Alternatives and competitors

Sites like fda.gov

The 20 closest federal health regulator alternatives to fda.gov, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 6 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to fda.gov? The closest matches are United States Department of Agriculture, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and CDC. 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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Sites searched
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Vector
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Query
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01 · Entity

About fda.gov

fda.gov

Wikidata: agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services

Top 1K · #713 6 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit fda.gov

Summary by Claude

Official website of the US Food and Drug Administration, providing regulatory information, guidance, recalls, safety alerts and approval data for food, drugs, vaccines, medical devices, tobacco, cosmetics and veterinary products.

Who it’s for
Consumers, healthcare professionals, and regulated industry
Business model
Government funded

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to fda.gov’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

EPAFederal RegisterHealthlinenih.govNational Highway Traffic Safety Administrationdol.govhhs.govCMSCDCUnited States Department of Agriculture

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to fda.gov

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to fda.gov, thumbs down if it isn’t.

We can’t read fda.gov’s homepage (HTTP 404), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01

    department of the US government

  2. 02

    ERROR: The request could not be satisfied

    United States federal government agency

  3. 03
    CDC cdc.gov Top 1K English

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC

    United States government public health agency

  4. 04
    CMS cms.gov Top 10K English

    Home - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | CMS

    United States federal agency

  5. 05
    hhs.gov Top 10K

    United States federal executive department

  6. 06
    dol.gov Top 10K English

    Home | U.S. Department of Labor

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

  7. 07

    American agency of the Executive Branch of the Department of Transportation

  8. 08

    Azure WAF

    Azure WAF

  9. 09
    nih.gov Top 1K English

    US government medical research agency

  10. 10
    Healthline healthline.com Top 10K English

    Healthline: Medical information and health advice you can trust.

    We're committed to being your source for expert health guidance. Come to us in your pursuit of wellness.

  11. 11
    Federal Register federalregister.gov Top 10K

    official journal of the U.S. Federal Government

  12. 12
    EPA epa.gov Top 1K English

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | US EPA

    Website of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment.

  13. 13
    Federal Trade Commission ftc.gov Top 10K English

    Federal Trade Commission | Protecting America's Consumers

    The official website of the Federal Trade Commission, protecting America’s consumers for over 100 years.

  14. 14

    executive department of the United States federal government

  15. 15
    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.

  16. 16
    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.

  17. 17

    U.S. government agency regulating civil aviation

  18. 18
    GovInfo govinfo.gov Top 10K English

    GovInfo | U.S. Government Publishing Office

    U.S. Government Publishing Office

  19. 19
    Everyday Health everydayhealth.com Top 10K English

    Everyday Health: Trusted Medical Information, Expert Health Advice, News, Tools, and Resources

    Everyday Health inspires and empowers people to live their healthiest lives, every day, through trusted, medically reviewed information and expert health advice from the nation's leading healthcare providers and patient advocates. Learn more about health

  20. 20
    WebMD webmd.com Top 10K English

    WebMD - Better information. Better health.

    The leading source for trustworthy and timely health and medical news and information. Providing credible health information, supportive community, and educational services by blending award-winning expertise in content, community services, expert commentary, and medical review.

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

CDN
  • Akamai header server: AkamaiNetStorage
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-AxQqxffHhvOZOt4t4C17dZSm
  • Webex TXT webexdomainverification.11G31=8411e648-086b-4727-aca0-c784ecb9827e
  • Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_vTEkbQm_QTOaBDWdXKwrAw

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