Alternatives and competitors

Sites like match.com

The 20 closest online dating alternatives to match.com, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 12 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to match.com? The closest matches are The Blowers, Tinder and tabor.ru. 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 match.com

match.com

Wikidata: dating website

Top 10K · #3,848 English 12 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit match.com

Summary by Claude

Match.com is an online dating service where adults create profiles, search for and get matched with potential partners, and message them, with paid subscription tiers for full access.

Who it’s for
Single adults seeking relationships
Business model
Subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to match.com’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

AOLimpact.comEventbriteMeetupmonster.comBetterHelpBadooBumbleTinderThe Blowers

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to match.com

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

Only in English

We can’t read match.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    The Blowers theblowers.com Top 10K English

    smartphone dating/hookup application

  2. 02
    Tinder gotinder.com Top 10K English

    Tinder | Dating, Make Friends & Meet New People

    With 55 billion matches to date, Tinder® is the world’s most popular dating app, making it the place to meet new people.

  3. 03
    Bumble bumble.com Top 10K English

    Bumble | Date, Chat & Meet New People

    Bumble is a social network that allows you to feel empowered while making connections, whether you're dating or looking for friends.

  4. 04
    Badoo badoo.com Top 10K English

    Best Free Online Dating Site & App - Friends, Chat, Flirt | Badoo

    Join Badoo’s community - the best free online dating app. Chat before you match, meet & date people in your area or make new friends from all over the world.

  5. 05
    BetterHelp betterhelp.com Top 10K English

    BetterHelp | Professional Therapy With A Licensed Therapist

    Get matched easily with a licensed, board-accredited therapist. More than 31000 therapists with 492 million+ counseling sessions are ready to help you!

  6. 06
    monster.com Top 10K English

    monster.com

    employment website

  7. 07
    Meetup meetup.com Top 10K English

    Meetup | Find Local Groups, Events, and Activities Near You

    Find Meetup events, join groups, or start your own. Make new friends and connect with like-minded people. Meet people near you who share your interests.

  8. 08
    Eventbrite eventbrite.com Top 1K English

    Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do

    Eventbrite - Discover the Best Local Events & Things to Do

  9. 09
    Grindr grindr.com Top 10K English

    Grindr: The World’s Largest Social Networking App for LGBTQ People.

    Grindr is the world’s largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. Download Grindr today to discover, connect to, and explore the queer world around you.

  10. 10
    impact.com Top 10K English

    impact.com - The All-in-One Partnership Management Platform

    Unify affiliate, influencer, creator, and referral programs with impact.com’s partnership management platform. Discover, track, and grow partner revenue.

  11. 11
    AOL aol.com Top 1K English

    News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com

    Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.

  12. 12
    Register.com register.com Top 10K English

    Cloudflare Captcha Page | Register.com

    American domain name registrar

  13. 13
    cars.com Top 10K English

    automotive classified website focused on the United States

  14. 14
    Yandex yandex.com Top 1K English

    Yandex — fast Internet search

    Yandex finds anything: webpages, images, music, good. Solve any problem — from everyday to a scientific one. Search by text, voice or image.

  15. 15
    LinkedIn linkedin.com Top 100 English

    LinkedIn: Log In or Sign Up

    1 billion members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.

  16. 16
    CM.com cm.com Top 1K English

    One platform for every customer interaction | CM.com

    Behind every customer moment is a conversation that just works. CM.com connects messaging, marketing, service and payments on one shared context.

  17. 17
    Realtor.com realtor.com Top 10K English

    Not available in your region – realtor.com®

    Our home search experience isn’t currently available to visitors located in Europe.

  18. 18
    Product Hunt producthunt.com Top 10K English

    product discovery website

  19. 19
    Indeed indeed.com Top 1K English

    Security Check - Indeed.com

    American worldwide job listing search engine

  20. 20
    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.

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

CDN
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 ip4:8.40.142.22 ip4:209.249.148.231 ip4:208.83.240.0/22 includ…
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=6ff142c7-3f16-4155-9688-68e9cf6a74e2
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=MJ0AvuorPaLBQbOC
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=NplEbul6/QwY27UjCFVIejY24fDMShplITQWKk1…
  • Canva TXT canva-site-verification=C-VSVCcEIK24Cl6UkmBQPA
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=f9a4ec42-bb80-4e29-ad28-f8906c19c6a2
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=J07ohO982DqYdoIkMvkbdKFY5zKutDD0oQPxzdXezzM
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=oscvnn60k5wwgy07rt7mkpil0o10mj
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-7LCQlJbRt61ret8X48zyrDFC

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