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    Crunchbase

    Score6.2 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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    HG Insights Platform

    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    The HG Insights platform provides a view into global industries, markets, and companies allowing users to identify the most valuable opportunities and build strategies to maximize revenue and accelerate growth.N/A
    Pricing
    CrunchbaseHG Insights Platform
    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
    CrunchbaseHG Insights Platform
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    CrunchbaseHG Insights Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Crunchbase Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    HG Insights
    Chose HG Insights Platform
    I would say most have more features and integrations but it is easier to use the HG Insights Platform. And the unique opportunity to understand who is using a competitor gives insight into where expansion could happen.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    55%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    41 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    60%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    55%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    56%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    27 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    30 Answers
    Features
    CrunchbaseHG Insights Platform
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Crunchbase and HG Insights Platform
    Feature
    Crunchbase
    6.9
    19 Ratings
    11% below category average
    HG Insights Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Advanced search4.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identification of new leads7.217 Ratings00 Ratings
    List quality3.617 Ratings00 Ratings
    List upload/download9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting10.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Load time/data access7.616 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Crunchbase and HG Insights Platform
    Feature
    Crunchbase
    4.8
    19 Ratings
    47% below category average
    HG Insights Platform
    9.1
    36 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Contact information3.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company information5.619 Ratings8.336 Ratings
    Industry information5.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Crunchbase and HG Insights Platform
    Feature
    Crunchbase
    5.3
    17 Ratings
    33% below category average
    HG Insights Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Lead qualification process5.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations3.414 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salesforce integration4.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company/business profiles4.416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data hygiene3.613 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tags5.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation3.414 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Crunchbase and HG Insights Platform
    Feature
    Crunchbase
    4.3
    4 Ratings
    54% below category average
    HG Insights Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Sales email templates4.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Append emails to records4.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Research
    Comparison of Financial Research features of Crunchbase and HG Insights Platform
    Feature
    Crunchbase
    -
    Ratings
    HG Insights Platform
    8.3
    34 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Industry-Specific Information00 Ratings8.529 Ratings
    Search Tools00 Ratings8.130 Ratings
    Market Research
    Comparison of Market Research features of Crunchbase and HG Insights Platform
    Feature
    Crunchbase
    -
    Ratings
    HG Insights Platform
    8.1
    36 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Competitor Research00 Ratings7.933 Ratings
    Market Insights and Reports00 Ratings8.334 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CrunchbaseHG Insights Platform
    Small Businesses
    Owler
    Score9.7 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Clay
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Comscore Ad Metrix
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail (discontinued)
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Sprinklr Insights
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CrunchbaseHG Insights Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.4
    (20 ratings)
    9.2
    (43 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    2.6
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (41 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CrunchbaseHG Insights Platform
    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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    HG Insights
    If you're trying to find or build prompts for your team to get the data they need to make them go ahead. For example, we use it to find our accounts and prospects who are using voice agents. It was very valuable to get that information. So yeah, definitely you can use that.
    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
    Read full review
    HG Insights
    • It works great for seeing if the site or app for a company is hosted on AWS.
    • Intricately uses a different approach (vs the other tools we use) - which helps confirm from another angle.
    • It has a great google chrome plug-in.
    • UI/UX is modern and clean.
    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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    HG Insights
    • integration with SFDC could be better
    • Sometime provides back an incorrect/no match when a better is available from an uploaded file, though this is getting slightly better
    • A way to gauge how many hits you will get off an intent topic before selecting them so you don't feel like one is going to waste could be useful.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Crunchbase Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    HG Insights
    We are using it to identifying Account that uses Support tool and it has been a huge game changer for our organization as it has helped Sales team when they are prospecting Accounts to target these Accounts with knowledge that gives them the edge to win the deal. Plus using it with clay integration is very helpful for us.
    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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    HG Insights
    It’s very easy to use, and the team is very responsive and friendly to work with. The information is unique and usable and can complement some of the data we get from call recordings. The integration with Salesforce is easy to implement and offers good insights into our database.
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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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    HG Insights
    No answers on this topic
    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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    HG Insights
    - Sales Intel seems to be more of a direct competition. Their human research seems to be something interesting. Also the claim to focus on firmographics - We went with Bombora for intent technology in the past - We did not move forward with 6sense
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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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    HG Insights
    • I don't massively get involved in financial matters, but the propensity models we use internally to help run our campaigns are certainly a big factor when our sales people approach our clients.
    • Every campaign sold now comes with a flat data fee for us to run and use a propensity model for the activity we complete on behalf of our clients.
    • Whilst the client will never see the raw data behind the model (of which HG does play a part along with our other data sources) they are briefed on the methodology and reasoning behind them.
    Incentivized
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    HG Insights Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of the welcome screen.Screenshot of the HG Insights Opportunity Generator.Screenshot of HG Insights' Market Analyzer, used to interactively explore and act on your total addressable market, competitive dynamics, and whitespace with speed and confidence.