Research & search · alternatives
Crunchbase's pricing page was behind a bot check when we looked, so plan prices could not be read and have to be requested from sales or seen after starting the free trial, whose length and limits are not stated. Advanced features sit behind the paid Pro and Business plans, full access needs an account, and API and data licensing are sales-led contracts. Prices checked on 2026-10-01.
Neither alternative in our catalog is a private-company database, so they replace the research step rather than the data. Perplexity is an answer engine that searches the web and replies with cited sources; the only price in our data is Education Pro at $10 per month for verified students and faculty, and there is a free tier. ChatGPT Plus is $20 per month with expanded deep research and projects, and ChatGPT has a free tier too. Check how current each tool's funding and leadership information is before relying on it.
"Better suited" below is based on documented features and pricing from our verified profiles, not on a head-to-head test. Prices are USD as published by each vendor.
Taken from the documented limitations in our Crunchbase profile.
| Tool | Starting price | Free tier | Platforms | Main limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crunchbase (this page) | Not published | Yes | Web, API | Pricing, privacy and docs pages were behind a Cloudflare check and could not be read, so plan prices and data terms are unconfirmed. |
| Perplexity | $10/mo (Education Pro (consumer, verified students/faculty)) | Yes | Web, API | The consumer pricing page is blocked to automated checks, so the Pro price could not be confirmed here, and free-tier Pro Search and Research access are described only as 'very limited' / 'limited'. |
| ChatGPT | $20/mo (Plus (consumer)) | Yes | Web, Desktop, Mobile, API | Almost every tool (uploads, images, voice, deep research, Codex) has plan-dependent usage caps that OpenAI states can change over time, and the API is billed separately from every ChatGPT subscription. |
| Alternative | Pick it when | Starting price | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity |
$10/mo (Education Pro (consumer, verified students/faculty)) | ||
| ChatGPT |
$20/mo (Plus (consumer)) |
AI answer engine that searches the web and replies with cited sources, plus developer search APIs.
Free stops at: Practically unlimited basic searches, Very limited amount of Pro Searches
Verified perplexity.ai (opens Perplexity website in a new tab)
Free · paid from $10/mo US · checked Sep 30
OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant for writing, research, analysis, image generation and coding help.
Free stops at: Unlimited everyday text chats subject to abuse-prevention safeguards, Separate usage limits for file uploads,…
Free · paid from $20/mo US · checked Sep 30
Data API for AI agents delivering web content and e-commerce intelligence as clean JSON, with historical data and a credit-based pricing model.
Free stops at: Basic rate limits: 30 RPM, 5 concurrent, No credit card required
Free plan available US price unconfirmed
Mobile AI agent that tracks topics you name, folds duplicate coverage into single briefings and alerts you only when something changes.
Watch out: The site publishes no pricing, no web version is shown (mobile app only), and the privacy and docs pages are …
Pricing US price unconfirmed
Social data API and MCP server giving AI agents access to Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok and Reddit posts.
Free stops at: 500 credits one-time, 1 tracked keyword/user
Free · paid from $16/mo (billed annually) US · checked Sep 29
Web resource to compare LLMs by benchmarks, price, speed and context window.
Watch out: Its comparison data comes from Artificial Analysis, so rankings depend on that third-party source, and no pri…
Verified whatllm.org (opens WhatLLM.org website in a new tab)
Pricing US price unconfirmed
YouTube analytics platform showing real CPM and RPM from a connected channel, plus competitor tracking and AI content ideas.
Watch out: The 7-day trial requires a payment card and Starter covers one channel with 90 days of history and no revenue…
Verified tubeanalytics.net (opens TubeAnalytics website in a new tab)
From $19/mo US · checked Sep 29
Cookie-free, GDPR-oriented web analytics service from Germany with a 30-day free trial.
Free stops at: 25,000 page views, 1 website
Verified trackboxx.com (opens Trackboxx website in a new tab)
Pricing US price unconfirmed
Perplexity and ChatGPT both list free tiers in our catalog. Crunchbase offers a free trial with length and limits not stated.
Not as a database. Perplexity answers questions from web search with cited sources, and ChatGPT offers deep research. Crunchbase is a private-company data platform with AI predictions.
Plan prices could not be confirmed, advanced features need Pro or Business, an account is required and API licensing needs a sales call.
$20 per month. Perplexity's Education Pro is $10 per month for verified students and faculty.
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