Alternatives and competitors

Sites like pa.gov

The 20 closest state government portal alternatives to pa.gov, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 15 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to pa.gov? The closest matches are Washington, ny.gov and Ohio. 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
27 ms

01 · Entity

About pa.gov

pa.gov

Home | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

We're the home base of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Explore the services and resources offered by your government.

Wikidata: government of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania

Top 10K · #4,765 English 15 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit pa.gov

Summary by Claude

Official portal of the Pennsylvania state government, providing access to state agencies and online services such as driver's license and vehicle registration renewal, SNAP benefit applications, grant searches, and tourism information.

Who it’s for
Pennsylvania residents, businesses and visitors
Business model
Taxpayer-funded government

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to pa.gov’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

MichiganCaliforniausa.govIndianawww.gov.plMarylandTexasOhiony.govWashington

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to pa.gov

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    Washington wa.gov Top 10K

    state of the United States of America

  2. 02
    ny.gov Top 10K English

    The Official Website of New York State

    The official website of the State of New York. Find information about state government agencies and learn more about our programs and services.

  3. 03
    Ohio ohio.gov Top 10K

    404 Error Page

    state of the United States of America

  4. 04
    Texas texas.gov Top 10K

    state of the United States of America

  5. 05
    Maryland maryland.gov Top 10K English

    Maryland.gov

    An official website of the state of Maryland connecting you to benefits, services, businesses, education, and government information.

  6. 06
    www.gov.pl Top 10K Polish

    Portal Gov.pl

    government Ministry

  7. 07

    400 The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port

    government of the U.S. state of Tennessee

  8. 08
    Massachusetts mass.gov Top 10K English

    Not allowed | Mass Gov

    state of the United States of America

  9. 09
    Virginia virginia.gov Top 10K English

    Home | Virginia.gov

    The official website of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Learn about Virginia government, contact a state agency, and find the services and resources you need.

  10. 10
    Indiana in.gov Top 10K

    state of the United States of America

  11. 11
    usa.gov Top 10K English

    Making government services easier to find | USAGov

    Find government benefits, services, agencies, and information at USA.gov. Contact elected officials. Learn about passports, Social Security, taxes, and more.

  12. 12
    California ca.gov Top 1K English

    California State Portal | CA.gov

    CA.gov is the official website for the State of California. You can find and access California services, resources, and more.

  13. 13
    Michigan michigan.gov Top 10K

    state of the United States of America

  14. 14
    New Jersey nj.gov Top 10K English

    The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey

    Home of the Official website of the State of New Jersey.

  15. 15
    Missouri mo.gov Top 10K English

    Home | MO.gov

    state of the United States of America

  16. 16
    ct.gov Top 10K English

    CT.GOV-Connecticut's Official State Website

  17. 17
    Pennsylvania State University psu.edu Top 10K English

    The Pennsylvania State University | Penn State

    Penn State is a Pennsylvania-based, top-ranked public university that educates students worldwide. Learn more about Penn State degree programs and research.

  18. 18
    Utah utah.gov Top 10K English

    Home | Utah.gov

    The Official Website of the State of Utah

  19. 19
    New South Wales nsw.gov.au Top 10K English

    NSW Government

    state of Australia

  20. 20
    Gosuslugi gosuslugi.ru Top 1K Russian

    Портал государственных услуг Российской Федерации

    Проще, чем кажется

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

CMS
Tag managers
Marketing automation
  • Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 ip4:164.157.252.0/22 ip4:162.142.76.146 ip4:162.142.76.253 ip4…
Security
  • reCAPTCHA page source: google.com/recaptcha/api.js
CDN
  • Azure Front Door header x-azure-ref: 20261106T093646Z-17d4d8f98c5mrw9qhC1BER8q3g0000000z5g000000…
  • jsDelivr asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/add-to-calendar-button@2
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Brevo TXT brevo-code:e693ae4a17a6c6f32f8d628a279128de
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=HBkgahqUKF810TcE
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=65muRa3e5/KZMuYaPawOk/VJE/tmJWixokEvXdB…
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=qtch9G9T0yaNInw5frrrC0_m9P4ZjGFQXBvr_…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=RKOfVkX7srUi7qhv7SzUCW_DwCcfVAj_XsrTqBljA7I
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-BXKqAr1xdqaLw6l0SPFwbvn1
  • Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_f7A5SsBo0rPEwEGU8AW4hx

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