Alternatives and competitors
Sites like MedlinePlus
The 20 closest consumer health information alternatives to MedlinePlus, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 6 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to MedlinePlus? The closest matches are Healthline, Everyday Health and verywellhealth.com. 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
- 11 ms
01 · Entity
About MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus medlineplus.gov
MedlinePlus - Health Information from the National Library of Medicine
Find information on health conditions, wellness issues, and more in easy-to-read language on MedlinePlus, the up-to-date, trusted health information site from the NIH and the National Library of Medicine.
Wikidata: online information service produced by the United States National Library of Medicine
Summary by Claude
A free consumer health information service from the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NIH), with articles on health topics, a medical encyclopedia, drug and supplement information, genetics, medical tests, and healthy recipes in English, Spanish and other languages.
- Who it’s for
- Patients, families and the general public
- Business model
- Government funded
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to MedlinePlus’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 MedlinePlus
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to MedlinePlus, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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.
Very close cos 0.940 - 02
Everyday Health: Trusted Medical Information, Expert Health Advice, News, Tools, and Resources
Everyday Health inspires and empowers people to live their healthiest lives, every day, through trusted, medically reviewed information and expert health advice from the nation's leading healthcare providers and patient advocates. Learn more about health
Very close cos 0.935 - 03
Simple Page
health website
Very close cos 0.927 - 04
US government medical research agency
Very close cos 0.925 - 05
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC
United States government public health agency
Very close cos 0.924 - 06
Medical and health information | MedicalNewsToday
Medical news and health news headlines posted throughout the day, every day
Very close cos 0.924 - 07
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.
Very close cos 0.919 - 08
ClinicalTrials.gov
United States government registry of clinical trials
Very close cos 0.915 - 09
NHS website for England - NHS
Find information and services to help you manage your health.
Very close cos 0.911 - 10
medRxiv.org - the preprint server for Health Sciences
medRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by openRxiv, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific communication
Very close cos 0.909 - 11
Comprehensive Cancer Information - NCI
Accurate, up-to-date, comprehensive cancer information from the U.S. government's principal agency for cancer research.
Very close cos 0.906 - 12
Today on Medscape
educational website (1995-)
Very close cos 0.907 - 13
Medical News | Medical Articles
Medical News and articles you can trust from around the world. All content is written and reviewed by qualified health, medical and scientific experts.
Very close cos 0.907 - 14
database of biomedical research
Very close cos 0.903 - 15
MHS Home | Health.mil
The Health.mil is the official website of the Military Health System. The Military Health System is one of America’s largest and most complex health care institutions, and the world’s preeminent military health care delivery operation. Our MHS saves lives on the battlefield, combats infectious disease around the world, and is responsible for providing health services to approximately 9.5 million beneficiaries, composed of uniformed service members, military retirees, and family members.
Very close cos 0.902 - 16
Welcome to Medicare | Medicare
The official U.S. government website for Medicare, a health insurance program for people age 65 or older and younger people with disabilities.
Very close cos 0.899 - 17
World Health Organization (WHO)
The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable
Very close cos 0.899 - 18
Home - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | CMS
United States federal agency
Very close cos 0.899 - 19
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Very close cos 0.898 - 20
Our World in Data
Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
- Cloudflare
- Cloudflare DNS
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
- Google Workspace
Very close cos 0.896
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to medlineplus.gov’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones MedlinePlus uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What MedlinePlus is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://medlineplus.gov/jslib/jquery-3.6.0.min.js
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: OsdQ7Adgrm3BELzfuezlCPZLXfg8L0XBuI2ntvEaLFn7LRrIogca4A==
- Hosting
- Amazon Web Services header server: AmazonS3
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Bing Webmaster Tools meta msvalidate.01: 0CF5E8B8C80F2109372C0349DF901157
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: 5TEChV6jApuiofwqh_aM5EZ6UTT0VnkgooZ1qDEJki0
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what MedlinePlus adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 17/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on medlineplus.gov 13/20
- Cloudflare · not on medlineplus.gov 9/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on medlineplus.gov 8/20
- Apple Business · not on medlineplus.gov 6/20
- Google Workspace · not on medlineplus.gov 6/20
- PHP · not on medlineplus.gov 6/20
- Adobe · not on medlineplus.gov 5/20
- Atlassian · not on medlineplus.gov 5/20
- GlobalSign · not on medlineplus.gov 5/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on medlineplus.gov 5/20
- OneTrust · not on medlineplus.gov 5/20
- Zoom · not on medlineplus.gov 5/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on medlineplus.gov 4/20
- Google Fonts · not on medlineplus.gov 4/20
- OpenAI · not on medlineplus.gov 4/20