Alternatives and competitors

Sites like CMS

The 20 closest federal health agency alternatives to CMS, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 9 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to CMS? The closest matches are Medicare, hhs.gov and fda.gov. 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
19 ms

01 · Entity

About CMS

CMS cms.gov

Home - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | CMS

Wikidata: United States federal agency

Top 10K · #4,251 English 9 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit CMS

Summary by Claude

Official website of the US federal agency that administers Medicare and, with states, Medicaid and CHIP, providing program information, regulations, fee schedules, billing codes, manuals and forms.

Who it’s for
Healthcare providers, insurers, states, agents and the public
Business model
Government funded

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to CMS’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

dol.govHealthlineameli.frFederal Emergency Management Agencynih.govCDCuhc.comfda.govhhs.govMedicare

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to CMS

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    Medicare medicare.gov Top 10K English

    Welcome to Medicare | Medicare

    The official U.S. government website for Medicare, a health insurance program for people age 65 or older and younger people with disabilities.

  2. 02
    hhs.gov Top 10K

    United States federal executive department

  3. 03
    fda.gov Top 1K

    agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services

  4. 04
    uhc.com Top 10K

    ERROR: The request could not be satisfied

    for-profit health care company

  5. 05
    CDC cdc.gov Top 1K English

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC

    United States government public health agency

  6. 06
    nih.gov Top 1K English

    US government medical research agency

  7. 07

    Azure WAF

    Azure WAF

  8. 08
    United States House of Representatives house.gov Top 10K English

    Homepage | house.gov

    lower house of the United States Congress

  9. 09
    Military Health System health.mil Top 10K English

    MHS Home | Health.mil

    The Health.mil is the official website of the Military Health System. The Military Health System is one of America’s largest and most complex health care institutions, and the world’s preeminent military health care delivery operation. Our MHS saves lives on the battlefield, combats infectious disease around the world, and is responsible for providing health services to approximately 9.5 million beneficiaries, composed of uniformed service members, military retirees, and family members.

  10. 10
    Federal Emergency Management Agency fema.gov Top 10K English

    FEMA.gov | Federal Emergency Management Agency

    United States disaster response agency, part of Department of Homeland Security

  11. 11
    ameli.fr Top 10K French

    ameli, le site de l’Assurance Maladie en ligne | ameli.fr | Assuré

    Le site officiel de l'Assurance Maladie. Actualités – Droits et Démarches – Remboursements – Prestations et aides – Santé – Offres de prévention

  12. 12

    ERROR: The request could not be satisfied

    United States federal government agency

  13. 13
    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.

  14. 14
    Healthline healthline.com Top 10K English

    Healthline: Medical information and health advice you can trust.

    We're committed to being your source for expert health guidance. Come to us in your pursuit of wellness.

  15. 15

    independent agency of the U.S. federal government

  16. 16
    United States Department of State state.gov Top 1K English

    Technical Difficulties

    executive department of the U.S. federal government

  17. 17
    dol.gov Top 10K English

    Home | U.S. Department of Labor

    U.S. federal department that regulates workers' rights and labor markets

  18. 18

    department of the US government

  19. 19
    Everyday Health everydayhealth.com Top 10K English

    Everyday Health: Trusted Medical Information, Expert Health Advice, News, Tools, and Resources

    Everyday Health inspires and empowers people to live their healthiest lives, every day, through trusted, medically reviewed information and expert health advice from the nation's leading healthcare providers and patient advocates. Learn more about health

  20. 20
    va.gov Top 10K English

    VA.gov Home | Veterans Affairs

    Welcome to the official website of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Discover, apply for, and manage your VA benefits and care.

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What CMS 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 11 (https://www.drupal.org)
JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://www.cms.gov/core/assets/vendor/jquery/jquery.min.js?v=CcLlZGVI
CDN
  • Akamai header akamai-grn: 0.921d1002.1793957713.3d462c13
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by Drupal (header x-generator: Drupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org))
Email hosting
  • Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 ip4:15.200.33.0/24 ip4:15.200.32.0/24 ip4:63.88.93.240/28 ip4:…
  • Microsoft 365 TXT v=spf1 ip4:15.200.33.0/24 ip4:15.200.32.0/24 ip4:63.88.93.240/28 ip4:…
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=sMIzpCg2oaPmasINAKfMmE9mOmdZRxL0myxnvSlIUOk
  • Webex TXT webexdomainverification.3MUBG=00360c1a-741f-4d9f-983a-55d0a63cdc92

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