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 Microsoft Bing, Naver and Sogou. 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.co.za

Google

Top 10K · #3,750 German 2 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Google

Summary by Claude

South African localized version of Google's web search engine, providing web, image, news and other search services.

Who it’s for
Internet users in South Africa
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

Takealot.comStartpage.comTerraBritish Broadcasting CorporationQwantgazeta.plMapQuestSogouNaverMicrosoft Bing

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
    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.

  2. 02
    Naver naver.com Top 1K Korean

    NAVER

    네이버 메인에서 다양한 정보와 유용한 컨텐츠를 만나 보세요

  3. 03
    Sogou sogou.com Top 10K

    Chinese Internet search engine

  4. 04
    MapQuest mapquest.com Top 10K English

    company owned by System1

  5. 05
    gazeta.pl Top 10K
  6. 06
    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.

  7. 07
    British Broadcasting Corporation bbc.com Top 1K English

    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

  8. 08
    Search Engine Journal searchenginejournal.com Top 10K English

    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.

  9. 09
    Terra terra.com.br Top 10K Portuguese

    Terra - Seu Portal de Notícias, Diversão, Esportes e Vida e Estilo

    Acompanhe no Terra as últimas notícias do Brasil e do mundo sobre Entretenimento, Esportes, Tecnologia, Saúde, Horóscopo, Receitas e muito mais

  10. 10
    Startpage.com startpage.com English

    privacy-focused online search engine

  11. 11
    Takealot.com takealot.com Top 10K English

    South African e-commerce company

  12. 12
    Globo.com globo.com Top 1K Portuguese

    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.

  13. 13
    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.

  14. 14
    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.

  15. 15
    Jusbrasil jusbrasil.com.br Top 10K Portuguese

    Jusbrasil

    Brazilian company

  16. 16
    Property24 property24.com Top 10K English

    Property for Sale: Houses for sale: Property24

    The first place to start your property search with over 200 000 houses, private property, flats, farms, repossessed property for sale & to rent by estate agents. Property24.com

  17. 17
    T-Online t-online.de Top 1K German

    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.

  18. 18
    SS ss.com Top 10K Latvian

    Sludinājumi - SS.COM

    Sludinājumi Latvija un Rīga. Vislielākais sludinājumu serveris Latvijā. Vieglie auto, vakances un darbinieku meklēšana, kravas automašīnas, motocikli un velosipēdi, autoserviss un rezerves daļas. Аpmācība un kursi, kredīti un līzings. Nekustamā īpašuma cenas un vērtība Eiro (Eur) - dzīvokļi, mājas, zeme, mežs, zemes gabali, telpu noma, veikali. Pārdošana telefoni, foto un datori, drēbes, apavi, preces bērniem. Lauksaimniecība - dzīvnieki un tehnika, pārtikas produkti un apstrāde. Instrumenti un būvtehnika, būvmateriāli un materiāli ēku remontam. Sludinājumi par veselību un skaistumkopšanu, kos

  19. 19
    Daum daum.net Top 1K Korean

    Daum

    이용자 선택권을 강화한 뉴스, 세상의 모든 정보를 연결하는 검색. Daum에서 나의 관심 콘텐츠를 즐겨보세요.

  20. 20
    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.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to google.co.za’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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