Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Microsoft

The 20 closest cloud computing alternatives to Microsoft, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 8 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Microsoft? The closest matches are Rackspace Technology, Linode and Cloudinary. 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.

Neighbours
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Sites searched
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Query
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01 · Entity

About Microsoft

Microsoft azure.com

Cloud Computing Services | Microsoft Azure

Invent with purpose, realize cost savings, and make your organization more efficient with Microsoft Azure’s open and flexible cloud computing platform.

Top 100 · #18 English 8 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

Microsoft Azure is a public cloud computing platform offering virtual machines, containers, databases, storage, networking, analytics, security and AI services for building, hosting and migrating applications.

Who it’s for
Developers, IT teams and enterprises
Business model
Usage-based cloud service fees

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Microsoft’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

ClaranetOVHcloudMicrosoft BingZendeskScalewayNew Relicmonday.comCloudinaryLinodeRackspace Technology

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Microsoft

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    Rackspace Technology rackspace.com Top 10K English

    Rackspace Technology | Where Enterprise AI runs and outcomes scale

    As a cloud computing services pioneer, we deliver proven multicloud solutions across your apps, data, and security. Maximize the benefits of modern cloud.

  2. 02
    Linode linode.com Top 1K English

    The World's Most Distributed Cloud Computing Platform | Akamai

    Build and deliver low-latency, edge native applications on Akamai Connected Cloud.

  3. 03
    Cloudinary cloudinary.com Top 1K English

    Image and Video Platform for Visual Experiences | Cloudinary

    Streamline media management and improve user experience by automatically delivering images and videos, enhanced and optimized for every user.

  4. 04
    monday.com Top 10K English

    The AI Workspace for People & Agents | monday.com

    Get more work done with AI agents that work side by side with your people. Execute, manage, and operate together on one AI Workspace to drive business results.

  5. 05
    New Relic newrelic.com Top 1K English

    AI-powered Observability

    New Relic is an AI-powered observability platform that correlates your telemetry across your entire stack, so you can isolate the root cause and reduce MTTR.

  6. 06
    Scaleway scaleway.com English

    European Cloud & AI. | Scaleway

    Build on a secure, transparent, and fast-moving cloud & AI platform built for what’s next.

  7. 07
    Zendesk zendesk.com Top 1K German

    KI-gestützte Serviceplattform | Zendesk

    Mehr als Ticketvermeidung: KI-Agenten lösen Anfragen durchgängig. Verbessern Sie Servicequalität, Geschwindigkeit und Skalierung. Jetzt kostenlos testen.

  8. 08
    Microsoft Bing bing.com Top 100 English

    Search - Microsoft Bing

    Search with Microsoft Bing and use the power of AI to find information, explore webpages, images, videos, maps, and more. A smart search engine for the forever curious.

  9. 09
    OVHcloud ovhcloud.com Top 10K English

    OVHcloud

    OVHcloud is a global, cloud provider delivering hosted private cloud, public cloud, and dedicated server solutions trusted by over 1.5 million developers.

  10. 10
    Claranet clara.net Top 10K English

    Cloud, Cybersecurity, Managed Networks, and Communications Services | Claranet

    Modernise and protect your organisation with our expert approach and global leadership in transformation and technology.

  11. 11
    Zoom zoom.com Top 1K English

    One platform to connect | Zoom

    Modernize workflows with Zoom's trusted collaboration tools: including video meetings, Zoom Chat, VoIP phone, webinars, whiteboard, contact center, and events.

  12. 12
    cloud.microsoft Top 100 English

    Microsoft 365 - Sign into Copilot

    Microsoft 365 includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive, with Microsoft Copilot built in to help you create, communicate, and summarize information. Formerly Office 365.

  13. 13
    Alibaba Cloud aliyun.com Top 1K English

    Alibaba Cloud: Reliable Secure Cloud Solutions to Empower Your Global Business

    Alibaba Cloud offers a integrated suite of cloud products and services that are reliable and secure, to help you build cloud infrastructure, data centers in multi regions empower your global business. Try for Free.

  14. 14
    DigitalOcean digitalocean.com Top 1K English

    AI-Native Cloud | DigitalOcean

    Run AI products in production with a unified stack for agents, inference, and cloud—built for control, performance, and economics at scale.

  15. 15
    Zoho zoho.com Top 1K German

    Zoho | Cloud-Software-Suite für Unternehmen

    Eine einzigartige und leistungsstarke Software-Suite, die Ihre Arbeitsweise verändert. Entwickelt für Unternehmen jeder Größe; von einem Unternehmen gebaut, das Ihre Privatsphäre schätzt.

  16. 16
    Xero xero.com Top 10K English

    Accounting Software for Small Businesses | Xero

    Xero software for small businesses connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today.

  17. 17
    datadoghq.com Top 1K English

    Cloud Monitoring as a Service | Datadog

    See inside any stack, any app, at any scale, anywhere.

  18. 18

    Web App - Unavailable

    subscription to a range of office software products from Microsoft

  19. 19
    Fly.io fly.io English

    Fly.io | Deploy apps and agents on fast, hardware-isolated VMs

    Deploy apps, agents, and databases on fast, hardware-isolated VMs. Pay only for the seconds they run. Sign up free.

  20. 20
    Snowflake snowflake.com Top 10K English

    Snowflake AI Data Cloud

    Snowflake powers AI, data engineering, applications, and analytics on a trusted, scalable AI Data Cloud—eliminating silos and accelerating innovation.

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

CMS
CDN
  • Akamai header x-akamai-transformed: 9 - 0 pmb=mRUM,2
  • Azure Front Door header x-azure-ref: 20261106T091044Z-17db9fdbcd79w2wkhC1AMS6q9w00000004qg000000…
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • SparkPost TXT v=spf1 include:sparkpostmail.com ~all
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

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