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Crunchbase alternatives in 2026

Crunchbase, PitchBook, Dealroom, Tracxn, Harmonic and CB Insights all sell private-company data, but they are built for different buyers and priced in different ways. This page sets out what each one says about itself on its own website, where each is stronger, and where Indexed fits. Indexed is our product, so we have kept every competitor claim to facts we could check on that vendor's site, with links in the sources section.

Indexed currently covers 112,000+ company profiles, 22,500+ investors and 130,200+ tracked funding events. Coverage is still growing and is not complete; see where Indexed falls short.

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Vendor pricing and plans change; check each source before you buy.

At a glance

Crunchbase alternatives compared by audience, data focus, free option, pricing and API
ProductBuilt forData focusFree optionPricingAPI
IndexedFounders, investors, sales and research teams who want funding and investor data without a sales callTechnology and product companies, their funding rounds and their investorsFree plan: 25 credits a month, 25 API searches a day, no card neededPublished self-serve plans from $49 a monthREST API on every plan, Free included. Free includes 25 individual API searches per day. Zero-result searches do not count or incur a charge. Paid plans continue above their daily quota at 1 credit per page. Batch domain lookup is charged separately per delivered hit.
CrunchbaseInvestors, GTM teams, analysts, product developers, wealth managers and entrepreneursPrivate company data and predictions (funding, growth, acquisition, IPO, closure)Free account with limited search; 7-day free trial of Pro[3][4]Pro $99 a month on monthly billing; annual introductory offers vary. Business: contact sales[5][3]API access is sales-led; MCP availability depends on the package and permissions. Contact sales for terms[2][6]
PitchBookInvestment professionals: PE, VC, limited partners, investment banks, credit investors, corporatesPE, VC and M&A deals, private company valuations, funds, limited partners, debt, people and public companiesFree trial on request, at PitchBook's discretion[8]Not published; quoted by number of seats and firm type[8]API and data feed sold as premium add-ons; LLM connectors, one of which needs no license but has a limited dataset[9]
DealroomVCs, corporates and governmentsStartups, tech, talent, venture capital and their ecosystems globally3-day free trial of Premium, no credit card required[10]Premium €12,600 a year, Premium Plus €17,000 a year (both from 3 seats); Enterprise custom[10]MCP included on Premium Plus, Enterprise and API plans; full API access on Enterprise or a custom API + MCP plan[10][11]
TracxnInvestors, corporates, founders, sales teams, journalists, universities and government agenciesPrivate companies, funding rounds, acquisitions and investorsLite plan for personal use, free with usage limits and no credit card required[13]Premium (commercial use) price not published[13]APIs and data dumps with internal-use and redistribution licenses; terms depend on dataset and usage. Contact sales[13][14]
HarmonicVenture and growth investors, corporate development and GTM teamsStartups and their people, tracked as they hire, fundraise and launch productsNot published[16]Not published; book a demo[16]API with MCP access; bulk data via S3, BigQuery or Snowflake; financing and investor data is an add-on[16]
CB InsightsEnterprise strategy, M&A, corporate VC, business development and venture teamsPrivate and public companies, investors, funding, cap table history, M&A, IPOs and business relationships10-day free trial[20]Not published; request pricing. A consumption-based data tier is also offered[18]APIs and data feeds, MCP, and integrations including Snowflake, CRM and Copilot; request pricing[19][20]
OpenVCFounders raising money, and investors looking for deal flowInvestor database: VC firms, corporate VCs, PE firms, family offices and angel groupsAbout 90% of features free, including unlimited investor search[22]Upgrade for $99 a month or $299 a year[22]Not stated in the linked vendor sources[23]

"Not stated" means the linked vendor sources do not establish it. Ask the vendor about features or prices that matter to your decision.

When to choose each one

Comparing institutional research with a smaller API workflow? See our PitchBook alternatives evaluation guide.

Choose Crunchbase if

you want a well-known self-serve database with published prices, predictive signals for funding, acquisition and closure, and CRM integrations on the Business plan.

Where it is stronger: brand recognition, private-company predictions and CRM workflows.

Choose PitchBook if

you do private equity, M&A or fund-level work and need valuations, fund and limited partner data, debt financings and service providers in one licensed platform.

Where it is stronger: private equity, valuations, funds, limited partners and institutional research.

Choose Dealroom if

you map startup ecosystems, work for or with a government or ecosystem body, or want talent and founder data alongside funding.

Where it is stronger: ecosystem-level work for governments and ecosystem builders, and talent and founder pedigree data.

Choose Tracxn if

you are exploring company data for personal use through Lite, or need a commercial license and data delivery options.

Where it is stronger: company and deal research across a detailed sector taxonomy, with internal-use and redistribution data options.

Choose Harmonic if

you source very early companies, including by tracking founders and hiring, and want bulk data delivered to your own warehouse.

Where it is stronger: people data, early-company discovery and warehouse delivery.

Choose CB Insights if

you run corporate strategy or M&A and want market-level research, proprietary scores and business relationship data.

Where it is stronger: market-level research and proprietary signals such as Mosaic and Exit Probability.

Choose OpenVC if

you are a founder building an investor list and do not need company funding histories or an API.

Where it is stronger: a founder-first fundraising workflow that is mostly free.

Choose Indexed if

you want to start with a published plan, look up companies by website domain through an API, and use free ranked lists and funding reports. It fits best when your targets are technology companies.

