Alternatives and competitors
Sites like RAND Corporation
The 20 closest public policy think tank alternatives to RAND Corporation, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 5 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to RAND Corporation? The closest matches are Brookings, Council on Foreign Relations and Pew Research Center. 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 RAND Corporation
RAND Corporation rand.org
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Wikidata: American research organization
Summary by Claude
RAND Corporation is a nonprofit policy think tank and research institute that publishes research reports, analysis and commentary on national security, health, education, economics and other public policy topics, and does contract research for governments.
- Who it’s for
- Policymakers, government agencies, researchers, journalists
- Business model
- Government and philanthropic research contracts and grants
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to RAND Corporation’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 RAND Corporation
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to RAND Corporation, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read rand.org’s homepage (HTTP 403), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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Brookings - Quality. Independence. Impact.
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level.
Very close cos 0.913 - 02
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan member organization, think tank, and publisher.
Very close cos 0.901 - 03
Pew Research Center | Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy, public opinion polling and data-driven social science research
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Very close cos 0.900 - 04
National Bureau of Economic Research | NBER
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Our work helps shape sound policies, inform public opinion, and advance the pursuit of science, engineering, and medicine.
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Content Blocked
online digital archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers and related content
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NLnet Labs - Home
Research & Development, Internet architecture, DNS, Routing, Stability and Security.
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American nonprofit media organization
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OSF
tools that make open science practice easier
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ProPublica — Investigative Journalism and News in the Public Interest
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers.
Curated by professional editors, The Conversation offers informed commentary and debate on the issues affecting our world. Plus a Plain English guide to the latest developments and discoveries from the university and research sector.
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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.
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Azure WAF
Azure WAF
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
consortium dedicated to scientific research
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US government medical research agency
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company
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Human Rights Watch | Defending Human Rights Worldwide
Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in 100 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC
United States government public health agency
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United States Patent and Trademark Office
Home page of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's main web site.
Close cos 0.881
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to rand.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones RAND Corporation uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What RAND Corporation is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: IcVRy1STFuxP2GVTnZzakDTDxp5M-ju-Qz2XAXgvu5MLJN-LgZHRPw==
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX rand-org.mail.protection.outlook.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=d38ac5da-3033-43a1-8c61-de45af032f6f
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=1UbaUh7Xs0hfUXfDSj/t4AP53g80oxw1nAuJHNq…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=5nM4iH1o2C9UR-4CfNl2tGu0hVp4D7nkS8ku6GYYezc
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what RAND Corporation adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 17/20
- Microsoft 365 16/20
- Atlassian 13/20
- Adobe 10/20
- Apple Business · not on rand.org 9/20
- PHP · not on rand.org 8/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on rand.org 7/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on rand.org 6/20
- nginx · not on rand.org 6/20
- OpenAI · not on rand.org 6/20
- Cloudflare · not on rand.org 5/20
- Mailchimp · not on rand.org 5/20
- Zoom · not on rand.org 5/20
- Drupal · not on rand.org 5/20
- Google Workspace · not on rand.org 5/20
- jQuery · not on rand.org 5/20