Berlin-based TechBehemoths rebuilt its platform around the EXO Score, AI profile summaries and free verification, after surveying 715 firms and 2,000+ buyers.
BERLIN, Germany
TechBehemoths, the Berlin-based B2B platform that connects companies with IT service providers, has launched TechBehemoths 2.0, a full rebuild of its marketplace. The new version ranks providers with a score that cannot be bought, adds AI-written profile summaries that point out weaknesses as well as strengths, and gives every listed company free verification. It went live on 15 October for the 62,900+ companies listed on the platform across 143+ countries.
The release has been in business development for five years and is the largest in the company’s history. Its feature set was shaped by a survey TechBehemoths ran in December 2025 among 715 IT companies in 43 countries and more than 2,000 buyers in 17 countries.
The market it targets is crowded. A company looking for a software developer, a design studio or a marketing agency faces thousands of options, and it is often unclear how the directories that list them decide who comes first. For providers, especially smaller firms outside the biggest markets, getting noticed by the right buyer is hard.
“Buyers kept telling us the same thing: there are thousands of IT companies out there and almost no way to tell the good ones apart,” said Marcel Sobieski, founder of TechBehemoths. “We wanted to build the opposite of a noisy directory. A place where the rules are public, they’re the same for everyone, and a company’s work does the talking.”
A score with no price tag
At the centre of the release is the EXO Score, a rating built from 21 metrics across six categories, including reviews, awards, portfolio and profile completeness. The score determines where a company appears in search results, listing pages and filters.
Next to the score, buyers now see an AI-generated summary of each profile. It sets out what the evidence supports and where it is thin, and compares the company with others in the same city on profile strength, pricing, number of services and years in business. A separate summary condenses a company’s reviews, including those imported from other platforms.
“There is no price tag on the EXO Score. Paid plans buy visibility, they don’t buy a better score,” Sobieski said. “And the AI summaries tell buyers what’s missing on a profile, not just what’s good. Some companies won’t love that at first. But it’s the only kind of summary a buyer will actually trust.”
What changes for providers
For IT companies, the update brings a redesigned company profile and portfolio, review imports from Google, Trustpilot, Clutch and other platforms, and a unified inbox that collects messages, project opportunities and platform updates in one place. Every plan, including the free one, supports up to 10 team members per profile.
Verification, shown as a blue badge, is free and done once. On the platform’s new interactive map, unverified companies are hidden by default. Each profile also shows which team member manages it and when they were last online, a signal intended to help buyers avoid unresponsive vendors. A monthly position report shows companies where they rank in each location and for their key services.
What changes for buyers
Buyers can filter providers by location, services, hourly rate, reviews, awards and verification, browse them on the map, keep shortlists and saved searches, and contact a company from any page on the platform. A project brief tool lets a buyer describe a project once and receive up to five free quotes within an hour.
“I’m often evaluating implementation partners and software development teams that can deliver measurable outcomes,” Alexandru Panfil of Romanian software company Qualysoft wrote in a review of the platform. “TechBehemoths.com is one of the few platforms that consistently helps me move from ‘we need a partner’ to a credible shortlist fast.”
How it makes money
TechBehemoths stays free for both sides. Company profiles cost nothing, and the platform takes no commission from buyers or providers on the projects it helps start. Revenue comes from two paid visibility tiers, CORE and PRO. CORE companies appear above free listings with a full profile card; PRO companies sit in a featured section at the top of listing pages for their cities, countries and services. Positions inside each tier rotate, so every company in a plan gets the same chance to be seen, and prices are set per country according to local market demand.
Paid plans also unlock profile statistics, a profile without competitor suggestions, and a monthly allowance of project brief unlocks with buyers’ direct contacts, which the company presents as a bonus on top of the plan rather than its core.
“Enzo Ferrari used to say he sold engines and threw in the cars for free. We sell one thing, the spotlight, and everything else comes free,” Sobieski said. “Reviews, scores, verification and awards are earned the same way by everyone, whether they pay us or not. That line doesn’t move.”
Providers who have used the platform say the approach works. “Having tested multiple directory platforms, TechBehemoths truly stands out as one of the best and most effective catalogs on the market today,” wrote Roman Herashchenko of UK agency Sasquatch Digital. Lizaveta Artsyman of German software company Instinctools wrote that TechBehemoths “has significantly boosted our visibility, connected us with high-quality leads, and facilitated valuable partnerships.”
Ten principles
Alongside the release, TechBehemoths published ten principles it says will not change, among them “Awards are won, never sold”, “Same rules for everyone. No exceptions.” and “Zero commission. Not from the buyer, not from the service provider.” Its annual TechBehemoths Awards, which every listed company enters at no cost, open for 2026 in November.
“Our job is simple to describe and hard to do: make good companies easy to find and hard to fake,” Sobieski said. “Everything in 2.0 is built for that.”
Availability
TechBehemoths 2.0 is available now at techbehemoths.com. All existing companies keep their profiles, reviews and awards. CORE and PRO are available with an early-adopter offer at checkout for a limited time.
About TechBehemoths
TechBehemoths is a B2B platform that helps companies find and compare IT service providers, from software development and design to digital marketing. Operated by Mobiteam GmbH in Berlin, it lists 62,000+ companies in 140+ countries and is visited by 2 million+ potential buyers a year. Company profiles are free, rankings are based on merit, and the platform takes no commission. More at techbehemoths.com.
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