FOUNDED TO HELP YOU In 1999, our founder, Michael Ortner, was looking for new software and discovered the process was confusing and very time intensive.
He decided there had to be a better way.
And so, financed by optimism and perseverance (and an incredible amount of credit card debt), he founded Capterra.
FREE FROM THE START As a small business, we know first hand that time and money are always tight. Which is why our site, software search tools, and other resources have always been free.
We stay in business because software vendors pay us when they receive web traffic directly from our site. That said, we list every software vendor we can find in our catalog—not just the ones that pay us. That way, you can access the full universe of possible options available to you to find your match.