Preqin vs. Tracxn

Preqin is generally user friendly and widely recognized as a premier data provider in the private markets. I believe they are the best for sizing the markets, tracking flows/AUM, and their Insights+ package is a great value-add from a research standpoint. I think performance benchmarking is an area that the company could improve on through how they collect data and how often it is updated

Incentivized

Well suited: - Good for scouting targets for clients, based on their industry preferences, maturity level, and investor profile preference - Helped in buy-side due diligence. Less appropriate - Lacking in terms of readily available insights, with sector reports published in-house being extremely shallow and hence not much of value addition.

Incentivized

• Data management
• User friendly
• User centric

Incentivized

• Sector reports could be better e.g. competitors like CB Insights do a better job at it.
• Pricing is a bit steep, when compared to peers like Dealroom.
• Credibility of the data is a question mark (CB Insights has way more traction with investors).

Incentivized

Preqin is generally user friendly. I find it quite easy to create a custom benchmark, look up managers/funds using their search tool, and locate key market statistics (AUM, dry powder, fundraising, etc.)

Incentivized

Preqin's research is high-quality and comparable to PitchBook's. One area that I give PitchBook an edge on is their coverage of the evergreen (semi-liquid) fund market. Their annual evergreen report is extremely valuable and has great datapoints that are useful in my day-to-day. Preqin, in my view, is more institutional focused and their coverage of this particular segment is not as robust. PitchBook is also superior if you are looking for individual company data, as Preqin does not offer this feature. One area that Preqin accels at that PitchBook doesn't is market mapping and covering asset classes beyond PE, specially Real Assets (infra, real estate). If these asset classes are your priority, then Preqin would likely be a better fit

Incentivized

This beats all of the other programs. I have used all of them and Tracxn makes using the software so much easier. Using it daily I found out that it has an easy learning curve and a user-friendly interface. Data is more organized in this program as well.

Incentivized

• Positive: Reduced time to source information.
• Positive: Helped in sharper insights, leading to better outcomes on scouting engagements.
• Negative: Pricing is on the higher side.

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