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

IDC idc.com

IDC | Trusted Tech Intelligence

Navigate the changing tech landscape with IDC’s trusted intelligence and insights from 11 billion data points.

Wikidata: publishing company

Top 10K · #5,958 English 18 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit 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

MakeUseOfSeeking AlphaThe RegisterThe VergeForresterTechTargetInnovidStatistaCoinDeskGartner

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to IDC

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to IDC, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Gartner gartner.com Top 10K

    company

  2. 02
    CoinDesk coindesk.com Top 10K English

    Vercel Security Checkpoint

    news site about bitcoin and digital currencies, owned by Digital Currency Group

  3. 03
    Statista statista.com Top 1K English

    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

  4. 04
    The Motley Fool fool.com Top 10K English

    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.

  5. 05
    Innovid innovid.com Top 10K English

    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.

  6. 06
    TechTarget techtarget.com Top 10K English

    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.

  7. 07
    Forrester forrester.com Top 10K English

    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.

  8. 08
    The Verge theverge.com Top 1K English

    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.

  9. 09
    The Register theregister.com Top 10K English

    Technology news and analysis | The Register

    All the latest news for enterprise technology decision-makers and IT pros | The Register

  10. 10
    Seeking Alpha seekingalpha.com Top 10K English

    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.

  11. 11
    Accenture accenture.com Top 10K English

    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.

  12. 12
    MakeUseOf makeuseof.com Top 10K English

    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.

  13. 13
    Computerworld computerworld.com Top 10K English

    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.

  14. 14
    Semrush semrush.com Top 10K English

    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.

  15. 15
    Intel intel.com Top 1K English

    Intel Inside - Built for AI

    Deliver AI at scale across cloud, data center, edge, and client with comprehensive hardware and software solutions.

  16. 16
    spglobal.com Top 10K

    curling events at the Olympics

  17. 17
    Gizmodo gizmodo.com Top 10K English

    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.

  18. 18
    Grand View Research grandviewresearch.com Top 10K English

    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.

  19. 19
    Eventbrite eventbrite.com Top 1K English

    Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do

    Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do

  20. 20
    Supplyframe supplyframe.com Top 10K

    Home Page - Supplyframe

    A Global Engineering Network

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
CSS & UI
  • Font Awesome asset https://kit.fontawesome.com/e72eb4e75f.js
Fonts
Tag managers
Cookie consent
  • OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=cc0345893aad4f9fa7dbb40bff8ad0dc
  • TrustArc page source: consent.trustarc.com
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress 7.0.8)
Email hosting
DNS hosting
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

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