edx.org
edX
Who runs edX, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest online learning (MOOC) alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Coursera
Measured from edX’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit edX01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs edX
edX edx.org
Find the online learning path for you, delivered by world-class institutions like Harvard, Google, Amazon, and more.
Wikidata: online education technology company
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What edX 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.
trackers that follow visitors
10 of the 16 alternatives below have fewer, 2 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- OneTrust
- US company
- 2 tools
Visitor analytics
Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.
Tag manager
Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to edX
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to edX, thumbs down if it isn’t.
20 of the 60 sites closest to edX match.
- 01
Coursera | Online Courses, Certificates, & Degrees
Learn job-ready skills with online courses, Professional Certificates, Specializations, and degrees from Google, Meta, Anthropic, DeepLearning.AI, Stanford, and more. Start learning today.
Very close - 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 - 03
O MENOR PREÇO DO ANO para aprender tecnologia e IA | Rocketseat
Aprenda com especialistas, desenvolva competências alinhadas ao mercado digital e evolua por meio de cursos, graduações e soluções para empresas.
Very close - 04
Client Challenge
non-profit educational organization
Very close - 05
Tech & IT Learning Platform for Teams | Pluralsight
Trusted by 23,000+ organizations, Pluralsight is the online tech learning platform for building AI, cloud, data, and security skills with courses and labs.
Very close - 06
DIO | Code your global future now
Master artificial intelligence agents and seize the best opportunities in the global market
Close - 07
Online courses for creative professionals | Domestika
Domestika is the largest creative community. Learn and share from anywhere with online courses taught by the best professionals in the world of design and creativity.
Close - 08
Brilliant | Your Personal Tutor for Math and Coding
Visual, interactive tutoring in math and coding, from 5th grade through college. Master concepts in algebra, calculus, Python, computer science, and more.
Very close - 09
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 - 10
Descomplica: Cursinho Enem, Cursos Livres, Faculdade e Pós
Cursinho Enem online desde 2011: +2 mil videoaulas, 30 correções de redação por IA/mês e plano de estudos. Reembolso integral em até 7 dias.
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Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
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egghead.io - Learn Web Development from Expert Developers
Learn modern web development with expert-led courses, tutorials, and workshops. Master React, TypeScript, Next.js, AI tools like Claude Code and Cursor, and more with hands-on video lessons.
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Learn to Code for Free
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LinkedIn: Log In or Sign Up
1 billion members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.
Close - 15
The Top Coding and Computer Science Platform for K-12 Schools | CodeHS
CodeHS is the comprehensive K-12 platform for computer science, AI, and digital literacy — free curriculum, IDE, grading tools, and professional development for schools and districts nationwide.
Close - 16
Learn Laravel | Laracasts
The best way to learn Laravel and PHP.
Close - 17
OpenStax
OpenStax offers free college textbooks for all types of students, making education accessible & affordable for everyone. Browse our list of available subjects!
Close - 18
Craftsy.com | Express Your Creativity! | Craftsy
Craftsy is your online resource for all creative makers, where you can find everything you need – from basic instruction to advanced techniques.
Close - 19
Georgia Institute of Technology
Explore Georgia Tech, a top public research university developing leaders in technology and improving lives, with diverse programs and global reach.
Close - 20
USU Home
health science university of the United States federal government
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles edX’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones edX uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what edX 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 · 21 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,214
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 58 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to edX’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). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- CMS
- Contentful page source: images.ctfassets.net
- JavaScript frameworks
- Analytics
- Segment page source: cdn.segment.com/analytics.js
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust page source: otSDKStub
- Monitoring
- New Relic page source: NREUM
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: 32uMZm07ZgimjDNZcrNVvnRUfoxh_bpIBgDKBtw68nmALgeZodmkWw==
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a563188f9af50ecf-FRA
- Hosting
- WP Engine header x-powered-by: WP Engine Headless Platform
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms89770774
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-73.awsdns-09.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=0614d0e44da9d4b72a75d19e9138eb0052991fb2a…
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=6VfkC2MXgvez6NHJ
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=xpq-aB5aXpxCKMr7r3eDPHyz+H8uPB16jIppdml…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=f1e936d4-bf65-4aed-8c0b-59630d21e09c
- Dropbox TXT dropbox-domain-verification=9dvz1ju53nbf
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=tVFyMKACOBTnEVoW-XJ0jbunNP7bDxPLxUZpGs9j9go
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=h2gg5zwnyax0dj0jyo4aafdtkpiiyu
- Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_L9I5Fxqkv63ZPy63F1sHvK
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace 17/20
- Apple Business 13/20
- Atlassian 11/20
- Microsoft 365 11/20
- OpenAI · not on edx.org 10/20
- Cloudflare 10/20
- Meta Business Suite 9/20
- OneTrust 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 9/20
- SendGrid · not on edx.org 8/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on edx.org 8/20
- Zendesk · not on edx.org 8/20
- Next.js 7/20
- React 7/20
- Salesforce · not on edx.org 6/20