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Comparator · Research & search

CrunchbaseFree tiervs

Perplexity$10/mo (Education Pro (consumer, verified students/faculty))

Starting pricefree · $10/mo

Free tieryes · yes

Plans documented2 · 7

Platforms2 · 2

Comparison of Crunchbase, Perplexity
	Crunchbase Visit website for Crunchbase (opens in a new tab)	Perplexity Visit website for Perplexity (opens in a new tab)
Category	Research & search	Research & search
Main use cases	Sales prospecting on growing companies Investor deal sourcing Market and competitor research Tracking funding and acquisition news Enriching CRM or product data via API	Researching questions with cited sources Tracking current events Comparing products or options Building search-grounded apps via API
Best for	Sales and GTM teams, Investors and VCs, Market analysts, Founders seeking investors	Researchers, Students, Journalists, Developers building search features
Platforms	Web, API	Web, API
Pricing model	—	Freemium
Pricing	See official pricing US prices not confirmed Official pricing ↗	Free plan; Pro and Max paid plans; Enterprise for organizations. Viewed from outside the US, the pricing page showed Pro at $17/month and Max at $167/month (annual-billing equivalents). US monthly prices not confirmed — see official pricing. Checked Sep 30, 2026. Official pricing ↗
Key features	Company and investor database with live signals Funding, growth, acquisition and IPO predictions Scout natural-language search assistant Advanced search Crunchbase API and MCP server Data enrichment and licensing	Answers with inline source citations Real-time web search Deep research reports Choice of AI models from several labs on paid plans Perplexity Computer for building documents and apps Search, Agent and Embeddings APIs
Pros	Covers funding, acquisitions, leadership and product signals Predictive scores for company lifecycle events Programmatic access via API and MCP Free trial offered	Every answer links to its sources so claims can be checked Free plan available to start Paid plans offer models from multiple AI labs in one place Developer APIs with published usage-based pricing
Limitations	Pricing page could not be read (bot check) Advanced features sit behind paid Pro/Business plans Requires account for full access API/data licensing geared toward sales-led contracts	Answers can still misread or misattribute sources Deep research and model choice need a paid plan API is billed separately by tokens and requests Promotional credit offers change often, so check current terms
Ratings	Editorial Not yet reviewed Users No user reviews yet	Editorial Not yet reviewed Users No user reviews yet
Review status	Listed Verified Oct 1, 2026	Listed Verified Sep 30, 2026