Product Substitutes
Web and SaaS
b2b software comparison
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
1 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 14 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score -0.43.
Execution: 0 for, 7 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting concept and useful for finding B2B alternatives
From 2 comments
This is so cool, thanks guys :)!
mariaesther111 on HNI tried https://siftery.com/aws-lambda/alternatives and it pulled up the serverless framework . Why does it say that the serverless framework is something that runs on top of AWS…
zitterbewegung on HN
Objections
Alternatives lists include irrelevant products such as Bootstrap for Vue.js
From 3 comments
did a search on React.js, got some results that I expected, and some that I did not. did a search on Vue.js, and the top 'alternative' is Bootstrap...... Yeah. Bootstrap isn't an…
holtalanm on HNyeah.... https://siftery.com/jquery/alternatives
leeoniya on HNThat was one of the first thing I noticed about this too - the 'alternative' pool is just too broad and in some cases nonsensical. For example - I searched for replacements for…
cyberferret on HN
Spam-like mass tweeting @-mentioning companies and individuals
From 2 comments
Siftery has repeatedly engaged in Twitter spam. Here’s one example account, @SifteryHello that exists solely to mention other companies and individuals:…
troydavis on HNI'd even generalize it to "Doing anything you can to get attention, even when the overall impact is obviously negative." A ToS is the absolute minimum (well, other than the penal…
troydavis on HN
Unsolicited emails to OSS maintainers without opt-in
From 2 comments
Siftery kind of annoyingly added my OSS project to it and started emailing me about it without me signing up for it... (months ago)
mholt on HNHow about not emailing like that from the start without an opt-in?
dawnerd on HN
Data accuracy and source of switching data unclear
From 2 comments
I am wondering: How exactly are you getting this data? How do you make sure the data is accurate?
ma2rten on HNOne of my pet peeves on the new products launched on HN has been a missing "About" page. If people are asking for personally identifiable information like emails etc, they should…
thisisit on HN
Missing explanation of NPS and unclear About page
From 2 comments
One of my pet peeves on the new products launched on HN has been a missing "About" page. If people are asking for personally identifiable information like emails etc, they should…
thisisit on HNYes I found the wikipedia page later but it was confusing the first time around. The second data point on customers is intuitive though. I just wish there was a "what is this?"…
thisisit on HN
Requests
More granular categories for developer tools
From 3 comments
Agree, need more granularity than just "Javascript MVC framework". Thank you, we are on it.
ayanb on HNTagged it to Javascript Frameworks and the alternatives are much better now. Agree, we do need to split developer tools more granularly.
ayanb on HNIn this case, the primary category for Intercom is `User onboarding and Engagement` which can be broken down separately to `User Onboarding` and `In-app Support` or `In-app…
ayanb on HN
Explanation of what the NPS score means on the page
From 1 comment
Yes I found the wikipedia page later but it was confusing the first time around. The second data point on customers is intuitive though. I just wish there was a "what is this?"…
thisisit on HN
Clean up miscategorized products such as Word as PDF reader
From 2 comments
Microsoft Word’s primary category is PDF Readers and Editors I did not expect MS Word to be listed as a PDF Reader (and editor). Does this mean that (according to your data) when…
EliRivers on HNApologies, this is data we will clean up soon.
ayanb on HN
Questions
How is the switching data collected and verified?
From 1 comment
I am wondering: How exactly are you getting this data? How do you make sure the data is accurate?
ma2rten on HN
Why are some alternatives listed for AWS Lambda and WordPress?
From 2 comments
I tried https://siftery.com/aws-lambda/alternatives and it pulled up the serverless framework . Why does it say that the serverless framework is something that runs on top of AWS…
zitterbewegung on HN>"When companies stop using WordPress, its most frequent substitutes are HubSpot Website Platform (32.6% of the time), followed by Drupal (21.9%), and by EPi Ektron CMS (6.9%)"…
pbhjpbhj on HN
Alternatives named
AlternativeTo
From 1 comment
This strikes me as the business version of AlternativeTo.net, a stupendous website to help find alternative (consumer) software. https://alternativeto.net/
jessriedel on HN
Google search 'vs' autocomplete
From 1 comment
Websites like this are completely useless once you know where to get real comparisons. Just go to Google and type in "<product> vs " and let Google's autocomplete suggest the top…
flipp3r on HN
Crunchbase competitors
From 1 comment
I have been going to Crunchbase, looking up a company, and scrolling down to see their "competitors." Though, they're often not listed. But, I like your suggestion and will give…
switchstance on HN
StackShare
From 1 comment
Is this similar to stackshare?
uyoakaoma on HN