Alternatives and competitors
Sites like TfL
The 20 closest public transport authority alternatives to TfL, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 10 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to TfL? The closest matches are www.gov.uk, Evening Standard and mlit.go.jp. 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
- 15 ms
01 · Entity
About TfL
TfL tfl.gov.uk
Keeping London moving - Transport for London
Information on all forms of transport in London including cycle hire. Routes, maps, plan a journey, tickets sales, realtime traffic and travel updates.
Wikidata: local government body responsible for the transport system in Greater London
Summary by Claude
Official website of Transport for London, the local government body running London's public transport network, providing journey planning, live service status for Tube, buses, rail, trams, river buses and roads, maps, fares and ticketing information.
- Who it’s for
- London residents, commuters and visitors
- Business model
- Public funding and fares
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to TfL’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 TfL
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to TfL, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Welcome to GOV.UK
GOV.UK - The best place to find government services and information.
Very close cos 0.900 - 02
London news, sport and culture | The Standard | London Evening Standard | The London Standard
Latest London news, business, sport, culture, celebrity and entertainment from The London Standard
Close cos 0.889 - 03
国土交通省
国土交通省の任務、報道発表資料、政策、統計情報、申請・手続きに関する情報を掲載しています。
Close cos 0.887 - 04 Close cos 0.883
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Paris.fr, site officiel de la Ville de Paris
capital and most populous city in France
Close cos 0.881 - 07
Language selection | European Union
Discover how the EU functions, its principles, priorities; find out about its history and member states; learn about its legal basis and your EU rights.
Close cos 0.876 - 08
400 The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port
government of the U.S. state of Tennessee
Close cos 0.876 - 09
Welcome to Indian Railway Passenger Reservation Enquiry
Premium AC-3 tier railway service by Indian Railways
Close cos 0.873 - 10
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.
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12Go: Book Trains, Buses, Ferries, Transfers & Flights
Transport tickets for your journey through Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, Cambodia, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, and beyond – budget travel made easy.
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public research university in London, England, United Kingdom
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404 Error Page
state of the United States of America
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Not allowed | Mass Gov
state of the United States of America
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Trainline : Search, Compare & Buy Cheap Train Tickets
Trainline, your quick & easy way to book train tickets across Europe. ✓ Save 61% on UK Rail ✓ Live Train Times ✓ Save with a Railcard ✓ Get the app
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Official Website of New York City Government - nyc.gov
On the homepage of nyc.gov, you can check today's statuses for parking, schools, and trash collection. You can also access popular services, news, and see what's new from NYC government.
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British Airways - Information Page
flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom
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Accueil | Service Public
Service Public - Vos droits et démarches plus simplement
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC
United States government public health agency
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Trip.com Official Site | Travel Deals and Promotions
Choose from over 1.2 million hotels in more than 200 countries, 30 million real guest reviews. Book flights to over 5,000 destinations worldwide. 24/7 Customer Service.
Close cos 0.873
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to tfl.gov.uk’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones TfL uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What TfL is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/scripts/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js
- Tag managers
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags asset https://assets.adobedtm.com/launch-ENc5e3f827edc94f2a816110524598acd7.min.js
- Cookie consent
- Cookiebot page source: consent.cookiebot.com/
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a56319a1df440a8d-HAM
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms25599298
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS vin.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=dabcc8ed-211c-4807-aac5-9a4742d4b911
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=RoWZjgHcLwd4OUHy
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=Kh2iiFd30E9OxJNYnmhB2WYG2BBd_lYCPZ2LqYgggWk
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=brkqwehm0zli4u1xzp4zrgp8hqj56t
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what TfL adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 15/20
- Microsoft 365 13/20
- GlobalSign · not on tfl.gov.uk 10/20
- Adobe 9/20
- Apple Business 8/20
- Atlassian · not on tfl.gov.uk 8/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on tfl.gov.uk 5/20
- jQuery 5/20
- Meta Business Suite 4/20
- OpenAI · not on tfl.gov.uk 4/20
- Proofpoint · not on tfl.gov.uk 4/20
- Akamai Edge DNS · not on tfl.gov.uk 4/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on tfl.gov.uk 3/20
- Google Workspace · not on tfl.gov.uk 3/20
- Amazon Web Services · not on tfl.gov.uk 3/20
- Amazon SES · not on tfl.gov.uk 3/20