Alternatives and competitors
Sites like McDonald's
The 20 closest fast food restaurant chain alternatives to McDonald's, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 9 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to McDonald's? The closest matches are Domino's Pizza, Hilton Worldwide and Starbucks. 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.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 41 ms
01 · Entity
About McDonald's
McDonald's mcdonalds.com
Wikidata: American fast food restaurant chain
Summary by Claude
Website of McDonald's, a multinational fast food restaurant chain, offering menu information, nutrition details, restaurant locator, mobile ordering and deals, and corporate and franchise information.
- Who it’s for
- Fast food customers worldwide
- Business model
- Restaurant sales and franchise fees
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to McDonald's’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 McDonald's
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to McDonald's, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read mcdonalds.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
- 01
Domino's Home Page - Domino's Pizza, Order Pizza Online for Delivery - Dominos.com
American pizza restaurant chain
Close cos 0.879 - 02
Hilton Page Reference Code
American multinational hospitality company
Close cos 0.880 - 03
Starbucks Coffee Company
Explore our menu of handcrafted drinks, order ahead, sign up for Starbucks® Rewards, manage your gift card and more.
Close cos 0.873 - 04
tripadvisor.com
American travel website company
Close cos 0.879 - 05
American company directory service and online review forum
Close cos 0.875 - 06
Hyatt Hotels and Resorts
Hyatt Hotels and Resorts
Close cos 0.874 - 07
fastcompany.com
American magazine
Close cos 0.876 - 08
Healthline: Medical information and health advice you can trust.
We're committed to being your source for expert health guidance. Come to us in your pursuit of wellness.
Close cos 0.876 - 09
global management consulting firm
Close cos 0.870 - 10
American internet company owned by Booking Holdings
Close cos 0.871 - 11
clothing design and manufacturing company
Close cos 0.868 - 12
Technical Difficulties
executive department of the U.S. federal government
Close cos 0.872 - 13
Ford® - New Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, SUVs, Crossovers, Trucks, Vans & Cars
Ford® is Built for America. Discover the latest lineup in new Ford vehicles! Explore hybrid & electric vehicle options, see photos, build & price, search inventory, view pricing & incentives & see the latest technology & news happening at Ford.
Close cos 0.869 - 14
inc.com
business magazine
Close cos 0.871 - 15
Simple Page
food focused online social networking service
Close cos 0.871 - 16
British food order and delivery company
Close cos 0.869 - 17
WebMD - Better information. Better health.
The leading source for trustworthy and timely health and medical news and information. Providing credible health information, supportive community, and educational services by blending award-winning expertise in content, community services, expert commentary, and medical review.
Close cos 0.871 - 18
The Official Home Page of the United States Army
The latest news, images, videos, career information, and links from the U.S. Army
Close cos 0.870 - 19
Azure WAF
Azure WAF
Close cos 0.870 - 20
thestreet.com
US financial news and financial literacy website
Close cos 0.871
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to mcdonalds.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones McDonald's uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What McDonald's is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CDN
- Akamai header server: AkamaiGHost
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT v=spf1 include:spf.mailjet.com include:_spf.q4press.com include:amazo…
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:spf.mailjet.com include:_spf.q4press.com include:amazo…
- Mailjet TXT v=spf1 include:spf.mailjet.com include:_spf.q4press.com include:amazo…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-840.awsdns-41.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=xr1imvOStLlJuzF56e9Es6XYgxsJ/g37cNaRq9E…
- GlobalSign TXT globalsign-domain-verification=sQ-XKBfUo5JDJd8xvoOg94ZQ0q4WWtarHMUXPL…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=PmdStartm_wrRL_mcdonalds_com_mcdonalds.com
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=kgdg0z0q8plsrhydjn7cfc4060qs7e
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what McDonald's adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Atlassian 17/20
- Microsoft 365 16/20
- Apple Business · not on mcdonalds.com 13/20
- Meta Business Suite 11/20
- GlobalSign 10/20
- Adobe · not on mcdonalds.com 10/20
- DocuSign · not on mcdonalds.com 9/20
- OneTrust · not on mcdonalds.com 9/20
- Google Workspace · not on mcdonalds.com 9/20
- OpenAI · not on mcdonalds.com 8/20
- Akamai Edge DNS · not on mcdonalds.com 7/20
- Miro · not on mcdonalds.com 7/20
- Amazon Route 53 7/20
- Proofpoint · not on mcdonalds.com 6/20
- Amazon SES 6/20