Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Inc.

The 20 closest business magazine alternatives to Inc., ranked by what they actually offer, and the 12 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Inc.? The closest matches are Fast Company, Entrepreneur and Fortune. 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 Inc.

Inc. inc.com

inc.com

Wikidata: business magazine

Top 10K · #2,474 English 12 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Inc.

Summary by Claude

Inc. is an American business magazine and website publishing news, advice and features on entrepreneurship, small business, leadership and startups, along with rankings like the Inc. 5000 and related events.

Who it’s for
Entrepreneurs and small business owners
Business model
Advertising, subscriptions and events

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Inc.’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

International Business TimesSlateThe VergeBusiness InsiderThe AtlanticForbesNewsweekFortuneEntrepreneurFast Company

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Inc.

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

Only in English

We can’t read inc.com’s homepage (HTTP 403), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    Fast Company fastcompany.com Top 10K English

    fastcompany.com

    American magazine

  2. 02
    Entrepreneur entrepreneur.com Top 10K English

    Homepage | Entrepreneur

    Your ultimate resource for small business news, entrepreneurship, business management, franchise opportunities, growth strategies and making money. Learn how to succeed.

  3. 03
    Fortune fortune.com Top 10K English

    Fortune - Fortune 500 Daily & Breaking Business News

    Unrivaled access, premier storytelling, and the best of business since 1930.

  4. 04
    Newsweek newsweek.com Top 10K English

    Newsweek - Latest Breaking News, US, World, Politics, Business, Tech and Videos.

    Newsweek provides in-depth analysis on news, world events, politics, business, tech, entertainment, healthcare, & trending videos. Subscribe for breaking news alerts!

  5. 05
    Forbes forbes.com Top 1K English

    forbes.com

    American business magazine

  6. 06
    The Atlantic theatlantic.com Top 10K English

    Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

    magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.

  7. 07
    Harvard Business Review hbr.org Top 1K English

    Harvard Business Review - Ideas and Advice for Leaders

    Find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.

  8. 08
    Business Insider businessinsider.com Top 1K English

    Business Insider - Latest News in Tech, Markets, Economy & Innovation

    Business Insider tells the global tech, finance, stock market, media, economy, lifestyle, real estate, AI and innovative stories you want to know.

  9. 09
    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.

  10. 10
    TIME time.com Top 1K English

    TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates

    Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.

  11. 11
    Slate slate.com Top 10K English

    Slate Magazine - Politics, Business, Technology, and the Arts

    Online magazine of news, politics, technology, and culture. Combines humor and insight in thoughtful analyses of current events and political news.

  12. 12
    Bored Panda boredpanda.com Top 10K English

    Bored Panda - The Only Magazine For Pandas

    Bored Panda is a leading art, pop culture and lifestyle magazine that is viewed nearly 100 million times every month.

  13. 13
    International Business Times ibtimes.com Top 10K English

    International Business Times - Business News, Financial news

    International Business Times is the leading provider of business news and financial news from the US and around the world.

  14. 14
    TechCrunch techcrunch.com Top 1K English

    TechCrunch | Startup and Technology News

    TechCrunch | Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley

  15. 15
    ScreenRant screenrant.com Top 10K English

    ScreenRant: Movie News, Movie Reviews, Movie Trailers, TV News

    ScreenRant debuted in 2003 and has grown into the largest source of breaking entertainment news & original features for movies, TV, comics, + more!

  16. 16
    PCWorld pcworld.com Top 10K English

    PCWorld

    PCWorld helps you navigate the PC ecosystem to find the products you want and the advice you need to get the job done.

  17. 17
    Variety variety.com Top 10K English

    Variety - Entertainment news, film reviews, awards, film festivals, box office, entertainment industry conferences

    Entertainment news, film reviews, awards, film festivals, box office, entertainment industry conferences

  18. 18
    9to5Mac 9to5mac.com Top 10K English

    9to5Mac - Apple News & Mac Rumors Breaking All Day

    Apple News & Mac Rumors Breaking All Day

  19. 19
    TheStreet thestreet.com Top 10K English

    thestreet.com

    US financial news and financial literacy website

  20. 20
    British Broadcasting Corporation bbc.com Top 1K English

    BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio

    Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to inc.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Inc. uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Inc. is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 a:dispatch-us.ppe-hosted.com include:_spf.google.com include:s…
Security
CDN
  • Fastly header x-served-by: cache-ber1080028-BER
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 a:dispatch-us.ppe-hosted.com include:_spf.google.com include:s…
  • Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 a:dispatch-us.ppe-hosted.com include:_spf.google.com include:s…
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=7P-WTP_6W3ncIzOhnL53ZJIFdR_9a2hcgUBPd…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=APaxpIAa4juxpYQJps3fN06tfR49J2ahejAmgOB0Vq8
  • Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_ucBYh9XLDMPjutQbTLLADa

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