Abel did not name direct G2 competitors by name during this interview. He did reference Gartner as the incumbent analyst model that G2 was built to disrupt, noting that at his first company it took nine years to appear in a Gartner report and twelve years to become the Gartner leader. He framed G2 as a faster, more democratic alternative driven by actual user reviews rather than analyst opinion.
Abel also referenced Apttus as a competitor to SteelBrick during the SteelBrick era, describing them as the bad guys in contrast to SteelBrick's customer-first culture. This is Abel's characterization of a prior competitive dynamic and is not a current G2 competitive comparison.