G2 is a B2B software and services review platform. G2 allows users to post and read reviews while driving review for vendors and providing them with intent data.
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SourceForge
Score9.9 out of 10
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SourceForge is a B2B software discovery platform, featuring 4000+ categories in its comparison engine that potential buyers can use to compare software by user reviews, features, pricing, integrations, operating system, and deployment.
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TrustRadius for Vendors
Score7.5 out of 10
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Virtually 100% of B2B tech professionals want to self-serve and control their buying journey. Influence, engage, and win them on TrustRadius. The only decisioning platform built for modern buyers.
$30,000
per year
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SourceForge
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Starting at $30,000 (multi-year discount available)
Digital Communications Professional in Marketing at Proclaim Interactive (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees)
Chose SourceForge
G2 has a larger commitment time upfront and for a more expensive rate, which wasn't the best option for our team as we were just exploring the resources that existed out there at the time. We preferred Sourceforge as well due to its subscription service, making it easier to …
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Verified User
Chose SourceForge
We have experience with several of the software review sites, specifically Capterra and G2. It's pretty clear that these kinds of marketing channels are important when marketing software, and we also had success with Capterra. We chose not to go with G2 as their long-term and …
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Verified User
Chose SourceForge
G2 lacks the open-source community like SourceForge and does not allow interaction between developers and customers, although both do a commendable job of listing useful business and open-source software along with their price comparisons and reviews.
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Verified User
Chose SourceForge
SourceForge comes at par with TrustRadius, as both these platforms have a hugs user base. They are extremely reliable and dependable to base the purchase decisions. SourceForge ranks above G2 & Capterra, as it has detailed reviews. Most reviews on other platforms are arbitrary …
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Sr. Customer Marketing Manager in Marketing at Motive (Computer Software, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
We’re on every review site, and each has something different I appreciate. But what I really love about TrustRadius for Vendors is that we’re not stuck stressing about cranking out 500+ reviews every two months. Quality matters more than quantity to me when it comes to customer …
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Customer Advocacy in Marketing at PandaDoc (Marketing & Advertising, 201-500 employees)
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
G2 has been a great partner, but TrustRadius helps us target a different market. We may also use Gartner Peer Insights to generate reviews in the future.
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Verified User
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
Not as user friendly as G2 and the data/reporting is not as good.
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Verified User
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
We are also working with G2 and I consider the platforms complementing each other. With TrustRadius for Vendors we collect complex review content reflecting attribute ratings of our products, different use cases and deployments our clients experiment, reviewers sentiments. …
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VP, Marketing in Marketing at Bizzabo (Events Services, 201-500 employees)
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
We use all of these tools in tandem currently. We have had a lot of success with Capterra's PPC offering so far this year, and we also were able to run completely subsidized incentivized review campaigns where they funded the gift card rewards. G2 appears to have a larger …
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Product marketing manager in Marketing at Monetate (Retail, 201-500 employees)
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
We choose to go with TrustRadius because you guys do all the campaigns for us, unlike Gartner Peer Insights, who make you do it yourself. Additionally, Gartner's interface is not that slick or obvious. I feel that TrustRadius and G2 are basically the same, but TrustRadius's …
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Product Marketing Manager in Marketing at CCH® Tagetik (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
We went with TrustRadius for Vendors because our Account Manager was very engaging compared to Capterra and G2. I reached out to Capterra several times, and no one even responded. G2 sales pitch was weak and in my perception, TrustRadius for Vendors functionality is more …
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Customer Engagement Manager in Marketing at Tealium (Internet, 501-1000 employees)
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
TrustRadius for Vendors is superior in terms of content available on companies. While other sites might be bigger or more established, that does not mean they are better. The customer support you will receive working with TrustRadius for Vendors is far better, in my experience, …
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SVP Marketing in Marketing at Arcoro (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
We actually use TrustRadius, G2, and Capterra, and TrustRadius for Vendors definitely gives us the most for our investment. The reviews offer key insights into our customers favorite features, but we also take their "cons" to our product team to help guide the product roadmap. …
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Digital Marketing Specilist in Marketing at Paycor (Human Resources, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
TrustRadius is very similar to G2 in collecting reviews and asking questions. Capterra is a much quicker review process with fewer in-depth questions asked.
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Verified User
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
TrustRadius for Vendors is a high-value partner that we use alongside all of our partners, which have various comparative strengths. I would say that TrustRadius for Vendors focuses on rich review content and highlighting customer sentiment and satisfaction. While many of our …
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Verified User
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
TrustRadius provides a more in-depth look at our product offering with customer reviews, not just at the Corprorate profile level. ZoomInfo was disappointing around customer data completeness we experienced with them. We have not seen similar issues in our current activation of …
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Sr. Digital Marketing Manager in Marketing at NextGent Healthcare (Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
I would say all these vendors are very alike and the portals are pretty much the same. The most important thing for our team is our lead generation from each of these vendors. TrustRadius is on the lower end of the spectrum when it comes to intent lead generation. The reviews …
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Verified User
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
Compared to most other review platforms, this one seems more ethical in its review collection, approval, and overall product rating processes.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Verified User
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
Capterra is pay per click, TrustRadius is strong in the US market space.
