Sites like Microsoft

01 · Entity

About Microsoft

Microsoft codeplex.com

Microsoft – AI, Cloud, Produktivität, Computing, Gaming und Apps

Entdecken Sie Microsoft-Produkte und -Dienste für Ihr Zuhause oder Ihr Unternehmen. Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams, Xbox, Windows, Azure, Surface und mehr kaufen

Wikidata: web-based collaborative software platform

Top 10K · #5,763 German 4 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

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Summary by Claude

Former Microsoft open-source project hosting site (CodePlex, shut down in 2017); the domain now redirects to Microsoft's corporate homepage, which sells and promotes Microsoft products such as Microsoft 365, Windows, Azure, Surface and Xbox.

Who it’s for

Consumers, businesses and developers

Business model

Software, cloud and hardware sales

• technology company
• open-source project hosting (archived)
• Microsoft 365
• Azure cloud
• Surface laptops
• Xbox Game Pass
• Microsoft Teams
• Copilot

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Microsoft’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.

1. 01
   office365.com Top 1K

   Web App - Unavailable

   subscription to a range of office software products from Microsoft

   • Azure DNS
   • Google Search Console
   • Microsoft 365

   0 say office365.com is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say office365.com isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.916
2. 02
   cloud.microsoft Top 100 English

   Microsoft 365 - Sign into Copilot

   Microsoft 365 includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive, with Microsoft Copilot built in to help you create, communicate, and summarize information. Formerly Office 365.

   • Azure DNS
   • Azure Front Door
   • Bing Webmaster Tools
   • Google Search Console

   0 say cloud.microsoft is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say cloud.microsoft isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.907
3. 03
   RustDesk rustdesk.com Top 10K English

   RustDesk: Open-Source Remote Desktop with Self-Hosted Server Solutions

   RustDesk is open-source remote desktop software for your own self-hosted server, a TeamViewer and AnyDesk alternative for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

   • Amazon SES
   • Astro
   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS
   • Google Analytics
   • Google Search Console

   0 say RustDesk is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say RustDesk isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.897
4. 04
   SourceForge sourceforge.net Top 1K English

   Compare B2B Software, Download, & Develop Open Source & Business Software - SourceForge

   SourceForge is the complete software discovery platform. SourceForge is the largest B2B software review and comparison site in the world, and features the largest business software directory, as well as free & fast open source software downloads and development.

   • Bing Webmaster Tools
   • Cloudflare
   • Google Analytics
   • Google Search Console
   • Mailchimp
   • Matomo

   0 say SourceForge is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say SourceForge isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

   Comment
   Close cos 0.894
5. 05
   Open Source googlesource.com Top 10K English

   Google Open Source

   Google <3 Open Source

   • Google Cloud
   • Google Fonts
   • Google Search Console

   0 say Open Source is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say Open Source isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

   Comment
   Close cos 0.891
6. 06
   XBOX xbox.com Top 10K English

   XBOX Official Site: Play Games Anywhere | XBOX

   Play with XBOX on PC, console, & more. Explore Game Pass. Discover thousands of games. Shop controllers, handhelds, & consoles. Join players anywhere.

   • Azure DNS
   • Adobe
   • Adobe Experience Platform Tags
   • Atlassian
   • Bing Webmaster Tools
   • cdnjs

   0 say XBOX is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say XBOX isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

   Comment
   Close cos 0.892
7. 07
   Zoho zoho.com Top 1K German

   Zoho | Cloud-Software-Suite für Unternehmen

   Eine einzigartige und leistungsstarke Software-Suite, die Ihre Arbeitsweise verändert. Entwickelt für Unternehmen jeder Größe; von einem Unternehmen gebaut, das Ihre Privatsphäre schätzt.

   • Cloudflare
   • Google Search Console
   • HubSpot
   • OpenAI
   • UltraDNS
   • Zoho Mail

   0 say Zoho is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say Zoho isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

   Comment
   Close cos 0.891
8. 08
   home.pl Top 10K Polish

   home.pl: Nr 1 w Polsce. Domeny, Hosting, Serwery WWW, Strony, Sklepy

   Od 25 lat budujemy polski internet. home.pl jest największym w Polsce dostawcą usług internetowych. Dołącz do grona naszych zadowolonych klientów.

