CB Insights vs Crunchbase

What users are saying about

Score 9.2 out of 10

Based on 10 reviews and ratings

Score 7.1 out of 10

Based on 49 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

Prospecting

CB Insights

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

5.0

Crunchbase

50%

Crunchbase ranks higher in 6/6 features

Advanced search

N/A

0 Ratings

5.3

53%

16 Ratings

Identification of new leads

N/A

0 Ratings

5.2

52%

15 Ratings

List quality

N/A

0 Ratings

4.2

42%

15 Ratings

List upload/download

N/A

0 Ratings

5.1

51%

11 Ratings

Ideal customer targeting

N/A

0 Ratings

4.5

45%

14 Ratings

Load time/data access

N/A

0 Ratings

5.4

54%

14 Ratings

Sales Intelligence Data Standards

CB Insights

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

5.1

Crunchbase

51%

Crunchbase ranks higher in 3/3 features

Contact information

N/A

0 Ratings

4.3

43%

14 Ratings

Industry information

N/A

0 Ratings

5.7

57%

12 Ratings

Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification

CB Insights

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

5.8

Crunchbase

58%

Crunchbase ranks higher in 9/9 features

Lead qualification process

N/A

0 Ratings

5.1

51%

9 Ratings

Smart lists and recommendations

N/A

0 Ratings

5.1

51%

12 Ratings

Salesforce integration

N/A

0 Ratings

5.7

57%

6 Ratings

Company/business profiles

N/A

0 Ratings

4.9

49%

14 Ratings

Alerts and reminders

N/A

0 Ratings

6.8

68%

10 Ratings

Data hygiene

N/A

0 Ratings

5.8

58%

11 Ratings

Automatic data refresh

N/A

0 Ratings

5.8

58%

6 Ratings

Filters and segmentation

N/A

0 Ratings

6.6

66%

12 Ratings

Sales Intelligence Email Features

CB Insights

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

4.6

Crunchbase

46%

Crunchbase ranks higher in 2/2 features

Sales email templates

N/A

0 Ratings

4.6

46%

4 Ratings

Append emails to records

N/A

0 Ratings

4.6

46%

4 Ratings

Attribute Ratings

CB Insights is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating

CB Insights

71%

3 Ratings

5.5

Crunchbase

55%

18 Ratings

CB Insights

80%

2 Ratings

1.0

Crunchbase

10%

1 Rating

Pros

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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Chris McCarthy

Chief Creative Officer

Creating The Future Today - a division of Sealed Speed, Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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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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Verified User

Analyst in Research & Development

Venture Capital & Private Equity Company, 201-500 employees

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Cons

Might only suggest more corporate events

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Jackie Bassett

NEJM Insights Council

NEJM GroupHospital & Health Care, 11-50 employees

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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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Verified User

Employee in Sales

Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

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CB Insights Editions & Modules

—

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Crunchbase Editions & Modules

Edition

Crunchbase Starter	$29¹
Crunchbase Pro	$49¹
Basic	$0
Crunchbase Enterprise	Custom Billing

per month, per user
none

Additional Pricing Details

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Support Rating

CB Insights 8.0

Based on 2 answers

Very responsive and eager to maintain client relationships.

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Verified User

Vice-President in Engineering

Financial Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Crunchbase 1.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

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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Chris McCarthy

Chief Creative Officer

Creating The Future Today - a division of Sealed Speed, Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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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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Verified User

Executive in Research & Development

Biotechnology Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

Positive in both volume and detail of the most relevant information upon which to make key strategic decisions.
It's not an inexpensive service, but worth the price given the accuracy, timeliness and criticality of the information they are able to provide.
Strategy - strategy - strategy! There's no way anyone could gather that much intelligence in just one stop with any other service.

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Jackie Bassett

NEJM Insights Council

NEJM GroupHospital & Health Care, 11-50 employees

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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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Lindsey Schultz

Business Development Manager

Speedeon DataMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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CB Insights

Crunchbase

CB Insights

Crunchbase

Advanced search

Identification of new leads

List quality

List upload/download

Ideal customer targeting

Load time/data access

CB Insights

Crunchbase

Contact information

Company information

Industry information

CB Insights

Crunchbase

Lead qualification process

Smart lists and recommendations

Salesforce integration

Company/business profiles

Alerts and reminders

Data hygiene

Automatic data refresh

Tags

Filters and segmentation

CB Insights

Crunchbase

Sales email templates

Append emails to records

CB Insights

Crunchbase

CB Insights

Crunchbase

Likelihood to Recommend

CB Insights

Crunchbase

Pros

CB Insights

Crunchbase

Cons

CB Insights

Crunchbase

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

CB Insights Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Crunchbase Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

Support Rating

CB Insights

Crunchbase

Alternatives Considered

CB Insights

Crunchbase

Return on Investment

CB Insights

Crunchbase

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