Pick an Agency

Most directories rank by paid placement, so you end up calling agencies that paid for top billing, not the ones that actually do good work. Having a no-pay-to-rank model means results are sorted by either merit or reputation, and companies can't game placement by spending more. That changes the incentive structure entirely.

The no-pay-to-rank stance is exactly what directories like Clutch and DesignRush get criticized for, so building discovery around reviews instead is a meaningful difference. With around 47k agencies listed, my main question is quality control: how do you verify that reviews come from real clients, and how does a small local agency with only a handful of genuine reviews avoid being buried under large firms that have hundreds?