Alternatives and competitors
Sites like University of Cambridge
The 20 closest higher education alternatives to University of Cambridge, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 14 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to University of Cambridge? The closest matches are University of Oxford, University College London and University of Edinburgh. 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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- Sites searched
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01 · Entity
About University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge cam.ac.uk
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is one of the world’s leading universities, with a rich history of radical thinking dating back to 1209.
Wikidata: collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary by Claude
Official website of the University of Cambridge, a collegiate public research university in England, providing information on undergraduate and postgraduate admissions, courses, research, news, events and the university's colleges.
- Who it’s for
- Prospective students, current students, researchers, staff and alumni
- Business model
- Tuition fees, research funding and endowment
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to University of Cambridge’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 University of Cambridge
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to University of Cambridge, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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collegiate research university in Oxford, England
Very close cos 0.935 - 02
public research university in London, England, United Kingdom
Very close cos 0.928 - 03
The University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, influencing the world since 1583. We are one of the UK's top-rated research universities. Located in Scotland's capital city, one of the liveliest and most beautiful cities in the world.
Very close cos 0.919 - 04
University of California, Berkeley: Home
UC Berkeley pushes the boundaries of knowledge, challenges convention and expands opportunity to create the leaders of tomorrow.
Very close cos 0.919 - 05
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university, is a global higher education leader known for innovative teaching, research and public service. A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, Carolina regularly ranks as the best value for academic quality in U.S. public higher education.
Very close cos 0.916 - 06
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.
Very close cos 0.913 - 07
King's College London
King's is ranked in the top 10 universities in the UK (QS World Rankings 2021) and based in the heart of London. With nine faculties, institutes and schools of study and five Medical Research Council centres, King's offers world-class teaching and research.
Very close cos 0.913 - 08
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The University of Toronto - Error 403
Very close cos 0.913 - 09
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 0.911 - 10
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public research university in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Universiteit van Amsterdam
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Very close cos 0.910 - 12
Home - University of Victoria
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
Very close cos 0.910 - 13
The University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is the UK’s largest single-site university and a Russell Group member, known for research excellence and a diverse student community.
Very close cos 0.909 - 14
The University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world.
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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.
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Home | UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara is a leading center for teaching and research located on the California coast - truly a learning and living environment like no other!
Very close cos 0.908 - 17
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a world-leading university for science, technology, engineering, medicine and business (STEMB). Across our London campuses, and throughout our international network, we use science to tackle global challenges.
Very close cos 0.904 - 18
UW Homepage – University of Washington
public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States
Very close cos 0.904 - 19
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public research university in Hong Kong established in 1911
Very close cos 0.904 - 20
A World Leader in Education and Research Excellence | UCLA
UCLA advances knowledge, addresses pressing societal needs and creates a university enriched by diverse perspectives where all individuals can flourish.
Very close cos 0.906
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to cam.ac.uk’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones University of Cambridge uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What University of Cambridge 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 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
- CSS & UI
- Font Awesome asset https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v6.4.0/js/all.js
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:300,400,700&display=swap
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-
- Monitoring
- New Relic page source: NREUM
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-ams-eham8680069-AMS, cache-ber1080044-BER, cache-ber1…
- Hosting
- Pantheon header x-pantheon-styx-hostname: styx-eu-a-5f44c64967-9mdr9
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by Drupal (header x-generator: Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org))
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.cam.ac.uk include:spf.protection.outlook.com incl…
- Microsoft 365 MX cam-ac-uk.mail.protection.outlook.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=S5SLTUt0OLAN9mxNzSRE7Cwjz4YOzlAVb87kMqk…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=vob_qUOVAbGehTQ74k1vnA1XCWJB2CSWwsP9fNdwALU
- Miro TXT miro-verification=a1052e0584a21e3d2792bce42f69dc21def357fc
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what University of Cambridge adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Microsoft 365 17/20
- Atlassian 17/20
- Google Tag Manager 14/20
- PHP 10/20
- Adobe · not on cam.ac.uk 9/20
- Brevo · not on cam.ac.uk 9/20
- jQuery · not on cam.ac.uk 9/20
- DocuSign · not on cam.ac.uk 8/20
- GlobalSign · not on cam.ac.uk 7/20
- OpenAI · not on cam.ac.uk 5/20
- Apple Business · not on cam.ac.uk 5/20
- Fastly 5/20
- Zoom · not on cam.ac.uk 5/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on cam.ac.uk 5/20
- Apache HTTP Server · not on cam.ac.uk 5/20