Alternatives and competitors
Sites like NASA
The 20 closest space agency alternatives to NASA, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 14 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to NASA? The closest matches are European Space Agency, space.com and ScienceDaily. 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
- 19 ms
01 · Entity
About NASA
NASA nasa.gov
NASA
NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.
Wikidata: American space and aeronautics agency
Summary by Claude
Official website of the U.S. civil space agency, publishing news, images, videos and mission information on space exploration, Earth and planetary science, astrophysics and aeronautics research, plus educational resources and business opportunities.
- Who it’s for
- General public, students, educators, researchers
- Business model
- Government funded
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to NASA’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 NASA
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to NASA, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Homepage
The European Space Agency portal features the latest news in space exploration, human spaceflight, launchers, telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation and space science.
Very close cos 0.938 - 02
Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News
Get the latest space exploration, innovation and astronomy news. Space.com celebrates humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier.
Very close cos 0.936 - 03
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news
Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.
Very close cos 0.918 - 04
CIA
national foreign intelligence agency of the United States
Very close cos 0.914 - 05
executive department of the United States federal government
Very close cos 0.914 - 06
Home Page | CISA
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency: America's Cyber Defense Agency
Very close cos 0.912 - 07
Technical Difficulties
executive department of the U.S. federal government
Very close cos 0.913 - 08
Live Science | Latest science news and articles for those with curious minds
Daily discoveries, groundbreaking research and fascinating science breakthroughs that impact you and the wider world, reported by our expert journalists.
Very close cos 0.913 - 09
Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.
News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.
Very close cos 0.913 - 10
The Official Home Page of the United States Army
The latest news, images, videos, career information, and links from the U.S. Army
Very close cos 0.911 - 11
NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation
NSF is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
Very close cos 0.909 - 12
ScienceAlert : The Best in Science News And Amazing Breakthroughs
The latest science news. Publishing independent, fact-checked reporting on health, space, nature, technology, and the environment.
Very close cos 0.912 - 13
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agency in the United States Federal Government
Very close cos 0.909 - 14
Scientific American
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
- Amazon CloudFront
- GlobalSign
- Meta Business Suite
- Amazon Route 53
Very close cos 0.911 - 15
Azure WAF
Azure WAF
Very close cos 0.909 - 17
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique est le plus grand organisme public français de recherche scientifique. Il exerce son activité dans
Very close cos 0.906 - 18
scientific agency of the United States government
Very close cos 0.905 - 19
The White House
President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are committed to lowering costs for all Americans, securing our borders, unleashing American energy dominance, restoring peace through strength, and making all Americans safe and secure once again.
Very close cos 0.907 - 20
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.908
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to nasa.gov’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones NASA uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What NASA is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress meta generator: WordPress 7.0.8
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/js/jquery.json.min.js?ver=3.1.2
- Analytics
- Parse.ly page source: cdn.parsely.com
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress 7.0.8)
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX nasa-gov.mail.protection.outlook.com
- DNS hosting
- Akamai Edge DNS NS a9-64.akam.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=qw51K0kGzRHLbN9S
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=oNzRM7G9GIAL/LLP5c7sPOQiAHsHrQ1hKcU7GGZ…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=4025560e-93c9-4920-bb13-849c6fc35d58
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=BUxd0xTJY4ZjGohBwKDpNms-yOATz92Y54kgme4eKHs
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-CO0ENDLO7EB9V5E4JnmE6pS8
- Webex TXT webexdomainverification.1YPST=f98a61ea-b92e-41f2-87aa-5651b2af43b8
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what NASA adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 17/20
- Microsoft 365 13/20
- Google Tag Manager 9/20
- Atlassian 8/20
- Google Workspace · not on nasa.gov 8/20
- GlobalSign · not on nasa.gov 6/20
- jQuery 6/20
- PHP 6/20
- Google Fonts · not on nasa.gov 5/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on nasa.gov 5/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on nasa.gov 5/20
- Adobe · not on nasa.gov 5/20
- Apple Business 4/20
- Cloudflare · not on nasa.gov 4/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on nasa.gov 4/20
- Akamai Edge DNS 4/20