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
- 12 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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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 - 02
NLnet Labs - Home
Research & Development, Internet architecture, DNS, Routing, Stability and Security.
Close cos 0.889 - 03
ResearchGate - Temporarily Unavailable
commercial scientific social network
Close cos 0.885 - 04
rnd.de
German news organization
Close cos 0.883 - 05
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 - 06
Zenodo
research data repository
Close cos 0.878 - 07
virtual private network provider
Close cos 0.876 - 08
Home
Welcome to Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Close cos 0.875 - 09
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 - 10
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 - 11
Making sure you're not a bot!
French research institution in computer science
Close cos 0.872 - 12
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.
Close cos 0.870 - 13 Close cos 0.868
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Home Corporate EN
German telecommunications company
Close cos 0.868 - 15
ETH Zurich - Homepage | ETH Zurich
public research university in Zurich
Close cos 0.865 - 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.
Close cos 0.867 - 17
Find the right job for you. Or get found!
Over 1 million jobs ✓ 20,000 recruiters ✓ Salary ranges ✓ Employer reviews. Set your job preferences and do your XING!
Close cos 0.866 - 18
Home Page
API endpoint
Close cos 0.865 - 19
Register, Buy & Manage Domain Names Online | Dynadot
Search 800+ domain extensions, register names at transparent prices, and manage DNS, privacy, email, transfers, renewals, and domain portfolios in Dynadot.
Close cos 0.869 - 20
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
consortium dedicated to scientific research
Close cos 0.863
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