G2.com was formerly known by the name G2 Crowd before 2019. It was founded in 2012 by former employees of BigMachines which was acquired by Oracle. BigMachines was a Configure, price, quote software solution. It serves the aggregation of user reviews for business software offerings.
G2.com is a business software and services review website where users can read and write reviews about various software and service products. The website is designed to help businesses and organizations make informed decisions about which software and services to use based on real user reviews and feedback.
On G2.com, users can browse through categories such as customer relationship management (CRM), marketing automation, project management, and many others, and compare different products within each category based on their ratings, features, and pricing. Users can also leave reviews and ratings of the products they have used to help others in the community make informed decisions.
G2.com also offers a variety of resources and tools to help businesses and software vendors make better decisions, including reports, rankings, and research studies. Additionally, the website provides a platform for software vendors to showcase their products and services and connect with potential customers.
G2 works hard to keep the reviews from being manipulated by the common methods of company employees doing positive reviews on their product and negative ones of their competitors products. Similar, kind of other manipulations are also prevented or avoided. The reviews on G2 are written by real users who have experience working on the specific software they are reviewing. The verification process of G2 is also strict to ensure reviews are legitimate and trustworthy.