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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Crunchbase

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ACrunchbase is a provider of private-company prospecting and research solutions. The vendor boasts that over 60 million users—including salespeople, entrepreneurs, investors, and market researchers—use Crunchbase to prospect for new business opportunities, and that companies all over the world rely on Crunchbase to power their applications, making over 3 billion calls to their API each year.

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    KickFire

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AKickFire’sB2B solutions provide account-level information such as industry, revenue, employee count, and more based on an IP address. KickFire’s proprietary TWIN Caching® technology and robust firmographic database deliver business intelligence for first-party intent, content personalization, account-based marketing, predictive/intent, data enrichment, and much more. KickFire offers IP address intelligence and B2B firmographic data through its LIVE Leads platform, API, and integrations…N/A
    Pricing
    CrunchbaseKickFire
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $0
    Crunchbase Starter
    $29
    per month, per user
    Crunchbase Pro
    $49
    per month, per user
    Crunchbase Enterprise
    Custom Billing
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CrunchbaseKickFire
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    CrunchbaseKickFire
    Considered Both Products
    Crunchbase Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    KickFire
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    60%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    67%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    60%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    63%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    78%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    CrunchbaseKickFire
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Crunchbase and KickFire
    Feature
    Crunchbase
    9.2
    18 Ratings
    17% above category average
    KickFire
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Advanced search8.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identification of new leads8.016 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    List quality10.016 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    List upload/download9.012 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting10.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Load time/data access10.015 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Crunchbase and KickFire
    Feature
    Crunchbase
    6.9
    18 Ratings
    12% below category average
    KickFire
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Contact information7.015 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Company information8.018 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Industry information5.712 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Crunchbase and KickFire
    Feature
    Crunchbase
    8.9
    16 Ratings
    18% above category average
    KickFire
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Lead qualification process5.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salesforce integration10.07 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Company/business profiles10.015 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data hygiene10.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh10.07 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Tags9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation9.013 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Crunchbase and KickFire
    Feature
    Crunchbase
    4.3
    4 Ratings
    54% below category average
    KickFire
    -
    Ratings
    Sales email templates4.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Append emails to records4.34 Ratings00 Ratings
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    CrunchbaseKickFire
    Small Businesses
    Owler
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Owler
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    UpLead
    Score9.7 out of 10
    UpLead
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail
    Score8.9 out of 10
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CrunchbaseKickFire
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CrunchbaseKickFire
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Crunchbase Inc.
    Looking to create lists of target companies through the advanced search feature or the query builder if one is planning to reach out to the individuals listed in the profile. Looking for investment and company history information to inform sourcing or competitive landscape research.
    Incentivized
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    KickFire
    For small businesses that don't have big budgets for marketing automation, VisiStat is an ideal first step. For companies that have sophisticated systems in place, VisiStat will augment your analytics and provide a deeper dive into your website activity. Since the implementation involves adding javascript to your site, the user should be familiar with how to do this
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Crunchbase Inc.
    • Crunchbase has an easy-to-navigate user interface. The bar at the top of the screen that shows the different data points available on companies is particularly helpful for quick navigating.
    • The ability to make and import lists and save searches is helpful for customizing the software to your particular needs.
    • The web and mobile app data that Crunchbase offers is very helpful to gauge trends and interest in companies for diligence purposes.
    Incentivized
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    KickFire
    • De-anonymizes website activity at the account (company) level.
    • Identifies net new target accounts.
    • Displays click path, time on page, time per session, and engagement level of each de-anonymized website visit.
    • Gives great daily insight on watchlists you've set up.
    • Delivers every possible de-anonymized visit with little filtering for accuracy.
    • More on the watchlists. I really love that you can receive immediate alerts on website visits from accounts you've listed on your watchlists. This way, you never miss the window of opportunity to reach out to your key targets while they are currently on your site.
    • Salesforce integration is good. KickFire pushes most recent website visits, pages visited, website click path, activity percent change, and more to the given account in Salesforce. You can then create reports and run them regularly to see which accounts are surging in website activity. This is also great for account prospecting, and for planning your sales outreach plan of attack. You can see which bits of your website content are most interesting to the company, and which products they are most interested in.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Crunchbase Inc.
    • Notifications - Something similar to TweetDeck would be nice, so that when news breaks it could be an immediate fact.
    • Honestly dont add too much because you don't want it to become more of a social tool with cluttered info, keep it straight to the point.
    Incentivized
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    KickFire
    • Some outdated information and your credits will be used
    • Credit package sizes are not very customizable
    • A tad pricy comapred to simillar prospecting tools I've seen
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Crunchbase Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    KickFire
    We've been happy customers of VisiStat for many years. I've used the service at multiple companies and you can't beat it.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Crunchbase Inc.
    In our experience, the customer service is horrible to non existent. If we were a fortune 100 company with a staff of computer people I am sure this would be a valuable service as they would "speak the language" but that is not us. Not being able to reach customer service when we are thinking about upgrading is, in my opinion, a crazy business model.
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    KickFire
    It was designed for people who are business users, not tech users.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Crunchbase Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    KickFire
    We've never had any outages in the 7+ years using the system.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Crunchbase Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    KickFire
    The system is very responsive, and when there are times in which data is loading, the VisiStat system provides humorous loading messages.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Crunchbase Inc.
    They give standard answers. They are not a customer first business. I tried to cancel my subscription after using it for only 1 week as we found the information was outdated and not at all useful. But they would not cancel the year long subscription I mistakenly signed up for
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    KickFire
    They are very good at solving cases that I bring to them. I'd like to see more proactive support to make sure we are getting the full value out of the solution.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Crunchbase Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    KickFire
    The tutorials are very good and they explain how to get started using the system. The online webinars are very good for advancing your knowledge of the product.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Crunchbase Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    KickFire
    Don't hesitate to contact VisiStat support. They are extremely helpful.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Crunchbase Inc.
    Crunchbase is definitely bottom of the barrel in this space. At similar pricing models, all competitors I have tried have significantly bigger and more updated databases. Crunchbase may have been great sometime in the past, but they are not worth engaging now.
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    KickFire
    I covered this pretty extensively in the cons. The key differentiator here is that KickFire serves up almost all the data (or so it seems) to the end client. The client then has to do their own work on interpreting it. This is good because it means we don't miss out on any website activities, but it's bad because we get a lot of false positives. 6sense uses the confidence score approach I mentioned in the Cons section, which means the match rates of the data we get are much higher. Our experience with Clearbit comes from other tools that are built on it (Bombora, Drift, etc.), and it has not been great. We've seen many more inaccuracies with Clearbit.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Crunchbase Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    KickFire
    We've gone from a few thousand unique visitors per month to nearly 200,000 unique visitors. VisiStat doesn't miss a beat.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Crunchbase Inc.
    • Crunchbase has been great and given us a lot of new companies to go after that have received funding and turned into great meetings. We do not pay a ton, so the ROI is great.
    • We have nothing but positive results using Crunchbase and rely on it heavily for prospecting.
    • It might add more value if we get a more expensive or advanced version.
    Incentivized
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    KickFire
    • Faster lead conversion
    • Less time on LinkedIn trying to figure out DM (decision maker)
    • Increased employee efficiency
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    KickFire Screenshots

    Screenshot of KickFire features a RESTful API builder and JSON schema that makes it simple to query by IP, domain, or company.