Alternatives and competitors
Sites like IAU
The 20 closest higher education alternatives to IAU, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 1 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to IAU? The closest matches are Arizona State University, University of Arizona and UChicago. 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
- 16 ms
01 · Entity
About IAU
Summary by Claude
Official website of Islamic Azad University, a large private university system headquartered in Tehran, Iran, with many branch campuses offering undergraduate and graduate degrees. The homepage currently returns a 403 access-denied error.
- Who it’s for
- Students, applicants, faculty in Iran
- Business model
- Tuition fees
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to IAU’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 IAU
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to IAU, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read iau.ir’s homepage (HTTP 403), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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ASU Homepage | Arizona State University
public university in Tempe, Arizona, US
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University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ
The University of Arizona: Recognized for outstanding academics, and a student-first outlook filled with wonder. Interested in becoming a Wildcat?
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University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame is a private research university inspired by its Catholic character to be a powerful force for good in the world.
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government news agency of Iran
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Stanford University
At Stanford, a spirit of optimism and possibility energizes our mission of discovery and learning. Here you’ll find a place of intellectual expansiveness, wide-ranging perspectives, and freedom to explore new lines of thinking. Alive with ideas and innovation, approaching questions with openness and curiosity, pursuing excellence in all we do – this is Stanford.
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Making sure you're not a bot!
French research institution in computer science
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Homepage | Boston University
Boston University is a leading private research institution with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the world.
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ERROR 403: The request could not be satisfied
The University of Toronto - Error 403
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The University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, influencing the world since 1583. We are one of the UK's top-rated research universities. Located in Scotland's capital city, one of the liveliest and most beautiful cities in the world.
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Vanderbilt University
Quick Guide Prospective Undergrads Prospective Grad & Professional Current Students Faculty & Staff Job Seekers Alumni & Friends Undergraduate Admissions Financial Aid & Scholarships Academics Find Your Major Schools & Colleges Student Life Plan a Visit Undergraduate Research Athletics - Anchor
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New York University
There's nothing like a crisp autumn day in New York to put a spring in your step, and at all of NYU's campuses and global sites, the fall presents an opportunity for renewed focus. That's something we're leaning into as a community through the NYU IRL initiative, which challenges us all to reclaim our time and attention so we can concentrate on what matters most. What will we notice when we look up from our devices? Here's to less checking and more connecting, to less following and more wandering.
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Yale University
Since its founding in 1701, Yale University has been dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge, inspiring innovation, and preserving cultural and scientific information for future generations.
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Welcome - Iowa State University
Iowa State University — where innovation is in the making. Experience hands-on learning, cutting-edge research, and endless opportunities for your future.
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Home - BYU
The official website of Brigham Young University | Provo, UT
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Rice University
Rice University is a comprehensive research university in Houston, Texas. Rice produces Houston’s next generation of leaders and advances tomorrow’s thinking.
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Home | WashU
At WashU, we’re connecting learners, thinkers, leaders and doers who inspire each other to ask big questions and find real solutions — together.
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collegiate research university in Oxford, England
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UC Irvine
Homepage for the University of California, Irvine
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Northwestern University
Northwestern is one of the country’s leading private research and teaching universities, located in Evanston, IL. Our highly collaborative environment provides our diverse students and faculty with exceptional opportunities for personal and professional growth.
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Studocu - Access Blocked
On Studocu you find all the lecture notes, summaries and study guides you need to pass your exams with better grades.
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to iau.ir’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones IAU uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What IAU is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=LMJLVz6KqOc_lu-MQCfxoT51AUqSZ1vK8byfbQJGWiY
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what IAU adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 17/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on iau.ir 12/20
- Atlassian · not on iau.ir 11/20
- Adobe · not on iau.ir 10/20
- Apple Business · not on iau.ir 9/20
- OpenAI · not on iau.ir 9/20
- Brevo · not on iau.ir 9/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on iau.ir 8/20
- Google Workspace · not on iau.ir 7/20
- jQuery · not on iau.ir 7/20
- DocuSign · not on iau.ir 6/20
- PHP · not on iau.ir 5/20
- nginx · not on iau.ir 5/20
- Notion · not on iau.ir 5/20
- Google Analytics · not on iau.ir 5/20
- Font Awesome · not on iau.ir 4/20