Alternatives and competitors
Sites like CNRS
The 20 closest public research institute alternatives to CNRS, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 6 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to CNRS? The closest matches are Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, inria.fr and nih.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
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- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 8 ms
01 · Entity
About CNRS
CNRS cnrs.fr
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique est le plus grand organisme public français de recherche scientifique. Il exerce son activité dans
Wikidata: French research organisation
Summary by Claude
Official website of France's national public scientific research organization, presenting its research activities, laboratories, science news, and institutional information across all scientific disciplines.
- Who it’s for
- Researchers, students, journalists, general public
- Business model
- Government funded
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to CNRS’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 CNRS
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to CNRS, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Making sure you're not a bot!
French research institution in computer science
Very close cos 0.916 - 02
US government medical research agency
Very close cos 0.918 - 03
Accueil | BnF – Site institutionnel
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Very close cos 0.914 - 04
Homepage | CNIL
national French data protection authority
Very close cos 0.916 - 05
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
El Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) es una Agencia Estatal para la investigación científica y el desarrollo tecnológico, con personalidad jurídica diferenciada, patrimonio y tesorería propios, autonomía funcional y de gestión, plena capacidad jurídica de obrar y de duración indefinida.
Very close cos 0.912 - 06
RFI - All the news from France, Europe, Africa and the rest of the world.
Follow any political information, cultural, sporting and live streaming on RFI. The latest information, news and events around the world.
Very close cos 0.913 - 07
NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation
NSF is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
Very close cos 0.910 - 08
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 0.911 - 09
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.
Very close cos 0.907 - 10
NASA
NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.
Very close cos 0.906 - 11
Comprehensive Cancer Information - NCI
Accurate, up-to-date, comprehensive cancer information from the U.S. government's principal agency for cancer research.
Very close cos 0.905 - 12
Smithsonian request verification
group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government
Very close cos 0.904 - 13
Nature
First published in 1869, Nature is the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal. Nature publishes the finest peer-reviewed research that drives ground-breaking discovery, and is read by thought-leaders and decision-makers around the world.
Very close cos 0.905 - 14
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC
United States government public health agency
Very close cos 0.904 - 15
Homepage | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
The Max Planck Society is Germany's premier, non-university research organization dedicated to fundamental research at 85 Max Planck Institutes.
Very close cos 0.900 - 16
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Our work helps shape sound policies, inform public opinion, and advance the pursuit of science, engineering, and medicine.
Very close cos 0.900 - 17
ScienceAlert : The Best in Science News And Amazing Breakthroughs
The latest science news. Publishing independent, fact-checked reporting on health, space, nature, technology, and the environment.
Very close cos 0.903 - 18
Welcome to the official website of the Swiss government
On our English website, you will find a selection of information about the Federal Council’s activities and decisions. For more details, please choose the German, French or Italian site.
Very close cos 0.899 - 19
France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines
Breaking news and world news from France 24 on Business, Sports, Culture. Video news. News from the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East, America
Very close cos 0.899 - 20
UNESCO : Building Peace through Education, Science and Culture, communication and information
Learn more about UNESCO's role, vision and results. UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Our aim is to promote peace and security through international cooperation
Very close cos 0.895
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to cnrs.fr’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones CNRS uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What CNRS is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- Drupal page source: data-drupal-selector
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://www.cnrs.fr/core/assets/vendor/jquery/jquery.min.js?v=4.0.0
- Analytics
- Matomo page source: _paq.push(
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by Drupal (page source: data-drupal-selector)
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms17956212
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: JmSEzu5Tq57DFbCkMU7E1VuY4dK3LKrFAykFBlCFtVA
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what CNRS adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 17/20
- Microsoft 365 11/20
- PHP 8/20
- jQuery 8/20
- Drupal 7/20
- Atlassian · not on cnrs.fr 7/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on cnrs.fr 7/20
- Apple Business · not on cnrs.fr 6/20
- Adobe · not on cnrs.fr 6/20
- Cloudflare · not on cnrs.fr 5/20
- DocuSign · not on cnrs.fr 5/20
- Akamai Edge DNS · not on cnrs.fr 5/20
- GlobalSign · not on cnrs.fr 5/20
- Matomo 4/20
- OpenAI · not on cnrs.fr 4/20
- Bootstrap · not on cnrs.fr 4/20