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 Qwant, Canada and Microsoft Bing. 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
- 12 ms
01 · Entity
About Google
Google google.ca
Wikidata: search engine by Google LLC
Summary by Claude
Canadian country version of Google Search, a web search engine that returns indexed web pages, images, news, maps and AI-generated answers for user queries.
- Who it’s for
- Internet users in Canada
- 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
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 - 02
Canada.ca
The Government of Canada website is a single point of access to all programs, services, departments, ministries and organizations of the Government of Canada.
- Adobe
- Adobe Experience Manager
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Akamai
- Apache HTTP Server
- Google Search Console
Very close cos 0.913 - 03
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 0.911 - 04
Kijiji - Buy, Sell & Save with Canada's #1 Local Marketplaces | Kijiji
Visit Kijiji Classifieds to buy, sell, or trade almost anything! New and used items, cars, real estate, jobs, services, vacation rentals, and more virtually anywhere in Canada.
Very close cos 0.910 - 05
privacy-focused online search engine
Very close cos 0.907 - 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 0.906 - 07
Yandex — fast Internet search
Yandex finds anything: webpages, images, music, good. Solve any problem — from everyday to a scientific one. Search by text, voice or image.
Very close cos 0.905 - 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 0.904 - 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 0.902 - 10
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 0.905 - 11 Very close cos 0.900
- 12
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 0.902 - 13
Search Engine Journal - The AI Search & SEO News That Matters
Search Engine Journal is the last independent voice in search, sharing the latest AI search, SEO, GEO & AEO news that impact marketing strategy and business growth.
Very close cos 0.896 - 14
News website
Very close cos 0.894 - 15
Ecosia Firewall
web search engine and browser
Close cos 0.893 - 16
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.
Close cos 0.894 - 17
Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions
Answers is the place to go to get the answers you need and to ask the questions you want
Very close cos 0.895 - 18
LiveInternet @ Статистика и дневники, почта и поиск
LiveInternet - крупный сервис дневников и сообществ, авторитетный сервис статистики для сайтов
Very close cos 0.895 - 19
Search Flights, Hotels & Rental Cars | KAYAK
KAYAK searches hundreds of other travel sites at once to find the information you need to make the right decisions on flights, hotels & rental cars.
Very close cos 0.896 - 20
National Post: Canadian and World News, Stories & Headlines
The National Post keeps you up-to-date on what's happening in Canada and the rest of the world with the latest breaking news and stories that matter to you.
Very close cos 0.895
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to google.ca’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.ca 16/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on google.ca 8/20
- GlobalSign · not on google.ca 8/20
- Google Workspace 7/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on google.ca 7/20
- Apple Business · not on google.ca 5/20
- nginx · not on google.ca 5/20
- Bing Webmaster Tools · not on google.ca 5/20
- Yandex Metrica · not on google.ca 5/20
- Slack · not on google.ca 4/20
- Zendesk · not on google.ca 4/20
- Adobe · not on google.ca 3/20
- NS1 · not on google.ca 3/20
- Atlassian · not on google.ca 3/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on google.ca 3/20
- Next.js · not on google.ca 3/20