SourceForge

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SourceForge
Score 8.1 out of 10
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SourceForge is a software discovery platform featuring over 4000 thousand software categories and over 600,000 software listings. Businesses and individuals looking to buy or download software can visit SourceForge to compare software, read reviews, and learn about the software choices available to them. Developers use SourceForge to upload code and software to SourceForge’s open source directory. With verified user reviews, SourceForge is used by software companies and software developers to…N/A
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SourceForge
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SourceForge
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
SourceForge
Considered Both Products
SourceForge
Chose SourceForge
They are really very similar tools, however, in SourceForge I adapt much better because of how it categorizes the software, I can always find the right one, with Capterra this was a bit complicated. On the other hand, Capterra shows a list of characteristics without detailing …
Chose SourceForge
Capterra is less user friendly than SourceForge and seemingly has a less wide variety of software reviewed, which is why I ultimately chose SourceForge as the review software that I trust the most for my search when I am trying to identify a new software to use in order to …
Chose SourceForge
Besides Google Reviews and maybe a few software articles. There really aren't a lot of other websites we have looked at that are as comprehensive.
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 …
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 …
Chose SourceForge
We have a page on Trustpilot as well, but Trustpilot is not focused just on software and technology like SourceForge is. If you want to market your software, SourceForge offers a large volume of specific tools relevant to software marketing and customer acquisition. SourceForge …
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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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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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I use SourceForge because here you can easily filter out and find the right software, and it has a huge collection of open-source software with trustworthy reviews.
Chose SourceForge
Those competitors are nice, but I prefer SourceForge because its a little more straight forward. Those alternatives are just a little too complicated for me and they tend to have too many options, making it hard for me to decide which software is best. I also like that …
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I just think SourceForge is the best for a person who's not really interested in the code but only wants a trustworthy way to read about and decide which software to use.
Chose SourceForge
Once again I must circle back to the incident(s) in the past where SourceForge adulterated abandoned projects... I dislike that practice immensely.

I have selected against SourceForge in my usage for the stated reasons, and have moved on to GitHub, especially as private …
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Small Businesses
Trustpilot
Trustpilot
Score 6.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Trustpilot
Trustpilot
Score 6.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
SourceForge
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(26 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(2 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(9 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
SourceForge
Likelihood to Recommend
SourceForge (Slashdot Media)
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.
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Pros
SourceForge (Slashdot Media)
  • Commercial software and FOSS projects are available.
  • FOSS projects have advanced profiles such as software hosting for download as well as download metrics. As well as the released versions.
  • Commercial software profiles show detailed features, what it offers, price, frequently asked questions and a vast amount of user reviews.
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Cons
SourceForge (Slashdot Media)
  • 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.
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Likelihood to Renew
SourceForge (Slashdot Media)
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.
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Usability
SourceForge (Slashdot Media)
SourceForge offers so many features for a technology review platform. They have some really unique ones that let potential new customers search for your product in really personalized and innovative ways. When you first load the edit screen, it may be a bit overwhelming at first because there are so many customizable fields, but their documentation and support is good and each field provides a ton of value.
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Reliability and Availability
SourceForge (Slashdot Media)
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.
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Performance
SourceForge (Slashdot Media)
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.
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Support Rating
SourceForge (Slashdot Media)
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.
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Online Training
SourceForge (Slashdot Media)
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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Implementation Rating
SourceForge (Slashdot Media)
Easy to setup, we just needed to update our page and send them UTM tracking links. Most of the effort came with setting up our follow up process for our sales team.
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Alternatives Considered
SourceForge (Slashdot Media)
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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Scalability
SourceForge (Slashdot Media)
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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Return on Investment
SourceForge (Slashdot Media)
  • It allowed us to learn more about the features and functions of some software that we currently use.
  • It allowed me to improve my decision-making for the software we use in the project area.
  • It helped us to replace several programs that were used in our company. We made several replacements, for much more optimal alternatives.
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