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 GIGA, T-Online and n-tv. 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
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- Vector
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- Query
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01 · Entity
About Google
Summary by Claude
German-language version of Google's web search engine, providing search across web pages, images, news, maps and videos, with links to other Google services.
- Who it’s for
- Internet users in Germany
- 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.
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GIGA | News und Tipps zu Android, Apple, Games, Entertainment, Tech und Haushalt
Bei GIGA findet ihr aktuelle News, Tests, Tipps und Schnäppchen rund um Technik, Games und Entertainment.
- Google Workspace
- Amazon CloudFront
- Google Search Console
- Mailchimp Transactional
- Meta Business Suite
- Miro
Very close cos 0.925 - 02
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 0.923 - 03
Nachrichten, aktuelle Schlagzeilen und Videos - n-tv.de
Nachrichten seriös, schnell und kompetent. Artikel und Videos aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Börse, Sport und aller Welt.
Very close cos 0.922 - 04 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 0.918 - 05
German computer and communications magazine
Very close cos 0.914 - 06
German news website
Very close cos 0.914 - 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 0.915 - 08
GMX - kostenlose E-Mail, Cloud, Nachrichten & Freemail
Kostenlose E-Mail-Adresse erstellen, Nachrichten lesen und Fotos & Dateien in der GMX Cloud sicher speichern. Jetzt registrieren!
Very close cos 0.912 - 09
Gesetze im Internet
website and database containing laws and regulations of Germany
Very close cos 0.909 - 10
immowelt.de
company
Very close cos 0.912 - 11
heise online – IT news, guides and background information | heise online
News and forums on computers, IT, science, media and politics. Price comparison of hardware and software as well as downloads at Heise Medien.
Very close cos 0.907 - 12
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 0.907 - 13
Forbidden
non-profit association of the Federal Republic of Germany for the promotion of the German language abroad and for global cultural exchange
Very close cos 0.901 - 14
kicker.de
German association football website
Very close cos 0.903 - 15
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 0.901 - 16
rnd.de
German news organization
Very close cos 0.900 - 17 Very close cos 0.899
- 18
Ich bin kein Roboter - ImmobilienScout24
an online service/website that offers search for real estate (houses, apartments, etc.) purchase or rental in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Very close cos 0.901 - 19
international German public radio and television channel
Very close cos 0.897 - 20
DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten
Deutschlands führende Nachrichtenseite. Alles Wichtige aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Sport, Kultur, Wissenschaft, Technik und mehr.
Very close cos 0.899
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to google.de’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.de 16/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on google.de 11/20
- Atlassian · not on google.de 8/20
- Amazon SES · not on google.de 7/20
- Adobe · not on google.de 7/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on google.de 6/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on google.de 6/20
- Miro · not on google.de 6/20
- Brevo · not on google.de 4/20
- Akamai · not on google.de 4/20
- Apple Business · not on google.de 4/20
- Next.js · not on google.de 3/20
- React · not on google.de 3/20
- Criteo · not on google.de 3/20
- GlobalSign · not on google.de 3/20
- Apache HTTP Server · not on google.de 3/20