Alternatives and competitors
Sites like IBM
The 20 closest enterprise IT and consulting alternatives to IBM, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 15 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to IBM? The closest matches are HashiCorp, Oracle Corporation and Red Hat. 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
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- Query
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01 · Entity
About IBM
Summary by Claude
IBM sells enterprise software, hybrid cloud services, AI tools (watsonx), mainframe and server hardware (IBM Z), security products, and IT consulting to large organizations.
- Who it’s for
- Large enterprises and IT departments
- Business model
- Software licenses, subscriptions, hardware sales, consulting services
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to IBM’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 IBM
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to IBM, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Vercel Security Checkpoint
American software company
Very close cos 0.902 - 02
Technical Difficulties
American multinational computer corporation
Very close cos 0.902 - 03
Red Hat - We make open source technologies for the enterprise
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, including high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies.
Very close cos 0.898 - 04
Island | The Enterprise Agentic Control Plane | AI, Network, Data Protection
Govern human and AI workflows with Island’s Enterprise Agentic Control Plane. Streamline ZTNA, enforce browser DLP, and optimize digital experiences.
Very close cos 0.897 - 05
Cloud Software Group home
Cloud Software Group is a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure software solutions encompassing virtualization, integration, data management, automation, business intelligence, collaboration, networking and security.
Very close cos 0.895 - 06
American information technology company
Very close cos 0.895 - 07
Zoho | Cloud-Software-Suite für Unternehmen
Eine einzigartige und leistungsstarke Software-Suite, die Ihre Arbeitsweise verändert. Entwickelt für Unternehmen jeder Größe; von einem Unternehmen gebaut, das Ihre Privatsphäre schätzt.
Very close cos 0.895 - 08
AI Infrastructure, Secure Networking, and Software Solutions - Cisco
Cisco is a worldwide technology leader powering an inclusive future for all. Learn more about our products, services, solutions, and innovations.
Close cos 0.894 - 09
Reinvented with Accenture
Accenture embraces the power of change to create 360° value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Learn more.
- Adobe
- Adobe Experience Manager
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Apple Business
- Atlassian
- Google Search Console
Close cos 0.893 - 10
American cloud-based business management software company
Close cos 0.894 - 11
The AI Workspace for People & Agents | monday.com
Get more work done with AI agents that work side by side with your people. Execute, manage, and operate together on one AI Workspace to drive business results.
Close cos 0.893 - 12
American software company
Close cos 0.891 - 13
Human Risk Management & Advanced Email Security | Mimecast
Protect email and collaboration tools with Mimecast. Manage human risk and stay ahead of cyber threats with advanced security solutions.
Close cos 0.889 - 14
German software producer
Close cos 0.889 - 15
KI-gestützte Serviceplattform | Zendesk
Mehr als Ticketvermeidung: KI-Agenten lösen Anfragen durchgängig. Verbessern Sie Servicequalität, Geschwindigkeit und Skalierung. Jetzt kostenlos testen.
Close cos 0.892 - 16
Salesforce: Das führende CRM mit KI | Salesforce DE
Salesforce ist das führende CRM mit KI. Es hilft Unternehmen, sich auf völlig neue Weise mit Kund:innen zu vernetzen, indem es die Daten, Apps und Agents zusammenbringt, die das Unternehmen am Laufen halten.
Close cos 0.890 - 17
The AI-Native commerce suite of choice for bold CIOs and CEOs
Modernize your stack and drive operational results with an AI-Native unified commerce solution.
Close cos 0.887 - 18
Collaboration software for software, IT and business teams | Atlassian
Atlassian's team collaboration software like Jira, Confluence and Trello help teams organize, discuss, and complete shared work.
Close cos 0.888 - 19
SurveyMonkey: The World’s Most Popular Survey Platform
Easily create surveys and forms with AI and templates for employee and customer feedback, market research, event registrations and more. Get started free.
Close cos 0.890 - 20
Technology news and analysis | The Register
All the latest news for enterprise technology decision-makers and IT pros | The Register
Close cos 0.890
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to ibm.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones IBM uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What IBM is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- Adobe Experience Manager page source: /content/dam/adobe-cms/
- Analytics
- Microsoft Clarity page source: clarity.ms/tag/
- Tag managers
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags asset https://assets.adobedtm.com/0f2de1d5b89a/565c2aeb0d39/launch-560e54b3e83c.min.js
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=e7e09cedfb9b4ff386f1274e4c214d55
- Security
- Akamai Bot Manager cookie bm_sz
- CDN
- Akamai header x-akamai-transformed: 0 - 0 -
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms61389031
- Proofpoint MX mx0a-001b2d05.pphosted.com
- DNS hosting
- NS1 NS dns4.p05.nsone.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=5f8adca7-512f-44e1-a5b2-b62c5e3763f2
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=M3o953J0rN1B0P2a
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=79ZnqmRPyDwm6b99GAF3ymzBmjtRZU9oCfgMwVM…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=aH5jG_abrxRKeKZKOrX9CuXlXdFSCQxVkmAVoYwzNcc
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=7w4exj2revwpv5u708s6bji5j6tswy
- Yandex Webmaster TXT yandex-verification: 5f458b477256c50c
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what IBM adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Atlassian 15/20
- DocuSign · not on ibm.com 15/20
- Microsoft 365 15/20
- Adobe 13/20
- Apple Business 11/20
- Miro · not on ibm.com 10/20
- OpenAI · not on ibm.com 10/20
- Stripe · not on ibm.com 9/20
- OneTrust 9/20
- Canva · not on ibm.com 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on ibm.com 8/20
- Google Workspace · not on ibm.com 8/20
- Meta Business Suite 8/20
- Proofpoint 7/20
- HubSpot · not on ibm.com 7/20