Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Walgreens

The 20 closest retail pharmacy alternatives to Walgreens, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 16 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Walgreens? The closest matches are CVS Pharmacy, Walmart 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 Walgreens

Walgreens walgreens.com

Walgreens: Pharmacy, Health & Wellness, Photo & More for You

Your go-to for Pharmacy, Health & Wellness and Photo products. Refill prescriptions online, order items for delivery or store pickup, and create Photo Gifts.

Wikidata: American pharmacy and convenience store chain

Top 10K · #3,236 English 16 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Walgreens

Summary by Claude

Website of a US retail pharmacy chain offering online prescription refills, health and wellness products, vaccinations and testing, photo printing and gifts, with delivery or in-store pickup.

Who it’s for
US consumers and pharmacy customers
Business model
Retail sales and pharmacy services

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Walgreens’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

VkusVillBazaarvoiceHealthlineTargetbandcamp.comEveryday HealthChewyKrogerWalmartCVS Pharmacy

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Walgreens

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    CVS Pharmacy cvs.com Top 10K English

    U.S. pharmacy chain

  2. 02
    Walmart walmart.com Top 1K English

    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!

  3. 03
    Kroger kroger.com Top 10K

    American multinational retailing company

  4. 04
    Chewy chewy.com Top 10K

    internet retailer of pet items

  5. 05
    Shutterfly shutterfly.com Top 10K English

    Shutterfly | Photo Books, Cards, Prints, Wall Art, Gifts, Wedding

    Shop Shutterfly for custom photo books, prints, cards, invitations, gifts, wall art, calendars, and more. Personalize your favorite moments with high-quality, meaningful photo products.

  6. 06
    Everyday Health everydayhealth.com Top 10K English

    Everyday Health: Trusted Medical Information, Expert Health Advice, News, Tools, and Resources

    Everyday Health inspires and empowers people to live their healthiest lives, every day, through trusted, medically reviewed information and expert health advice from the nation's leading healthcare providers and patient advocates. Learn more about health

  7. 07
    bandcamp.com Top 1K English

    Client Challenge

    American online music distributor

  8. 08
    drugs.com Top 10K

    online pharmaceutical encyclopedia

  9. 09
    J. C. Penney jcpenney.com Top 10K

    We Are Currently Unable to Provide a Shopping Experience for this Country

    American department store chain

  10. 10
    Target target.com Top 1K English

    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.

  11. 11
    Healthline healthline.com Top 10K English

    Healthline: Medical information and health advice you can trust.

    We're committed to being your source for expert health guidance. Come to us in your pursuit of wellness.

  12. 12
    verywellhealth.com Top 10K English

    Simple Page

    health website

  13. 13
    Bazaarvoice bazaarvoice.com Top 10K English

    Bazaarvoice | The UGC Platform for Authentic Shopper Experiences

    The leading UGC platform for authentic ratings, reviews, visual UGC, and review syndication that powers discovery, shopper trust, and higher ecommerce conversion.

  14. 14
    Zazzle zazzle.com Top 10K English

    Uh-oh! Something doesn't look right.

    platform for building online shops

  15. 15
    VkusVill vkusvill.ru Top 10K Russian

    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.

  16. 16
    Vistaprint vistaprint.com Top 10K English

    VistaPrint Official Website: Online Printing Services

    VistaPrint online printing services help you create and order the best custom products: marketing materials, business cards, signage, promotional products, custom gifts, packaging and more.

  17. 17
    Instacart instacart.com Top 10K

    Internet-based grocery delivery service

  18. 18
    fda.gov Top 1K

    agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services

  19. 19
    medRxiv medrxiv.org Top 10K English

    medRxiv.org - the preprint server for Health Sciences

    medRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by openRxiv, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific communication

  20. 20
    Sephora sephora.com Top 10K

    French multinational chain of cosmetics stores

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Walgreens is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

CMS
JavaScript frameworks
  • React page source: data-reactid=
Fonts
  • Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Sans+Pro:300,400,700
Tag managers
Advertising
Cookie consent
  • OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
Security
CDN
  • Akamai header x-akamai-transformed: 9 63425 0 pmb=mRUM,2
Email hosting
  • Mimecast MX usb-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=f3d3a39763d085bd2b18e6a31838ede28cfd528a6…
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=5wXrzXaXc9FC7wv7
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=127cf9ae-f6d7-4b9d-bab5-66901c2765ed
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=Ip9t68zEN4Pu0b1WGjZhuqW5TejqJFuB62Y-axOmVEM
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=9qfi4d4w1irc6eeahec9kydvsiab54
  • Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=59WikB0MivfpD8YkJSklaExPMULdVn8kZaFwmaEQ

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