Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Business Insider

The 20 closest business news alternatives to Business Insider, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 18 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Business Insider? The closest matches are International Business Times, Computerworld and TechCrunch. 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 Business Insider

Business Insider businessinsider.com

Business Insider - Latest News in Tech, Markets, Economy & Innovation

Business Insider tells the global tech, finance, stock market, media, economy, lifestyle, real estate, AI and innovative stories you want to know.

Wikidata: financial and business news website

Top 1K · #482 English 18 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

Online news publication covering business, technology, financial markets, the economy, careers and lifestyle, with international editions. Owned by Axel Springer.

Who it’s for
Business professionals, investors and general news readers
Business model
Advertising and subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Business Insider’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

The IndependentThe VergeReutersCNBCThe Daily BeastTheStreetForbesTechCrunchComputerworldInternational Business Times

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Business Insider

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    International Business Times ibtimes.com Top 10K English

    International Business Times - Business News, Financial news

    International Business Times is the leading provider of business news and financial news from the US and around the world.

  2. 02
    Computerworld computerworld.com Top 10K English

    Computerworld

    Computerworld covers a range of technology topics, with a focus on these core areas of IT: generative AI, Windows, mobile, Apple/enterprise, office suites, productivity software, and collaboration software, as well as relevant information about companies such as Microsoft, Apple, OpenAI and Google.

  3. 03
    TechCrunch techcrunch.com Top 1K English

    TechCrunch | Startup and Technology News

    TechCrunch | Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley

  4. 04
    Forbes forbes.com Top 1K English

    forbes.com

    American business magazine

  5. 05
    TheStreet thestreet.com Top 10K English

    thestreet.com

    US financial news and financial literacy website

  6. 06
    Handelsblatt handelsblatt.com Top 10K German

    Handelsblatt - Nachrichten aus Finanzen, Wirtschaft und Politik

    Auf Handelsblatt lesen Sie News über Unternehmen, Finanzen, Politik und Technik. ➤ Die Nr. 1 der Finanz- & Wirtschaftszeitungen. ➤ Substanz entscheidet.

  7. 07
    The Daily Beast thedailybeast.com Top 10K

    American news publication

  8. 08
    CNBC cnbc.com Top 1K English

    International Business, World News & Global Stock Market Analysis

    CNBC International is the world leader for news on business, technology, China, trade, oil prices, the Middle East and markets.

  9. 09
    Reuters reuters.com Top 1K

    international news agency

  10. 10
    The Verge theverge.com Top 1K English

    The Verge

    The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.

  11. 11
    The Motley Fool fool.com Top 10K English

    Stock Market News & Investing Research | The Motley Fool

    The Motley Fool has been providing investing insights and personal finance to millions of people for over 25 years. Learn how we make the world Smarter, Happier & Richer.

  12. 12
    The Independent independent.co.uk Top 1K English

    News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news

    The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.

  13. 13
    The Wall Street Journal wsj.com Top 1K

    American business-focused daily newspaper

  14. 14
    The Register theregister.com Top 10K English

    Technology news and analysis | The Register

    All the latest news for enterprise technology decision-makers and IT pros | The Register

  15. 15
    MIT Technology Review technologyreview.com Top 10K English

    MIT Technology Review

    Emerging technology news & insights | AI, Climate Change, BioTech, and more

  16. 16
    Cointelegraph cointelegraph.com Top 10K English

    Cointelegraph Bitcoin & Ethereum Blockchain News

    The most recent news about crypto industry at Cointelegraph. Latest news about bitcoin, ethereum, blockchain, mining, cryptocurrency prices and more

  17. 17
    How-To Geek howtogeek.com Top 10K English

    How-To Geek - We Explain Technology

    We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.

  18. 18
    Adweek adweek.com Top 10K English

    ADWEEK

    Breaking News in Advertising, Media and Technology

  19. 19
    Gizmodo gizmodo.com Top 10K English

    Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

    Dive into cutting-edge tech, reviews and the latest trends with the expert team at Gizmodo. Your ultimate source for all things tech.

  20. 20
    El Economista eleconomista.es Top 10K

    Spanish newspaper

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

Analytics
  • Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
Tag managers
Advertising
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:_spf.…
Cookie consent
CDN
  • Fastly header x-served-by: cache-iad-khef600040-IAD, cache-iad-khef600070-IAD, cache-b…
Email hosting
DNS hosting
  • NS1 NS dns2.p03.nsone.net
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=G59n_HIhMNvtkyEDlx0g1LdxhRL8neVCOkZ-NcIa0cQ
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=EnHue3UwYSfo4DXgk/Bvg3WcQ2JVjyt6zf38Dox…
  • Canva TXT canva-site-verification=yOD8mjIYFWLM6qJQW-rwgg
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=O81xyb7YxpdGeHWkniit_VBT4vTXz9__NFrNM…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=E4A9jU1go8SQoOYqjwybQIyUhIqPRDUF2Fu5nYC77oM
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=jz79wu26i92i5zpxpqra4s1p1ois9j
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-jTz4KfMtiA6SiWiVpka2QDFr
  • Salesforce TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:_spf.…
  • Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=p1y98UQQ7JwUhAuHWXgLsJqM1VDqn56eErx227bu
  • Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_BiuNcpuc03G4NjRCC8crLr

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