S&P Capital IQ vs. Crunchbase

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
S&P Capital IQ
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Capital IQ is a market intelligence software solution offered by S&P Global Market Intelligence, which is the result of McGraw Hill Financial's acquisition of SNL Financial.N/A
Crunchbase
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Crunchbase 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.
$0
Pricing
S&P Capital IQCrunchbase
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Basic
$0
Crunchbase Starter
$29
per month, per user
Crunchbase Pro
$49
per month, per user
Crunchbase Enterprise
Custom Billing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
S&P Capital IQCrunchbase
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
S&P Capital IQCrunchbase
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
S&P Capital IQCrunchbase
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
S&P Capital IQ
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Ratings
Crunchbase
5.1
17 Ratings
39% below category average
Advanced search00 Ratings5.116 Ratings
Identification of new leads00 Ratings5.115 Ratings
List quality00 Ratings4.315 Ratings
List upload/download00 Ratings5.511 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings4.914 Ratings
Load time/data access00 Ratings5.614 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
S&P Capital IQ
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Ratings
Crunchbase
5.0
17 Ratings
40% below category average
Contact information00 Ratings4.414 Ratings
Company information00 Ratings4.917 Ratings
Industry information00 Ratings5.712 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
S&P Capital IQ
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Ratings
Crunchbase
5.9
15 Ratings
22% below category average
Lead qualification process00 Ratings5.19 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations00 Ratings4.412 Ratings
Salesforce integration00 Ratings5.36 Ratings
Company/business profiles00 Ratings4.214 Ratings
Alerts and reminders00 Ratings7.210 Ratings
Data hygiene00 Ratings6.311 Ratings
Automatic data refresh00 Ratings6.86 Ratings
Tags00 Ratings6.78 Ratings
Filters and segmentation00 Ratings6.712 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
S&P Capital IQ
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Ratings
Crunchbase
4.3
4 Ratings
55% below category average
Sales email templates00 Ratings4.34 Ratings
Append emails to records00 Ratings4.34 Ratings
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User Ratings
S&P Capital IQCrunchbase
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(7 ratings)
5.2
(18 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
S&P Capital IQCrunchbase
Likelihood to Recommend
S&P Global Inc.
Cap IQ is well suited for analyzing security pricing and valuation, tracking stock performance over time, looking up comparable transactions, and analyzing valuations on an industry basis. The service is also well suited for charting and data analysis purposes.
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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.
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Pros
S&P Global Inc.
  • Plugins that change and analyze analysis improve it.
  • Capital IQ is user-driven, unlike other market participants, which helps streamline the dashboard and acquire accurate data.
  • Any report or analysis delivers the most in fewest words. In this data-driven world.
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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.
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Cons
S&P Global Inc.
  • S&P Capital IQ's add-in slows down my Excel when I incorporate formulas into it.
  • S&P Capital IQ's algorithms don't necessarily look in the footnotes of company filings, which can make for a less robust analysis of financials and multiples than desired.
  • The user interface is not very user-friendly and thus makes maximizing the software's features difficult. It could be more intuitive to use and not so busy (e.g. not so many small icons on one web page). The S&P Capital IQ support team, however, is always available and very helpful.
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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.
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Likelihood to Renew
S&P Global Inc.
[It's the] best ever.
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Crunchbase Inc.
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
S&P Global Inc.
No answers on this topic
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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Alternatives Considered
S&P Global Inc.
We had Capital IQ in addition to Bloomberg. It was much easier for a new person to use Capital IQ than Bloomberg. The ease of use was a huge selling point for us. Yahoo finance on the other hand is free, but you cannot gather all the data you may need in one location like you can in Capital IQ.
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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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Return on Investment
S&P Global Inc.
  • We were a boutique investment bank, so it helped multiple people doing their job at the same time instead of waiting for a turn on the Bloomberg terminal.
  • Brought more interactive reports in PDF format to the table.
  • Saved some money, if I have to go basic.
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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.
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