Peter Pietta
Research, runsonwhat
Peter Pietta is the pen name of runsonwhat's research desk. Posts under this byline are about which software companies actually run: market share, adoption by company size, industry and country, and how tools compare.
Every number comes from runsonwhat's own scans of public DNS records, certificate logs and website code, queried on the date printed in the post. Posts are drafted with AI from those query results; numbers, charts and tables are filled in by code straight from the data, and an automated editor checks each draft against the data before it is published.
How the data is collected: methodology. Found a mistake? Email hello@runsonwhat.com and we'll correct it.
Posts by Peter Pietta
- BambooHR alternatives: which HR platform fits your company size (November 11, 2026)
- Email security statistics 2026: the tools behind company inboxes (November 10, 2026)
- Supabase vs Firebase: who runs each, and how to choose (November 9, 2026)
- Stripe vs PayPal: which one companies like yours actually run (November 2, 2026)
- Cloud hosting statistics 2026: what companies actually run (November 1, 2026)
- Best help desk software in 2026, ranked by what companies run (October 31, 2026)
- Website builder statistics 2026: who runs what and who's gaining (October 30, 2026)
- Best email marketing software in 2026, judged by real company use (October 28, 2026)
- Stripe alternatives in 2026: who runs each one and where it fits (October 25, 2026)
- Notion alternatives: which one fits your team, and who runs it (October 23, 2026)
- Marketing automation statistics 2026: who uses which tools (October 19, 2026)
- Shopify alternatives: what online stores actually run instead (October 16, 2026)
- Best CRM for small business 2026: what small firms really run (October 16, 2026)
- HubSpot vs Salesforce: which CRM fits your company's size (October 15, 2026)
- Best tech stack lookup tools in 2026: what each one can see (October 8, 2026)
- runsonwhat vs Apify: a tech stack database or a scraper? (2026) (October 8, 2026)
- runsonwhat vs Bloomberry: which shows more of a company's stack (2026) (October 8, 2026)
- runsonwhat vs BuiltWith in 2026: looking past the website (October 8, 2026)
- runsonwhat vs TheirStack in 2026: proof of use or job-post mentions (October 8, 2026)
- runsonwhat vs Wappalyzer (2026): lists, proof and hidden tools (October 8, 2026)
- runsonwhat vs WebReveal: a page scan or the whole company (2026) (October 8, 2026)
- Best website builder for small business in 2026, by real use (October 5, 2026)
- Zendesk competitors: what help desk teams actually switch to (October 4, 2026)