CB Insights vs Preqin

CB Insights provides market intelligence, analytics and data science predictions for businesses evaluating technology markets, companies and competitors. It tracks and compares more than 12 million companies across more than 1,600 technology markets, with extensive historical data on funding, acquisitions, hiring, financials, relationships, patents, news and other listed signals. Strategy Terminal uses predictive data science and AI agents to surface signals about private companies, markets and competitors. Browser Analyst examines webpages and can produce scouting reports and SWOT analyses, alongside company, executive, funding, customer, partner and competitor information. Access options include the web, browser extension, iOS and Android apps, APIs and data feeds. Integrations include Microsoft Copilot and Salesforce; data is also distributed through Snowflake Marketplace. CB Insights says its infrastructure is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant, with encryption, audit trails, role-based access, SSO and MFA. Pricing is available on request, and a 10-day trial is listed; there is no free plan.

Preqin provides financial data and information for alternative-asset investors and related professionals. Its Preqin Pro platform brings together private capital and hedge fund datasets, search, analytics, and access to a network of alternative-assets professionals. Searches can span tens of millions of lines of data using keywords, location, activity, and other criteria. Interactive visual analytics cover private-markets history, current conditions, future outlook, and peer positioning. Data spans private equity, venture capital, private credit, hedge funds, real estate, infrastructure, natural resources, and secondaries. For enterprise use, Feeds APIs deliver bulk structured datasets, while Operational APIs provide targeted access on demand. Data is also available through Snowflake Marketplace and AWS Data Exchange. Preqin lists integrations with Altvia, Backstop, DealCloud, Dynamo, Easy API, S&P Global, and Wharton. Enterprise APIs use HTTPS and OAuth 2.0 or Basic Authentication, with time-limited Bearer tokens. Pricing is on request; there is no free plan, though a trial is available. Trial accounts cannot integrate data into customer systems, but sample data is available through Snowflake and AWS.