patch.com
Patch
Who runs Patch, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest local news alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- TAPinto
Measured from Patch’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Patch01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Patch
Patch patch.com
The best breaking news, stories, and events from the Patch network of local news sites
Wikidata: U.S. local news and information platform
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What Patch 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
13 of the 16 alternatives below have fewer, 3 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- OneTrust
- US company
- 6 tools
Advertising and retargeting
Lets ad networks recognise visitors on other sites and show them ads.
Visitor analytics
Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.
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 Patch
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Patch, thumbs down if it isn’t.
17 of the 60 sites closest to Patch match.
- 01
TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates
Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.
Very close - 02
Semafor - An intelligent, transparent global news platform for breaking stories, analysis and video
Transparent, global reporting by Semafor journalists on politics, policy, business, finance, technology, climate, energy, media, entertainment, world affairs, China, Asia, Europe, Africa for US and international readers.
Very close - 03
Digg - News, before it trends
See what's next in AI before it trends. Digg watches the people who move first.
Very close - 04
Lokalnachrichten aus ganz Österreich auf meinbezirk.at
Auf meinbezirk.at finden Sie aktuelle, regionale und lokale Nachrichten, Reportagen, Meinungen und Bilder aus Ihrer Region und für Ihre Region.
Very close - 05
FanSided Sports News & Updates: NFL, NBA, MLB, College & More
FanSided - Your go-to source for sports, entertainment, and lifestyle. Stay updated on news, analysis, and fandom across a range of topics.
Very close - 06
NBC News - Breaking Headlines and Video Reports on World, U.S. and Local Angles | NBC News
Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture.
Very close - 07
Newsday | Long Island's & NYC's News Source - Newsday
Breaking News, data & opinions in business, sports, entertainment, travel, lifestyle, plus much more. Newsday.com is the leading news source for Long Island & NYC.
Very close - 08
Fortune - Fortune 500 Daily & Breaking Business News
Unrivaled access, premier storytelling, and the best of business since 1930.
Very close - 09
News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
Very close - 10
TechCrunch | Startup and Technology News
TechCrunch | Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley
Very close - 11
International Business, World News & Global Stock Market Analysis
CNBC International is the world leader for news on business, technology, China, trade, oil prices, the Middle East and markets.
Very close - 12
新浪网
新浪网为全球用户24小时提供全面及时的中文资讯，内容覆盖国内外突发新闻事件、体坛赛事、娱乐时尚、产业资讯、实用信息等，设有新闻、体育、娱乐、财经、科技、房产、汽车等30多个内容频道，同时开设博客、视频、论坛等自由互动交流空间。
Very close - 13
Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews
Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.
Very close - 14
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news
Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.
Very close - 15
nine.com.au -- the new ninemsn - News, Sport, TV, Entertainment, Lifestyle | Latest Breaking News Headlines from Australia and the world
Meet the new nine.com.au. Get the latest news, sport, TV, travel, fashion, fitness, recipes, celebrity news and exclusive content, all for free at nine.com.au, the home of Nine
Very close - 16
Bleacher Report | Sports. Highlights. News. Now.
Fan easier, fan faster and fan better with Bleacher Report. Keep up with the latest storylines, expert analysis, highlights and scores for all your favorite sports.
Very close - 17
BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio
Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Patch’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Patch 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 Patch 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 · 18 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,192
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 51 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Patch’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
- JavaScript frameworks
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-
- Advertising
- Amazon Publisher Services page source: c.amazon-adsystem.com
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 a mx include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:_spf.google.com includ…
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-chi-kigq8000060-CHI, cache-ber1080035-BER
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-815.awsdns-37.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=JGc0F-VCXwnww0aytCdoYQZxbbKvlZEgB1GuBbZKARw
- GlobalSign TXT globalsign-domain-verification=IUAylHRA1OTIjHtv-r5Py156P4CXImu7Q3D7nw…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=x2woIfwcIEr_VzaeXv4oWvmhRKeBw-FiAKqCNV8m6gU
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=1s2yw12u2s0ti2jr8sbh9877z09ljn
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-ZsNTguuxpVqTxk2a0smM5EP7
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 15/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on patch.com 15/20
- Meta Business Suite 12/20
- Google Ad Manager 12/20
- Atlassian · not on patch.com 10/20
- Amazon Route 53 10/20
- Adobe · not on patch.com 10/20
- Amazon SES · not on patch.com 9/20
- React 9/20
- Apple Business 8/20
- OneTrust 8/20
- OpenAI 8/20
- Fastly 8/20
- Next.js 7/20
- Zendesk 6/20