Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Target
The 20 closest discount department store alternatives to Target, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 14 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Target? The closest matches are Walmart, Kohl's and Kroger. 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 Target
Target target.com
Target : Expect More. Pay Less.
Shop Target online and in-store for everything from groceries and essentials to clothing and electronics. Choose contactless pickup or delivery today.
Wikidata: American retailer and supermarket chain
Summary by Claude
Online store of the US discount department store chain Target, selling groceries, household essentials, clothing, electronics, toys, home decor and more, with in-store pickup and delivery options.
- Who it’s for
- US consumers and households
- Business model
- Retail product sales
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Target’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 Target
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Target, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Walmart | Save Money. Live better.
Shop Walmart.com today for Every Day Low Prices. Join Walmart+ for unlimited free delivery from your store & free shipping with no order minimum. Start your free 30-day trial now!
Very close cos 0.931 - 02
American department store chain
Very close cos 0.923 - 03
American multinational retailing company
Very close cos 0.918 - 04
department store chain in the United States
Very close cos 0.914 - 05
American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company
Very close cos 0.915 - 06
Wayfair.com - Online Home Store for Furniture, Decor, Outdoors & More
Shop Wayfair for A Zillion Things Home across all styles and budgets. 5,000 brands of furniture, lighting, cookware, and more. Free Shipping on most items.
Very close cos 0.915 - 07
M&S | Marks & Spencer | Fashion, Home, Beauty, Food & Gifts
Shop on-trend womenswear, quality menswear, home and beauty essentials and mouth-watering food and drink. Order online with free delivery or collection at M&S
Very close cos 0.910 - 08
We Are Currently Unable to Provide a Shopping Experience for this Country
American department store chain
Very close cos 0.910 - 09
American chain of luxury department stores
Very close cos 0.910 - 10
chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom
Very close cos 0.908 - 11
Internet-based grocery delivery service
Very close cos 0.905 - 12
Welcome to Costco Wholesale
Shop Costco.com for electronics, computers, furniture, outdoor living, appliances, jewelry and more. Enjoy low warehouse prices on name-brands products delivered to your door
Very close cos 0.904 - 13
Women's & Men's Clothing, Shop Online Fashion | SHEIN
From shoes to clothing, from sports equipment to accessories. All fashion inspiration & the latest trends can be found online at SHEIN
Very close cos 0.907 - 14
Consoles, Collectibles, Video Games, and More – Buy, Sell or Trade | GameStop
Shop GameStop, the world's largest retail gaming and trade-in destination for Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo games, systems, consoles & accessories. Shop a wide selection of gamer-centric apparel, collectibles & more.
Very close cos 0.904 - 15
WebstaurantStore: Commercial Restaurant Supplies
Shop 420k+ commercial products for businesses, food service, & restaurants. Get the best bulk & wholesale pricing on popular brands at WebstaurantStore!
Very close cos 0.901 - 16
ВкусВилл — интернет-магазин продуктов для здорового питания с доставкой на дом | Москва и вся Россия
Официальный сайт «ВкусВилл». Купить товары и продукты для здорового питания в нашем интернет-магазине с бесплатной доставкой на дом — от 30 минут в Москве и других городах России (зависит от адреса). Также можно оформить онлайн-заявку на самовывоз и забрать собранный заказ через 30 минут.
Very close cos 0.902 - 17
OTTO - Mode, Möbel & Technik » Zum Online-Shop
OTTO Online-Shop » Viele Marken ✓ Tolle Angebote ✓ Top Service » Ratenkauf ✓ Kauf auf Rechnung ✓ Altgeräte-Mitnahme ✓ Aufbauservice ✓ Jetzt shoppen!
Very close cos 0.901 - 18
John Lewis & Partners | Never Knowingly Undersold
Proudly shaping British life for over 150 years, John Lewis blends timeless tradition with modern living across homeware, fashion, and technology. Discover the difference today.
Very close cos 0.900 - 19
etsy.com
American e-commerce company
Very close cos 0.903 - 20
Shoes, Sneakers, Boots, & Clothing + FREE SHIPPING | Zappos.com
Fast, FREE shipping on just-landed sneakers, boots, heels & more from your favorite brands. Now that's a win.
Very close cos 0.901
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to target.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Target uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Target is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=c52e56dae78932924b24e718a7850f861712da65458f8c40b…
- Security
- HUMAN (PerimeterX) page source: client.px-cloud.net
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms72649311
- Proofpoint MX mxb-0020ab02.gslb.pphosted.com
- Email delivery
- Brevo TXT brevo-code:7e6bbbf1fc671ea0755795690d17ba46
- DNS hosting
- Akamai Edge DNS NS ns1-168.akam.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=oc-ywTgysCFxVjoVZ7Alg51HbTSY0D7HhKU_9om-EFg
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=PrIDM+2UNKNbpMDoD3mux5NL3XcTt2tisHloiey…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=YoIuDkHwaZvqWQkpMf8LoHDlyFdinZbzEN040XlBMmE
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-75YwqS2p7WZUZtnEA4VQmZpn
- Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_2p2yDsdgUYHCcfIzbyaTmE
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Target adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Adobe · not on target.com 15/20
- Microsoft 365 15/20
- Apple Business 14/20
- Atlassian 14/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on target.com 11/20
- Akamai Edge DNS 10/20
- Proofpoint 10/20
- OneTrust · not on target.com 9/20
- DocuSign · not on target.com 8/20
- OpenAI 7/20
- Akamai · not on target.com 7/20
- GlobalSign · not on target.com 6/20
- Next.js 6/20
- React 6/20
- Miro · not on target.com 6/20