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0 pointsPoomba6mo ago0 comments

[update] just signed up and very curious where the data comes from? I managed to find businesses that use Github which is incredibly useful for me. It is missing some Javascript frameworks like NextJS but i think thats not a big deal…

Where does the technographic data come from? Is it scraped from websites? Or are you relying on another 3rd party source?

Is there anyway to get some trends data like how Builtwith has trend insights on how many of the top 100k websites use something like NextJS over time?

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AznHisoka6mo ago

A variety of sources, not just web scraping. Including DNS records, DNS traffic and more. All collected by us.

As for trends, while we dont have something like Builtwith trends, you can easily collect all the data yourself via the API see how its trending using your favorite BI tool.

And yes we are missing some JS frameworks like nextjs and react. We chose to focus more on paid products instead. Builtwith (and its competitors like Whatruns, Wappalyzer and Similartech) is missing data on a lot of backoffice/backend products which we have data for

PoombaOP6mo ago

You guys need a way for users to download flat csvs. And also a Zoominfo or Apollo integration if you want more SDR/BDRs to use it. I like the company info you return but you lack contact details right? That is important to users like me…

Other than that the data is what I exactly need. Was able to find businesses that use Github, Gitlab and Grafana rather easily!

AznHisoka5mo ago

PS. We just launched a simple UI for you to download CSVs.

Also, I wrote something on other Builtwith alternatives if you're interested: https://bloomberry.com/blog/5-builtwith-alternatives-for-tec... (if you're only looking at front-end tech, then Builtwith is probably the best bet FWIW)

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