Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Brown University
The 20 closest Higher education alternatives to Brown University, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 18 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Brown University? The closest matches are BYU, Yale University and Boston University. 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 Brown University
Brown University brown.edu
Brown University
Brown is a leading research university, home to world-renowned faculty and also an innovative educational institution where the curiosity, creativity and intellectual joy of students drives academic excellence.
Wikidata: private university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Summary by Claude
Official website of Brown University, a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, offering undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs and publishing university news and research.
- Who it’s for
- Prospective and current students, faculty, alumni, researchers
- Business model
- Tuition, endowment and research grants
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Brown University’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 Brown University
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Brown University, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Home - BYU
The official website of Brigham Young University | Provo, UT
Very close cos 0.900 - 02
Yale University
Since its founding in 1701, Yale University has been dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge, inspiring innovation, and preserving cultural and scientific information for future generations.
Very close cos 0.901 - 03
Homepage | Boston University
Boston University is a leading private research institution with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the world.
Very close cos 0.895 - 04
Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
Very close cos 0.895 - 05
Northwestern University
Northwestern is one of the country’s leading private research and teaching universities, located in Evanston, IL. Our highly collaborative environment provides our diverse students and faculty with exceptional opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Very close cos 0.895 - 06
University of Pennsylvania
As America’s first university, Penn has a history that dates back to 1740 and shares many ties with the colonial city of Philadelphia and the birth of our nation.
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Dartmouth
One of the world's greatest academic institutions and a member of the Ivy League, Dartmouth has been educating leaders since 1769. Our undergraduate and graduate programs are distinguished by academic excellence, personal attention from top faculty, opportunities to participate in research, and a close-knit community.
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private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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New York University
There's nothing like a crisp autumn day in New York to put a spring in your step, and at all of NYU's campuses and global sites, the fall presents an opportunity for renewed focus. That's something we're leaning into as a community through the NYU IRL initiative, which challenges us all to reclaim our time and attention so we can concentrate on what matters most. What will we notice when we look up from our devices? Here's to less checking and more connecting, to less following and more wandering.
Close cos 0.888 - 10
The University of Iowa
Join a global community of renowned artists, pioneering scientists, and faculty dedicated to student success at the University of Iowa.
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private university in New York City, New York, US
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Cornell University
Cornell University is a private research university that provides an exceptional education for undergraduates and graduate and professional students. Cornell's colleges and schools encompass more than 100 fields of study, with locations in Ithaca, New York, New York City and Doha, Qatar.
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Rice University
Rice University is a comprehensive research university in Houston, Texas. Rice produces Houston’s next generation of leaders and advances tomorrow’s thinking.
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Home | WashU
At WashU, we’re connecting learners, thinkers, leaders and doers who inspire each other to ask big questions and find real solutions — together.
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Welcome - Iowa State University
Iowa State University — where innovation is in the making. Experience hands-on learning, cutting-edge research, and endless opportunities for your future.
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University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame is a private research university inspired by its Catholic character to be a powerful force for good in the world.
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Purdue University
Purdue University is a world-renowned, public research university that advances discoveries in science, technology, engineering and math.
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Vanderbilt University
Quick Guide Prospective Undergrads Prospective Grad & Professional Current Students Faculty & Staff Job Seekers Alumni & Friends Undergraduate Admissions Financial Aid & Scholarships Academics Find Your Major Schools & Colleges Student Life Plan a Visit Undergraduate Research Athletics - Anchor
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University of Warwick - Study at a top 10 UK University
Discover study and research excellence at University of Warwick, a leading UK university with top-ranked courses, facilities, and global opportunities.
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University of Leeds
The University of Leeds is a large UK higher education institution and part of the Russell Group of leading universities.
Close cos 0.876
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to brown.edu’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Brown University uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Brown University is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- Drupal header x-generator: Drupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org)
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://www.brown.edu/core/assets/vendor/jquery/jquery.min.js?v=4.0.0
- Fonts
- Adobe Fonts asset https://use.typekit.net/lok3dnd.css
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a56316ba9e53dea4-HAM
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-chi-kmdw8640067-CHI, cache-ber1080052-BER, cache-ber1…
- Hosting
- Pantheon header x-pantheon-styx-hostname: styx-us-a-684cbff7d7-x4h52
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by Drupal (header x-generator: Drupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org))
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms84006939
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 ip4:128.148.0.0/16 ip4:209.235.66.235/32 ip4:74.122.104.0/22 i…
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=efe663bf-6c33-4611-9859-7439ff1a0e01
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=crYG7A4bhGpvwTzq
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=Hs1rCYbV9DaUuZH78ks2h7V68IDvaPFkmvb6vrx…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=084c221f-92f9-4237-beb8-c25279422ee0
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=QCn0OSvWRvD7YeRHGZTwnSkQh0SDA5CKP4bck29jzO8
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=hhq8qum3rrjsi7ukp7pp1lr8clnx88
- Miro TXT miro-verification=72ea693488717c97da4e2a48c89fdfee7e673b54
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What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Atlassian 19/20
- Microsoft 365 19/20
- Google Tag Manager 15/20
- Apple Business 14/20
- OpenAI · not on brown.edu 14/20
- Adobe 13/20
- Brevo · not on brown.edu 11/20
- DocuSign 11/20
- PHP 11/20
- jQuery 10/20
- Meta Business Suite 9/20
- nginx · not on brown.edu 7/20
- Google Analytics · not on brown.edu 6/20
- Drupal 6/20
- Font Awesome · not on brown.edu 6/20