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Should I use G2?

G2 is the world's largest tech marketplace where businesses can discover, review, and manage the technology they need to reach their potential. - company.g2.com

· 1 month ago

Buy if you are researching software — it is free for buyers and claims the largest B2B review database. Vendors considering paid Marketing Solutions should demand pricing first, since none is public.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 10 public sources; no pricing disclosures or security findings found.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security postureNo public security page found

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • Software buyers comparing vendors
  • Vendors collecting verified customer reviews
  • Marketing teams benchmarking competitors

Not for

  • Buyers wanting hands-on evaluation — reviews are not demos
  • Security teams expecting vulnerability or compliance data here
  • Tiny vendors with no customer base to review them
  • Guess: niche-tool shoppers, where review counts run thin

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Vendor profiles, badging, and review collection are paid products; expect sales contact, not self-serve pricing

low

No security page published — compliance or vulnerability detail will not come from G2 itself

low

Marketing numbers conflict across pages (90M+ vs 200M users); treat claims loosely

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Largest B2B software review database; 200M annual buyers
  • Serves buyer teams at every Fortune 500 company
  • Aggregates peer reviews plus real-time market intelligence
  • Automated review-collection campaigns save vendors time

Cons

  • No public security page found
  • Vendor-side pricing not disclosed in any source
  • G2's own pages cite conflicting user counts: 90M+ vs 200M
  • Owning Capterra, GetApp, Software Advice shrinks independent review sources

Sources & method

- 10 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x4review x1security x1news x4

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Guess: free for buyers; vendors pay
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Automated review campaigns save vendor time
  • Feature depth: 5/5. Largest review dataset plus market intelligence
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture. No public security page found
  • 200M Annual buyers per G2's own about page
  • 2012 Founded Chicago; formerly G2 Crowd
  • 100% Fortune 500 reach buyer teams at every Fortune 500 company
  • 3 platforms 2026 acquisition Capterra, Software Advice, GetApp from Gartner

Pricing

Free tier: Yes

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

The direct user evidence is a vendor praising automated review collection; buyer-side testimonials are absent from sources.

“G2 Marketing Solutions helps us collect verified customer reviews, strengthen our online reputation, and build trust with potential buyers.”
G2 review, G2 Marketing Solutions
“It makes the review-collection process easier through automated campaigns, which saves us time while also improving response rates.”
G2 review, G2 Marketing Solutions

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Full analysis

Based on 10 public sources; no pricing disclosures or security findings found.

Category giant for software reviews. Free and worth using to research buys; vendor-side products are paid and opaque.

Methodology

Based on 10 public sources; no pricing disclosures or security findings found.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. About | G2 Companycompany.g2.com
    official
  2. G2 (company) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
    news
  3. official
  4. news
  5. review
  6. G2 - LinkedInlinkedin.com
    official
  7. official
  8. Security pagecompany.g2.com
    security
  9. news
  10. news

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