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 Belgium, Qwant and yandex.by. 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.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 20 ms
01 · Entity
About Google
Google google.be
Wikidata: search engine by Google LLC
Summary by Claude
Belgian country version of Google Search, a web search engine that returns web pages, images, news, maps and other results for user queries, with the interface offered in Belgian languages such as Dutch, French and German.
- Who it’s for
- Internet users in Belgium
- 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
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Google
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Google, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Language selection | Belgium.be
country in western Europe
Very close cos 0.920 - 02
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.
Very close cos 0.918 - 03
Яндекс — быстрый поиск в интернете
Яндекс, найдётся всё: сайты, изображения, музыка, товары. Решайте любые задачи — от повседневных вопросов до научной работы. Можно искать текстом, голосом или по картинке.
Very close cos 0.904 - 04
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.
Very close cos 0.902 - 05
Jusbrasil
Brazilian company
Very close cos 0.902 - 06 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。
Very close cos 0.901 - 07
NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl
Lees het laatste nieuws als eerste op de grootste nieuwssite van Nederland. Altijd betrouwbaar, actueel en gratis.
Very close cos 0.902 - 08
Seznam – najdu tam, co neznám
Nejnavštěvovanější český internetový portál nabízející vyhledávač, e-mail, aktuální zprávy, předpověď počasí a odkazy, které se mohou hodit.
Very close cos 0.902 - 09
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.
Very close cos 0.900 - 10 Very close cos 0.899
- 11
globo.com - Absolutamente tudo sobre notícias, esportes e entretenimento
Últimas notícias do jornalismo, esporte, entretenimento e mais! Na globo.com você acompanha tudo que está acontecendo hoje no Brasil e no mundo.
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Ads conversion tracking
- Google Analytics
- Google Fonts
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
Very close cos 0.899 - 12
privacy-focused online search engine
Very close cos 0.898 - 13
RTBF Actus - La référence de l'actualité belge et internationale - Accueil - RTBF Actus
Toute l'actualité belge et internationale sur RTBF.be : retrouvez toutes les news info, sport, culture, musique et bien plus encore et accédez aux chaînes TV, radio et marques de la RTBF.
Very close cos 0.897 - 14
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
Very close cos 0.900 - 15
RTL Nieuws & Entertainment
Volg het nieuws terwijl het gebeurt, blijf op de hoogte van alle entertainment-nieuwtjes en mis niets van je favoriete RTL-programma’s.
Very close cos 0.898 - 16
News & E-Mail bei t-online | Politik, Sport, Unterhaltung & Ratgeber
Aktuelle News aus Politik, Sport, Unterhaltung, Wirtschaft & Finanzen | Ratgeber Leben, Gesundheit und Heim & Garten | E-Mail und Shopping bei t-online.
Very close cos 0.899 - 18
Libero: Mail, Ricerca e News con aggiornamento quotidiano
Entra su Libero.it: Mail e Email PEC, Login, le Ultime Notizie con aggiornamento quotidiano, Video, Motore di Ricerca e tanto altro
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Apache HTTP Server
- Amazon CloudFront
- Comscore
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Search Console
Very close cos 0.896 - 19 web.de Top 10K
WEB.DE - kostenlose E-Mail-Adresse, FreeMail & Nachrichten
Sichere Kommunikation, aktuelle Nachrichten und nützliche Online-Services - alles an einem Ort. Einfach, kostenlos und zuverlässig.
Very close cos 0.896 - 20
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
Close cos 0.893
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to google.be’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.
Built with
- Web servers
- Google Web Server header server: gws
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX smtp.google.com
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Google adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on google.be 16/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on google.be 9/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on google.be 7/20
- React · not on google.be 6/20
- Google Workspace 5/20
- Zendesk · not on google.be 5/20
- Next.js · not on google.be 5/20
- Atlassian · not on google.be 4/20
- Akamai Edge DNS · not on google.be 3/20
- Apple Business · not on google.be 3/20
- Slack · not on google.be 3/20
- GlobalSign · not on google.be 3/20
- NS1 · not on google.be 3/20
- Mailchimp · not on google.be 3/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on google.be 3/20
- Envoy · not on google.be 3/20