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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.
16 of the 60 sites closest to WebMD match.
- 01
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 - 02
Today on Medscape
educational website (1995-)
Very close - 03
UpToDate
medical software company
Very close - 04
Client Challenge
free and open-source web content management system
Very close - 05
Which? | Expert testing, reviews and advice - Which?
Which? works for you reviewing products and services, so that you make the best purchase decisions for your needs.
Very close - 06
Trusted Health Advice | healthdirect
healthdirect provides easy access to trusted, quality health information and advice online and over the phone.
Very close - 07
Game8|The Top Gaming and App Walkthroughs Straight from Japan!
The Top Gaming and App Walkthroughs Straight from Japan! Game8 delivers the latest in gaming news, walkthrough information, and other useful tools so that you can get the most out of your gaming experience! Our pages for popular apps and new games are being updated every minute!
Very close - 08
Read the Bible online. A free Bible on your phone, tablet, or computer. - Bible App
Read God’s Word at anytime, anywhere using the YouVersion Bible App. Share Scripture with friends, highlight passages, and create a daily habit with Bible Plans.
Very close - 09
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 - 10
GoodRx - Error
American prescription drug price tracking website and app
Very close - 11
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 - 12
Refinery29 UK
Where style meets substance - fashion, entertainment, news, and wellness daily
Very close - 13
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 - 14
Comprehensive Cancer Information - NCI
Accurate, up-to-date, comprehensive cancer information from the U.S. government's principal agency for cancer research.
Very close - 15
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC
United States government public health agency
Very close - 16
MUO - Technology, Simplified.
MUO is your guide to modern tech. Learn how to make use of the tech and gadgets around you, and discover cool stuff on the internet.
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 = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,208
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 52 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
Sitemaps
, 319 of them guides, blog or magazine pages.
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