DIYTrade vs Kompass

DIYTrade is a web-based B2B trading platform for businesses sourcing and selling products. It describes a marketplace with over 5 million products and says more than 8 million users search for suppliers through the platform each month. Its free member service is a basic online trading offering for small and medium businesses, including a company website with a free subdomain. Members can publish company, product, and service information, using English, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese; the two Chinese versions can be converted automatically. Website customization includes adjustable content layouts, dozens of templates, and 360 color choices per template. Product catalogs support custom fields, embedded PayPal payment button code, and multimedia such as Youku and YouTube. Members can customize contact forms and add QQ or Skype chat. DIYTrade says member website information is listed on its China and international sites, with SEO support and XML sitemaps. A mobile version is designed for phones and tablets. Membership requires a legally registered company, truthful and complete registration information, and one registration per company. The service is free.

Kompass provides B2B company data and tools for prospecting, market analysis, digital visibility, and international expansion. It says its global database covers over 60 million companies and over 148 million decision-makers. EasyBusiness offers advanced targeting and analytics, while KSales is aimed at entrepreneurs and small businesses seeking prospecting with lower data volumes. KSales includes worldwide data, 200 monthly credits, and a maximum of 500 results per search; its listed prices are €49 a year or €59 a month. Kompass advertises a 14-day EasyBusiness trial without payment or a credit card. CRM connectors include Salesforce, Zoho, Pipedrive, HubSpot, and Dynamics, with APIs for custom integrations. Its Kompass Data Salesforce app can search Kompass data, create accounts, update company information automatically, and deduplicate records. Kompass says it follows applicable data-protection rules, including GDPR, and collects data locally through data-integrity teams. It serves sales and marketing teams, exporters, procurement professionals, business developers, and executives. The company lists its founding year as 1944, while its UK about page gives 1947.