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WebMD
Who runs WebMD, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest consumer health information alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Healthline
Measured from WebMD’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit WebMD01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs WebMD
WebMD webmd.com
The leading source for trustworthy and timely health and medical news and information. Providing credible health information, supportive community, and educational services by blending award-winning expertise in content, community services, expert commentary, and medical review.
Wikidata: American corporation which provides health information services
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What WebMD 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
5 of the 13 alternatives below have fewer, 2 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- OneTrust
- US company
- 2 tools
Advertising and retargeting
Lets ad networks recognise visitors on other sites and show them ads.
Tag manager
Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to WebMD
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to WebMD, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Healthline: Medical information and health advice you can trust.
We're committed to being your source for expert health guidance. Come to us in your pursuit of wellness.
Very close - 02
Medical and health information | MedicalNewsToday
Medical news and health news headlines posted throughout the day, every day
Very close - 03
Everyday Health: Trusted Medical Information, Expert Health Advice, News, Tools, and Resources
Everyday Health inspires and empowers people to live their healthiest lives, every day, through trusted, medically reviewed information and expert health advice from the nation's leading healthcare providers and patient advocates. Learn more about health
Very close - 04
MedlinePlus - Health Information from the National Library of Medicine
Find information on health conditions, wellness issues, and more in easy-to-read language on MedlinePlus, the up-to-date, trusted health information site from the NIH and the National Library of Medicine.
Very close - 05
RxList - The Internet Drug Index for prescription drug information, interactions, and side effects
Medications and prescription drug information for consumers and medical health professionals. Online database of the most popular drugs and their side effects, interactions, and use.
Very close - 06
Mental disorders and mental illness
Mental disorders and mental illness
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Today on Medscape
educational website (1995-)
Very close - 08
UpToDate
medical software company
Very close - 09
Client Challenge
free and open-source web content management system
Very close - 10
Medical News | Medical Articles
Medical News and articles you can trust from around the world. All content is written and reviewed by qualified health, medical and scientific experts.
Very close - 11
Statista - The Statistics Portal for Market Data, Market Research and Market Studies
Find statistics, consumer survey results and industry studies from over 22,500 sources on over 60,000 topics on the internet's leading statistics database
Very close - 12
Trusted Health Advice | healthdirect
healthdirect provides easy access to trusted, quality health information and advice online and over the phone.
Very close - 13
Medical News | MedPage Today
Medical news and conference coverage, investigative pieces, medical games, and expert opinion pieces by and for doctors and healthcare professionals.
Very close - 14
Lifehacker | Do everything better
Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.
Very close - 15
Medical Xpress: Health & Medical Research News
Medical Xpress delivers daily medical research news and health breakthroughs across neuroscience, cardiology, oncology, genetics, and more — trusted by millions of readers worldwide.
Very close - 16
News and Advice on the World's Latest Innovations | ZDNET - ZDNET
see all latest
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Daily Medical News, Free CME and Clinical Guidance
Medical news, education and information for physicians and health care professionals, presented by specialty and topic. From Healio and the Wyanoke Group.
Very close - 18
KFF - The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news.
KFF is the independent source for health policy research, polling, and journalism. Our mission is to serve as a nonpartisan source of information for policymakers, the media, the health policy community, and the public.
Very close - 19
Welcome to Medicare | Medicare
The official U.S. government website for Medicare, a health insurance program for people age 65 or older and younger people with disabilities.
Very close - 20
Mashable
Mashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company.
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles WebMD’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones WebMD 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 WebMD 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 · 15 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,192
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 22 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to WebMD’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
- Vue.js page source: data-v-50be9da8
- Tag managers
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags asset https://assets.adobedtm.com/2c8c1e17b98c/27339f98909a/launch-3931f206f4f7.min.js
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:spf.zohomail360.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:s…
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
- Security
- reCAPTCHA page source: google.com/recaptcha/enterprise.js
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a562fea6ccfcfcbb-HAM
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT v=spf1 include:spf.zohomail360.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:s…
- Email delivery
- Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 include:spf.zohomail360.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:s…
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS amir.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=273cee5ce44db359754043668120f4ccf0076e55a…
- GlobalSign TXT globalsign-domain-verification=-8kpivpbgMACeanB8hk0ansSLujEnFA_i1ukkw…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=tbLtuRpVup8Z965hPBFprdgjOoJw4VJqv1mkzJl84VE
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=w0zj3kf18imt845aplzy38efaox23t
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Microsoft 365 13/20
- Google Workspace 11/20
- Meta Business Suite 11/20
- OneTrust 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on webmd.com 9/20
- Atlassian · not on webmd.com 7/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on webmd.com 7/20
- GlobalSign 7/20
- Google Ad Manager 7/20
- Cloudflare 7/20
- Salesforce · not on webmd.com 6/20
- Amazon SES · not on webmd.com 5/20
- Adobe 4/20
- DocuSign · not on webmd.com 4/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on webmd.com 4/20