How Indexed is different

  • A free tier you can use. Company and investor profiles are free to browse. A free account gets 25 credits a month, refreshed monthly, for funding histories, valuations and tech stacks. Paid plans are self-serve on the pricing page, with no sales call.
  • A REST API on every plan, Free included. Look up a company by website domain, or send a batch within the documented limits. Free includes 25 individual API searches per day. Zero-result searches do not count or incur a charge. Paid plans continue above their daily quota at 1 credit per page. Batch domain lookup is charged separately per delivered hit. See the API reference.
  • AI-first research with source checks. AI agents do the research, and our current workflows check each claim against its cited source before publishing. Unknown facts stay blank rather than estimated. The methodology explains the rules.
  • Free ranked lists and reports. 183 ranked lists by sector, stage and location, and the State of Startup Funding report, are public and free to cite.

Where Indexed falls short

  • Coverage is still growing and is not complete, especially for early-stage rounds outside the US. If a deal matters to you, check the cited source.
  • We focus on technology and product companies. Agencies, consultancies and most non-technology businesses are outside our current focus.
  • We do not track limited partners, fund performance or contact details for people.
  • Funding amounts appear only when a source states them, so some rounds show no amount.
  • We are a newer, smaller product without the analyst teams of the larger vendors.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free alternative to Crunchbase?
Yes. Indexed has a free plan with 25 credits a month and a free API key. Tracxn offers a free Lite plan for personal use with usage limits, and OpenVC keeps most of its investor database free for founders. Crunchbase has a limited free account and a 7-day Pro trial.
What is the best PitchBook alternative?
It depends on the work. For private equity, valuations, funds and limited partners, PitchBook's depth is hard to replace. For venture funding and startup research at lower cost, Crunchbase, Tracxn and Indexed publish self-serve or free plans. Dealroom suits ecosystem and government work, and Harmonic suits early-stage sourcing.
Which Crunchbase alternatives have an API?
Crunchbase, PitchBook, Dealroom, Tracxn, Harmonic and CB Insights all advertise an API. Check each vendor's current terms; API access can be a separate contract. Indexed offers a REST API on every plan, Free included; see the API reference for the current quota and credit rules.
How complete is Indexed's data?
Not complete. Coverage is growing, and some regions and early-stage rounds are thinner than others. Our research rules require a source for each figure, and unknown values stay blank.
How much does Indexed cost?
The Free plan costs nothing and includes 25 credits a month. Paid plans start at $49 a month, with more credits and higher API limits.

Sources

Competitor facts come only from each vendor's own website, on the date shown. Indexed facts come from our live pricing configuration and API reference.

  1. Crunchbase: plans and prices. https://www.crunchbase.com/buy/select-product, accessed 2026-09-25.
  2. Crunchbase: API. https://about.crunchbase.com/products/crunchbase-api, accessed 2026-09-30.
  3. Crunchbase: plan comparison. https://support.crunchbase.com/hc/en-us/articles/360062989313-What-is-the-Difference-between-a-Free-Crunchbase-Account-and-Crunchbase-Paid-Subscriptions, accessed 2026-09-30.
  4. Crunchbase: Pro trial. https://www.crunchbase.com/buy/cb-pro, accessed 2026-09-30.
  5. Crunchbase: monthly Pro. https://support.crunchbase.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500002750962-Do-You-Have-Monthly-Subscriptions, accessed 2026-09-30.
  6. Crunchbase: MCP access. https://support.crunchbase.com/hc/en-us/articles/53648506430739-The-Crunchbase-MCP-Overview, accessed 2026-09-30.
  7. Crunchbase: homepage. https://www.crunchbase.com/, accessed 2026-09-25.
  8. PitchBook: pricing. https://pitchbook.com/pricing, accessed 2026-10-02.
  9. PitchBook: data and API. https://pitchbook.com/data, accessed 2026-10-02.
  10. Dealroom: pricing. https://dealroom.co/pricing, accessed 2026-10-02.
  11. Dealroom: API. https://dealroom.co/api/, accessed 2026-10-02.
  12. Dealroom: homepage. https://dealroom.co/, accessed 2026-09-25.
  13. Tracxn: pricing. https://tracxn.com/pricing, accessed 2026-10-02.
  14. Tracxn: API and data tools. https://w.tracxn.com/api-developers-page, accessed 2026-10-02.
  15. Tracxn: homepage. https://tracxn.com/, accessed 2026-09-25.
  16. Harmonic: pricing. https://www.harmonic.ai/pricing, accessed 2026-10-02.
  17. Harmonic: homepage. https://www.harmonic.ai/, accessed 2026-09-25.
  18. CB Insights: pricing. https://www.cbinsights.com/what-we-offer/pricing/, accessed 2026-10-02.
  19. CB Insights: API and data feeds. https://www.cbinsights.com/what-we-offer/api/, accessed 2026-10-02.
  20. CB Insights: trial and integrations. https://www.cbinsights.com/trial-signup/, accessed 2026-10-02.
  21. CB Insights: homepage. https://www.cbinsights.com/, accessed 2026-09-25.
  22. OpenVC: pricing. https://www.openvc.app/pricing, accessed 2026-10-02.
  23. OpenVC: homepage. https://www.openvc.app/, accessed 2026-09-25.
  24. Indexed: plans and credits. /pricing
  25. Indexed: API reference. /docs/api