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Analyzo: Find and Compare the Best Tools for your Startup

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It should say "online services", not tools. For example, there's no mention of Jenkins, Bamboo, nor Cruise control for CI tools, no mention of the downloadable free tier for Splunk, greylog2, Elk for logging, GNUcash for finance etc...

By tools we mean a broader definition of the word. These are the means that can help startups accomplish a particular task or purpose. As for Jenkins, Bamboo etc these will all be added to the database soon. Do let us know if there are any other categories you would particularly like to see. Thanks :)

I like the UI, and the idea is useful. Something's broken with the website though. Clicking on the bluehost vs. Hostgate vs. GoDaddy.com comparison gives me this:

Server Error in '/' Application.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

Line 30: DataTable dtMeta = this.GetData(catId); Line 31: //Add Page Title Line 32: this.Page.Title = "Compare | " + dtMeta.Rows[0]["seo_title"].ToString(); Line 33: //Add Keywords Meta Tag Line 34: HtmlMeta keywords = new HtmlMeta();

Source File: c:\Domain\analyzo.com\Compare.aspx.cs Line: 32

Stack Trace:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] Compare.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:\Domain\analyzo.com\Compare.aspx.cs:32 System.Web.Util.CalliEventHandlerDelegateProxy.Callback(Object sender, EventArgs e) +51 System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +92 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +54 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +772

The whole site is down.

https://i.imgur.com/qqb98lC.png

Looks like your server/app is in debug mode.

Hey! Thanks for pointing this out. We are working on fixing this. The site was posted on product hunt, hacker news and a bunch of other sites, so our server could not handle the sudden burst of traffic. Should have this resolved soon.

Let me know if you have any feedback.

Thanks.

One of my co-founders had these wise words in Slack yesterday... "Damn, you guys love to fuck around with tool stacks."

Pick tools quickly. Analysis paralysis is a real, dangerous thing. Look for better tools only when the ones you have are actually failing you somehow.

I agree to a small extent with your co-founder. One of the problems we are trying to solve is that a lot of new entrepreneurs aren't even aware of so many tools that can make them work more efficiently. This is why Analyzo is also very carefully curated.

Looks great - nice work!

One suggestion: The URLs of the comparison pages could really use some SEO love.

BAD: `http://www.analyzo.com/compare/131/2,8,13,`

GOOD: `http://www.analyzo.com/compare/bluehost-vs-godaddy-vs-hostga...

Thank you for pointing this out. Will get this looked at asap :)

This looks like a great resource - thanks for putting it up. Is it possible to contribute to it?

I saw a button to add products in the footer.

This is cool, thanks for curating all these services into one spot.

I like searching for (FOSS) software via http://alternativeto.net/

Thank you :) Do let us know if there are any other categories you'd like us to add.

What about self hosted tools, like Piwik as alternative to Google Analytics?

Piwik is a wonderful tool but one of our criterias for web analytics tools was that they must be SaaS based. I will tell the research team to look at Piwik Cloud again though.

I love it and I will use it. I wanted to do something similar, App store for SaaS products. You have done it really beautiful and meaningful.

Thank you. I work in the Analyzo team. Please do share the love on social media :)

Great resource! Can we filter results via Pricing? Like I wanted to see all resourced with "Free" plans to try out before buying.

Thanks

Thanks! 50 out of the 150 categories support parametric search so you can filter by pricing and more. We're working 24/7 to make sure all 150 categories can become fully filterable. Here give it a shot http://www.analyzo.com/search/Survey-Tools/108

Looks cool but there are so many of these. Do any of them make money?

Is it always about the money? :)

Seems like a lot of effort if its not for the money. Cool resource though

Well, all the links are affiliate links. ;)

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