Cobalt (Cobalt Intelligence) vs SourceScrub
A side-by-side comparison of Cobalt (Cobalt Intelligence) and SourceScrub — two options for deal sourcing & origination. Pricing, features, and honest pros and cons.
Category
Deal Sourcing & Origination
Deal Sourcing & Origination
Rating
3.8 / 5
4.5 / 5
Pricing
From $99/mo
Enterprise / Custom
Best for
Teams building custom sourcing and verification workflows
Lower and core mid-market origination teams
Key features
- Secretary-of-state business record lookups
- Business verification API
- Firmographic enrichment
- Bulk data pulls
- Curated conference and trade-show source lists
- Private company profiles with firmographics
- Target list building and scoring
- Signal and growth-indicator tracking
- CRM sync (DealCloud, Affinity, Salesforce)
Pros
- Authoritative registration and verification data
- Developer-friendly API
- Transparent entry pricing
- Deep coverage of bootstrapped, founder-owned companies
- Strong source-list methodology competitors lack
- Integrates cleanly with common PE CRMs
Cons
- Narrower than full origination platforms
- Requires technical integration to get full value
- Enterprise pricing is a stretch for very small teams
- Coverage skews toward US and lower mid-market