Alternatives and competitors

Sites like United States Department of Defense

The 20 closest government defense agency alternatives to United States Department of Defense, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 4 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to United States Department of Defense? The closest matches are United States Army, af.mil and United States Navy. 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 United States Department of Defense

United States Department of Defense defense.gov

Wikidata: executive department of the United States federal government

Top 10K · #4,473 4 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit United States Department of Defense

Summary by Claude

Official website of the U.S. Department of Defense, publishing news, press releases, transcripts, leadership information and policy updates about the U.S. Armed Forces and defense agencies.

Who it’s for
U.S. public, journalists, service members
Business model
Government funded

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to United States Department of Defense’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

va.govCDCNASAGovInfoFederal RegisterUnited States Department of EducationWhite HouseUnited States Department of StateUnited States Navyaf.mil

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to United States Department of Defense

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to United States Department of Defense, thumbs down if it isn’t.

We can’t read defense.gov’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    United States Army army.mil Top 10K English

    The Official Home Page of the United States Army

    The latest news, images, videos, career information, and links from the U.S. Army

  2. 02
    af.mil Top 10K

    air service branch of the United States Armed Forces

  3. 03
    United States Navy navy.mil Top 10K

    maritime branch of the United States military

  4. 04
    United States Department of State state.gov Top 1K English

    Technical Difficulties

    executive department of the U.S. federal government

  5. 05
    White House whitehouse.gov Top 10K English

    The White House

    President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are committed to lowering costs for all Americans, securing our borders, unleashing American energy dominance, restoring peace through strength, and making all Americans safe and secure once again.

  6. 06

    Azure WAF

    Azure WAF

  7. 07
    Federal Register federalregister.gov Top 10K

    official journal of the U.S. Federal Government

  8. 08

    department of the US government

  9. 09
    United States Department of Energy energy.gov Top 10K English

    Department of Energy

    U.S. Department of Energy - Home

  10. 10
    GovInfo govinfo.gov Top 10K English

    GovInfo | U.S. Government Publishing Office

    U.S. Government Publishing Office

  11. 11
    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.

  12. 12
    NASA nasa.gov Top 1K English

    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.

  13. 13
    CDC cdc.gov Top 1K English

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC

    United States government public health agency

  14. 14
    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.

  15. 15
    United States Department of Justice justice.gov Top 10K English

    Department of Justice | Homepage | United States Department of Justice

    Official website of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). DOJ’s mission is to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.

  16. 16
    CIA cia.gov Top 10K English

    CIA

    national foreign intelligence agency of the United States

  17. 17
    NATO nato.int Top 10K English

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization | NATO

    NATO is a defensive alliance of 32 countries from Europe and North America. Its mission is to defend its member countries and their one billion citizens.

  18. 18
    fda.gov Top 1K

    agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services

  19. 19
    United States House of Representatives house.gov Top 10K English

    Homepage | house.gov

    lower house of the United States Congress

  20. 20
    dol.gov Top 10K English

    Home | U.S. Department of Labor

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

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What United States Department of Defense is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

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  • Akamai header server: AkamaiGHost
Email hosting
  • Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 mx ip4:52.222.29.245/32 include:_spf.google.com -all
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