Alternatives and competitors
Sites like DFN
The 20 closest research and education network alternatives to DFN, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 6 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to DFN? The closest matches are RNP, SSRN and AARNet. 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
- 15 ms
01 · Entity
About DFN
Summary by Claude
DFN is the German national research and education network (NREN). It operates the X-WiN fiber network and provides communications services to universities, research institutions and R&D companies, including connectivity, video conferencing framework agreements and identity and security services.
- Who it’s for
- German universities and research institutions
- Business model
- Membership fees and service charges
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to DFN’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 DFN
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to DFN, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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RNP | REDE NACIONAL DE ENSINO E PESQUISA
academic internet backbone organization in Brazil
Very close cos 0.908 - 02
Content Blocked
online digital archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers and related content
Very close cos 0.902 - 03
Welcome to AARNet | AARNet
Australia's national research and education network. We deliver fast and reliable internet connectivity, cyber security, data and collaboration services.
Close cos 0.893 - 04
NLnet Labs - Home
Research & Development, Internet architecture, DNS, Routing, Stability and Security.
Close cos 0.889 - 05
ResearchGate - Temporarily Unavailable
commercial scientific social network
Close cos 0.885 - 06
rnd.de
German news organization
Close cos 0.883 - 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.
Close cos 0.881 - 08
Startseite Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft mit Sitz in Deutschland ist eine der führenden Organisationen für anwendungsorientierte Forschung mit Forschungsschwerpunkten in zukunftsrelevanten Schlüsseltechnologien und dem Transfer von Forschungsergebnissen in die Industrie.
Close cos 0.876 - 09
Wissen bewegen | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Mit über 275 Studiengängen, exzellenter Forschung und internationalen Kooperationen prägt die FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft.
Close cos 0.876 - 10
Zenodo
research data repository
Close cos 0.878 - 11
virtual private network provider
Close cos 0.876 - 12
Home
Welcome to Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Close cos 0.875 - 13
Azure WAF
Azure WAF
Close cos 0.878 - 14
University of Bonn
The University of Excellence in Bonn is one of Germany's top universities. Study and research at one of the largest and best research-led universities in Germany.
Close cos 0.875 - 15
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
Close cos 0.875 - 16
Domain Check: Kostenlos, schnell & mit Top-Service
Schnell, einfach und mit Mehrfachsuche. ✓ Über 1.000 Domainendungen ✓ Hervorragende Kundenzufriedenheit ✓ Jetzt Domaincheck starten!
Close cos 0.874 - 17
Доступ к сайту временно ограничен владельцем веб-ресурса.
Close cos 0.873 - 18
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American research organization
Close cos 0.872 - 19
Making sure you're not a bot!
French research institution in computer science
Close cos 0.872 - 20
NDR.de - Das Beste am Norden - Radio - Fernsehen - Nachrichten | ndr.de
Alles zum NDR Programm in Fernsehen und Radio. Regionale Nachrichten aus Norddeutschland, Sport, Ratgeber-Themen, Unterhaltung, Kultur und Geschichte.
Close cos 0.873
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to dfn.de’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones DFN uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What DFN is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress page source: /wp-includes/
- Analytics
- Plausible asset https://plausible.io/js/script.tagged-events.outbound-links.file-downloads.js
- Web servers
- Apache HTTP Server header server: Apache
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-includes/)
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=TdQByV6omDQj06SD
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=AHsv25T5W2sYiYNmYvU6z8a2G1H_7FM0vJOZf5uOhAE
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what DFN adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 16/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on dfn.de 13/20
- Atlassian · not on dfn.de 8/20
- Adobe · not on dfn.de 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on dfn.de 5/20
- jQuery · not on dfn.de 5/20
- PHP 5/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on dfn.de 4/20
- Google Workspace · not on dfn.de 4/20
- Amazon SES · not on dfn.de 4/20
- nginx · not on dfn.de 4/20
- Apple Business 4/20
- WordPress 3/20
- Zoom · not on dfn.de 3/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on dfn.de 3/20
- Salesforce · not on dfn.de 3/20