CB Insights vs Beauhurst

CB Insights9.0Visit Beauhurst8.7Visit

Higher score CB Insights #3 in Startup Databases 9.0/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 5 features Visit CB Insights

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Beauhurst #5 in Startup Databases 8.7/10 Pricing on request ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Beauhurst

• CB Insights fits best

  Enterprise market and competitive intelligence

• Beauhurst fits best

  UK and German company research

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Side by side

Feature	CB Insights 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Beauhurst 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.7
Ranking	#3 in Startup Databases	#5 in Startup Databases
Best for	Enterprise market and competitive intelligence	UK and German company research
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Docs	Email, Docs
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features CB Insights 0/5 · Beauhurst 5/5
Company profiles	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Funding data	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Founder profiles	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Advanced search	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Saved alerts	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Export access	Not checked yet	Api
Company records	Not checked yet	2.8e+06
Our review
Pros	Extensive company, market, funding, and relationship intelligence Monitoring alerts and predictive scores support ongoing competitive research APIs, data feeds, and integrations connect intelligence to enterprise workflows	Advanced filters across companies, people, funds and transactions Alerts, collections, CSV and PDF exports support ongoing research REST API plus HubSpot and Salesforce integrations
Cons	Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than published amounts There is no permanent free plan Its broad scope may exceed the needs of focused research teams	Coverage is focused on UK and German businesses No free plan or free trial Pricing is quote-based rather than publicly listed
Our verdict	CB Insights is a market-intelligence platform for corporate strategy, M&A, business development, investment, and innovation teams. It brings together searchable data on private and public companies, markets, investments, funding,… Read the review →	Beauhurst is a private-company data platform for researching businesses in the UK and Germany. It is designed for investors, government agencies, banks, advisory firms, universities and sales teams that need company, funding, transaction… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• CB Insights — where it wins

  • Extensive company, market, funding, and relationship intelligence
  • Monitoring alerts and predictive scores support ongoing competitive research
  • APIs, data feeds, and integrations connect intelligence to enterprise workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than published amounts
  • There is no permanent free plan
  • Its broad scope may exceed the needs of focused research teams

• Beauhurst — where it wins

  • Advanced filters across companies, people, funds and transactions
  • Alerts, collections, CSV and PDF exports support ongoing research
  • REST API plus HubSpot and Salesforce integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Coverage is focused on UK and German businesses
  • No free plan or free trial
  • Pricing is quote-based rather than publicly listed

• CB Insights9.0/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad intelligence platform for enterprise strategy, M&A, and competitive research.

  Visit CB InsightsFull verdict →
• Beauhurst8.7/10 · Pricing on request

  A focused research database for UK and German company, people, fund and transaction data.

  Visit BeauhurstFull verdict →