Crunchbase vs KingsCrowd
A side-by-side comparison of Crunchbase and KingsCrowd — two options for data & market intelligence. Pricing, features, and honest pros and cons.
Category
Data & Market Intelligence
Due Diligence
Rating
4.0 / 5
4.0 / 5
Pricing
From $49/user/mo
Free tier + paid membership
Best for
Emerging managers needing broad coverage on a budget
Investors mining crowdfunding for early consumer signal
Key features
- Company and funding round profiles
- Investor and people data
- Advanced search and alerts
- Saved lists and monitoring
- API and enrichment
- Coverage of 11,000+ raises across 120+ platforms
- Analyst ratings on team, valuation, traction and risk
- Deal terms, valuations and SEC filing data
- Portfolio tracking with exit and failure outcomes
- Startup valuation calculator and API access
Pros
- Affordable relative to enterprise data platforms
- Strong early-stage and startup coverage
- Easy for the whole team to use
- Only systematic dataset on the crowdfunding market
- Inexpensive next to institutional data platforms
- Surfaces consumer companies before they hit VC radars
Cons
- Self-reported data can be stale or wrong
- Thin on round terms and fund-level data
- Covers online raises only — a slice of the venture market
- Ratings methodology is opaque in places