Alternatives and competitors
Sites like web.dev
The 20 closest web development education alternatives to web.dev, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 3 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to web.dev? The closest matches are W3Schools, Codecademy and Figma. 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
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01 · Entity
About web.dev
web.dev
web.dev
Guidance to build modern web experiences that work on any browser.
Summary by Claude
Google Chrome team's free resource site with articles, guides and courses on web development, covering HTML, CSS, JavaScript, performance (Core Web Vitals), accessibility, payments, identity and Baseline browser support.
- Who it’s for
- Web developers and designers
- Business model
- Free resource funded by Google
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to web.dev’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 web.dev
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to web.dev, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
Well organized and easy to understand Web building tutorials with lots of examples of how to use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Python, PHP, Bootstrap, Java, XML and more.
Very close cos 0.931 - 02
Learn to Code - for Free | Codecademy
Learn the technical skills to get the job you want. Join over 50 million people choosing Codecademy to start a new career (or advance in their current one).
Very close cos 0.915 - 03
Figma: The collaborative canvas for design, code, and AI
Figma is the canvas where design, code, and AI come together. From first idea to shipped product — go from concept to production with your whole team, in one place.
Very close cos 0.912 - 04
GeeksforGeeks | Your All-in-One Learning Portal
Your All-in-One Learning Portal. It contains well written, well thought and well explained computer science and programming articles, quizzes and practice/competitive programming/company interview Questions.
- Google Fonts
- Google Search Console
- Amazon SES
- Amazon CloudFront
- Google Ads conversion tracking
- Google Analytics
Very close cos 0.913 - 05
HTML5 UP! Responsive HTML5 and CSS3 Site Templates
Responsive HTML5 and CSS3 site templates designed by @ajlkn.
Very close cos 0.906 - 06
jQuery
jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library
Very close cos 0.906 - 07
Canva
online graphic design platform
Very close cos 0.906 - 08
Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc
"Can I use" provides up-to-date browser support tables for support of front-end web technologies on desktop and mobile web browsers.
Very close cos 0.902 - 09
Node.js — Run JavaScript Everywhere
Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.
Very close cos 0.902 - 10
AI App and Website Builder | Replit
Describe what you want. Replit builds it. Get a working app or website in minutes. No coding required.
Very close cos 0.902 - 11
Publications / My feed / Habr
collaborative blog
Very close cos 0.903 - 12
How to enable JavaScript in your browser and why
Instructions on how to enable (activate) JavaScript in web browser and why.
Very close cos 0.899 - 13
Google Open Source
Google <3 Open Source
Very close cos 0.898 - 14
Client Challenge
free and open-source web content management system
Very close cos 0.900 - 15
Client Challenge
non-profit educational organization
Very close cos 0.900 - 16
Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.
Very close cos 0.899 - 17 Very close cos 0.897
- 18
Azure WAF
Azure WAF
Very close cos 0.899 - 19
Free K–12 Curriculum for Digital Fluency | CodeAI
Bring computer science and AI education to your classroom with CodeAI’s free K–12 curriculum, hands-on projects, and teacher professional development—no prior experience needed.
Very close cos 0.896 - 20
Free Online Video Downloader - SaveFrom.net
Download videos from popular platforms with SaveFrom.net, the leading free online video downloader. Easily save videos in various formats and resolutions. Start downloading now!
Very close cos 0.895
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to web.dev’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones web.dev uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What web.dev is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/
- Hosting
- Google Cloud header server: Google Frontend
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=1KUpoM0U9uMGLkzIL1CaCnZDapQByrD74Wr92wrYZdA
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what web.dev adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 16/20
- Google Workspace · not on web.dev 12/20
- Google Analytics · not on web.dev 9/20
- Apple Business · not on web.dev 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on web.dev 7/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on web.dev 7/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on web.dev 6/20
- Zendesk · not on web.dev 6/20
- Atlassian · not on web.dev 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on web.dev 6/20
- Next.js · not on web.dev 6/20
- React · not on web.dev 6/20
- Amazon SES · not on web.dev 5/20
- OpenAI · not on web.dev 5/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on web.dev 4/20
- Google Fonts 4/20