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Microsoft Windows

Who runs Microsoft Windows, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest desktop operating system alternatives.

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

Measured from Microsoft Windows’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows windows.com

Experience the latest Microsoft Windows 11 features. Learn how our latest Windows OS gives you more ways to work, play and create.

Wikidata: family of computer operating systems developed by Microsoft

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

02 · Privacy

What Microsoft Windows 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

7 of the 16 alternatives below have fewer, 2 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Microsoft Windows

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

Fewer trackers than Microsoft WindowsNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

1 of the 60 sites closest to Microsoft Windows matches.

  1. 01
    GitBook gitbook.com English Free plan 6 trackers

    The knowledge layer for AI | GitBook

    GitBook is a knowledge platform that connects your docs, product and users, answers user questions, and identifies knowledge gaps. Docs-as-code support & AI insights included.

    Compare GitBook with Microsoft Windows →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Microsoft Windows’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Microsoft Windows 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 Microsoft Windows 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 and search numbers · 6 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,208
Vector
384-d
Query
45 ms

Built with

JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/remote-resource-center/articles/scripts/Jquery.js…
Tag managers
Languages & backends
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

Sitemaps

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