Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Chron
The 20 closest local news website alternatives to Chron, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 16 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Chron? The closest matches are Dallas News, Patch and TheStreet. 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
- 12 ms
01 · Entity
About Chron
Chron chron.com
Chron: Texas News, Weather, Food, Culture, Sports, College
Chron, a trusted Texas news source since 2012, delivers the latest weather, culture, food and sports news about Houston, the Gulf Coast, North Texas and beyond.
Wikidata: news website based in Houston, Texas
Summary by Claude
Free, ad-supported news website covering Houston and Texas news, weather, food, culture, sports and politics, owned by Hearst Newspapers and separate from the Houston Chronicle newsroom.
- Who it’s for
- Houston and Texas readers
- Business model
- Advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Chron’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 Chron
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Chron, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Dallas News | Breaking News for DFW, Texas, World
Find breaking news, investigations, reviews and opinion on business, sports, arts, entertainment, food, real estate, crime and more at dallasnews.com.
Very close cos 0.909 - 02
Patch - Everything Local: Breaking News, Events, Discussions
The best breaking news, stories, and events from the Patch network of local news sites
Very close cos 0.906 - 03
thestreet.com
US financial news and financial literacy website
Very close cos 0.901 - 04
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.
Very close cos 0.897 - 05
Boston.com: Local breaking news, sports, weather, and things to do
What Boston cares about right now: Get breaking updates on news, sports, and weather. Local alerts, things to do, and more on Boston.com.
Very close cos 0.897 - 06
Bleacher Report | Sports. Highlights. News. Now.
Fan easier, fan faster and fan better with Bleacher Report. Keep up with the latest storylines, expert analysis, highlights and scores for all your favorite sports.
Very close cos 0.900 - 07
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.898 - 08
Vox
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.
Very close cos 0.898 - 09
Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos
Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo!
Very close cos 0.895 - 10
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news
Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.
Very close cos 0.897 - 11
TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates
Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.
Very close cos 0.897 - 12
Latest World & National News & Headlines - USATODAY.com
USA TODAY delivers current national and local news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, and videos.
Very close cos 0.896 - 13
Medical and health information | MedicalNewsToday
Medical news and health news headlines posted throughout the day, every day
Very close cos 0.895 - 14
CBS Sports | News, live scores, schedules, Fantasy, and more
CBS Sports delivers today's top sports news, live scoring, stats and player info for NFL, NBA, MLB and more of your favorite leagues.
Very close cos 0.895 - 15
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.
Very close cos 0.895 - 16
Newsweek - Latest Breaking News, US, World, Politics, Business, Tech and Videos.
Newsweek provides in-depth analysis on news, world events, politics, business, tech, entertainment, healthcare, & trending videos. Subscribe for breaking news alerts!
Very close cos 0.895 - 17
Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.
News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.
Very close cos 0.894 - 18
heise online – IT news, guides and background information | heise online
News and forums on computers, IT, science, media and politics. Price comparison of hardware and software as well as downloads at Heise Medien.
Close cos 0.892 - 19
CBS News | Breaking News, Top Stories & Exclusive Coverage
Stay informed on today's latest breaking news and exclusive scoops from CBS News. Follow current events in the U.S. and around the world, along with trending stories in politics, health and more key topics.
Close cos 0.892 - 20
Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN
View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.
Close cos 0.891
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to chron.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Chron uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Chron is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- Taboola page source: cdn.taboola.com
- Monitoring
- New Relic page source: NREUM
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-ber1080036-BER, cache-ber1080030-BER
- Web servers
- Apache HTTP Server header server: Apache/2.4.65 (Unix)
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX chron-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
- Email delivery
- Mailgun TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com ip4:52.6.112.187 ip4:40.121…
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=3ebb0754e0941b0fd3e9cfe346802f5b6321a2a9b…
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=FpL/aWW65m3p2lAjgu9uaxMnORyl2KLKjkSbpFU…
- Bing Webmaster Tools meta msvalidate.01: 9451CA04ABC9D1D5C6419C73B4C4F7B7
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=Iiihy-iv_vLdlIMtHvh-aCdqO2T53oCoknhW4…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=bXQzLawUcr2NB_HDsMFsxU1cV--kiYYdJn-HJeVvtv4
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=dvj23ngdiqij56l9mbzqims48rzkh1
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-x0a9Xxj4lFPLIFU1DqqKMO7R
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Chron adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Meta Business Suite 16/20
- GlobalSign 13/20
- Google Workspace · not on chron.com 13/20
- Google Ad Manager 11/20
- Microsoft 365 11/20
- Fastly 10/20
- Next.js 10/20
- React 10/20
- OpenAI 9/20
- Apple Business · not on chron.com 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on chron.com 8/20
- Adobe 7/20
- Atlassian 7/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on chron.com 7/20
- OneTrust · not on chron.com 7/20