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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CB Insights

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/ACB Insights is a tech market intelligence platform that analyzes data on venture capital, startups, patents, and other data to predict market trends.N/A

    PitchBook

    Score8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    PitchBook is a resource for data, research, and insights spanning the global capital markets. Founded in 2007 and acquired by Morningstar in 2016, PitchBook's data on the private and public markets helps business professionals discover and execute opportunities.N/A
    Pricing
    CB InsightsPitchBook
    Editions & Modules
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    Custom Pricing
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    Pricing Offerings
    CB InsightsPitchBook
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    CB InsightsPitchBook
    Considered Both Products
    CB Insights
    Chose CB Insights
    PitchBook has better cap table data for tracking investors.
    Incentivized
    Chose CB Insights
    Pitch book was our favorite resource, until we started using CB Insights. CB Insights just has far better coverage and include very extensive private company intelligence too which adds a level of customer insight accuracy that no one else can.
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    PitchBook
    Chose PitchBook
    PitchBook does a good job at listing and organizing all the data needed right up front. No hidden tabs or things for me to dive deeper on. Very simple to use. I think PitchBook market maps are not as good as CB Insights.
    Incentivized
    Chose PitchBook
    PitchBook has the most accurate and complete data. CB Insights platform loads slightly more quickly and is a little more intuitive, but lacks data integrity. Tracxn is not easy to use, but offers some data on a lot of international and small, non-VC or PE-backed companies. …
    Incentivized
    Chose PitchBook
    CB Insights is good for getting a wide view of market trends and a forecast of what will be bubbling up in the near terms. PitchBook is more granular, enabling sales teams to dive into specific companies and where they're at as an organization, plus PitchBook typically has …
    Incentivized
    Chose PitchBook
    PitchBook is one of the best. More usable than Bloomberg Terminal though it has less information. It is similar to Crunchbase. CB Insights and AngelList have more lists of prominent companies in a field/specific search space.
    Incentivized
    Chose PitchBook
    The strength of Pitchbook is its consistency. While many of the competitors do one aspect better than Pitchbook, Pitchbook does each aspect I am looking for well. In other words, while Pitchbook might not be the #1 in a specific category, they are always at least #2 so that …
    Incentivized
    Chose PitchBook
    PitchBook is truly a best in class financial research and diligence hub that provides accurate and relevant background research needed prior to performance any venture capital, private equity and M&A transactions. It is a thorough database that stands out among its peers, with …
    Incentivized
    Chose PitchBook
    We actually use both. CBInsights we use more regularly for market capture, and PitchBook when we are actively seeking acquisitions.
    Incentivized
    Chose PitchBook
    Far ahead of all competitors on private companies. Far behind S&P and Fact set on public company data
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    94%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    CB InsightsPitchBook
    Financial Research
    Comparison of Financial Research features of CB Insights and PitchBook
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    CB Insights
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    Ratings
    PitchBook
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Private Company Data00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Information00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Independent Research Access00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    M&A Analysis00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Macroeconomic News00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Search Tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    S&P Capital IQ
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CB InsightsPitchBook
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CB InsightsPitchBook
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CB Insights
    It is great for investment teams looking for new opportunities. Good for inside sales teams looking for well-funded clients.
    Incentivized
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    PitchBook
    For our business being able to segregate and prioritise data is essential in keeping overall costs down. Rather than targeted thousands of accounts we need to be able to reduce this number or at least manage which are prioritised first. Whilst it is not the only data vendor we use it is an important one in filling gaps that others do not seem to have reliable information for. It is not the best tool for mapping in revenue or employee size, which is not essential for us as we have other data vendor contracts that have this information.
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    Pros
    CB Insights
    • Transparency - lets me separate the hype from the reality.
    • Real-time intelligence-packed reporting. The graphs and metrics they provide along with their perspectives allow anyone to apply their own understanding and reproduce a nearly identical perspective.
    • Their daily e-newsletter is chock full of intelligence presented in such a fun and entertaining way, it makes you want to pay for it too!
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    PitchBook
    • PitchBook provides a very comprehensive database of not just companies and investors but also M&A activity, financials, funds and LPs.
    • Pitchbook is multi-dimensional it how it can be used. For example, it can help to accomplish various business objectives, including deal sourcing, due diligence, private market intelligence and fundraising.
    • PitchBook has an easy-to-navigate user interface. It enables the user to quickly find the data and information that he or she needs.
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    Cons
    CB Insights
    • Might only suggest more corporate events
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    PitchBook
    • more accurate information about valuation
    • If you can get PPS that would be amazing for further analysis
    • Send me alerts
    • I have had to change my profile quite frequently as it is in accurate so I imagine that is the case for others
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    Usability
    CB Insights
    No answers on this topic
    PitchBook
    I personally love the organization structure of PitchBook. I think others like the UI of Crunchbase but I am not a fan of CB. It is too flashy. PitchBook gives you eveyrhign you need and makes it black and white. No need to flash up the data.
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    Support Rating
    CB Insights
    Very responsive and eager to maintain client relationships.
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    PitchBook
    The overall support for PitchBook is about average. It is not excellent for two primary reasons. First, PitchBook can run slow from time to time, and I cannot copy and paste from the Chrome extension. I have found neither of those issues to be a function of the computer I am using. However, the PitchBook support team has proved helpful on several occasions.
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    Alternatives Considered
    CB Insights
    Better Pricing & Better ROI !
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    PitchBook
    Certain regards, such as comprehensiveness and ability to store and export searches and data related to searches PitchBook performs better than the above and remains our go to tool. However we also use DealRoom to supplement some of that data to ensure comprehensiveness and accuracy. Crunchbase appears less sophisticated and hence less relevant for us
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    Return on Investment
    CB Insights
    • Positive from the operational efficiency of getting this intelligence in a ‘breaking news’ format from this highly trusted resource.
    • Positive From the extensive, highly detailed reporting they do on both the markets that matter to us today, and those that are shifting so quickly that we should have them on our radar too.
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    PitchBook
    • I'll pull ~25 company descriptions on occassion instead of writing them myself. Each time I grab one of those I'm saving myself 2-3 minutes. Easily save an hour+ on this simple / repetitive task related to a daily / weekly work product.
    • If I want to understand other companies in the industry, PB's search function will save me from skimming the internet for hours. This can result in 4-7 hours of time savings across a more macro or industry-wide project.
    • Quickly finding who invested in an asset can save sometimes 30-45 minutes of searching the internet. While I wish it provided more details on the specific fund that invested (i.e., Fund IV), it provides sufficient direction for me to begin searching internal databases.
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    ScreenShots

    PitchBook Screenshots

    Screenshot of where PitchBook provides the critical insights needed to navigate complex decisions, from small asset allocation adjustments to multi-billion-dollar investments. PitchBook lets users stay informed on private and public market trends as well as company and deal updates specific to any focus.Screenshot of where to customize and visualize PitchBook data. Through the iOS or Android PitchBook app, users have the breadth and depth of private market data at their fingertips.