aarnet.net.au

AARNet

Who runs AARNet, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest research and education network alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs AARNet

AARNet aarnet.net.au

Australia's national research and education network. We deliver fast and reliable internet connectivity, cyber security, data and collaboration services.

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What AARNet tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

5 of the 15 alternatives below have fewer, 2 have more.

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Cookie banner
None found
US company
2 tools
  • Tag manager

    Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.

  • Third-party embeds

    Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to AARNet

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

Fewer trackers than AARNetNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

14 of the 60 sites closest to AARNet match.

  1. 01
    DFN dfn.de Top 10K English No trackers

    Home - DFN

    German association for academic research

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  2. 02
    SURF surf.nl English No trackers

    SURF is the collaborative organisation for IT in Dutch education and research | SURF.nl

    More than 100 education and research institutions in the Netherlands work together in the SURF cooperative to fully utilise the opportunities of digitalisation. Our goal: improved and more flexible education and research.

    Compare SURF with AARNet →
  3. 03
    Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica cwi.nl Top 10K English No trackers

    Home

    Welcome to Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica

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  4. 04
    Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres helmholtz.de English No trackers

    Home

    Home

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  5. 05
    DataCite datacite.org English No trackers

    DataCite – Connecting Research, Advancing Knowledge - DataCite

    international not-for-profit organization which aims to improve data citation

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  6. 06
    inria.fr Top 10K English No trackers

    Making sure you're not a bot!

    French research institution in computer science

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  7. 07
    ercim.eu English No trackers

    Home

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  8. 08
    ORCID orcid.org Top 10K English No trackers

    ORCID

    non-profit organization that issues ORCID Identifiers

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  9. 09
    NLnet Labs nlnetlabs.nl Top 10K English No trackers

    NLnet Labs - Home

    Research & Development, Internet architecture, DNS, Routing, Stability and Security.

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  10. 10
    ICANN icann.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

    ICANN’s mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet.

    Compare ICANN with AARNet →
  11. 11
    I2P geti2p.net English No trackers

    I2P - The Invisible Internet Project | EN

    I2P is a fully encrypted private network layer. Protect your online activity from surveillance and censorship with built-in end-to-end encryption.

    Compare I2P with AARNet →
  12. 12
    SIDN sidn.nl English No trackers

    For confidence online | SIDN

    At SIDN you can check your .nl domain name. We also can offer you security services, like SIDN BrandGuard.

    Compare SIDN with AARNet →
  13. 13
    australia.gov.au English No trackers

    Find government payments and services | myGov

    country in Oceania

    Compare australia.gov.au with AARNet →
  14. 14
    Australian National University anu.edu.au Top 10K English No trackers

    The Australian National University

    Embark on an exceptional academic journey at ANU, Australia's world-leading university. Renowned for research excellence, we foster a vibrant learning environment that inspires and challenges.

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04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what AARNet adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 6 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,217
Vector
384-d
Query
53 ms

Competitor map

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