PitchBook vs SourceScrub
A side-by-side comparison of PitchBook and SourceScrub — two options for data & market research. Pricing, features, and honest pros and cons.
Category
Data & Market Research
Deal Sourcing & Origination
Rating
4.6 / 5
4.5 / 5
Pricing
Enterprise / Custom
Enterprise / Custom
Best for
PE, VC, and advisory firms of all sizes
Lower and core mid-market origination teams
Key features
- Private company and investor profiles
- Deal, fund, and LP data
- Comps, valuations, and multiples
- Fund performance benchmarking
- Excel plugin and API
- 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
- Broad, well-maintained private markets dataset
- Strong benchmarking and comps tooling
- Excel plugin fits analyst workflows
- Deep coverage of bootstrapped, founder-owned companies
- Strong source-list methodology competitors lack
- Integrates cleanly with common PE CRMs
Cons
- Premium pricing per seat
- Private financials are often estimated
- Enterprise pricing is a stretch for very small teams
- Coverage skews toward US and lower mid-market