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
- 16 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
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
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to pa.gov
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to pa.gov, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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.
Very close cos 0.927 - 02
Maryland.gov
An official website of the state of Maryland connecting you to benefits, services, businesses, education, and government information.
Very close cos 0.922 - 03
Not allowed | Mass Gov
state of the United States of America
Very close cos 0.922 - 04
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.
Very close cos 0.919 - 05
Welcome to GOV.UK
GOV.UK - The best place to find government services and information.
Very close cos 0.917 - 06
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.
Very close cos 0.915 - 07
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.
Very close cos 0.914 - 08
The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey
Home of the Official website of the State of New Jersey.
Very close cos 0.912 - 09
Home | MO.gov
state of the United States of America
Very close cos 0.911 - 10
CT.GOV-Connecticut's Official State Website
Very close cos 0.911 - 11
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.
Very close cos 0.905 - 12
Home | Utah.gov
The Official Website of the State of Utah
Very close cos 0.902 - 13
NSW Government
state of Australia
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
- Microsoft 365
- cdnjs
- Amazon CloudFront
Very close cos 0.898 - 14 Very close cos 0.896
- 15
Home — Planalto
country in South America
Very close cos 0.898 - 16
Technical Difficulties
executive department of the U.S. federal government
Very close cos 0.895 - 17
Canada.ca
The Government of Canada website is a single point of access to all programs, services, departments, ministries and organizations of the Government of Canada.
Close cos 0.892 - 18
Internal Revenue Service | An official website of the United States government
Pay your taxes. Get your refund status. Find IRS forms and answers to tax questions. We help you understand and meet your federal tax responsibilities.
Close cos 0.891 - 19
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Home page of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's main web site.
Close cos 0.889 - 20
Rajasthan State Portal | Government of Rajasthan
Official Rajasthan State Portal providing information on government departments, schemes, services, tenders, notifications, tourism, festivals, citizen services and important government resources.
Close cos 0.889
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
- Adobe Experience Manager page source: /content/dam/copapwp-pagov/
- Tag managers
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags asset https://assets.adobedtm.com/f86da0763cf0/5b0df319fe32/launch-65d09947fa92.min.js
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- 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
- Microsoft 365 MX pa-gov.mail.protection.outlook.com
- 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
Stack changes
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What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Microsoft 365 17/20
- Google Search Console 17/20
- Apple Business 10/20
- Atlassian 8/20
- GlobalSign 6/20
- Google Tag Manager 6/20
- Drupal · not on pa.gov 5/20
- PHP · not on pa.gov 5/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on pa.gov 5/20
- Adobe · not on pa.gov 5/20
- Proofpoint · not on pa.gov 5/20
- jQuery · not on pa.gov 4/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on pa.gov 4/20
- Google Fonts · not on pa.gov 4/20
- OpenAI 4/20
- unpkg · not on pa.gov 4/20