Alternatives and competitors
Sites like iFixit
The 20 closest electronics repair guides and parts alternatives to iFixit, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 12 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to iFixit? The closest matches are Instructables, MakeUseOf and Lifehacker. 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 iFixit
iFixit ifixit.com
iFixit: The Free Repair Manual
iFixit is a global community of people helping each other repair things. Let's fix the world, one device at a time. Troubleshoot with experts in the Answers forum—and build your own how-to guides to share with the world. Fix your Apple and Android devices—and buy all the parts and tools needed for your DIY repair projects.
Wikidata: American company aiming to ease repairing of consumer electronics
Summary by Claude
Free community-written step-by-step repair guides and device teardowns for electronics and other products, plus an online store selling replacement parts and precision repair tools.
- Who it’s for
- DIY repairers, technicians and repair shops
- Business model
- Sales of repair parts and tools
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to iFixit’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 iFixit
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to iFixit, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Yours for the making
Instructables is a community for people who like to make things. Come explore, share, and make your next project with us!
Very close cos 0.897 - 02
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.
Very close cos 0.902 - 03
Lifehacker | Do everything better
Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.
Very close cos 0.898 - 04
Tom's Hardware: For The Hardcore PC Enthusiast
Tom's Hardware helps you buy the best hardware and build the best PC to play, create and work..
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
- Google Workspace
- Meta Business Suite
- Bing Webmaster Tools
- Comscore
Very close cos 0.896 - 05 Close cos 0.893
- 06
MacRumors: Apple News and Rumors
Apple News and Rumors
Close cos 0.894 - 07
Apple
Discover the innovative world of Apple and shop everything iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, and Apple TV, plus explore accessories, entertainment, and expert device support.
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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 0.894 - 09
PCWorld
PCWorld helps you navigate the PC ecosystem to find the products you want and the advice you need to get the job done.
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Product Reviews and Ratings, Buying Advice and Consumer Advocacy - Consumer Reports
Get unbiased ratings and reviews for 10,000+ products and services from Consumer Reports, plus trusted advice and in-depth reporting on what matters most.
- Amazon CloudFront
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
- Google Workspace
- Meta Business Suite
- Adobe Experience Manager
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leroymerlin.fr
French home improvement and gardening retailer
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CNET: Product reviews, advice, how-tos and the latest news - CNET
Get full-length product reviews, the latest news, tech coverage, daily deals, and category deep dives from CNET experts worldwide.
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English-language computer magazine
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How-To Geek - We Explain Technology
We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.
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Client Challenge
non-profit educational organization
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Bazaarvoice | The UGC Platform for Authentic Shopper Experiences
The leading UGC platform for authentic ratings, reviews, visual UGC, and review syndication that powers discovery, shopper trust, and higher ecommerce conversion.
Close cos 0.886 - 17
Error Page | eBay
American multinational internet corporation that manages eBay.com
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Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews
Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.
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XDA
The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.
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Tom's Guide | Tech Product Reviews, Top Picks and How To
Tom's Guide upgrades your life by helping you decide what tech to buy, showing you how to get the most out of it and solving problems as they arise. Tom's Guide is here to help you....
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to ifixit.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones iFixit uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What iFixit is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- React page source: data-reactroot
- CSS & UI
- Font Awesome asset https://assets.cdn.ifixit.com/AssetsV2/Admin/ifixit/font-awesome-H5eCeGjUf0ZrJh4xEGTKxw.c…
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Marketing automation
- HubSpot TXT v=spf1 a mx include:244586100.spf08.hubspotemail.net include:sendgrid…
- Monitoring
- Sentry page source: .ingest.sentry.io
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: 37mGq470c60mwTtTyxqstED1olrCYLLCvXRBcjI32WX642_EwLd0qA==
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 a mx include:244586100.spf08.hubspotemail.net include:sendgrid…
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=iN2btsmxC-tjT7-UgobfJoH78JHaQCKAxElEGP2d95I
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=tfUk93EWos5SzgRp1V_sHJAOCFBqfopW9DoXxiZEq2w
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=g1hn0m8v7qv40jkjvyywgl1lk70sj0
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what iFixit adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace 16/20
- Meta Business Suite 11/20
- PHP · not on ifixit.com 8/20
- WordPress · not on ifixit.com 8/20
- GlobalSign · not on ifixit.com 8/20
- Google Tag Manager 8/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on ifixit.com 7/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on ifixit.com 6/20
- nginx · not on ifixit.com 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on ifixit.com 6/20
- DocuSign · not on ifixit.com 6/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on ifixit.com 6/20
- OneTrust · not on ifixit.com 6/20
- Adobe · not on ifixit.com 6/20
- Atlassian · not on ifixit.com 6/20