Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Automattic

The 20 closest web publishing software alternatives to Automattic, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 9 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Automattic? The closest matches are WordPress.com, Akismet and WP Engine®. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Automattic

Automattic automattic.com

Automattic – Making the web a better place

We are passionate about making the web a better place. 20 years: explore the Automattic timeline or take a literary jaunt with Year Without Pants. WordPress.com Your blog or websitehas a (free!) home on the web.Your story, your way. Beeper Tower of Babelfragmented messaging woesyou need a Beeper. Tumblr Where your interestsconnect you to your people,one post…

Wikidata: American technology company

Top 10K · #2,259 English 9 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Automattic

Summary by Claude

Corporate site of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, listing its portfolio of web publishing, e-commerce, hosting, messaging and app products such as WooCommerce, Jetpack, Tumblr, Day One, Pocket Casts and Akismet.

Who it’s for
Website owners, bloggers, publishers, job seekers
Business model
Subscriptions and hosting fees

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Automattic’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

SubstackHostingerThemeforestBluehostWordPresscyber_FolksTurbifyWP Engine®AkismetWordPress.com

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Automattic

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Automattic, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    WordPress.com wordpress.com Top 100 English

    WordPress.com: Everything You Need to Build Your Website

    Create your WordPress website with built-in hosting, premium themes, and powerful tools. No technical setup required. Start building today—free plan available.

  2. 02
    Akismet akismet.com Top 10K English

    Akismet: Spam Protection for Websites

    Say goodbye to spam with Akismet – the ultimate spam protection used by millions of websites. Sign up today and never worry about spam again!

  3. 03
    WP Engine® wpengine.com Top 10K English

    Trusted Website Hosting Platform | WP Engine®

    WP Engine® is a leading website hosting platform, trusted by over 5M websites. Learn more about our 24/7 support and security solutions.

  4. 04
    Turbify turbify.com Top 10K English

    Find the best Hosting, Domains, Ecommerce, Bizmail, and more | Turbify

    The only platform with all you need to grow an online presence. Find your perfect domain, get bizmail, create a gorgeous website, or launch an online store. Our speed will impress you, our security will keep you online. - Turbify

  5. 05
    cyber_Folks cyberfolks.pl Top 10K Polish

    cyber_Folks - hosting | domeny | e-marketing | certyfikaty ssl

    Wydajny i szybki serwer, dobra domena znaleziona w 10 sek. Błyskawiczne wsparcie z każdej strony. Wejdź po domeny | hosting | e-marketing.

  6. 06
    WordPress wordpress.org Top 100 English

    Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS | WordPress.org

    Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

  7. 07
    Bluehost bluehost.com Top 1K English

    Cloudflare Captcha Page | Bluehost.com

    web hosting company

  8. 08
    WooCommerce woocommerce.com Top 10K English

    WooCommerce

    WooCommerce is the open-source ecommerce platform that helps merchants and developers build successful businesses for the long term.

  9. 09
    Themeforest themeforest.net Top 10K English

    WordPress Themes & Website Templates from ThemeForest

    Discover 1000s of premium WordPress themes & website templates, including multipurpose and responsive Bootstrap templates, email templates & HTML templates.

  10. 10
    go-vip.net Top 10K English

    WordPress VIP | Enterprise Content Platform & Managed WordPress

    WordPress VIP is the enterprise content platform trusted by over 700+ enterprises including NASA, Salesforce, and Meta. Up to 99.99% uptime SLA. FedRAMP authorized and SOC 2 Type 2 certified.

  11. 11
    Hostinger hostinger.com Top 10K English

    Hostinger - Bring Your Idea Online With a Website

    Choose Hostinger and make the perfect site. From Shared Hosting and Domains to VPS and Cloud plans. We have all you need for online success.

  12. 12
    Hosting a2hosting.com Top 10K English

    Web Hosting Built to Grow With You | hosting.com

    Web hosting that takes you from idea to website to a lasting business. Fast and secure, with free migration, real experts 24/7 and a 99.9% uptime SLA.

  13. 13
    Substack substack.com Top 1K English

    Substack

    Substack is the app for independent voices: a free newsletter, video, and podcast hosting platform with paid subscriptions built in.

  14. 14
    Semrush semrush.com Top 10K English

    Semrush: Your Unfair Advantage for Growing Brand Visibility

    Semrush is the leading platform to grow and measure brand visibility across AI search, SEO, PPC, social, and more.

  15. 15
    HostGator hostgator.com.br Top 1K Portuguese

    Hospedagem de Sites: Rápida, Segura e Confiável | HostGator

    Hospedagem de sites rápida com IA para criar, gerenciar e crescer seu negócio. Domínio grátis e suporte 24/7. Conheça os planos.

  16. 16
    Fast Company fastcompany.com Top 10K English

    fastcompany.com

    American magazine

  17. 17
    GeneratePress generatepress.com Top 10K English

    GeneratePress: lightweight WordPress theme and site builder

    Build fast WordPress websites the easy way, with a lightweight theme and the blocks for every part of your site, right in the editor.

  18. 18
    DreamHost dreamhost.com Top 1K English

    Web Hosting Built for Growth - DreamHost

    DreamHost offers domain names, web hosting, managed WordPress hosting, business email, and much more. 100% uptime guarantee, 24/7 support. Sign up today!

  19. 19
    Neocities neocities.org Top 10K English

    Neocities: Create your own free website!

    Create and surf awesome websites for free.

  20. 20
    Webempresa webempresa.eu Top 1K Spanish

    Hosting en España especializado en WordPress - Webempresa

    Hosting en España para ofrecer alta Velocidad y Seguridad para tu WordPress. Certificados SSL Gratis. Entra ahora y prueba 45 días sin riesgo.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to automattic.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Automattic uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Automattic is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

CMS
Marketing automation
  • HubSpot TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.automattic.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:m…
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.automattic.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:m…
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress.com)
Video
Email delivery
  • SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.automattic.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:m…
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=HLvi8VknRfLwuOZ7TmiaKM8GgOgai45SxxeWZdd…
  • Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: XECAgs1qhOf9tfH5snpZFPxF4nDR6Jmy58IraJfFVo0

Stack changes

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Automattic adds or drops shows up here.

SimilarSiteSearch

Competitors by meaning, stacks from the source. Data from public homepages and DNS.

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