Alternatives and competitors
Sites like hotmail.com
The 20 closest webmail alternatives to hotmail.com, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 2 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to hotmail.com? The closest matches are mail.com, office365.com and Fastmail. 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
- 15 ms
01 · Entity
About hotmail.com
Summary by Claude
Hotmail.com is Microsoft's legacy free webmail domain, now redirecting to Outlook.com, which provides email, calendar, and contacts tied to a Microsoft account.
- Who it’s for
- Consumers needing personal email
- Business model
- Advertising and Microsoft 365 subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to hotmail.com’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 hotmail.com
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to hotmail.com, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Free email accounts | Register today at mail.com
Email how it is supposed to be: ✔ Free, simple and secure ✔ Manage multiple mail accounts in one place, from any device ✔ Sign up today!
Very close cos 0.915 - 02 office365.com Top 1K
Web App - Unavailable
subscription to a range of office software products from Microsoft
Very close cos 0.904 - 03
Email and calendar made better | Fastmail
Fast, private email hosting for you or your business. More productive, lightning fast, simple and built to save you time.
Very close cos 0.898 - 04
Cloudflare Captcha Page | Register.com
American domain name registrar
- Google Search Console
- Adobe Experience Manager
- Cloudflare
- Cloudflare DNS
- Meta Business Suite
- Microsoft 365
Close cos 0.889 - 05 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.
Close cos 0.887 - 06
Website
Close cos 0.883 - 07 Close cos 0.879
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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!
Close cos 0.881 - 09
home.pl: Nr 1 w Polsce. Domeny, Hosting, Serwery WWW, Strony, Sklepy
Od 25 lat budujemy polski internet. home.pl jest największym w Polsce dostawcą usług internetowych. Dołącz do grona naszych zadowolonych klientów.
Close cos 0.881 - 10
Domain Names | Buy Domains & Email At Hover.com
Find the perfect domain name for your idea at Hover. All domains come with industry-leading customer support and free WHOIS privacy. Name your passion today!
Close cos 0.877 - 11
Web Hosting Built to Grow With You | hosting.com
Web hosting that takes you from idea to website to a lasting business. Fast and secure, with free migration, real experts 24/7 and a 99.9% uptime SLA.
Close cos 0.879 - 12
WordPress.com: Everything You Need to Build Your Website
Create your WordPress website with built-in hosting, premium themes, and powerful tools. No technical setup required. Start building today—free plan available.
Close cos 0.878 - 13
Page not found.
Close cos 0.874 - 14
Web Hosting Control Panel & Server Management Tools | cPanel
Powerful, reliable web hosting with cPanel & WHM. 20+ years of trust, top-tier support, and key partners like WordPress, CloudLinux, and more.
Close cos 0.874 - 15
WeTransfer | Skicka stora filer snabbt
Det enkla, snabba och säkra sättet att skicka filer till hela världen utan ett konto. Dela filer, foton och videor idag helt gratis.
Close cos 0.875 - 16
free email client and personal information manager
Close cos 0.871 - 17
Email & SMS Marketing Platform | Mailchimp
Utilize real-time user behavior data and artificial intelligence to convert more customers. Easy to use, get started for free!
Close cos 0.872 - 18
digital marketing platform
Close cos 0.871 - 19
Sender Score - Email Marketing Education and Free Tools
Email doesn't have to be complicated. Assess where you are today, learn how to improve, and leverage free tools and education.
Close cos 0.871 - 20
Wikidot - Free and Pro Wiki Hosting
Polish wiki hosting corporation
Close cos 0.873
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to hotmail.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones hotmail.com uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What hotmail.com is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- DNS hosting
- Azure DNS NS ns4-205.azure-dns.info
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=VdfSHp3aOmiGxd6jcbkRPFy6EERzln_hMR3byLjU__w
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what hotmail.com adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on hotmail.com 8/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on hotmail.com 8/20
- Cloudflare · not on hotmail.com 8/20
- Atlassian · not on hotmail.com 6/20
- Google Workspace · not on hotmail.com 6/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on hotmail.com 5/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on hotmail.com 4/20
- Apache HTTP Server · not on hotmail.com 4/20
- Mailchimp · not on hotmail.com 4/20
- Zendesk · not on hotmail.com 4/20
- PHP · not on hotmail.com 4/20
- Apple Business · not on hotmail.com 4/20
- OneTrust · not on hotmail.com 4/20
- HubSpot · not on hotmail.com 3/20
- React · not on hotmail.com 3/20