Alternatives and competitors
Sites like BYU
The 20 closest higher education alternatives to BYU, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 13 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to BYU? The closest matches are Brown University, University of Iowa and UChicago. 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
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 7 ms
01 · Entity
About BYU
Summary by Claude
Official website of Brigham Young University, a private research university in Provo, Utah, owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs, admissions information, athletics, events and campus news.
- Who it’s for
- Prospective and current students, faculty, alumni
- Business model
- Tuition and church funding
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to BYU’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 BYU
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to BYU, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
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.
Very close cos 0.900 - 02
The University of Iowa
Join a global community of renowned artists, pioneering scientists, and faculty dedicated to student success at the University of Iowa.
Very close cos 0.897 - 03
UChicago - Error 403
private university in Chicago, Illinois
Close cos 0.893 - 04
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 0.892 - 05 Close cos 0.890
- 06
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.
Close cos 0.887 - 07
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.
Close cos 0.889 - 08
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.
Close cos 0.887 - 09
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.
Close cos 0.886 - 10
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.
Close cos 0.886 - 11
Duke University - Fueled by creativity, informed by scholarship
Fueled by creativity, informed by scholarship
Close cos 0.884 - 12
Welcome to the University at Buffalo - University at Buffalo
Explore New York's flagship. The University at Buffalo, the top public university in the state, combines superior academics with true affordability.
Close cos 0.884 - 13
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.
Close cos 0.883 - 14
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.
Close cos 0.884 - 15
private university in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Close cos 0.883 - 16
public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Close cos 0.882 - 17
The University of Queensland
UQ ranks among the world's top 50 universities, delivering knowledge leadership and connecting with partners and communities for a better world.
Close cos 0.883 - 18
University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ
The University of Arizona: Recognized for outstanding academics, and a student-first outlook filled with wonder. Interested in becoming a Wildcat?
Close cos 0.881 - 19
Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
Close cos 0.881 - 20
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Discover a service-oriented, globally-connected Christian church that is led by a prophet of God and seeks to follow Jesus Christ and His restored gospel.
Close cos 0.878
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to byu.edu’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones BYU uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What BYU is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Cookie consent
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: Qgk53FFwR5C4XrD4xLjQAoJ-a5s7xZL_ipjVvHyUUzVM-mZ5xWfFAg==
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX byu-edu.mail.protection.outlook.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_SPF_campus.byu.edu include:spf.protection.outlook.com…
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-sign-verification=d96a5bf1dd068d6c8e000701b91a0e4d
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=8zoFQifLRHAQudx9
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=hYvT8QCs1bn5HDKsX2RRR6lriobxusFJKIxA97e…
- GlobalSign TXT globalsign-domain-verification=2A8AEBCF963BB538FFD5D388B0670FEA
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=8zGJEsovwgTD1bwv1Swbmp477V1knuZM_33hsTDE6AI
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=nwpifn63vpc9b3pc2rfy5s1rc4ek1b
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what BYU adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Atlassian 19/20
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Microsoft 365 18/20
- Adobe 14/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on byu.edu 14/20
- PHP · not on byu.edu 11/20
- Apple Business 10/20
- Brevo · not on byu.edu 10/20
- jQuery · not on byu.edu 8/20
- Meta Business Suite 8/20
- nginx · not on byu.edu 8/20
- OpenAI · not on byu.edu 8/20
- DocuSign · not on byu.edu 7/20
- Drupal · not on byu.edu 6/20
- Fastly · not on byu.edu 5/20
- Google Workspace · not on byu.edu 5/20