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24 alternatives to Swarmize

Data journalism platform from The Guardian

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Swarmize launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Vox▲124

   Understand the news.

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   TechWatching▲71

   Personalized technology news aggregator

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Cont3nt▲82

   Connecting citizen journalists and media companies

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   BetaPage 2.0▲224

   Community of Hackers and Makers

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Fluky▲105

   A friendly randomiser

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Tally▲92

   People powered newsfeeds about anything

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Deepr▲83

   Crowdfunding platform for independent journalism

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Interviewed▲189

   A growing database of podcast interviews about startups

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Indiethink▲85

   Thought provoking articles from independent bloggers

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Contributoria▲76

    Community funded, collaborative journalism

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Guardian Open Platform▲89

    Real-time API access to the Guardian's journalism

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Feedial▲63

    A next-generation news reader

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Hacker News Search▲92

    a faster hnsearch

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    FarmLogs▲118

    Data Driven Farming

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Pixability▲68

    YouTube Big Data

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Gum▲123

    The social network of things

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Teamstory▲103

    A Community for Startups & Entrepreneurs

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Penflip▲119

    A social writing platform

    2013 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Sett▲82

    The Blog That Builds Your Audience.

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Sociable▲93

    Documenting how technology transforms societies

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Innoz▲88

    Connecting the unconnected

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Endless▲132

    Random and amazing Wikipedia articles.

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Reportedly▲83

    Native journalism for social media by those communities

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    DataTau▲75

    HackerNews for Data Scientists

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →