Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Foursquare

The 20 closest location intelligence alternatives to Foursquare, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 20 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Foursquare? The closest matches are squareup.com, hotjar.com and Loka. 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 Foursquare

Foursquare foursquare.com

Location Intelligence Platform | Foursquare

Foursquare is the industry-leading geospatial intelligence platform. Power your business with 100M+ POIs, foot traffic data, and location-based solutions for marketers, developers, and analysts.

Wikidata: American technology company

Top 10K · #3,561 English 20 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Foursquare

Summary by Claude

Foursquare provides location data and geospatial analytics, including a database of over 100 million points of interest, foot traffic and visit data, ad attribution and audience targeting, a Places API and Movement SDK for developers, and spatial analysis tools.

Who it’s for
Marketers, app developers, and data analysts
Business model
Data licensing, API usage fees and enterprise software subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Foursquare’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

Squarespace2GISForresterReplitTradingViewTradingEconomics.comMapboxLokahotjar.comsquareup.com

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Foursquare

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    squareup.com Top 10K English

    Power your entire business | Square

    Sell anywhere. Diversify revenue streams. Streamline operations. Manage your staff. Get paid faster. Sign up for Square today.

  2. 02
    hotjar.com Top 1K English

    Official Hotjar Site – Sign up for free

    Contentsquare, the global leader in experience intelligence, has joined forces with Hotjar, the leading behavior insights platform in the midsize and SMB market.

  3. 03
    Loka loka.my English

    Vercel Security Checkpoint

    Malaysian travel and location intelligence platform

  4. 04
    Here Technologies here.com Top 10K English

    HERE Technologies: The Live Map That Powers Real-World AI

    HERE Technologies provides live map data, routing and location APIs, and a location platform that powers fleet, automotive and real-world AI applications.

  5. 05
    Mapbox mapbox.com Top 10K English

    Mapbox | Maps, Navigation, Search, and Data

    APIs and SDKs for AI-powered maps, location search, turn-by-turn navigation, and geospatial data in mobile or web apps. Get started for free.

  6. 06
    TradingEconomics.com tradingeconomics.com Top 10K

    TRADING ECONOMICS | 20 million INDICATORS FROM 196 COUNTRIES

    View more than 20 million economic indicators for 196 countries. Get free indicators, Historical Data, Charts, News and Forecasts for 196 countries.

  7. 07
    TradingView tradingview.com Top 1K English

    TradingView — Track All Markets

    Where the world charts, chats, and trades markets. We're a supercharged super-charting platform and social network for traders and investors. Free to sign up.

  8. 08
    Replit replit.com Top 10K English

    AI App and Website Builder | Replit

    Describe what you want. Replit builds it. Get a working app or website in minutes. No coding required.

  9. 09
    Forrester forrester.com Top 10K English

    Forrester Helps Organizations Thrive Through Volatility

    Forrester is a leading global market research company that helps organizations exceed customer demands and excel with technology. Learn how Forrester can help.

  10. 10
    2GIS 2gis.ru Top 10K Russian

    Карта городов России: подробные карты с поиском по адресу — 2ГИС

    Подробная карта городов России: поиск по адресу, телефоны, отзывы, фото, часы работы фирм и удобный поиск проезда

  11. 11
    Squarespace squarespace.com Top 1K English

    Website Builder – Easily Create Your Own Website — Squarespace

    Create a website and grow your business with a free Squarespace trial. Start with customizable website templates, AI website builder tools, or a domain name.

  12. 12
    quark.cn Top 10K

    夸克_AI旗舰应用官网

    夸克pc/app为你带来极速、智能、安全、高效的搜索体验,找答案,找资料,找工具,办公,学习,工作必备应用。夸克提供浏览器搜索引擎、网盘、AI扫描王工具及小说阅读等高效功能,为你提供稳定,安全,流畅的浏览环境和优质的产品服务体验

  13. 13
    MapQuest mapquest.com Top 10K English

    company owned by System1

  14. 14
    Flightradar24 flightradar24.com Top 1K English

    Swedish internet-based service that shows real-time aircraft flight tracking information on a map

  15. 15
    Strava strava.com Top 10K English

    Strava | Running, Cycling & Hiking App - Train, Track & Share

    Strava connects millions of runners, cyclists, hikers, walkers and other active people through the sports they love – all on our mobile app and website.

  16. 16
    IPinfo ipinfo.io Top 10K English

    IP Data Intelligence for Developers & Enterprises | IPinfo

    IPinfo, the trusted global leader in IP address data and intelligence. Powering applications and security solutions for developers and businesses.

  17. 17
    Whitepages whitepages.com Top 10K English

    Whitepages: People Search, Phone Numbers & Addresses

    Founded in 1997, Whitepages is the largest U.S. directory and trusted source for contact info and property data. Find people, phone numbers, addresses, and emails nationwide. Free and premium search across the Whitepages Identity Graph: 350M+ identity records, 4B+ data linkages, 112M+ property records.

  18. 18
    ipapi.co Top 10K English

    ipapi - IP Address Lookup and Geolocation API | No SignUp

    Enterprise IP Location by Kloudend, Inc - built on AWS, trusted by Fortune 500. Geolocation API for JSON, XML in PHP, JS, Java, Python, Node & more.

  19. 19
    Semrush semrush.com Top 10K English

    Semrush: Your Unfair Advantage for Growing Brand Visibility

    Semrush is the leading platform to grow and measure brand visibility across AI search, SEO, PPC, social, and more.

  20. 20
    Flurry flurry.com Top 1K English

    Flurry | Mobile App Analytics Platform for Android & iOS

    Flurry is a mobile app analytics platform for Android & iOS that empowers product, development and growth experts to build better apps that users love.

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

CMS
Analytics
  • Parse.ly page source: cdn.parsely.com
  • Segment page source: cdn.segment.com/analytics.js
Tag managers
Marketing automation
  • HubSpot page source: js-eu1.hs-scripts.com
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:sendgrid.net include:mail.zend…
Cookie consent
  • OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
A/B testing
  • VWO page source: dev.visualwebsiteoptimizer.com
CDN
  • Fastly header x-served-by: cache-ber1080047-BER
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress 6.9.11)
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:sendgrid.net include:mail.zend…
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=K9xP4O3Kf2AWcoL6
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=nLNEa/3YX8+FCe4Er7wL2BjSgjDkzeS+Y1dJzIF…
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=c677b60e-d213-4c83-a2ea-8939ce46d114
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=S8eMmX7gV97qABWx7R0eRpfzLXwdY895N-ABXbm758Y
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=fkxskr1vbb3jdk14iaytmo5k0so3wq
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-HYfddEsOazWpFcmjumrDkUwC

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