Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Clever
The 20 closest education identity management alternatives to Clever, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 17 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Clever? The closest matches are ClassLink, Clerk and CleverReach. 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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- k = 20
- Sites searched
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01 · Entity
About Clever
Summary by Claude
Clever provides single sign-on, rostering and identity management for K-12 schools, giving students and teachers one secure login to their educational applications and syncing student data with edtech vendors.
- Who it’s for
- K-12 schools, districts and edtech companies
- Business model
- Fees charged to application partners
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Clever’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 Clever
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Clever, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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ClassLink | Identity & Access Management for Education
ClassLink is a provider of identity and access management products offering instant access to apps and files with SSO, class rostering, account provisioning, and analytics.
Very close cos 0.918 - 02
Clerk | Authentication and User Management
The easiest way to add authentication and user management to your application. Purpose-built for React, Next.js, Remix, and “The Modern Web”.
Close cos 0.893 - 03
CleverReach - Welcome
Close cos 0.882 - 04
Illuminate Education - Addressing the Whole Child
Let’s transform education together. Get answers to your questions to increase student and educator success.
Close cos 0.881 - 05
GoGuardian | Engaging Digital Learning for Schools
GoGuardian empowers K-12 leaders with effective tools to create safe and engaging learning for every student.
Close cos 0.878 - 06 Close cos 0.878
- 07
IXL | Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Spanish
IXL is the world's most popular subscription-based learning site for K–12. Used by over 18 million students, IXL provides personalized learning in more than 20,000 topics, covering math, language arts, science, social studies, and Spanish. Interactive questions, awards, and certificates keep kids motivated as they master skills.
Close cos 0.878 - 08
POS Solutions for Food & Beverage Businesses | Clover
Run your restaurant with Clover’s food & beverage POS solutions. Manage orders, payments, and staff for full-service, quick-service, and specialty dining.
Close cos 0.876 - 09
Linewize
We help schools advance beyond free provision to build safe and smart digital communities that protect and support students in their digital lives.
Close cos 0.874 - 10
Instructure: Leading EdTech for K–12, Higher Ed & Business
Empower learning with Instructure’s LMS and edtech solutions for K–12, higher education, and businesses. Discover Canvas, Impact, and Mastery to drive success.
Close cos 0.872 - 11
Teaching Resources & Lesson Plans | TPT
World’s most popular online marketplace for original educational resources with more than four million resources available for use today.
Close cos 0.873 - 12
Data Collaboration Network for the AI Era | LiveRamp
Connect every signal, platform, and agent to power and prove intelligent marketing with the data collaboration network for the AI era.
Close cos 0.871 - 13
Secure Identity for Employees, Customers, and AI | Okta
The Okta and Auth0 Platforms enable secure access, authentication, and automation — putting identity at the heart of business security and growth.
Close cos 0.871 - 14
Azure WAF
Azure WAF
Close cos 0.873 - 15
Online Curricula and Solutions | Imagine Learning - Imagine Learning
Research-backed K–12 curriculum, assessment, intervention, tutoring, and professional learning solutions designed to help every student succeed.
Close cos 0.870 - 16
Edmentum
Flexible Learning Paths.Proven Outcomes.Future-Ready Students. Edmentum’s K–12 solutions accelerate growth and achievement, from foundational learning…
Close cos 0.869 - 17
Client Challenge
non-profit educational organization
Close cos 0.873 - 18
Enterprise Cyber Risk and Security Platform | Qualys
Discover how Qualys helps your business measure & eliminate cyber threats through a host of cybersecurity detection & remediation tools. Try it today!
Close cos 0.866 - 19
Error 403 Forbidden
Customer data platform company
Close cos 0.867 - 20
Learn to Type | Type Better | Type Faster - Typing.com - Typing.com
World's most popular free typing program! Typing.com’s K–12 typing curriculum features touch typing, digital citizenship, coding lessons, and games.
- Cloudflare
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Cloudflare DNS
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
- Google Analytics
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to clever.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Clever uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Clever is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress page source: /wp-includes/
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://www.clever.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
- Security
- reCAPTCHA page source: google.com/recaptcha/api.js
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a562fdc85957c4bf-HAM
- jsDelivr asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0-rc.0/dist/js/select2.min.js?ver=1.0.0
- Hosting
- WP Engine header x-powered-by: WP Engine
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-includes/)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:_spf.google.com include:am…
- Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:_spf.google.com include:am…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-887.awsdns-46.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=JfLmlB47OGvuAY3B
- DocuSign TXT docusign=71bebef5-d6bd-4be4-bb1a-371b4fb5354a
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=b95M_eJWY9Clc_mpT4fi2vHX0uHheHfx53wlHKNv--M
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Clever adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Apple Business 13/20
- Amazon Route 53 12/20
- Atlassian · not on clever.com 11/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on clever.com 11/20
- Cloudflare 10/20
- Google Tag Manager 9/20
- Google Workspace 9/20
- OneTrust 8/20
- OpenAI · not on clever.com 7/20
- Salesforce · not on clever.com 7/20
- Adobe · not on clever.com 7/20
- DocuSign 7/20
- Miro · not on clever.com 6/20
- Google Fonts 5/20
- SendGrid · not on clever.com 5/20