Gust vs OpenVC
A side-by-side comparison of Gust and OpenVC — two options for deal flow & sourcing. Pricing, features, and honest pros and cons.
Category
Deal Flow & Sourcing
Deal Flow & Sourcing
Rating
4.0 / 5
4.3 / 5
Pricing
Free + paid products
Free for investors
Best for
Angel groups and pre-seed funds structuring inbound deal flow
Funds that want qualified inbound without paying for it
Key features
- Application intake and screening for investor groups
- Shared deal review, notes and voting
- Gust Launch incorporation and equity management for founders
- Global network of angel groups and programs
- Founder profiles with structured company data
- Searchable directory of VC firms with stated theses
- Structured deck submission pipeline for inbound flow
- Thesis, stage and check-size filtering
- Verified investor profiles with contact rules
- Fundraising guides and templates for founders
Pros
- De facto standard intake pipe for many angel groups
- Structured applications beat email-attachment deal flow
- Large, global early-stage company base
- Free, thesis-filtered inbound deal flow for listed funds
- Structured submissions are easier to triage than email
- Transparency reduces spray-and-pray founder outreach
Cons
- Interface and workflows feel dated next to newer tools
- Deal quality is unfiltered application flow — screening is on you
- Inbound-only — no proprietary data or outbound tooling
- Popular listings still attract off-thesis submissions