Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Google

The 20 closest web search engine alternatives to Google, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 2 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Google? The closest matches are Al Arabiya, 2GIS and Kooora. 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 Google

Google google.ae

Google

Wikidata: information list

Top 10K · #4,225 German 2 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

Country-specific version of the Google web search engine for the United Arab Emirates, providing web, image, news and map search with localized results in Arabic and English.

Who it’s for
Internet users in the United Arab Emirates
Business model
Advertising

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Google’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

The AtlanticRamblerEmiratesMapQuestStartpage.comMicrosoft BingGulf NewsQwantKooora2GIS

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Google

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

Only in German
  1. 01
    Al Arabiya alarabiya.net Top 10K Arabic

    تم رفض الوصول

    Saudi Arabian television news channel launched in 2003

  2. 02
    2GIS 2gis.com Top 1K English

    Map of the UAE cities: detailed maps with search by address — 2GIS

    A detailed map of cities of the UAE: search by address, phone numbers, photos, opening hours and a convenient route search

  3. 03
    Kooora kooora.com Top 10K Arabic

    الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول | كووورة

    كووورة هو الموقع الرياضي العربي الأول لمتابعة مباريات اليوم والنتائج المباشرة وأخبار جميع المسابقات الكروية حول العالم.

  4. 04
    Qwant qwant.com English

    Qwant - The search engine that values you as a user, not as a product

    Fast, reliable answers and still in trust: Qwant does not store your search data, does not sell your personal data and is hosted in Europe.

  5. 05
    Gulf News gulfnews.com Top 10K English

    Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinema

    Get the latest update on UAE, business, life style, UAE jobs, gold rate, Exchange rate, UAE holidays, Dubai police, RTA and prayer times from UAE’s largest news portal.

  6. 06
    Microsoft Bing bing.com Top 100 English

    Search - Microsoft Bing

    Search with Microsoft Bing and use the power of AI to find information, explore webpages, images, videos, maps, and more. A smart search engine for the forever curious.

  7. 07
    Startpage.com startpage.com English

    privacy-focused online search engine

  8. 08
    MapQuest mapquest.com Top 10K English

    company owned by System1

  9. 09
    auone.jp Top 10K Japanese

    au Webポータル | 最新の国内外ニュースをリアルタイムに配信

    auが提供するポータルサイト。検索、天気、乗換・地図、占いなどの便利なサービスが利用できるほか、時事やスポーツ、芸能などの最新ニュースをリアルタイムにお届けしています。

  10. 10
    Emirates emirates.com Top 10K

    flag carrier airline of the United Arab Emirates

  11. 11
    1digitech.com Top 10K English

    OneDigiTech dubai's #1 digital marketing agency

    At One DigiTech, we are a professional digital marketing agency dedicated to helping businesses grow and succeed in the digital world.

  12. 12
    Rambler rambler.ru Top 10K Russian

    Рамблер — медийный портал: новости России и мира, почта, поиск, погода

    Рамблер — последние новости сегодня, развлекательные и коммуникационные сервисы: поиск информации в интернете, электронная почта, гороскопы, прогноз погоды, телепрограмма

  13. 13
    The Times of Israel timesofisrael.com Top 10K English

    Cloudflare capcha page

    Israel-based online newspaper

  14. 14
    The Atlantic theatlantic.com Top 10K English

    Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

    magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.

  15. 15
    Sogou sogou.com Top 10K

    Chinese Internet search engine

  16. 16
    so.com Top 10K

    360搜索,SO靠谱

    360搜索是安全、精准、可信赖的新一代搜索引擎,依托于360母品牌的安全优势,全面拦截各类钓鱼欺诈等恶意网站,提供更放心的搜索服务。 360搜索 so靠谱。

  17. 17
    DuckDuckGo duckduckgo.com Top 1K English

    DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.

    The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.

  18. 18
    Al Jazeera aljazeera.net Top 10K Arabic

    الجزيرة نت: آخر أخبار اليوم حول العالم

    الأخبار والتحليلات من الشرق الأوسط والعالم ، الوسائط المتعددة والتفاعلات ، الآراء ، الأفلام الوثائقية ، البودكاست ، القراءات الطويلة وجدول البث

  19. 19
    Jusbrasil jusbrasil.com.br Top 10K Portuguese

    Jusbrasil

    Brazilian company

  20. 20
    Seznam seznam.cz Top 1K Czech

    Seznam – najdu tam, co neznám

    Nejnavštěvovanější český internetový portál nabízející vyhledávač, e-mail, aktuální zprávy, předpověď počasí a odkazy, které se mohou hodit.

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

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Competitors by meaning, stacks from the source. Data from public homepages and DNS.

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