Analyzo

@bentossell Hey Ben, Thanks for adding Analyzo to Product Hunt! I co-founded Analyzo with Rubin. Analyzo helps start-ups and businesses find software based on their requirement. Users can filter down products/plans based on pricing and features they need. Siftery helps users discover products based on companies that are using them. Our research team uses sites like Siftery (among others) to find the best software tools in each category. We then add in details about each product including their plans and features. We standardize the features across the category which enables user to narrow down on products/plans based on a feature they need (Using a parametric search tool). For example, if you take the category E-Commerce Software: Siftery: https://siftery.com/category/e-c... Analyzo: http://www.analyzo.com/search/E-... Siftery lists over 50 products which are used by companies. On Analyzo, users can narrow down on the listed products/plans based on their budget and requirement - i.e My budget is $20/Month and I want to add about 100 products to my site. It tells the user what products/plans would fit this requirement. We have about 150 categories listed on the site at the moment. We have added parametric search tools to about 50 of these categories, the others show as simple listing pages at the moment. We are working hard on adding this data, so all 150 categories will support parametric search soon :)

@bentossell Thanks for the shoutout Ben!

Thanks @pedram92d we are still trying to figure it out. We're not sure if lead generation is a sustainable model, and our biggest priority is to always remain unbiased. We have a lot more features and functionalities under development so we should have a clearer monetization strategy in a few months. Always open to suggestions though :)

@rubinsabharwal @pedram92d This is really helpful - one idea / thought is to see how the Wirecutter team able to stay unbiased with reviews while generating income?

Thanks @shreenath I think the wirecutter team has done an excellent job being transparent about their business. The reason why lead generation is not a sustainable business model for us is because users tend to research software from multiple resources for a longer period of time before committing to it. We want to emulate wirecutter's success while maintaining a similar level of transparency for Analyzo as well.

@scomopolitan lol we were thinking about adding this as a category :) Though on a serious note our approach is different from the others. Rather than just showing users a list of products in each category, we have developed customized filters in each category, which can be used to find the perfect product/plan fit. Users can narrow down on products and their plans based on their budget and other feature requirements. For example check out the Form Builders Category here: http://www.analyzo.com/search/On... - You can find products/plans based on price, number of submissions etc. You can even compare plans from different vendors. We are still adding this data for many categories and hope to have everything listed in the next couple of months.

@raghavkap The filtering feature is amazing indeed great job. A must have free tools to use like GA/ GWT / Asana / Slack etc... category coud be helpful

@scomopolitan that's a good idea, will create a list of free products for the various categories. Thanks for the suggestion.