4Degrees vs Connect The Dots

4Degrees is a CRM for private-market deals and relationship intelligence, with AI tools for teams that rely on connections. It scores relationship strength and maps connections across an organization to help users identify warm introduction paths. Deal workflows include customizable pipelines, Kanban views, reporting, reminders, and triggers. The system syncs email and calendar activity and enriches contacts from more than 20 sources. AI features can help users prepare for meetings, review relationship history, research companies, and suggest record updates. Integrations include PitchBook, Salesforce, Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Google Workspace, and hundreds of additional apps. Gmail and Outlook plugins, LinkedIn and Chrome extensions, and iOS and Android apps extend access across inboxes, profiles, company websites, and mobile workflows. The mobile app supports network search, deal updates, notes, reminders, and business-card scanning. An API can expose relationship and deal data to other tools, while its MCP integration gives AI assistants permissioned access to deal context. Pricing is by request and depends on the organization and team.

Connect The Dots builds a relationship graph from a team's connections to find warm paths to people and companies. Its individual product organizes, scores and deduplicates a professional network so it can be searched from AI tools. Relationship scoring uses email activity and LinkedIn data, with some paths also drawing on public career-overlap information. The service ranks possible introductions and can draft an email for the connector to review and send. It tracks job changes among direct connections and can alert users when someone moves. Listed integrations include Gmail, Outlook, LinkedIn, Salesforce, HubSpot, Claude through MCP, Zapier and an open API. The iPhone and Android app includes Dottie, an AI network assistant. CTD says it reads email metadata by default and does not store email bodies; optional body access supports showing requested emails and retrieving signature contact details. Users can export or delete data, manage network sharing and mark contacts private. The Free plan has monthly limits; Professional costs $20 a month.