Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Boston.com
The 20 closest local news website alternatives to Boston.com, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 28 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Boston.com? The closest matches are Boston Globe, NBC News and Actu. 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 Boston.com
Boston.com boston.com
Boston.com: Local breaking news, sports, weather, and things to do
What Boston cares about right now: Get breaking updates on news, sports, and weather. Local alerts, things to do, and more on Boston.com.
Wikidata: news and information website
Summary by Claude
Regional news website covering Boston and Massachusetts with local breaking news, sports, weather, politics, business, food and entertainment, owned by Boston Globe Media Partners.
- Who it’s for
- Boston-area residents and readers
- Business model
- Advertising and subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Boston.com’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
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Boston.com
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Boston.com, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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The Boston Globe | New England news, weather and sports
New England’s largest news organization delivering trusted news, analysis, and insight for more than 150 years. Become a Globe subscriber today.
Very close cos 0.940 - 02
NBC News - Breaking Headlines and Video Reports on World, U.S. and Local Angles | NBC News
Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture.
Very close cos 0.924 - 03
CBS News | Breaking News, Top Stories & Exclusive Coverage
Stay informed on today's latest breaking news and exclusive scoops from CBS News. Follow current events in the U.S. and around the world, along with trending stories in politics, health and more key topics.
Very close cos 0.915 - 04
Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for Canada
Globalnews.ca – Watch and read Canada’s Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World News
Very close cos 0.914 - 05
Patch - Everything Local: Breaking News, Events, Discussions
The best breaking news, stories, and events from the Patch network of local news sites
Very close cos 0.911 - 06
Newsweek - Latest Breaking News, US, World, Politics, Business, Tech and Videos.
Newsweek provides in-depth analysis on news, world events, politics, business, tech, entertainment, healthcare, & trending videos. Subscribe for breaking news alerts!
Very close cos 0.913 - 07
BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio
Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more
Very close cos 0.911 - 08
CBS Sports | News, live scores, schedules, Fantasy, and more
CBS Sports delivers today's top sports news, live scoring, stats and player info for NFL, NBA, MLB and more of your favorite leagues.
Very close cos 0.912 - 09
Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN
View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.
Very close cos 0.911 - 10
SFGATE: San Francisco Bay Area News, Sports, Culture, Travel, Food, California Parks
Today's San Francisco Bay Area news, plus the latest in sports, weather, food, politics, culture, tech, Tahoe and national parks.
Very close cos 0.907 - 11
Bleacher Report | Sports. Highlights. News. Now.
Fan easier, fan faster and fan better with Bleacher Report. Keep up with the latest storylines, expert analysis, highlights and scores for all your favorite sports.
Very close cos 0.910 - 12
News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news
The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Very close cos 0.909 - 13
Fox News - Breaking News Updates | Latest News Headlines | Photos & News Videos
Breaking News, Latest News and Current News from FOXNews.com. Breaking news and video. Latest Current News: U.S., World, Entertainment, Health, Business, Technology, Politics, Sports.
Very close cos 0.908 - 14
rnd.de
German news organization
Very close cos 0.906 - 15
TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates
Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.
Very close cos 0.908 - 16
nine.com.au -- the new ninemsn - News, Sport, TV, Entertainment, Lifestyle | Latest Breaking News Headlines from Australia and the world
Meet the new nine.com.au. Get the latest news, sport, TV, travel, fashion, fitness, recipes, celebrity news and exclusive content, all for free at nine.com.au, the home of Nine
Very close cos 0.905 - 17
ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Your trusted source for breaking news, analysis, exclusive interviews, headlines, and videos at ABCNews.com
Very close cos 0.905 - 18
Deadline – Hollywood Entertainment Breaking News
Deadline.com is always the first to break up-to-the-minute entertainment, Hollywood and media news, with an unfiltered, no-holds-barred analysis of events.
Very close cos 0.906 - 19
American journalism company and news website
Very close cos 0.905 - 20
Vox
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.
Very close cos 0.904
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to boston.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Boston.com uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Boston.com is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress page source: /wp-content/
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://bdc2020.o0bc.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1
- Fonts
- Adobe Fonts asset https://use.typekit.net/
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Source+Serif+Pro:ital,wght@0,400;0,600;0,700;1,4…
- Analytics
- Adobe Analytics page source: AppMeasurement.js
- Chartbeat page source: static.chartbeat.com
- Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: googletag.pubads()
- Meta Pixel page source: connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js
- Outbrain page source: widgets.outbrain.com
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 a mx ip4:198.115.64.0/24 ip4:198.115.68.0/22 ip4:198.115.72.0/…
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 a mx ip4:198.115.64.0/24 ip4:198.115.68.0/22 ip4:198.115.72.0/…
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
- Monitoring
- New Relic page source: NREUM
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a563188f1d02e96b-HAM
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-bos-kbos510039-BOS, cache-ber1080052-BER
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-content/)
- Video
- YouTube embeds page source: youtube.com/embed/
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX smtp.google.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 a mx ip4:198.115.64.0/24 ip4:198.115.68.0/22 ip4:198.115.72.0/…
- Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 a mx ip4:198.115.64.0/24 ip4:198.115.68.0/22 ip4:198.115.72.0/…
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS teagan.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=vNoVoPJnYrmYhugpzEFYEUUdqZCayYg/xomfDHK…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=360b3dec-f114-49bd-8ceb-549461a83274
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=xD2Xrm6RMwMJjYQgka9_JIGNgIkA2KVGMdm55…
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: Mvps2Iz3RkrsYB4SIGbGhtQQFSU7Ppzbq8oxq1Ij63k
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=tqycbx2xeq2vpox6fee18a2is4b7m7
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Boston.com adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on boston.com 16/20
- Meta Business Suite 15/20
- Atlassian 12/20
- GlobalSign 11/20
- Google Ad Manager 11/20
- Fastly 11/20
- Adobe · not on boston.com 11/20
- React · not on boston.com 10/20
- Google Workspace 9/20
- Apple Business · not on boston.com 8/20
- Next.js · not on boston.com 8/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on boston.com 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on boston.com 8/20
- OneTrust 7/20
- OpenAI · not on boston.com 7/20