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, PagesJaunes 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
- 30 ms
01 · Entity
About Google
Google google.fr
Wikidata: search engine by Google LLC
Summary by Claude
French country version of Google Search, a web search engine that returns results for web pages, images, news, videos and maps in response to user queries.
- Who it’s for
- Internet users in France
- 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 0.935 - 02
pagesjaunes : Trouvez plus que des coordonnées.
telephone and business directory
Very close cos 0.914 - 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
20 Minutes - Toute l’actualité en direct et les dernières infos en continu
Suivez l’actualité du jour sur 20 Minutes, média gratuit et indépendant. Politique, Sport, Culture, High Tech, Ecologie… Toute l’info en continu
Very close cos 0.911 - 05
Linternaute.com : Information, loisirs, culture et découvertes...
Actualité, voyages, photos, cinéma, restaurants, cartes de voeux, tv, musique, encyclopédie... Un magazine en ligne complet, pratique, ludique et gratuit pour tous !
Very close cos 0.911 - 06
leboncoin.fr
French classified advertisements website
Very close cos 0.910 - 07
privacy-focused online search engine
Very close cos 0.906 - 08
Accueil | Service Public
Service Public - Vos droits et démarches plus simplement
Very close cos 0.905 - 09
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 - 10
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 0.903 - 11
Actu : toute l'information locale et nationale en direct
L'actualité en continu dans vos régions et au plus près de chez vous en Normandie, Bretagne, Occitanie, Pays-de-La-Loire, Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-France…
Very close cos 0.904 - 12 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 0.902 - 13
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 0.902 - 14
AlloCiné : Cinéma, Séries TV, BO de films et séries, Vidéos, DVD et VOD
AlloCiné, le site de référence du cinéma et des séries tv ! Découvrez notre recherche d'horaires de films, le programme tv de vos séries préférées, l'actualité ciné et séries, les émissions AlloCiné, les dernières bandes-annonces, et plus encore.
Very close cos 0.902 - 15
Meteociel - Météo - observations météo en temps réel et prévisions météo pour la France
La météo en temps réel et prévisions météo pour la France, observations météo des stations officielles et de la communauté, modèles numériques de prévision
Very close cos 0.901 - 16
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 0.901 - 17 Very close cos 0.900
- 18
Homepage | CNIL
national French data protection authority
Very close cos 0.897 - 19
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 0.898 - 20
Ecosia Firewall
web search engine and browser
Very close cos 0.895
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to google.fr’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.fr 16/20
- Google Workspace 7/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on google.fr 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on google.fr 6/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on google.fr 6/20
- Zendesk · not on google.fr 5/20
- Apple Business · not on google.fr 4/20
- Slack · not on google.fr 4/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on google.fr 4/20
- GlobalSign · not on google.fr 4/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on google.fr 4/20
- NS1 · not on google.fr 3/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on google.fr 3/20
- Mailjet · not on google.fr 3/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on google.fr 3/20
- Atlassian · not on google.fr 3/20