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.

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01 · Entity

About Google

Google google.de

Google

Top 1K · #520 German 2 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit 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

RamblerimmoweltGMXHandelsblattFocus OnlineChipweb.den-tvT-OnlineGIGA

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
    GIGA giga.de Top 10K German

    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.

  2. 02
    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.

  3. 03
    n-tv n-tv.de Top 1K German

    Nachrichten, aktuelle Schlagzeilen und Videos - n-tv.de

    Nachrichten seriös, schnell und kompetent. Artikel und Videos aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Börse, Sport und aller Welt.

  4. 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.

  5. 05
    Chip chip.de Top 10K

    German computer and communications magazine

  6. 06
    Focus Online focus.de Top 1K

    German news website

  7. 07
    Handelsblatt handelsblatt.com Top 10K German

    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.

  8. 08
    GMX gmx.net Top 10K German

    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!

  9. 09
    Gesetze im Internet gesetze-im-internet.de Top 10K

    Gesetze im Internet

    website and database containing laws and regulations of Germany

  10. 10
    immowelt immowelt.de Top 10K English

    immowelt.de

    company

  11. 11
    heise online heise.de Top 10K English

    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.

  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
    Goethe-Institut goethe.de Top 10K

    Forbidden

    non-profit association of the Federal Republic of Germany for the promotion of the German language abroad and for global cultural exchange

  14. 14
    kicker.de Top 10K English

    kicker.de

    German association football website

  15. 15
    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.

  16. 16

    rnd.de

    German news organization

  17. 17
    Sogou sogou.com Top 10K

    Chinese Internet search engine

  18. 18
    ImmobilienScout24 immobilienscout24.de Top 10K

    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

  19. 19
    Deutsche Welle dw.com Top 10K

    international German public radio and television channel

  20. 20
    Der Spiegel spiegel.de Top 1K German

    DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten

    Deutschlands führende Nachrichtenseite. Alles Wichtige aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Sport, Kultur, Wissenschaft, Technik und mehr.

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.

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

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