Alternatives and competitors

Sites like UC Davis

The 20 closest public research university alternatives to UC Davis, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 15 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to UC Davis? The closest matches are UCLA, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Riverside. 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 UC Davis

UC Davis ucdavis.edu

University of California, Davis | UC Davis | UC Davis

Wikidata: public university in the Davis, California area; part of the University of California system

Top 10K · #2,457 English 15 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit UC Davis

Summary by Claude

Official website of the University of California, Davis, a public land-grant research university offering undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees, with admissions information, campus news, research highlights and student life resources.

Who it’s for
Prospective and current students, faculty, researchers, alumni
Business model
Tuition, state and federal funding, research grants

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to UC Davis’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 UC Davis

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    UCLA ucla.edu Top 10K English

    A World Leader in Education and Research Excellence | UCLA

    UCLA advances knowledge, addresses pressing societal needs and creates a university enriched by diverse perspectives where all individuals can flourish.

  2. 02
    University of California, Berkeley berkeley.edu Top 1K English

    University of California, Berkeley: Home

    UC Berkeley pushes the boundaries of knowledge, challenges convention and expands opportunity to create the leaders of tomorrow.

  3. 03
    University of California, Riverside ucr.edu Top 10K English

    UC Riverside / University of California, Riverside

    UC Riverside is the nation’s leader for social mobility with a diverse & inclusive community pioneering research with impacts around the globe.

  4. 04

    public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California

  5. 05

    Home | UC Santa Barbara

    UC Santa Barbara is a leading center for teaching and research located on the California coast - truly a learning and living environment like no other!

  6. 06
    University of California, Irvine uci.edu Top 10K English

    UC Irvine

    Homepage for the University of California, Irvine

  7. 07
    University of California, Santa Cruz ucsc.edu Top 10K English

    public University of California campus in Santa Cruz

  8. 08
    University of California, San Diego ucsd.edu Top 10K English

    University of California San Diego

    The University California San Diego is one of the world's leading public research universities, located in beautiful La Jolla, California

  9. 09
    University of Wisconsin–Madison wisc.edu Top 10K English

    University of Wisconsin–Madison

    The University of Wisconsin is a top-ranked research institution located in Madison, Wisconsin, providing exceptional education opportunities to undergraduates, graduate and professional students.

  10. 10
    University of Southern California usc.edu Top 10K English

    University of Southern California

    USC is one of the world's leading research universities. At USC, the human spirit is cultivated through learning, research and creativity.

  11. 11
    University of Maryland umd.edu Top 10K English

    Our Research Changes Lives | University of Maryland

    At UMD, brilliant scholars and scientists come together to spark new ideas, pursue important discoveries, drive innovation and tackle humanity’s grand…

  12. 12
    University of Utah utah.edu Top 10K English

    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.

  13. 13
    University of Arizona arizona.edu Top 10K English

    University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ

    The University of Arizona: Recognized for outstanding academics, and a student-first outlook filled with wonder. Interested in becoming a Wildcat?

  14. 14
    Pennsylvania State University psu.edu Top 10K English

    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.

  15. 15
    Stanford University stanford.edu Top 1K English

    Stanford University

    At Stanford, a spirit of optimism and possibility energizes our mission of discovery and learning. Here you’ll find a place of intellectual expansiveness, wide-ranging perspectives, and freedom to explore new lines of thinking. Alive with ideas and innovation, approaching questions with openness and curiosity, pursuing excellence in all we do – this is Stanford.

  16. 16
    University of Colorado Boulder colorado.edu Top 10K English

    Home | University of Colorado Boulder

    Colorado’s leading public research university, transforming lives since 1876.

  17. 17
    University of Victoria uvic.ca Top 10K English

    Home - University of Victoria

    Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

  18. 18
    ku.edu Top 10K English

    Explore the home of the Jayhawks | The University of Kansas

    Excellence in academics and research at the University of Kansas powers the state and transforms the world.

  19. 19
    University of Iowa uiowa.edu Top 10K English

    The University of Iowa

    Join a global community of renowned artists, pioneering scientists, and faculty dedicated to student success at the University of Iowa.

  20. 20
    University of Cambridge cam.ac.uk Top 10K English

    University of Cambridge

    The University of Cambridge is one of the world’s leading universities, with a rich history of radical thinking dating back to 1209.

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What UC Davis 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)
JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://www.ucdavis.edu/core/assets/vendor/jquery/jquery.min.js?v=4.0.0
CSS & UI
  • Font Awesome asset https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v7.2.0/webfonts/fa-solid-900.woff2
Tag managers
CDN
  • Fastly header x-served-by: cache-chi-kigq8000133-CHI, cache-ber1080038-BER, cache-ber1…
Hosting
  • Pantheon header x-pantheon-styx-hostname: styx-us-a-684cbff7d7-k8j47
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by Drupal (header x-generator: Drupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org))
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Brevo TXT brevo-code:bc5a29b52c6deb910a18d2eee3172b2a
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=d83d1376076ca797697b723c2c3d1dfe35f8ff6d0…
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=c0335722-c3dc-4b37-9b04-5a592dbc32e7
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=VPemhDee0EKRXi0IPzeSUrn849jHevrjIaTeD…
  • Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: rzjjudJ0q2jSjjfin21I5JERNYlAQi4JLaojKVTowPY
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-JEOkDYfxASqbdmVc75fyAixV

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