Alternatives and competitors
Sites like UCLA
The 20 closest higher education alternatives to UCLA, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 16 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to UCLA? The closest matches are University of California, Berkeley, UC Davis and University of California, Santa Barbara. 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 UCLA
UCLA ucla.edu
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.
Wikidata: public university in Los Angeles, California, USA
Summary by Claude
Official website of the University of California, Los Angeles, a public research university offering undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs, with news about research, campus events, athletics, arts and alumni.
- Who it’s for
- Prospective and current students, faculty, alumni, researchers
- Business model
- Public funding, tuition and donations
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to UCLA’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 UCLA
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to UCLA, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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University of California, Berkeley: Home
UC Berkeley pushes the boundaries of knowledge, challenges convention and expands opportunity to create the leaders of tomorrow.
Very close cos 0.952 - 02
University of California, Davis | UC Davis | UC Davis
public university in the Davis, California area; part of the University of California system
Very close cos 0.947 - 03
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!
Very close cos 0.944 - 04
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.
Very close cos 0.942 - 05
public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California
Very close cos 0.939 - 06
UC Irvine
Homepage for the University of California, Irvine
Very close cos 0.937 - 07
public University of California campus in Santa Cruz
Very close cos 0.937 - 08
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
Very close cos 0.933 - 09
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.
Very close cos 0.930 - 10
public research university in London, England, United Kingdom
Very close cos 0.918 - 11
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.
Very close cos 0.916 - 12
Home | University of Colorado Boulder
Colorado’s leading public research university, transforming lives since 1876.
Very close cos 0.912 - 13
public university (1983-)
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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.
Very close cos 0.911 - 15
Home - www.caltech.edu
The California Institute of Technology aims to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education.
Very close cos 0.909 - 16
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public research university in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Very close cos 0.910 - 17
UChicago - Error 403
private university in Chicago, Illinois
Very close cos 0.909 - 18
Welcome to LSU, a top research university | Baton Rouge, La.
LSU is an elite research university tackling global challenges, with a unique culture, top academic programs, and a rich and rewarding educational experience.
Very close cos 0.907 - 19
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…
Very close cos 0.907 - 20
The University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world.
Very close cos 0.907
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to ucla.edu’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones UCLA uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What UCLA 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://www.ucla.edu/js/vendor/jquery.min.js
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: 2gTJZ-FSnjOsx5lE7MgCW1T7YXqS5AettEL8-4v8EeNEVeDy3jN7Lg==
- cdnjs asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/fancybox/3.5.6/jquery.fancybox.min.js
- jsDelivr asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vanilla-lazyload@17.8.3/dist/lazyload.min.js
- Web servers
- Apache HTTP Server header server: Apache/2.4.69 (Amazon Linux)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX smtp.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms75307409
- Email delivery
- Brevo TXT brevo-code:fb7abc76984900d8473089f6bc03c064
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=66a3bd1a9e558d8448ed38b1258c70ac3915d1a89…
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=PYB7nvhaSpskXk/oaGfNqyc/VDgWrQIhzaLLFKI…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=027f23b4-d9f0-4ee3-9b88-971151b9799a
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=QS5gayPg38zC46YsAx4a9c3v4qTBkn-R69g90pQgpB0
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-85b2FcVGlrPNPqnmddUjAZw7
- Salesforce TXT v=spf1 include:everbridge.net include:spf.em.ucla.edu include:_spf.go…
- Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_VyMyKp4xRESQCcHLpwFUvw
Stack changes
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What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Atlassian 17/20
- Microsoft 365 16/20
- Adobe 13/20
- Apple Business · not on ucla.edu 13/20
- Google Tag Manager 13/20
- Brevo 12/20
- DocuSign 11/20
- Google Workspace 9/20
- jQuery 9/20
- PHP · not on ucla.edu 9/20
- OpenAI 8/20
- Cloudflare · not on ucla.edu 6/20
- Zoom 6/20
- Font Awesome · not on ucla.edu 6/20
- Canva · not on ucla.edu 5/20