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title: SourceForge vs. Capterra
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createdAt: 2024-02-10T22:51:15.684Z
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**SourceForge gets over 21 million visitors per month looking for software.**

Once these potential buyers are on SourceForge's website, vendors upgraded listings get prioritized heavily on all pages relevant to their software including software category pages, comparison pages, alternatives pages, competitor pages, and integrations pages. Learn more about [SourceForge Traffic](docId\:iaAd_RCJnmJz70HUuAv5N) or check out [everything SourceForge offers software vendors](https://sourceforge.net/software/vendors/).

SourceForge and Capterra are both B2B software comparison websites, but as you can see from the data below, SourceForge gets a lot more traffic than Capterra, and offers fixed price plans for vendors with unlimited clicks instead of a pay-per-click model.

This guide will describe the advantages that SourceForge has over Capterra.
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## SourceForge Traffic vs. Capterra Traffic

According to Similarweb, SourceForge receives over* 9 times* the amount of website traffic that Capterra receives. It's important to note that SourceForge's traffic is 100% organic and SourceForge does not pay for any traffic whatsoever, while Capterra does pay for a portion of their website traffic (according to Similarweb.) SourceForge has over 4000 B2B software categories, which means SourceForge has *over 4 times* more B2B software categories than Capterra.

### Total Visits

![SourceForge vs. Capterra Website Traffic](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/cDRxumnUYS7OYDDxJSrpv/ApGp6pl1Odx3zQavXNKAb-20251208-163913.png "Source: Similarweb")

### Desktop vs. Mobile Traffic

Not only does SourceForge get over 9 times the total website traffic of Capterra, but according to Similarweb, SourceForge has a significantly higher percentage of desktop traffic than Capterra. According to [Smart Insights](https://www.smartinsights.com/ecommerce/ecommerce-analytics/ecommerce-conversion-rates/), desktop users are 1.7 times more likely to convert than mobile users.

![SourceForge vs. Capterra mobile vs. desktop traffic](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/cDRxumnUYS7OYDDxJSrpv/76Z-HdHSb3djLhmtpxsgf-20251208-164000.png "Source: Similarweb")

### Buyer Engagement

SourceForge website visitors view more pages than Capterra visitors. According to Similarweb, SourceForge visitors visit 4.19 pages per visit compared to 2.66 pages per visit for Capterra.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/cDRxumnUYS7OYDDxJSrpv/ZFBCBYsA7cqF7yLHkka6S-20251208-164121.png)

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/cDRxumnUYS7OYDDxJSrpv/UwmI-p5xgnob2wJxIwxcN-20251208-164135.png)

## Traffic Sources

**Direct Traffic**

As well as receiving over 9 times the total website traffic of Capterra, according to Similarweb, SourceForge gets more traffic *just* from people coming directly to SourceForge (typing 'sourceforge.net' into their browser) than Capterra gets from all channels combined (search, direct, referral, paid, etc).

Just like you may go directly to amazon.com to make a purchase, millions of people per month come directly to sourceforge.net to find software, bypassing search engines altogether.

![SourceForge vs. Capterra Traffic Sources](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/cDRxumnUYS7OYDDxJSrpv/lVObygu7cfercYv3Cj-B7-20251208-164351.png "Source: Similarweb")

**Referral Traffic**

As well as receiving over 9 times the total website traffic of Capterra, according to Similarweb, SourceForge gets more traffic *just* from referring websites (websites that link to SourceForge.net) than Capterra gets from all channels combined (search, direct, referral, etc).

## Additional SourceForge Benefits

When software vendors upgrade their listing, not only do they get exposure to SourceForge's huge traffic of in-market software shoppers, but they'll also get a complimentary listing on another industry leading B2B software comparison website.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/ivYERdYRKEo2ey04FSTS6-7GZzMO3jAIdRl12Ia1i1j-20250213-015356.png)

![SourceForge vs. Slashdot vs. Capterra](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/cDRxumnUYS7OYDDxJSrpv/KaX83fhBY3wMeC_5v9FGc-20251208-164459.png "Source: Similarweb")

## Vendor Plans

Both SourceForge and Capterra are free to use for software buyers browsing for software, and both SourceForge and Capterra offer a free plan for software vendors to edit their listing. SourceForge's free plan for vendors also offers a limited [Buyer Intent Data](docId:4WvrSoW1W39ptiq9futCm) preview.

For vendors looking to upgrade to generate new customers, Capterra operates on a pay per click model while SourceForge operates on fixed pricing plans and does not charge per click. In other words, when software vendors upgrade their listing on SourceForge, they'll pay a simple fixed price and can receive as many clicks as possible from potential buyers without having to pay more per click.