Wikipedia comparisons
Wikipedia is compared head-to-head with Encyclopaedia Britannica, Store norske leksikon and Encyclopedia.com and more: 7 head-to-heads in Online Encyclopedias, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Wikipedia head-to-head
- Wikipedia vs Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Wikipedia vs Store norske leksikon
- Wikipedia vs Encyclopedia.com
- Wikipedia vs Treccani
- Wikipedia vs Oxford Reference
- Wikipedia vs Baidu Baike
- Wikipedia vs Britannica School
Wikipedia vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Citation tools | Educator resources | Institutional access | Content formats | Update frequency | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wikipedia | Yes | Free | Yes | Yes | Multimedia | Continuous | 9.4 | |
| 2 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | Yes | Yes | Yes | Multimedia | 9.2 | |||
| 3 | Store norske leksikon | Yes | Free | Yes | Text and images | Daily | 9.0 | ||
| 4 | Encyclopedia.com | Yes | Free | Yes | Yes | Multimedia | Continuous | 8.8 | |
| 5 | Treccani | Yes | Yes | Yes | Text | Not stated | 8.6 | ||
| 6 | Oxford Reference | Yes | Text and images | Not stated | 8.4 | ||||
| 7 | Baidu Baike | Yes | Free | Text and images | Not stated | 8.3 | |||
| 8 | Britannica School | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Multimedia and interactive | Continuous | 8.2 |
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