Last week, we talked about how COVID-19 reshaped consumer internet habits. This week, we’ll explore how the virus has affected business software spend. The data comes from research done by TrustRadius, a software review site.
We all know that Zoom is winning. Web conferencing is up 5x overall. What’s notable, though, is that startups are starting to challenge Zoom. One of those challengers is Loom, a Sequoia-backed video platform founded in 2016. There’s been an almost 200x increase in traffic to the Zoom vs. Loom comparison page on TrustRadius. The ones that make you say “oh, yeah, that makes sense”
Other “oh, yeahs” include antivirus software (up 3.5x), because big companies are making their employees install it. Also, “web portal” software is up 2x. We’re still not quite sure what web portal software does, other than provide confirmation to its users that they do not work at a startup. Confirmed hiring badges in job search
Half of startups are still actively hiring through COVID-19. We identified them and tagged them for you. In our job search tool, you’ll now see companies labeled with the following badge:
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