Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Financial Times
The 20 closest business newspaper alternatives to Financial Times, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 17 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Financial Times? The closest matches are The Times, Les Échos and TheStreet. 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 Financial Times
Financial Times ft.com
Security Verification
Wikidata: London-based daily newspaper
Summary by Claude
The Financial Times is a London-based daily newspaper, in print and online, covering business, finance, markets, economics and international news, mostly behind a paid subscription.
- Who it’s for
- Business professionals, investors and policymakers
- Business model
- Subscriptions and advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Financial Times’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 Financial Times
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Financial Times, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read ft.com’s homepage (HTTP 403), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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British daily national newspaper based in London
Very close cos 0.937 - 02
French news website and daily newspaper
Very close cos 0.932 - 03
thestreet.com
US financial news and financial literacy website
Very close cos 0.926 - 04
nytimes.com
American daily newspaper (founded 1851)
Very close cos 0.926 - 05
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.
- Cloudflare
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Meta Business Suite
- Cloudflare DNS
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Very close cos 0.925 - 06
British weekly news and international affairs publication (founded 1843)
Very close cos 0.923 - 07
Handelsblatt - Nachrichten aus Finanzen, Wirtschaft und Politik
Auf Handelsblatt lesen Sie News über Unternehmen, Finanzen, Politik und Technik. ➤ Die Nr. 1 der Finanz- & Wirtschaftszeitungen. ➤ Substanz entscheidet.
Very close cos 0.923 - 08
British daily broadsheet newspaper
Very close cos 0.922 - 09
American business-focused daily newspaper
Very close cos 0.921 - 10
Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian
Latest news, sport, business, comment, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice
Very close cos 0.920 - 11
International Business, World News & Global Stock Market Analysis
CNBC International is the world leader for news on business, technology, China, trade, oil prices, the Middle East and markets.
Very close cos 0.920 - 12
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 0.919 - 13
Business News Today: Read Latest Business News, Live India Share Market News, Finance & Economy News | Mint
Business News: Read latest Business News headlines, LIVE share market news and updates, financial, economic and banking news from India & across the World on Mint.
Very close cos 0.917 - 14
News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news
The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Very close cos 0.918 - 15
El Confidencial - El diario de los lectores influyentes
El confidencial - El diario de los lectores influyentes. Encuentra todas las noticias al minuto: España, Europa, Mundo, Economía, Cultura, Ecología y la mejor opinión
Very close cos 0.918 - 16
Latest UK and World News, Sport and Comment | Express.co.uk
Latest news, showbiz, sport, comment, lifestyle, city, video and pictures from the Daily Express and Sunday Express newspapers and Express.co.uk
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Meta Business Suite
- Amazon Route 53
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Amazon SES
Very close cos 0.912 - 17
The Japan Times - News On Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment And More
Latest news on Japan: business, politics, commentary, sports, culture, life and more
Very close cos 0.910 - 18
BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio
Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more
Very close cos 0.910 - 19
Breaking China, Asia, HK News, Opinions and Insights | South China Morning Post
News, opinions, infographics and videos on China issues: geopolitics, diplomacy, economy, technology and lifestyle.
Very close cos 0.910 - 20
Le Figaro - Actualité en direct et informations en continu
A la Une : Retrouvez toute l'actualité en France, à l'international, l'actualité économique et politique avec Le Figaro
Very close cos 0.909
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to ft.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Financial Times uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Financial Times is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Marketing automation
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a562fa9b0ff3ae67-HAM
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mktomail.com include:_spf.sale…
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms39959132
- Email delivery
- Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mktomail.com include:_spf.sale…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1447.awsdns-52.org
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=c5baff41-b308-42c8-8ace-9393ace1d783
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=hiRNMTWYN1yBRwg4
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=hVzdk0lf3NQ/udMQWFZWxWA8eOjXyOjGD6e+1kc…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=c04c5b8c-58c7-4024-99f3-fb1f636da0d0
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=sXoPNkEqXt3ce7rT9MnH2bnjNLKFR3oizWMMmkQFDLI
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=15ore8k5t6ft96p6lt8sb02m8dls4w
- Notion TXT notion-domain-verification=mkIjxnyKOdeLmDtzKbgWoLKngPBDT5U2dmxXWbCzf7l
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-bxQol3maMz9EffWDUvCsa5cG
- Salesforce TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mktomail.com include:_spf.sale…
- Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=z853Xxvh1FXWNfobsGsdZp626tQCj0k4tvSa2w4O
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Financial Times adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Meta Business Suite 13/20
- Microsoft 365 13/20
- Google Workspace 13/20
- Adobe 12/20
- Atlassian 11/20
- GlobalSign · not on ft.com 9/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on ft.com 9/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on ft.com 8/20
- OpenAI 7/20
- Amazon Route 53 7/20
- Zoom · not on ft.com 6/20
- Salesforce 6/20
- Amazon SES · not on ft.com 6/20
- Apple Business 6/20
- Miro · not on ft.com 5/20