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How to Export Software Advice Reviews to CSV/Excel (2025 Guide)

Extract Software Advice B2B software reviews — ratings, pros/cons, reviewer job titles, and company details — into a clean spreadsheet for procurement research and competitive intelligence.

Software Advice is one of the leading B2B software review platforms, trusted by enterprise procurement teams and IT decision-makers evaluating hundreds of software categories. Its reviews are uniquely rich: reviewers typically disclose their job title, company size, industry, and how long they have used the software, alongside structured pros, cons, and overall ratings. For market researchers, sales intelligence teams, and enterprise software vendors, this structured data is exceptionally valuable — but the platform offers no bulk export functionality. The Software Advice Reviews Exporter Chrome extension fills that gap, letting you download the entire review dataset for any product in seconds.

Step 1: Install the Chrome Extension

Open the Chrome Web Store and navigate to the Software Advice Reviews Exporter listing. Click Add to Chrome and confirm the permissions dialog. The extension installs instantly and the icon appears in your Chrome toolbar — no account creation or sign-up required.

Requirements: Chrome 88+ · Works on all Software Advice product review pages · No login required

Step 2: Navigate to a Software Advice Product Page

Go to softwareadvice.com/[category]/[product]-p[id]/ for the software product you want to research. Software Advice covers CRM, ERP, HR software, project management tools, and hundreds of other B2B categories. You can export reviews for any product listed on the platform, regardless of whether your organisation has purchased it. This makes the extension ideal for pre-purchase evaluation and competitive landscape mapping.

Step 3: Click the Extension Icon and Export

Click the Software Advice Reviews Exporter icon in your browser toolbar. The popup displays the number of reviews available on the current page. Choose your format:

  • CSV — best for importing into data analysis tools, CRM enrichment, or sharing with technical stakeholders
  • Excel (.xlsx) — best for procurement comparison matrices, stakeholder presentations, and pivot-table analysis

Click Start Export. The extension paginates through all reviews automatically and saves a file named software_advice_reviews_[product]_[date].csv to your Downloads folder. A typical product with 200–500 reviews exports in under 60 seconds.

What Data Gets Exported

Software Advice reviews contain rich B2B context. The following fields are captured for each review:

FieldDescriptionExample
overall_ratingOverall star rating (1–5)4.5
review_titleShort headline of the review"Solid CRM with a steep learning curve"
prosStructured pros section"Excellent reporting and customisation"
consStructured cons section"Onboarding documentation is lacking"
reviewer_roleReviewer's job title or roleDirector of Operations
company_sizeSize of the reviewer's organisation51–200 employees
industryIndustry of the reviewer's companyFinancial Services
review_dateDate the review was submitted2024-09-22

Popular Use Cases

Enterprise Software Procurement

Build a structured comparison of competing platforms by exporting reviews for your shortlisted vendors. Filter by company size and industry to see how each tool performs for organisations like yours.

B2B Market Research

Aggregate reviewer role and industry data across an entire software category to identify which buyer personas are most active and which segments are underserved by existing solutions.

Competitive Positioning

Export pros and cons for your top three competitors and run a frequency analysis on recurring themes. Use the findings to sharpen your own positioning and highlight genuine differentiators in sales collateral.

Sales Intelligence

Identify companies that have recently posted critical reviews of a competitor's product — these organisations are active buyers with demonstrated pain points your solution may address.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the export include reviewer job titles and company sizes?

Yes. Software Advice reviewers self-report their role, company size, and industry, and the extension captures all of these fields when they are present. This contextual data is what makes Software Advice reviews particularly valuable for B2B research.

Can I export reviews for multiple products and combine them?

Yes. Export each product separately to individual CSV files, then combine them in Excel or a data tool by adding a product_name column before merging. This makes side-by-side competitive comparison straightforward.

Are the pros and cons exported as separate fields?

Yes. Software Advice structures its review form to capture pros and cons in separate text fields, and the extension preserves this separation in the exported file, making it easy to analyse positive and negative sentiment independently.

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