Alternatives and competitors

Sites like California

The 20 closest state government portal alternatives to California, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 9 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to California? The closest matches are Texas, Utah and Washington. 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
14 ms

01 · Entity

About California

California ca.gov

California State Portal | CA.gov

CA.gov is the official website for the State of California. You can find and access California services, resources, and more.

Wikidata: state of the United States of America

Top 1K · #585 English 9 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit California

Summary by Claude

Official web portal of the State of California, linking residents and businesses to state government services such as DMV and Real ID, birth certificates, tax refunds, business licenses, unemployment, state parks and camping reservations, plus state news and alerts.

Who it’s for
California residents, businesses and visitors
Business model
Government funded

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to California’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

United States Department of StateNew South WalesMissouriwww.gov.ukny.govNew JerseyMarylandusa.govVirginiaUtah

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to California

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    Utah utah.gov Top 10K English

    Home | Utah.gov

    The Official Website of the State of Utah

  2. 02
    Virginia virginia.gov Top 10K English

    Home | Virginia.gov

    The official website of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Learn about Virginia government, contact a state agency, and find the services and resources you need.

  3. 03
    usa.gov Top 10K English

    Making government services easier to find | USAGov

    Find government benefits, services, agencies, and information at USA.gov. Contact elected officials. Learn about passports, Social Security, taxes, and more.

  4. 04
    Maryland maryland.gov Top 10K English

    Maryland.gov

    An official website of the state of Maryland connecting you to benefits, services, businesses, education, and government information.

  5. 05
    Massachusetts mass.gov Top 10K English

    Not allowed | Mass Gov

    state of the United States of America

  6. 06
    ct.gov Top 10K English

    CT.GOV-Connecticut's Official State Website

  7. 07
    pa.gov Top 10K English

    Home | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

    We're the home base of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Explore the services and resources offered by your government.

  8. 08
    New Jersey nj.gov Top 10K English

    The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey

    Home of the Official website of the State of New Jersey.

  9. 09
    ny.gov Top 10K English

    The Official Website of New York State

    The official website of the State of New York. Find information about state government agencies and learn more about our programs and services.

  10. 10
    www.gov.uk Top 1K English

    Welcome to GOV.UK

    GOV.UK - The best place to find government services and information.

  11. 11
    Missouri mo.gov Top 10K English

    Home | MO.gov

    state of the United States of America

  12. 12
    New South Wales nsw.gov.au Top 10K English

    NSW Government

    state of Australia

  13. 13
    United States Department of State state.gov Top 1K English

    Technical Difficulties

    executive department of the U.S. federal government

  14. 14
    Canada canada.ca Top 10K English

    Canada.ca

    The Government of Canada website is a single point of access to all programs, services, departments, ministries and organizations of the Government of Canada.

  15. 15
    SFGATE sfgate.com Top 10K English

    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.

  16. 16
    www.gov.br Top 1K English

    Home — Planalto

    country in South America

  17. 17
    Internal Revenue Service irs.gov Top 10K English

    Internal Revenue Service | An official website of the United States government

    Pay your taxes. Get your refund status. Find IRS forms and answers to tax questions. We help you understand and meet your federal tax responsibilities.

  18. 18
    europa.eu Top 1K English

    Language selection | European Union

    Discover how the EU functions, its principles, priorities; find out about its history and member states; learn about its legal basis and your EU rights.

  19. 19
    Rajasthan rajasthan.gov.in Top 10K English

    Rajasthan State Portal | Government of Rajasthan

    Official Rajasthan State Portal providing information on government departments, schemes, services, tenders, notifications, tourism, festivals, citizen services and important government resources.

  20. 20
    National Park Service nps.gov Top 10K English

    NPS.gov Homepage (U.S. National Park Service)

    The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American people so that all may experience our heritage.

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

Fonts
Analytics
CDN
  • Azure Front Door header x-azure-ref: 20261106T091259Z-r1f5d5b555clj8rwhC1BERvbh40000000zk0000000…
Languages & backends
  • ASP.NET header x-powered-by: ASP.NET
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • GlobalSign TXT globalsign-domain-verification=61295C85139CE4E7A8F740AFB9FA7985
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=kZQX6fsWQ23tQL5UaTX8fi4qJvgFyoCZMaqciFhWQ7k
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=vfdn4y9d67uzhc1fkevfdw6vc8yxmk

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