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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CB Insights

    Score7.9 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

    Score8.5 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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    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CB InsightsPitchBook
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    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.
    Incentivized
    PitchBook
    Chose PitchBook
    CB Insights have a better market research functionality, offering pre-defined market definitions and proprietary framework for market analysis. They list all the significant players within a market and classify them into categories, which gives you a sense of who is doing well …
    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
    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
    Far ahead of all competitors on private companies. Far behind S&P and Fact set on public company data
    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
    Key User Insights
    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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    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    86 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    98%
    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
    Feature
    CB Insights
    -
    Ratings
    PitchBook
    6.5
    85 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Private Company Data00 Ratings7.284 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Information00 Ratings6.680 Ratings
    Independent Research Access00 Ratings6.371 Ratings
    M&A Analysis00 Ratings7.277 Ratings
    Supply Chain Data00 Ratings6.237 Ratings
    ESG Data00 Ratings5.841 Ratings
    Credit Ratings Reports00 Ratings5.440 Ratings
    Macroeconomic News00 Ratings6.455 Ratings
    Search Tools00 Ratings7.173 Ratings
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    CB InsightsPitchBook
    Small Businesses
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    S&P Capital IQ
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    S&P Capital IQ
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CB InsightsPitchBook
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.5
    (93 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.3
    (84 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
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    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    5.0
    (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
    PitchBook is excellent for building a rolodex of contacts, especially for firms which may be newer and lacking an established reputation within their given industry. I have used it as a tool to identify groups which may be interested in equity investments in one-off real estate deals, though the platform more prominently features groups which are more interested in programmatic/JV fund structures. PitchBook can also be useful as a tool for identifying industry trends, as it tends to capture creation of new funds and their investment appetites at any given time.
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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!
    Incentivized
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    PitchBook
    • Historical deal dynamics detailing pricing and financing as well as which parties worked on the transaction
    • Initial screenign on public and private comparables
    • Breadth of private companie details including descriptions, financials, etc.
    • Ability to filter / sort and eventually export details on private companies
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    CB Insights
    • Might only suggest more corporate events
    Incentivized
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    PitchBook
    • It would be nice to have the best parts of the deal tab merged into the general information tab for a company.
    • If possible, gather more information on certain executives. There are use cases where our clients want us to research candidates who may not have much information on LinkedIn or RocketReach.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    CB Insights
    No answers on this topic
    PitchBook
    I think its a great platform as is. Its usable and we get most of the information as and when we need. I don't like the landing page after login, so I don't like to go to PitchBook every day to review daily updates on the industry. It's way too cluttered and requires MFA every time
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    CB Insights
    Very responsive and eager to maintain client relationships.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    CB Insights
    No answers on this topic
    PitchBook
    did not participate
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    CB Insights
    Better Pricing & Better ROI !
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    PitchBook
    I also use SignalNFX, but it doesn't exist in the dropbox. Signal is a much more practical tool when it comes to a preliminary search, and when it comes to connecting with the right person. It scrapes your gmail history and linkedin to find who you're really connected to and figures out how to leverage that to get an intro. Sales NAVIGATOR is better for massive outbound, but not very relevant otherwise. PitchBook's real value is in the database. It won't help you reach out, but it sure will find you every single VC firm that could ever invest in your company.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    CB Insights
    No answers on this topic
    PitchBook
    we can give access to anyone interested
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    PitchBook
    • It has allowed us to be more targeted in our sales campaigns.
    • Great headhunting and market mapping data.
    • We have been in a very difficult hiring market so it hasn't given me the ROI I would have hoped, but that isn't PitchBook's fault!
    Incentivized
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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.