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Director of Customer Marketing and Analyst Relations in Marketing at SingleStore (Computer Software, 201-500 employees)
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
TrustRadius is the peer site and team that has introduced new services and offerings to us — and not talking upsell here, but things we already get with our service and may not be taking advantage of. We have then often found ourselves asking the same of our other peer site …
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Senior Customer Advocacy Marketing Manager in Marketing at GoTo (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
The offerings at TrustRadius for Vendors are right on par with the other similar services we use. What sets TrustRadius for Vendors apart is their customer service and ability to address out personal needs and provide strategic recommendations on how we can make the most out of …
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Verified User
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
I was not part of the selection when I arrived. TrustRadius contract was already in place.
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Customer Marketing Manager in Marketing at Emplifi (Marketing & Advertising, 501-1000 employees)
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
I prioritized TrustRadius over Gartner Peer Insights due to my emphasis on user-generated content and extensive reviews. I value community-driven insights, which TrustRadius offers through its platform, enabling a broader range of perspectives and experiences to guide …
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Global Engagement Marketing Manager in Marketing at Demand Science (Marketing & Advertising, 501-1000 employees)
Chose TrustRadius for Vendors
All platforms have their strengths and weaknesses, but TrustRadius for Vendors is pushing the envelope with their white glove service and willingness to bring issues and concerns to the relevant team or team members in support of growing their position as a review site and …
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As TrustRadius is, G2 does its job: you get real people feedback and reviews from the trenches for the software you want to discover. That's very useful when you have to make software purchase decisions and real-life trial is not possible.
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I recommend SourceForge to anyone or business that needs both commercial and open source software. This platform has a wide variety of software with many categories that allow easy search for any project, in addition to the fact that searches can be done separately (commercial and open source software) so as not to have mixed results which go with different purpose. In addition to the fact that the community of this platform is quite active and that there are always times to discover new projects that can be useful for a company or individual person.
Well suited if you want a presence on all of the "big review sites" - it's best practice for your business to be engaged on all of the sites, as prospects are reading and searching. I would say it's less appropriate if your typical buyer does not research for the product you are selling, or perhaps if your competitors are not present on this site.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
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The overall design that SourceForge has really leaves a lot to be desired, although the entire platform works perfectly, I think that the design should be much more attractive.
There is currently no feature to save your progress on a review you are writing, so if you are writing a review and the browser is closed for some reason, all progress of the written review will be lost.
Due to TrustRadius reviews being a bit lengthy, I think it can hinder response volume.
While not a major issue, it would be nice to have a TrustRadius Slack/chat integration where I could quickly reach my reps. That being said, my reps already have a great response time!
It would be nice if I could run a report on how my company's competitors are performing on TrustRadius for Vendors.
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Souceforge was very straightforward and easy to manage. The leads worked for us so there is not a lot else to say about why I'd use it again. This isn't some complicated software product, it is a simple inbound marketing channel that is meant to generate leads and help us with brand awareness and it did exactly that.
We definitely see the value in peer review platforms like TrustRadius. Being able to hear from our customers and partners and share that information across the organization is very important to WatchGuard. I really see working with TrustRadius as a partnership that has been beneficial for both organizations and is continuing to prove very successful
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SourceForge is super easy to use and very intuitive. And their support team and campaign managers help whenever we need it. Using SourceForge as a user is easy, and administrating a business software listing is easy as well. They also have great documentation.
It was easy to integrate, pull data and reports from, and really easy to customize the design to fit the branding of our site. I found it easy to show other team members how to use. Our whole team was able to get around the system to fit their different needs
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We've never had any issues or downtime with SourceForge. Since we've been a user, the platform has never been down. Or at least never that I've noticed.
SourceForge loads extremely quickly whether you're using the front end or administrating your product listing on the back end. All pages are snappy to load--no issues with page speed whatsoever.
I hardly ever use the support on SourceForge, as I have not needed it. Their product works well for me. One time I had to email them and they got back to me the same day, but that's my only experience.
Many of our ongoing comms have been automated or moved to an office-hours model, so we don't get much support from our accounts team. In comparison, there are other review vendors we work with with whom we are much more likely to expand, given their ongoing support and the insights they share. Overall, I feel the customer support team should be more hands-on and strategic, as there could be opportunities to upsell and expand with customers who are being missed.
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When we first signed up, they pair you with a campaign manager who trained us on how to use the product properly. The product is simple so the training was only about 30 minutes and after that we understood all the features and how to make the most of it. Most of the work came with making a custom landing page and building a follow up process for our sales team.
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My only key insight is to make sure that you remember the TrustRadius team is your partner, not your enemy! They are there to help ensure the success within your organization and will do everything they can to help you meet your goals.
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I think TrustRadius does the job better than G2. I use G2 as a complement to TrustRadius. TR covers a wider range of software, with a more user-friendly interface. both sites have trustworthy reviews written by real people, and not by vendors
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G2 has a larger commitment time upfront and for a more expensive rate, which wasn't the best option for our team as we were just exploring the resources that existed out there at the time. We preferred Sourceforge as well due to its subscription service, making it easier to commit from the start.
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We are also working with G2 and I consider the platforms complementing each other. With TrustRadius for Vendors we collect complex review content reflecting attribute ratings of our products, different use cases and deployments our clients experiment, reviewers sentiments. Using quotes tagging and Chrome Extension feature we can map the most relevant reviews to the right audience, messaging or industry. The vendor portal has multiple selections available, for me it is very important to be able to check only with a click the number of ratings or the number of reviews for different date range or to check if my product is qualified for next awards.
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SourceForge has been plenty scalable for us. Our marketing department is able to edit listings and our executives can also log in to the platform if need be for leads and reporting information. SourceForge offers multiple user access and role permissions, so it's pretty scalable and easy to use for our entire team.
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