CIENCE earned its third consecutive SourceForge Leader award in Spring 2023: the same season the transformation to graph8 was already underway behind the scenes.
Last refreshed March 2026: updated transformation narrative, graph8 pricing, and GTM engineering context.
From Thomas Cornelius, Founder & CEO, graph8: "We built one of the largest SDR operations in the country. Then we realized the model itself was the constraint. That's why we built graph8: to turn GTM into an engineering discipline, not a staffing exercise."
SourceForge, the world's largest software review platform with 60,000+ products, awarded CIENCE GO Data and GO Digital the Leader designation (top 5% of user reviews) and GO Show the Top Performer designation (top 10%). It was the third straight win for all three platforms, following the Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 awards.
The awards kept stacking up. But inside the company, the conversation had already shifted from "how do we win more awards?" to "how do we rebuild everything?"
What the Awards Taught Us
Three consecutive SourceForge wins told us something specific: the software side of CIENCE was working. Users loved GO Data's 300M+ validated records. They loved GO Digital's programmatic targeting. They loved GO Show's visitor identification.
But here's what the award data also revealed: clients weren't using these tools the way we expected. They didn't want standalone products. They wanted an integrated go-to-market system that connected targeting, outreach, and optimization into a single loop.
The reviews praised individual features. The support tickets asked for something bigger. Clients were telling us, in their own words, that the future wasn't three separate tools: it was one engineered platform with someone smart enough to run it for them.
That insight became the blueprint for graph8.
"500% monthly increase in new sales appointments.": Bryce Garoutte, Silicon Valley Insight
Does This Sound Familiar?
If you're running B2B sales development right now, you probably have a version of this problem. You've bought the data platform. You've added the ad tool. You've deployed the intent signals. Each product works individually. None of them work together.
Your SDRs toggle between six tabs. Your marketing team can't see what sales is doing. Your outbound campaigns run on one track while your programmatic ads run on another, and nobody connects the dots.
You don't have a tool problem. You have an integration problem. And no amount of "best-in-class point solutions" will fix it: because the gap isn't between the tools, it's between the tools and someone who knows how to orchestrate them.
Your tech stack isn't broken. It's just not connected. You don't need another tool: you need an engineer.
From People to Platform
CIENCE is now part of graph8: and the SourceForge-winning products didn't disappear. They became the foundation of something bigger.
graph8 was built on the thesis that go-to-market should be an engineering discipline, not a staffing exercise. The same GO Data, GO Digital, and GO Show platforms that won three consecutive SourceForge awards now power an integrated GTM system managed by Forward Deployed Engineers: technical operators modeled on Palantir's approach to defense and intelligence.
Here's the difference between buying GO Data as a standalone product and getting it through graph8:
- Standalone: You get 300M+ records and build lists yourself. Targeting depends on your team's research capacity.
- graph8: A Forward Deployed Engineer maps your ICP across firmographic, technographic, and intent signals, builds dynamic audiences that update continuously, and connects targeting directly to your outreach and ad campaigns: all in one system.
The same upgrade applies across every component. GO Digital stops being "an ad tool you manage" and becomes part of a multi-channel orchestration layer. GO Show stops being "analytics you review" and becomes a real-time signal that triggers automated follow-up sequences.
graph8 doesn't replace the tools. It replaces the gap between them.
Clients regularly see cost-per-meeting drop 40-60% within the first two quarters. New campaigns deploy in days, not weeks. And the system compounds: learning from every interaction, getting sharper over time.
"The CIENCE team is aggressive in generating leads and continuously fine-tunes campaigns.": Russell DeSalvo, VP of Sales
Why This Matters Now
Spring 2023 was the last award season where CIENCE looked like a traditional B2B software company. By the time the next cycle came around, the graph8 transformation was in full swing.
In 2026, the lesson from those SourceForge wins is clear: great products aren't enough. Great products plus great engineering plus embedded operators who own outcomes: that's what separates companies that grow from companies that plateau.
With 2,500+ clients served across 250+ industries and a 4.6/5 rating on Capterra, CIENCE's software track record was never the problem. The problem was the gap between the tools and the people using them.
graph8's Forward Deployed Engineers bring every GO platform capability together into a single GTM system, then continuously optimize it based on real performance data. Engagements start at $5K one-time setup + $2,499/mo managed + $499/mo graph8 platform.
You don't need more tools rated 5 stars. You need one system that actually works.
FAQ
What SourceForge awards did CIENCE win in Spring 2023? CIENCE GO Data and GO Digital earned the SourceForge Leader designation (top 5% of 60,000+ reviewed products) and GO Show earned the Top Performer designation (top 10%). It was the third consecutive season CIENCE won these awards.
Are the GO Data products still available through graph8? Yes. GO Data (300M+ validated records), GO Digital (programmatic ad targeting), and GO Show (visitor identification) now serve as the integrated foundation of graph8's Forward Deployed Engineer model: connected into a single GTM system instead of operating as standalone tools.
How does graph8 differ from buying GO Data individually? Standalone GO Data gives you access to records. Through graph8, a Forward Deployed Engineer maps your ICP, builds dynamic audiences, and connects targeting directly to outreach and ad campaigns: delivering 40-60% lower cost-per-meeting through integrated orchestration.
Get a Free GTM Diagnostic
Here's what happens when you reach out: our Forward Deployed Engineers run a diagnostic on your current outbound motion: your targeting accuracy, your channel mix, your conversion rates at each stage: and show you exactly where an engineered system would outperform what you're doing today.
Whether or not you work with us, you'll walk away with a clear picture of your pipeline math.
The awards are no longer the end of the story. They are proof tokens feeding the operating grid: graph8 runs the system and CIENCE delivers the execution.