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 DuckDuckGo, MapQuest 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.gm

Google

Top 10K · #4,929 German 2 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Google

Summary by Claude

The Gambia country-code domain of Google's web search engine, letting users search the web, images, news and other content.

Who it’s for
Internet users in The Gambia
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

ChinaZ.comn-tvCanadaMicrosoft BingStartpage.comGumGumGhanaWebSogouMapQuestDuckDuckGo

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
    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.

  2. 02
    MapQuest mapquest.com Top 10K English

    company owned by System1

  3. 03
    Sogou sogou.com Top 10K

    Chinese Internet search engine

  4. 04
    Bahamut Gamer's Community gamer.com.tw Top 10K Chinese

    巴哈姆特電玩資訊站 - 系統異常回報

    Taiwanese ACG Internet forum

  5. 05
    GhanaWeb ghanaweb.com Top 10K English

    Challenge Validation

    Ghanaian news and opinion site

  6. 06
    GumGum gumgum.com Top 1K English

    GumGum | The Mindset Company™ – CTV, OLV & High Impact Display Advertising

    A global advertising technology company identifying the moments consumers are most receptive — delivering mindset-driven campaigns across CTV, online video, and high-impact display at scale.

  7. 07
    Ecosia ecosia.org Top 10K

    Ecosia Firewall

    web search engine and browser

  8. 08
    Startpage.com startpage.com English

    privacy-focused online search engine

  9. 09
    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.

  10. 10
    Canada canada.ca Top 10K English

    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.

  11. 11
    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.

  12. 12
    ChinaZ.com chinaz.com Top 10K

    站长之家 - 站长资讯-我们致力于为中文网站提供动力!

    站长之家(中国站长站)为个人站长与企业网络提供全面的站长资讯、源代码程序下载、海量建站素材、强大的搜索优化辅助工具、网络产品设计与运营理念以及一站式网络解决方案,十年来我们一直致力为中文网站提供动力。

  13. 13
    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

  14. 14
    Naver naver.com Top 1K Korean

    NAVER

    네이버 메인에서 다양한 정보와 유용한 컨텐츠를 만나 보세요

  15. 15
    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.

  16. 16
    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.

  17. 17
    Sohu sohu.com Top 1K

    Chinese Internet company

  18. 18
    Baidu baidu.com Top 100

    Chinese web services company

  19. 19
    Pikabu pikabu.ru Top 1K Russian

    Горячее – самые интересные и обсуждаемые посты | Пикабу

    Пикабу – это уютное информационно-развлекательное сообщество, где любой желающий может опубликовать пост. Истории из жизни, свежие шутки и мемы, познавательные статьи, забавные фото и видео, интересные комментарии. Если другим пользователям понравится ваша история, ее увидят сотни тысяч людей.

  20. 20
    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.

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