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GOAT of the MOAT · Issue 2 ·

The GOAT leaderboard

Every app we've judged on the eight moats, in one table. Vote for the ones you'd bet on: one vote per email, and the app with the most votes each week takes the People's Pick.

People's Pick

The People's Pick goes to this week's most-voted app. Vote for one to get it moving.

28 apps, Most votes

The GOAT leaderboard, Most votes
RankAppVotes
1
Stripe

Ultra · Giant

  • Allowed to act
  • Every customer makes it smarter
  • Someone official said yes
  • The Golden Horn
2
Scalekit

10K · Small team

  • Hard to keep running
  • System of record
  • The Golden Horn
3
Gusto

Marathon · Category leader

  • Buyers know and trust you
  • They don't check your work
  • The Hoof Cup
4
Render

Half · Scale-up

  • Hard to keep running
  • The Hoof Cup
5
Avalara

Marathon · Category leader

  • Hard to keep running
  • They don't check your work
  • Someone official said yes
  • The Summit
6
Mechvibes

5K · Solo and indie

  • Everyone's already in
  • The Summit
7
Lob

Half · Scale-up

  • Allowed to act
  • Someone official said yes
  • Hard to keep running
In the field
8
Apify

Half · Scale-up

  • Everyone's already in
  • Hard to keep running
In the field
9
Bento

5K · Solo and indie

  • Hard to keep running
  • Allowed to act
In the field
10
Churnkey

10K · Small team

  • Allowed to act
  • Every customer makes it smarter
In the field
11
Close

Half · Scale-up

  • System of record
  • Allowed to act
In the field
12
Cloudflare

Ultra · Giant

  • Hard to keep running
  • Every customer makes it smarter
In the field
13
DataForSEO

10K · Small team

  • Hard to keep running
  • Buyers know and trust you
In the field
14
Discourse

Half · Scale-up

  • System of record
  • Hard to keep running
In the field
15
Ghost

10K · Small team

  • Allowed to act
  • Buyers know and trust you
In the field
16
Handwrytten

10K · Small team

  • Hard to keep running
  • Allowed to act
In the field
17
Moonlit

10K · Small team

  • Hard to keep running
  • Every customer makes it smarter
In the field
18
Polar

10K · Small team

  • Allowed to act
  • Hard to keep running
In the field
19
Quaderno

10K · Small team

  • Hard to keep running
  • Allowed to act
In the field
20
Ramp

Marathon · Category leader

  • Every customer makes it smarter
  • Allowed to act
In the field
21
Shopify

Ultra · Giant

  • Buyers know and trust you
  • System of record
In the field
22
Square

Ultra · Giant

  • System of record
  • Everyone's already in
In the field
23
Toss Place

Marathon · Category leader

  • Someone official said yes
  • System of record
In the field
24
Twilio

Ultra · Giant

  • Someone official said yes
  • Hard to keep running
In the field
25
Attio

Half · Scale-up

  • System of record
In the field
26
Clocknext

10K · Small team

  • System of record
In the field
27
Keygen

5K · Solo and indie

  • System of record
In the field
28
Slack

Ultra · Giant

  • Everyone's already in
In the field

Not on the board yet?

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How we judge

  • The Runner team picks the podium from what each company has shipped and published, against the eight moats.
  • A trophy is our bet on what lasts. No company asked for or paid for its trophy.
  • Votes count once per email. Voters choose the People's Pick; the judges choose the podium.
  • App names and icons belong to their owners, shown here to say which app we mean.

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