Alternatives and competitors
Sites like University of Pittsburgh
The 20 closest research university alternatives to University of Pittsburgh, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 18 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to University of Pittsburgh? The closest matches are University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University and University of Utah. 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.
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01 · Entity
About University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh pitt.edu
Home | University of Pittsburgh
Wikidata: state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary by Claude
The University of Pittsburgh is a state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, offering undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees across seventeen schools, with major programs in health sciences and research.
- Who it’s for
- Prospective and current students, faculty, researchers, alumni
- Business model
- Tuition, state funding, research grants and donations
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to University of Pittsburgh’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 University of Pittsburgh
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to University of Pittsburgh, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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University of Pennsylvania
As America’s first university, Penn has a history that dates back to 1740 and shares many ties with the colonial city of Philadelphia and the birth of our nation.
Very close cos 0.921 - 02
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.
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The University of Utah
Founded in 1850, The University of Utah is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah, and offers over 100 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate degree programs to over 30,000 students. As a preeminent research and teaching institution, the University cultivates an academic environment in which the highest standards of intellectual integrity and scholarship are practiced.
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private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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Welcome to the University of South Florida | Tampa, St. Petersburg, FL
The University of South Florida (USF) is a high-impact, global research university dedicated to student success serving Tampa and St. Petersburg.
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Carnegie Mellon University | CMU
A private, global research university, Carnegie Mellon stands among the world's top educational institutions with its cutting-edge programs and innovations.
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Vanderbilt University
Quick Guide Prospective Undergrads Prospective Grad & Professional Current Students Faculty & Staff Job Seekers Alumni & Friends Undergraduate Admissions Financial Aid & Scholarships Academics Find Your Major Schools & Colleges Student Life Plan a Visit Undergraduate Research Athletics - Anchor
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Northwestern University
Northwestern is one of the country’s leading private research and teaching universities, located in Evanston, IL. Our highly collaborative environment provides our diverse students and faculty with exceptional opportunities for personal and professional growth.
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Rice University
Rice University is a comprehensive research university in Houston, Texas. Rice produces Houston’s next generation of leaders and advances tomorrow’s thinking.
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University of Rochester | Where Wonder Fuels Discovery
Groundbreaking research, lifesaving healthcare, rigorous academics, and world-class music for problem-solvers who shape an ever better world.
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University of Houston
Located near the heart of Houston, this public, tier one research university offers over 300 degrees and programs and award-winning faculty.
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New York University
There's nothing like a crisp autumn day in New York to put a spring in your step, and at all of NYU's campuses and global sites, the fall presents an opportunity for renewed focus. That's something we're leaning into as a community through the NYU IRL initiative, which challenges us all to reclaim our time and attention so we can concentrate on what matters most. What will we notice when we look up from our devices? Here's to less checking and more connecting, to less following and more wandering.
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University of Delaware
The University of Delaware is a diverse institution of higher learning, fostering excellence in research. UD has ten colleges, providing outstanding undergraduate, graduate and professional education, serving the local, regional, national and international communities.
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UW Homepage – University of Washington
public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States
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Home | The Ohio State University
Discover Ohio State, a mission-driven land grant university, home to the Wexner Medical Center and world-class graduate, undergraduate and research programs.
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Home | WashU
At WashU, we’re connecting learners, thinkers, leaders and doers who inspire each other to ask big questions and find real solutions — together.
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Washington State University | Washington State University
Washington State University —WSU is a top research university dedicated to solving problems and improving lives 6 campuses11 academic collegesExtension offices in all 39 Washington counties and on the Colville Reservation4 research and extension centers What's Happening At WSU A new approach to climatechange adaptation Communities on the frontlines of climate changeshould take the lead
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Tufts University
Tufts University is a world-class private research university in Greater Boston that provides an education like no other.
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The University of Iowa
Join a global community of renowned artists, pioneering scientists, and faculty dedicated to student success at the University of Iowa.
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to pitt.edu’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones University of Pittsburgh uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What University of Pittsburgh is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- Drupal header x-generator: Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
- JavaScript libraries
- CSS & UI
- Bootstrap asset https://www.pitt.edu/themes/contrib/bootstrap5/dist/bootstrap/5.3.8/dist/js/bootstrap.bun…
- Font Awesome asset https://www.pitt.edu/themes/custom/assets/fontawesome/css/all.min.css
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-chi-klot8100074-CHI, cache-ber1080036-BER, cache-ber1…
- Hosting
- Pantheon header x-pantheon-styx-hostname: styx-us-a-684cbff7d7-xgdwn
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by Drupal (header x-generator: Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org))
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX pitt-edu.mail.protection.outlook.com
- Email delivery
- Brevo TXT brevo-code:b1414e0a234265a2faa294058248ae06
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=54010519-6768-48db-9855-b735b7db7d84
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=T5OvxPHFi8achdhN
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=4Dv0akddTz5E4RVbKwTSkKxcLrxWxV7WyURMNcS…
- Canva TXT canva-site-verification=7KwVWT8nPeld9ncSL1dpSA
- DocuSign TXT docusign=4a2d22a9-b590-4888-9db2-a28609124a7e
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=4X0pCoQE6zUFGoaQVqOSoQ74CBYAxo52JoJedmLuB2k
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what University of Pittsburgh adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Microsoft 365 18/20
- Atlassian 17/20
- Google Tag Manager 15/20
- Apple Business 13/20
- DocuSign 12/20
- Adobe 10/20
- jQuery 9/20
- PHP 9/20
- Proofpoint · not on pitt.edu 9/20
- Brevo 9/20
- nginx 7/20
- OpenAI · not on pitt.edu 7/20
- Apache HTTP Server · not on pitt.edu 7/20
- Font Awesome 6/20
- Google Fonts · not on pitt.edu 5/20