Sites like Zenodo

01 · Entity

About Zenodo

Zenodo zenodo.org

Zenodo

Wikidata: research data repository

Top 10K · #3,464 English 6 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

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Summary by Claude

General-purpose open-access repository operated by CERN where researchers deposit and share papers, datasets, software and other research outputs, each assigned a citable DOI, with curated community collections.

Who it’s for

Researchers, academics and research projects

Business model

Publicly funded (CERN, EU), free service

• research data repository
• research data deposit
• DOI minting
• open access publications
• research software archiving
• EU-funded research outputs
• GitHub software archiving
• dataset sharing
• research communities

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Zenodo’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.

1. 01
   OSF osf.io Top 10K English

   OSF

   tools that make open science practice easier

   • Google Search Console
   • Google Cloud DNS
   • Mailchimp
   • Mailgun
   • Mailchimp Transactional

   0 say OSF is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say OSF isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.933
2. 02
   Our World in Data ourworldindata.org Top 10K English

   Our World in Data

   Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.

   • Cloudflare DNS
   • Google Search Console
   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare Web Analytics
   • Google Tag Manager
   • Google Workspace

   0 say Our World in Data is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say Our World in Data isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.914
3. 03
   Europe PubMed Central europepmc.org Top 10K English

   database of biomedical research

   • Cloudflare
   • Amazon Route 53

   0 say Europe PubMed Central is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say Europe PubMed Central isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.911
4. 04
   arXiv arxiv.org Top 1K English

   arXiv.org e-Print archive

   online digital archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers

   • Apple Business
   • Fastly
   • Google Cloud
   • Google Cloud DNS
   • Google Workspace
   • Mailchimp

   0 say arXiv is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say arXiv isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.911
5. 05
   frontiersin.org Top 1K English

   Frontiers | Publisher of peer-reviewed articles in open access journals

   Open access publisher of peer-reviewed scientific articles across the entire spectrum of academia. Research network for academics to stay up-to-date with the latest scientific publications, events, blogs and news.

   • Google Search Console
   • Microsoft 365
   • Azure DNS
   • Azure Front Door
   • Brevo
   • Express

   0 say frontiersin.org is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say frontiersin.org isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.908
6. 06
   JSTOR jstor.org Top 10K English

   Client Challenge

   distributor of eBooks and other digital media

   • Google Search Console
   • Microsoft 365
   • Fastly
   • GlobalSign
   • Meta Business Suite
   • OpenAI

   0 say JSTOR is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say JSTOR isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.905
7. 07
   Linux kernel kernel.org Top 10K English

   The Linux Kernel Archives

   Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems

   • Google Search Console
   • nginx

   0 say Linux kernel is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say Linux kernel isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.903
8. 08
   Home cern.ch Top 10K English

   Home | CERN

   • Google Search Console
   • Matomo
   • Microsoft 365
   • Google Fonts
   • jQuery
   • OpenAI

   0 say Home is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say Home isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.900
9. 09
   SSRN ssrn.com Top 10K

   Content Blocked

   online digital archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers and related content

   • Google Search Console
   • Microsoft 365
   • Adobe
   • Amazon SES
   • Atlassian
   • Cloudflare

   0 say SSRN is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say SSRN isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.902
10. 10
    Zotero zotero.org Top 10K English

    Zotero | Your personal research assistant

    Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.

    • Microsoft 365
    • Amazon SES
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • Amazon CloudFront
    • Amazon Route 53

    0 say Zotero is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say Zotero isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

    Comment
    Very close cos 0.901
11. 11
    De Gruyter Brill degruyterbrill.com Top 10K English

    De Gruyter Brill

    De Gruyter Brill | Over 300 years of publishing excellence

    • Google Search Console
    • Microsoft 365
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian
    • Bootstrap
    • Brevo

    0 say De Gruyter Brill is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say De Gruyter Brill isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

    Comment
    Very close cos 0.901
12. 12
    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

    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Google Search Console
    • Microsoft 365
    • Cloudflare
    • Drupal
    • Font Awesome

    0 say medRxiv is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say medRxiv isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

    Comment
    Very close cos 0.900
13. 13
    Smithsonian Institution si.edu Top 10K English

    Smithsonian request verification

    group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government

    • Google Search Console
    • Microsoft 365
    • Adobe
    • Akamai Edge DNS
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian

    0 say Smithsonian Institution is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say Smithsonian Institution isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

    Comment
    Very close cos 0.898
14. 14
    Academia.edu academia.edu Top 1K

    open repository of academic articles

    • Google Search Console
    • Apple Business
    • Google Workspace
    • Mailchimp
    • OpenAI
    • Amazon Route 53

    0 say Academia.edu is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say Academia.edu isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

    Comment
    Very close cos 0.898
15. 15
    Open Source googlesource.com Top 10K English

    Google Open Source

    Google <3 Open Source

    • Google Search Console
    • Google Cloud
    • Google Fonts

    0 say Open Source is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say Open Source isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

    Comment
    Very close cos 0.896
16. 16
    Codeberg e.V. codeberg.org Top 10K English

    Codeberg.org

    Codeberg is a non-profit community-led organization that aims to help free and open source projects prosper by giving them a safe and friendly home.

    0 say Codeberg e.V. is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say Codeberg e.V. isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

    Comment
    Very close cos 0.897
17. 17
    Springer Science+Business Media springer.com Top 1K English

    Client Challenge

    global publishing company

    • Google Search Console
    • Microsoft 365
    • Adobe
    • Atlassian
    • Canva
    • DocuSign

    0 say Springer Science+Business Media is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say Springer Science+Business Media isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

    Comment
    Very close cos 0.898
18. 18
    SciELO Brasil scielo.br Top 10K English

    Brazil

    digital library

    • Google Search Console
    • Bootstrap
    • bunny.net
    • Google Analytics
    • Google Workspace
    • PHP

    0 say SciELO Brasil is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say SciELO Brasil isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

    Comment
    Very close cos 0.896
19. 19
    Archive of Our Own archiveofourown.org Top 10K English

    Request temporarily denied. | Archive of Our Own

    nonprofit online fanfiction repository operated by the Organization for Transformative Works

    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Google Search Console
    • Cloudflare

    0 say Archive of Our Own is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say Archive of Our Own isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

    Comment
    Very close cos 0.896
20. 20
    ScienceDirect sciencedirect.com Top 1K English

    ScienceDirect

    journal

    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Microsoft 365
    • Cloudflare
    • GlobalSign

    0 say ScienceDirect is a good alternative to Zenodo 0 say ScienceDirect isn’t a real alternative to Zenodo

    Comment
    Very close cos 0.896

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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