Alternatives and competitors
Sites like IDC
The 20 closest IT market research alternatives to IDC, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 18 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to IDC? The closest matches are Gartner, CoinDesk and Statista. 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 IDC
Summary by Claude
IDC provides market research, data, forecasts, analyst advisory services and events covering IT, telecommunications and consumer technology markets.
- Who it’s for
- Technology vendors, CIOs, IT buyers, investors
- Business model
- Research subscriptions, advisory services, events and sponsorships
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to IDC’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 IDC
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to IDC, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01 Very close cos 0.903
- 02
Vercel Security Checkpoint
news site about bitcoin and digital currencies, owned by Digital Currency Group
Very close cos 0.898 - 03
Statista - The Statistics Portal for Market Data, Market Research and Market Studies
Find statistics, consumer survey results and industry studies from over 22,500 sources on over 60,000 topics on the internet's leading statistics database
Very close cos 0.895 - 04
Stock Market News & Investing Research | The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool has been providing investing insights and personal finance to millions of people for over 25 years. Learn how we make the world Smarter, Happier & Richer.
Very close cos 0.895 - 05
The premier global independent, omnichannel advertising platform | Innovid
Innovid empowers advertisers and publishers to create, deliver, measure, and optimize their ad and social experiences that drive consumer connections and business growth.
Close cos 0.890 - 06
TechTarget: Enterprise IT News, Expert Advice & Research
TechTarget delivers enterprise IT news, expert advice and research on AI, cybersecurity, infrastructure and IT strategy to help you make smarter tech decisions.
Close cos 0.892 - 07
Forrester Helps Organizations Thrive Through Volatility
Forrester is a leading global market research company that helps organizations exceed customer demands and excel with technology. Learn how Forrester can help.
Close cos 0.889 - 08
The Verge
The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.
Very close cos 0.895 - 09
Technology news and analysis | The Register
All the latest news for enterprise technology decision-makers and IT pros | The Register
Close cos 0.892 - 10
Seeking Alpha | Stock Market Analysis & Tools for Investors
Join Seeking Alpha, the largest investing community in the world. Get stock market news and analysis, investing ideas, earnings calls, charts and portfolio analysis tools.
Close cos 0.891 - 11
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.
Close cos 0.887 - 12
MUO - Technology, Simplified.
MUO is your guide to modern tech. Learn how to make use of the tech and gadgets around you, and discover cool stuff on the internet.
Close cos 0.891 - 13
Computerworld
Computerworld covers a range of technology topics, with a focus on these core areas of IT: generative AI, Windows, mobile, Apple/enterprise, office suites, productivity software, and collaboration software, as well as relevant information about companies such as Microsoft, Apple, OpenAI and Google.
Close cos 0.889 - 14
Semrush: Your Unfair Advantage for Growing Brand Visibility
Semrush is the leading platform to grow and measure brand visibility across AI search, SEO, PPC, social, and more.
Close cos 0.885 - 15
Intel Inside - Built for AI
Deliver AI at scale across cloud, data center, edge, and client with comprehensive hardware and software solutions.
Close cos 0.883 - 16 Close cos 0.883
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Gizmodo | The Future Is Here
Dive into cutting-edge tech, reviews and the latest trends with the expert team at Gizmodo. Your ultimate source for all things tech.
Close cos 0.886 - 18
Market Research Reports & Consulting | Grand View Research, Inc.
The business consulting firm Grand View Research offers action-ready market research reports, custom market analysis and consulting services.
Close cos 0.879 - 19
Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do
Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do
Close cos 0.884 - 20
Home Page - Supplyframe
A Global Engineering Network
Close cos 0.880
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to idc.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones IDC uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What IDC is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress meta generator: WordPress 7.0.8
- CSS & UI
- Font Awesome asset https://kit.fontawesome.com/e72eb4e75f.js
- Fonts
- Adobe Fonts asset https://use.typekit.net/
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Cookie consent
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress 7.0.8)
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX idc-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1020.awsdns-63.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=6d8e5080b896d3b561b273ab5de1b361e5c95cded…
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=OgMkscBLxaedWxvOpudpOs7V8IcoptPHKVsL32r…
- Canva TXT canva-site-verification=yg-xWt0H-iqD9zuT2J5ycw
- DocuSign TXT docusign=588df1b5-9825-42f1-aa93-1ea221867bf5
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: MFPE16Ayl583vWIJlFK3ognwbq8zXe9Lut5KqOF6aA4
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-vavK03qneGObYLq086JMkK6c
- Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=C4khAQa9sYT4K73ZDAXAYciBaEGIGFH6hI6536l0
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what IDC adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Atlassian 14/20
- Microsoft 365 12/20
- Apple Business · not on idc.com 11/20
- Google Workspace · not on idc.com 10/20
- OneTrust 9/20
- OpenAI 9/20
- Google Tag Manager 8/20
- DocuSign 7/20
- Salesforce · not on idc.com 7/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on idc.com 7/20
- Zendesk · not on idc.com 6/20
- Amazon Route 53 6/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on idc.com 6/20
- Adobe 6/20
- PHP 6/20