Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Bing
The 20 closest online mapping alternatives to Bing, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 2 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Bing? The closest matches are MapQuest, AllTrails and amap. 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 Bing
Bing virtualearth.net
Bing
Map multiple locations, get transit/walking/driving directions, view live traffic conditions, plan trips, view satellite, aerial and 3d imagery. Do more with Bing Maps.
Summary by Claude
virtualearth.net is Microsoft's domain serving Bing Maps tiles, imagery and mapping APIs; visiting it redirects to Bing Maps, which offers directions, traffic, and satellite and aerial imagery.
- Who it’s for
- Bing Maps users and developers
- Business model
- Advertising and API licensing
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Bing’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 Bing
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Bing, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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company owned by System1
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AllTrails: Trail Guides & Maps for Hiking, Camping, and Running | AllTrails
Explore the outdoors with AllTrails, the best app for hiking, biking, and running. Discover curated guides, trail maps, photos, and reviews for over 500,000 trails worldwide.
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What Is My IP Address? - ifconfig.me
Get my IP Address
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Mapbox | Maps, Navigation, Search, and Data
APIs and SDKs for AI-powered maps, location search, turn-by-turn navigation, and geospatial data in mobile or web apps. Get started for free.
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OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
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ipapi - IP Address Lookup and Geolocation API | No SignUp
Enterprise IP Location by Kloudend, Inc - built on AWS, trusted by Fortune 500. Geolocation API for JSON, XML in PHP, JS, Java, Python, Node & more.
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IP Data Intelligence for Developers & Enterprises | IPinfo
IPinfo, the trusted global leader in IP address data and intelligence. Powering applications and security solutions for developers and businesses.
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Swedish internet-based service that shows real-time aircraft flight tracking information on a map
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HERE Technologies: The Live Map That Powers Real-World AI
HERE Technologies provides live map data, routing and location APIs, and a location platform that powers fleet, automotive and real-world AI applications.
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Microsoft – AI, Cloud, Productivity, Computing, Gaming & Apps
Explore Microsoft products and services and support for your home or business. Shop Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams, Xbox, Windows, Azure, Surface and more.
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TomTom — Maps and Location Technology
TomTom Technology for a moving world. Meet the leading independent location, navigation and map technology specialist.
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Turn Data Into Interactive Stories | Infogram
Create interactive charts, maps, infographics, reports and more. Share and embed anywhere. All AI powered from charts to infographics.
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SurveyMonkey: The World’s Most Popular Survey Platform
Easily create surveys and forms with AI and templates for employee and customer feedback, market research, event registrations and more. Get started free.
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IP-API.com - Geolocation API
Free IP Geolocation API - lookup any IP address
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D&D Beyond | Play Your Way With the Official D&D Toolset | Dungeons & Dragons
Play Dungeons & Dragons with digital tools on D&D Beyond: character builder, encounter and campaign management, and Maps VTT for running adventures online or in person.
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Whitepages: People Search, Phone Numbers & Addresses
Founded in 1997, Whitepages is the largest U.S. directory and trusted source for contact info and property data. Find people, phone numbers, addresses, and emails nationwide. Free and premium search across the Whitepages Identity Graph: 350M+ identity records, 4B+ data linkages, 112M+ property records.
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MSN
collection of Internet sites by Microsoft
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
ICANN’s mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet.
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The World's Most Distributed Cloud Computing Platform | Akamai
Build and deliver low-latency, edge native applications on Akamai Connected Cloud.
- Microsoft 365
- Adobe Experience Manager
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Akamai
- Akamai Bot Manager
- Akamai Edge DNS
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Kong, The AI Connectivity Company | Kong Inc.
From APIs to AI, Kong is the fabric of modern connectivity. Centralize LLM access, automate API workflows, and secure your digital ecosystem at scale.
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to virtualearth.net’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Bing uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Bing is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all
- DNS hosting
- Azure DNS NS ns3-33.azure-dns.org
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Bing adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on virtualearth.net 17/20
- Google Workspace · not on virtualearth.net 9/20
- Apple Business · not on virtualearth.net 8/20
- Atlassian · not on virtualearth.net 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on virtualearth.net 7/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on virtualearth.net 7/20
- Microsoft 365 7/20
- DocuSign · not on virtualearth.net 6/20
- HubSpot · not on virtualearth.net 6/20
- OpenAI · not on virtualearth.net 6/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on virtualearth.net 5/20
- Next.js · not on virtualearth.net 5/20
- React · not on virtualearth.net 5/20
- GlobalSign · not on virtualearth.net 5/20
- Zendesk · not on virtualearth.net 4/20
- Amazon SES · not on virtualearth.net 4/20