Alternatives and competitors
Sites like College Board
The 20 closest standardized testing alternatives to College Board, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 18 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to College Board? The closest matches are National Academies, Khan Academy and apnews.com. 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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01 · Entity
About College Board
College Board collegeboard.org
College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools
College Board is a non-profit organization that clears a path for all students to own their future through the AP Program, SAT Suite, BigFuture, and more.
Wikidata: educational organization
Summary by Claude
US not-for-profit organization that administers the SAT and Advanced Placement (AP) exams and provides college search, admission planning, and scholarship tools for students, plus research and professional events for educators and member institutions.
- Who it’s for
- High school students, parents, educators, colleges
- Business model
- Exam fees and membership dues
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to College Board’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 College Board
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to College Board, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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 0.898 - 02
Client Challenge
non-profit educational organization
Very close cos 0.896 - 03
American not-for-profit news agency
Very close cos 0.895 - 04
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.
Close cos 0.893 - 05
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan member organization, think tank, and publisher.
Close cos 0.889 - 06
Home | AAP
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children. Explore our comprehensive resources, evidence-based guidelines, and expert insights on pediatric care. Discover the latest research, educational materials, and advocacy initiatives aimed at promoting child health. Join the AAP community and access valuable tools, training, and networking opportunities. Visit the AAP website to stay informed and make a positive impact on children's lives.
Close cos 0.884 - 07
Free K–12 Curriculum for Digital Fluency | CodeAI
Bring computer science and AI education to your classroom with CodeAI’s free K–12 curriculum, hands-on projects, and teacher professional development—no prior experience needed.
Close cos 0.885 - 08
American organization
Close cos 0.882 - 09
Let's Encrypt
Let's Encrypt is a free, automated, and open Certificate Authority brought to you by the nonprofit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). Read all about our work in our Annual Report.
Close cos 0.884 - 10
Pew Research Center | Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy, public opinion polling and data-driven social science research
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Close cos 0.884 - 11
American not-for-profit news agency
Close cos 0.883 - 12
National Bureau of Economic Research | NBER
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
Close cos 0.881 - 13
Brookings - Quality. Independence. Impact.
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level.
Close cos 0.882 - 14
Illuminate Education - Addressing the Whole Child
Let’s transform education together. Get answers to your questions to increase student and educator success.
Close cos 0.880 - 15
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Close cos 0.885 - 16
Cleveland Clinic: Every Life Deserves World Class Care
Cleveland Clinic, a non-profit academic medical center, provides clinical and hospital care and is a leader in research, education and health information.
- Google Search Console
- Meta Business Suite
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Cloudflare
- Cloudflare DNS
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Close cos 0.879 - 17
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.
Close cos 0.879 - 18
Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
American nonprofit newspaper (1908-)
- Atlassian
- Google Search Console
- Amazon Route 53
- Adobe Fonts
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Apache HTTP Server
Close cos 0.880 - 19
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
consortium dedicated to scientific research
Close cos 0.877 - 20
American Civil Liberties Union | The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.
The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.
Close cos 0.878
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to collegeboard.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones College Board uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What College Board 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.collegeboard.org/core/assets/vendor/jquery/jquery.min.js?v=4.0.0
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=7b1e62a6f11145f798e0aa98b6077f8d
- Security
- Akamai Bot Manager cookie bm_sz
- CDN
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by Drupal (header x-generator: Drupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org))
- Email hosting
- Proofpoint MX mxa-004a7c01.gslb.pphosted.com
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1937.awsdns-50.co.uk
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=qWmMB0hihmm2QWEp
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=/SCj9njNRmDgEdmghfMLTyxa8o/0IcyzVQfwUFQ…
- Bing Webmaster Tools meta msvalidate.01: A3EF6633AE39D95ADADF14B4032D95E2
- Canva TXT canva-site-verification=Xazo72p-2MyQuwRADO2zyw
- DocuSign TXT docusign=d503c48d-18d9-4a42-8529-8ec1fba09574
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=g_L1T_LA_xEVholHaPGF5XhzpLmUcP7-iupa-4h916I
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=u72rjvbmwbk6kq78mw9m9k5jxbzc55
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-znUsSci0vV5bDuUFGrfidJOM
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what College Board adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Microsoft 365 · not on collegeboard.org 18/20
- Google Search Console 17/20
- Atlassian 9/20
- Meta Business Suite 8/20
- Cloudflare · not on collegeboard.org 8/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on collegeboard.org 7/20
- Apple Business 7/20
- Google Workspace · not on collegeboard.org 7/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on collegeboard.org 7/20
- Adobe · not on collegeboard.org 6/20
- OpenAI 5/20
- Zendesk · not on collegeboard.org 5/20
- Zoom · not on collegeboard.org 5/20
- PHP 5/20
- SendGrid · not on collegeboard.org 4/20
- Canva 4/20