SOBI2 is a truly excellent joomla component. I'm no good at all at coding from the beginning, so when i was asked to create a business directory for the company i work for i was a little worried about delivering. Along comes Joomla and SOBI2 and all the hard work is gone.

Thanks for a wonderful ware, easy to instal and configure and think its going to get better with new versions!

Simple to use, massively flexible, very performant. The new version is so customizable, includes extras and a busy forum so that getting advice, hacks, and tips is a breeze, even for us technically-challenged folk.
SOBI2 offered everything that our site was looking for directory component.

I work for a non-profit arts organization and this was perfect tool for an inventory project that catalogged buildings in the county. We added in a lightbox for photos and the geo mapping tool to create Google maps in each record.

Sobi2 is an excellent component with suburb support, often within 1 hour :)
Also the free plugins works out of the box.
There are also not free plugins/addons, you have to pay a small fee but it is really worth the money.
The community is very active and if you have a problem/question it is ussually solved on the fly.

absolutely great component that can be costumized to fit your needs.
i'm using this component instead of the standard weblink component from joomla.
congratulations for the developers!
use their forum if you need some tips & tricks for customization!

Simply the best. Great product, great support!