would have been minting $XXXX/month easily back in its heyday. Still alright but it’s full of amateurs expecting to get rich quick from rubbing their tits these days.
Wish I had a pair!!
“Still alright but it’s full of amateurs expecting to get rich quick from rubbing their tits these days.”
Not a bad business plan, tbf.
Nice list, Cum24 is good too and looks like BongaCams