   • Apache HTTP Server
   • Gatsby
   • Google Search Console
   • Google Tag Manager
   • HubSpot
   • Kameleoon

   0 say home.pl is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say home.pl isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

   Comment
   Close cos 0.894
9. 09
   Lothar lothar.com Top 10K

   Lothar of the Webspace

   • Google Search Console

   0 say Lothar is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say Lothar isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

   Comment
   Close cos 0.890
10. 10
    Windows Live live.com Top 100

    Outlook

    former brand name for Microsoft online services

    • Azure DNS
    • Google Search Console
    • Meta Business Suite
    • Microsoft 365

    0 say Windows Live is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say Windows Live isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

    Comment
    Close cos 0.889
11. 11
    GitHub github.com Top 100 English

    GitHub · Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead. · GitHub · GitHub

    Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform where millions of developers, businesses, and the largest open source community build software that advances humanity.

    • Adobe
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian
    • Contentful
    • DocuSign
    • GitHub Pages

    0 say GitHub is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say GitHub isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

    Comment
    Close cos 0.891
12. 12
    Hugging Face huggingface.co Top 10K

    Hugging Face – The AI community building the future.

    We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

    • Amazon SES
    • Apple Business
    • Amazon CloudFront
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Mailjet

    0 say Hugging Face is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say Hugging Face isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

    Comment
    Close cos 0.889
13. 13
    doxygen.org Top 10K English

    Doxygen homepage

    Source code documentation and analysis tool

    • Bootstrap
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Cloudflare Web Analytics
    • Google AdSense

    0 say doxygen.org is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say doxygen.org isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

    Comment
    Close cos 0.889
14. 14
    java.net Top 10K

    defunct Java technology related community website with a web-based source code repository for Java projects

    • Akamai Edge DNS

    0 say java.net is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say java.net isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

    Comment
    Close cos 0.887
15. 15
    Codeberg e.V. codeberg.org Top 10K English

    Codeberg.org

    Codeberg is a non-profit community-led organization that aims to help free and open source projects prosper by giving them a safe and friendly home.

    0 say Codeberg e.V. is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say Codeberg e.V. isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

    Comment
    Close cos 0.889
16. 16
    monday.com Top 10K English

    The AI Workspace for People & Agents | monday.com

    Get more work done with AI agents that work side by side with your people. Execute, manage, and operate together on one AI Workspace to drive business results.

    • Adobe
    • Apple Business
    • Canva
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare Web Analytics
    • Amazon CloudFront

    0 say monday.com is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say monday.com isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

    Comment
    Close cos 0.889
17. 17
    How-To Geek howtogeek.com Top 10K English

    How-To Geek - We Explain Technology

    We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.

    • Amazon SES
    • Google Analytics
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • jsDelivr
    • Meta Business Suite

    0 say How-To Geek is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say How-To Geek isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

    Comment
    Close cos 0.891
18. 18
    Apache Software Foundation apache.org Top 1K English

    Welcome to The Apache Software Foundation | Apache Software Foundation

    American nonprofit open-source software community

    • Apache HTTP Server
    • Atlassian
    • Bootstrap
    • Fastly
    • GlobalSign
    • Google Search Console

    0 say Apache Software Foundation is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say Apache Software Foundation isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

    Comment
    Close cos 0.885
19. 19
    XDA Developers xda-developers.com Top 10K English

    XDA

    The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.

    • Amazon SES
    • Google Analytics
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • jsDelivr
    • Meta Business Suite

    0 say XDA Developers is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say XDA Developers isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

    Comment
    Close cos 0.889
20. 20
    LibreOffice libreoffice.org Top 10K English

    Free and private office suite, no forced AI — LibreOffice

    LibreOffice is a free office suite

    • Google Search Console
    • Hetzner DNS
    • nginx

    0 say LibreOffice is a good alternative to Microsoft 0 say LibreOffice isn’t a real alternative to Microsoft

    Comment
    Close cos 0.886

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Microsoft is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.