Alternatives and competitors

Sites like University of California, Berkeley

The 20 closest higher education alternatives to University of California, Berkeley, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 19 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to University of California, Berkeley? The closest matches are UCLA, University of California, Santa Barbara and UC Davis. 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 University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley berkeley.edu

University of California, Berkeley: Home

UC Berkeley pushes the boundaries of knowledge, challenges convention and expands opportunity to create the leaders of tomorrow.

Wikidata: public university in Berkeley, California, USA

Top 1K · #633 English 19 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit University of California, Berkeley

Summary by Claude

Official website of the University of California, Berkeley, a public research university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs, research, admissions and financial aid information, and campus news.

Who it’s for
Prospective and current students, faculty, researchers
Business model
Tuition, state funding, research grants

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to University of California, Berkeley’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

University of VictoriaStanford UniversityUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of CambridgeUniversity of California, RiversideUniversity of California, IrvineUC DavisUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUCLA

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to University of California, Berkeley

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to University of California, Berkeley, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    UCLA ucla.edu Top 10K English

    A World Leader in Education and Research Excellence | UCLA

    UCLA advances knowledge, addresses pressing societal needs and creates a university enriched by diverse perspectives where all individuals can flourish.

  2. 02

    Home | UC Santa Barbara

    UC Santa Barbara is a leading center for teaching and research located on the California coast - truly a learning and living environment like no other!

  3. 03
    UC Davis ucdavis.edu Top 10K English

    University of California, Davis | UC Davis | UC Davis

    public university in the Davis, California area; part of the University of California system

  4. 04

    public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California

  5. 05
    University of California, Santa Cruz ucsc.edu Top 10K English

    public University of California campus in Santa Cruz

  6. 06
    University of California, Irvine uci.edu Top 10K English

    UC Irvine

    Homepage for the University of California, Irvine

  7. 07
    University of California, Riverside ucr.edu Top 10K English

    UC Riverside / University of California, Riverside

    UC Riverside is the nation’s leader for social mobility with a diverse & inclusive community pioneering research with impacts around the globe.

  8. 08
    University of Cambridge cam.ac.uk Top 10K English

    University of Cambridge

    The University of Cambridge is one of the world’s leading universities, with a rich history of radical thinking dating back to 1209.

  9. 09
    University of Southern California usc.edu Top 10K English

    University of Southern California

    USC is one of the world's leading research universities. At USC, the human spirit is cultivated through learning, research and creativity.

  10. 10
    University of Colorado Boulder colorado.edu Top 10K English

    Home | University of Colorado Boulder

    Colorado’s leading public research university, transforming lives since 1876.

  11. 11
    University of California, San Diego ucsd.edu Top 10K English

    University of California San Diego

    The University California San Diego is one of the world's leading public research universities, located in beautiful La Jolla, California

  12. 12
    University of British Columbia ubc.ca Top 10K English

    The University of British Columbia

    The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world.

  13. 13
    Stanford University stanford.edu Top 1K English

    Stanford University

    At Stanford, a spirit of optimism and possibility energizes our mission of discovery and learning. Here you’ll find a place of intellectual expansiveness, wide-ranging perspectives, and freedom to explore new lines of thinking. Alive with ideas and innovation, approaching questions with openness and curiosity, pursuing excellence in all we do – this is Stanford.

  14. 14
    University of Maryland umd.edu Top 10K English

    Our Research Changes Lives | University of Maryland

    At UMD, brilliant scholars and scientists come together to spark new ideas, pursue important discoveries, drive innovation and tackle humanity’s grand…

  15. 15
    University of Victoria uvic.ca Top 10K English

    Home - University of Victoria

    Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

  16. 16
    University of Utah utah.edu Top 10K English

    The University of Utah

    Founded in 1850, The University of Utah is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah, and offers over 100 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate degree programs to over 30,000 students. As a preeminent research and teaching institution, the University cultivates an academic environment in which the highest standards of intellectual integrity and scholarship are practiced.

  17. 17
    University College London ucl.ac.uk Top 10K English

    public research university in London, England, United Kingdom

  18. 18
    University of Toronto utoronto.ca Top 10K English

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    California Institute of Technology caltech.edu Top 10K English

    Home - www.caltech.edu

    The California Institute of Technology aims to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education.

  20. 20

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university, is a global higher education leader known for innovative teaching, research and public service. A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, Carolina regularly ranks as the best value for academic quality in U.S. public higher education.

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What University of California, Berkeley is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

CMS
JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://www.berkeley.edu/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1
Fonts
  • Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@300..900&family=Source+Serif+4:ital,o…
Tag managers
Marketing automation
  • Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.berkeley.edu include:_spf2.berkeley.edu include:_…
CDN
Hosting
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-includes/)
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Brevo TXT brevo-code:e1e8345a4a2352cdbd9d6979093f2aec
  • Mailjet TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.berkeley.edu include:_spf2.berkeley.edu include:_…
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=a113c870-3c49-4b4a-b3a4-31e1cf1860cb
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=ZDtApcKYPmKfYxn4
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=RIwGoMGAwFoHKm3AJg0bhFvuzEkRseqI6LStzth…
  • Canva TXT canva-site-verification=HJ933woS6KmNfYtvOaJHZA
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=25bb9bc1-b377-48ce-a907-61472fca6261
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=C4YkQW0t-gtD5FpVWdjxAipEUofVb2p0KmW3xFaUJeA
  • Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_RirbP7N1QWC3Zzm02oL4Cw

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