Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Forbes
The 20 closest business magazine alternatives to Forbes, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 14 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Forbes? The closest matches are Fortune, Business Insider and Fast Company. 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 Forbes
Forbes forbes.com
forbes.com
Wikidata: American business magazine
Summary by Claude
Forbes publishes business, finance, investing, technology and entrepreneurship news and analysis online and in print, known for its rankings such as the billionaires list and the Forbes 400.
- Who it’s for
- Business readers, investors and professionals
- Business model
- Advertising and subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Forbes’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 Forbes
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Forbes, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read forbes.com’s homepage (HTTP 403), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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Fortune - Fortune 500 Daily & Breaking Business News
Unrivaled access, premier storytelling, and the best of business since 1930.
Very close cos 0.939 - 02
Business Insider - Latest News in Tech, Markets, Economy & Innovation
Business Insider tells the global tech, finance, stock market, media, economy, lifestyle, real estate, AI and innovative stories you want to know.
Very close cos 0.931 - 03
fastcompany.com
American magazine
Very close cos 0.930 - 04
Harvard Business Review - Ideas and Advice for Leaders
Find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.
Very close cos 0.927 - 05
Homepage | Entrepreneur
Your ultimate resource for small business news, entrepreneurship, business management, franchise opportunities, growth strategies and making money. Learn how to succeed.
Very close cos 0.925 - 06
International Business Times - Business News, Financial news
International Business Times is the leading provider of business news and financial news from the US and around the world.
Very close cos 0.926 - 07
thestreet.com
US financial news and financial literacy website
Very close cos 0.925 - 08
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.923 - 09
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here
Dive into cutting-edge tech, reviews and the latest trends with the expert team at Gizmodo. Your ultimate source for all things tech.
Very close cos 0.922 - 10
inc.com
business magazine
Very close cos 0.919 - 11
Billboard – Music Charts, News, Photos & Video
Music Charts, News, Photos & Video
Very close cos 0.917 - 12
MUO - Technology, Simplified.
MUO is your guide to modern tech. Learn how to make use of the tech and gadgets around you, and discover cool stuff on the internet.
Very close cos 0.922 - 13
How-To Geek - We Explain Technology
We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.
Very close cos 0.919 - 14
The Verge
The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.
Very close cos 0.919 - 15
CBR - The World's Top Destination For Comic, Movie & TV news
Covering comics, movies, TV like no other in the world. CBR.com is all you need!
Very close cos 0.918 - 16
Lifehacker | Do everything better
Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.
Very close cos 0.917 - 17
New Movie News, Movie Trailers & Upcoming Movie Reviews | Collider
Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider.
Very close cos 0.917 - 18
Simple Page
American website
Very close cos 0.915 - 19
TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates
Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.
Very close cos 0.915 - 20
MovieWeb - Movie News, Trailers, Reviews, and Exclusives.
The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more.
Very close cos 0.914
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to forbes.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Forbes uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Forbes is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=0d973d45747a457f5e2624c6116631d31e007d32d42654cca…
- Security
- DataDome header x-datadome: protected
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-ber1080024-BER
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms55849810
- Mimecast MX us-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-979.awsdns-58.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=a6de0a21210eae1c4187cfe64dfb37d7920d64e69…
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=daIrUUF2LjNKeFrq
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=+tjT1PDHq7a3IkqoEdD/cr2krJeRPoT5b6MzfYB…
- Canva TXT canva-site-verification=0wNoieRvIbw1yAsgkfgEFg
- DocuSign TXT docusign=d1893713-45af-4fd3-8a65-3ea6d0805b8d
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=neaEg6fJBhW6Tg3gVqQJIn6pLyiBwIiDdxJ88…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=nPz5kafgk6DGWCT24sR_kxBZ6HdDWmVEPcT67LVTDi4
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-w07b4qQxAzb1Klu9YesisWnX
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Forbes adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace · not on forbes.com 17/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on forbes.com 12/20
- Amazon SES · not on forbes.com 12/20
- Microsoft 365 10/20
- PHP · not on forbes.com 9/20
- WordPress · not on forbes.com 9/20
- GlobalSign 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 8/20
- nginx · not on forbes.com 7/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on forbes.com 7/20
- Zendesk · not on forbes.com 7/20
- Apple Business 6/20
- OneTrust · not on forbes.com 6/20
- Zoom · not on forbes.com 6/20
- Fastly 6/20