Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Principal

The 20 closest retirement and insurance services alternatives to Principal, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 18 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Principal? The closest matches are Prudential Financial, Global Atlantic and Fidelity Investments. 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 Principal

Principal principal.com

Retirement, Investments, and Insurance | Principal

Let’s keep your finances simple. Insure what you have. Invest when you’re ready. Retire with confidence.

Wikidata: financial services company

Top 10K · #3,423 English 18 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Principal

Summary by Claude

Principal Financial Group's site for employer-sponsored retirement plans such as 401(k)s, IRAs, annuities, workplace benefits including dental and income protection insurance, and investment and financial planning resources.

Who it’s for
Individuals, employees, and employers in the US
Business model
Asset management fees and insurance premiums

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Principal’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

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03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Principal

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    Global Atlantic gafg.com Top 10K English

    Annuities, Insurance, and Retirement Solutions | Global Atlantic

    Explore annuities, insurance, and retirement solutions from Global Atlantic, designed to help individuals and institutions achieve long-term financial security.

  2. 02
    Fidelity Investments fidelity.com Top 10K English

    Fidelity International Usage Agreement

    US American multinational financial services corporation

  3. 03
    NerdWallet nerdwallet.com Top 10K English

    NerdWallet: Finance smarter

    NerdWallet makes it easy to find the right financial product for you. Our Nerds do all the research so you don’t have to.

  4. 04
    thebalancemoney.com Top 10K English

    Simple Page

    American website

  5. 05
    Citigroup citigroup.com English

    Citi | Global Investment Bank and Financial Services

    Citi is a leading global bank for institutions with cross-border needs, a global provider in wealth management and a U.S. personal bank.

  6. 06
    Vanguard vanguard.com Top 10K English

    Mutual funds, IRAs, ETFs, 401(k) plans, and more | Vanguard

    Vanguard is one of the world's largest investment companies with 30 million investors changing the way the world invests.

  7. 07
    J.P Morgan jpmorgan.com Top 10K English

    J.P. Morgan Germany | About us

    J.P. Morgan ATS

  8. 08
    Medicare medicare.gov Top 10K English

    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.

  9. 09
    AXA axa.com English

    AXA's Corporate Website | AXA

    Present in 52 countries, AXA's 156,000 employees and distributors are committed to serving our +92 million clients across the major business lines of Property-Casualty insurance and Life & Health.

  10. 10
    Investopedia investopedia.com Top 10K English

    Simple Page

    website focused on finance and investing

  11. 11
    Bankrate bankrate.com Top 10K English

    Bankrate — Compare Mortgage Rates & Financial Products

    Compare today's mortgage rates, savings accounts, credit cards, and more. Bankrate helps you find the best rates from hundreds of banks and credit unions — free, unbiased, and updated daily.

  12. 12
    dol.gov Top 10K English

    Home | U.S. Department of Labor

    U.S. federal department that regulates workers' rights and labor markets

  13. 13
    CMS cms.gov Top 10K English

    Home - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | CMS

    United States federal agency

  14. 14
    TheStreet thestreet.com Top 10K English

    thestreet.com

    US financial news and financial literacy website

  15. 15
    Prudential plc prudentialplc.com English

    We are Partners and Protectors | Prudential plc

    Prudential plc has been a trusted partner for over 175 years, helping individuals and families in Asia and Africa protect their health, wealth, and future.

  16. 16
    Kaiser Permanente kaiserpermanente.org Top 10K English

    Custom Care & Coverage Just For You | Kaiser Permanente

    Staying healthy is easier with the right support. Visit kp.org to learn how we customize care and coverage just for you.

  17. 17
    juneworewyjyna.com Top 10K English

    Foundations of Personal Finance | Crest Workshop

    Foundations of Personal Finance — Budgeting, saving and planning — explained without the jargon.

  18. 18
    Capital One capitalone.com Top 10K English

    Capital One | Credit Cards, Checking, Savings & Auto Loans

    Learn how banking with Capital One can help you meet your financial goals.

  19. 19
    Charles Schwab Corporation schwab.com Top 10K English

    Charles Schwab

    American financial services company

  20. 20
    Mapfre mapfre.com English

    Corporate website - Mapfre

    Welcome to Mapfre's corporate portal: institutional information, corporate governance, sustainability, and commitment to transparency

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Principal 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 11 (https://www.drupal.org)
Tag managers
Cookie consent
  • OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=3a89e12533df4733be028667c36a1316
Payments
  • Stripe TXT stripe-verification=1C9095D18AB3A6DC7FACA4F431974F91D37BF9294D8408149…
CDN
  • Fastly header x-served-by: cache-chi-kigq8000057-CHI, cache-ber1080050-BER, cache-ber1…
Hosting
  • Pantheon header x-pantheon-styx-hostname: styx-us-a-684cbff7d7-h648j
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by Drupal (header x-generator: Drupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org))
Email hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=a7ae9e72fa263a14cd9b182508844729559a9b654…
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=4OIBi2XyLsX1QhlT
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=XHdp3RKrZs2+vebIYOd3d3oOVQclHUdnxAG/xTq…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=ZAASveHxcaTnREussjWGd4uOg-xJ4OHh2YxMbATV3NQ
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=4jnu65oyzjl23ynkjsgm9yos4tki2n
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=f7f7acb6bb1691076e3469948fd142ffb28ffe9d
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-IgEAHgG9PLbU9zoSoE1KdAJv
  • Webex TXT webexdomainverification.=f0dc140a-bfe4-4c22-9ee6-b820b2193bfb
  • Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_Hsm4IZ3JTI21CjmnuUXGWA

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