Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Google
The 20 closest web search engine alternatives to Google, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 1 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Google? The closest matches are DuckDuckGo, Microsoft Bing and Startpage.com. 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
- 10 ms
01 · Entity
About Google
Summary by Claude
A country-code domain for Google's web search engine, showing the standard Google search homepage for finding web pages, images, news and other information.
- Who it’s for
- General internet users
- 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
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 0.917 - 02
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 0.910 - 03
privacy-focused online search engine
Very close cos 0.911 - 04
Simple Page
food focused online social networking service
Very close cos 0.909 - 05
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 0.908 - 06
company owned by System1
Very close cos 0.905 - 07
Яндекс — быстрый поиск в интернете
Яндекс, найдётся всё: сайты, изображения, музыка, товары. Решайте любые задачи — от повседневных вопросов до научной работы. Можно искать текстом, голосом или по картинке.
Very close cos 0.907 - 08
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 - 09
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。
Very close cos 0.905 - 10 Very close cos 0.904
- 11
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.
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 0.900 - 14
product discovery website
Very close cos 0.900 - 15 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 0.900 - 16
GIPHY - Be Animated
GIPHY is the platform that animates your world. Find the GIFs, Clips, and Stickers that make your conversations more positive, more expressive, and more you.
Very close cos 0.898 - 17
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 0.899 - 18
immowelt.de
company
Very close cos 0.901 - 19
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 0.899 - 20 Very close cos 0.898
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to google.us’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
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.us 17/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on google.us 8/20
- Google Workspace · not on google.us 8/20
- Apple Business · not on google.us 5/20
- Bing Webmaster Tools · not on google.us 5/20
- GlobalSign · not on google.us 5/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on google.us 4/20
- Next.js · not on google.us 4/20
- OpenAI · not on google.us 4/20
- React · not on google.us 4/20
- Atlassian · not on google.us 4/20
- SendGrid · not on google.us 4/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on google.us 4/20
- nginx · not on google.us 3/20
- NS1 · not on google.us 3/20
- Slack · not on google.us 3/20