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# Best PitchBook alternatives in 2026 | SpecStream

Compared on Nov 9, 2026.

# PitchBook alternatives in 2026

**The companies that fit your thesis, at 5¢ to $1 a row.**

PitchBook publishes no price. Its pricing page says the cost depends on how many seats you need and your firm type, and it sells its API, data feed and CRM integration as paid add-ons. Multiples reports $25,000 to $40,000 a year for a team license with a 2 to 3 seat minimum, and $70,000 or more with the API. A search returns companies from the 10.1 million its research team has collected.

SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. Write your thesis in plain words, and it searches the live web and returns every company that fits as a structured row, with the owner's name for each letter. A row costs 5¢, 15¢ or $1, so 1,000 companies with 5 facts cost $50, plus 5¢ for each owner's email. You see the most the run can cost before it starts, and a new account gets $10 of credit, no card.

[Describe your data](https://specstream.ai/signup?src=alternatives-pitchbook&utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=pitchbook&returnTo=%2Fworkspace%2Fask%3Fq%3DFounder-owned%2520commercial%2520HVAC%2520service%2520companies%2520in%2520Texas%2520founded%2520before%25202005%252C%2520with%2520the%2520owner's%2520name%2520and%2520email%252C%2520the%2520year%2520founded%2520and%2520the%2520services%2520listed%2520on%2520their%2520own%2520site)

New accounts get $10 of credit, no card.

## SpecStream and PitchBook side by side

|  | SpecStream | PitchBook |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What you send | Your thesis in plain words, with the conditions every company must meet | Filters in its screeners, which save as dynamic searches, static lists or alerts |
| What you get back | Structured rows, one record per company, with facts from many sites joined. Source URL and read time on every value | Profiles of the companies, deals, investors and funds in its database, read in its desktop, mobile app and Excel, PowerPoint and Chrome plugins |
| Where the companies come from | The live web, searched for your request. A founder-owned company is read from its own site | Its own database: 10.1M+ companies, 2.9M+ deals, 600K+ investors and 4.7M+ professionals, collected by a data operations team of 1,800+ from surveys, regulatory filings, FOIA responses and over one million news events a week |
| Data already held | Public databases read every morning at [specstream.ai/data](https://specstream.ai/data?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=pitchbook): every company that filed a Form D since 2023 with its filing history, nearly 2 million US nonprofits, every US bank failure since 1934, federal rules, open federal contracts and grants, and local businesses. Signals such as funding rounds, new executives and layoffs at [specstream.ai/signals](https://specstream.ai/signals?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=pitchbook). Ask for your own cut of any of them | The same database, with 156K+ funds, 62K+ limited partners and 14.5K+ lenders, updated multiple times a day |
| What it costs | A delivered row: 5¢, 15¢ or $1 by how much the row needs, plus 5¢ for an email and 15¢ for a phone. 1,000 companies with 5 facts cost $50. The same rate on every plan | Sold by quote, by seats and firm type. Multiples reports $25,000 to $40,000 a year for a team license, with a 2 to 3 seat minimum |
| How to start | $10 of credit, no card. Pro $19, Scale $99 and Team $499 a month, all spent as credit at the same row rates. A yearly plan adds 20% more credit | A form to request pricing and a form to apply for a free trial. Its AWS Marketplace listing is a free sample of 49 companies |
| The cost cap before a run | The most the run can cost, quoted before it starts. Nothing runs until you approve it, and there are no automatic overages | An annual license. Multiples reports annual contracts with no monthly option |
| Reruns and change labels | Hourly to yearly. Each row comes back labeled changed, unchanged or no longer matching. A changed or new row costs half its rate, an unchanged row 1¢ | Saved dynamic searches and customizable alerts inside the platform |
| API and agents | MCP server, REST API, Python and TypeScript SDKs, a CLI and A2A on every account. An agent can buy one request with no account, by card or in USDC | Direct Data, its API and data feed, is a paid add-on. Multiples reports $70,000 or more a year for the API with the platform license. A Premium Connector brings its data into Claude and ChatGPT |
| Where the data goes | Affinity, HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive and Attio, Google Sheets, Excel, Airtable and Notion, Slack, Teams, Zapier, Make, n8n and signed webhooks | Excel and PowerPoint plugins come with the subscription. CRM Integration for Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics and HubSpot is a paid add-on |

## Why PitchBook buyers move to SpecStream

### The thesis is the search

A PitchBook screener filters the fields PitchBook collected. On SpecStream you write the thesis as you would say it to an associate: "founder-owned commercial HVAC service companies in Texas founded before 2005", or "family-owned specialty food makers in the Midwest that sell to grocery chains". SpecStream reads the request back as parts you can edit, the conditions every company must meet and the facts to bring back, then searches the live web and joins what each company's own site, filings and press say into one record.

A company that fails one of your conditions is not delivered and not billed. Source URL and read time on every value.

### Companies read from their own sites

A founder-owned business that never raised a round states what it does, who owns it and when it started on its own site. SpecStream reads those pages for each request, and every match on the live web comes back as a row. The Search API under it scores 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 official SimpleQA Verified questions (978 correct), and SpecStream scores 64.0 item F1 and 43.4 row F1 on all 200 official WideSearch tasks. The Extract API scores 0.908 F1 on WCXB. Scores and method are on [benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=pitchbook).

### 1,000 companies for $50, with no seats

Multiples reports a PitchBook team license at $25,000 to $40,000 a year with a 2 to 3 seat minimum. SpecStream has no seats. A row with up to 5 facts costs 5¢, a row with up to 15 facts and one set of related records costs 15¢, and a deep row with no limit costs $1. The yearly letter list of 1,000 companies with 5 facts is $50, and each owner's email adds 5¢.

Every request gets a quote of the most it can cost, good for 30 minutes. Nothing runs until you approve it, the charge never goes past that amount, and whatever the run does not use goes back to your balance.

### This week's raises are already here

SpecStream reads SEC EDGAR the day a Form D is filed. In the week of November 2, 2026, 494 operating companies filed a Form D reporting $29.51 billion sold, and each one is a row on [specstream.ai/data/form-d](https://specstream.ai/data/form-d?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=pitchbook) with its filing history. Funding filings and new executives arrive weekly at [Investors & deal flow](https://specstream.ai/for/funding-and-new-executives?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=pitchbook). Ask for your own cut: one sector, one state, one round size.

### A tracked company moves, and your CRM shows it

Save the request and it reruns hourly to yearly. Each company comes back labeled changed, unchanged or no longer matching. A changed or new row costs half its rate and an unchanged row costs 1¢, so rechecking 1,000 companies that did not change costs $10. New matches and changes land in Affinity, Salesforce, HubSpot, a sheet or Slack with no code, and PitchBook sells its CRM integration as a paid add-on. Rows you already own are never charged again.

## Other PitchBook alternatives

### Grata

A private company search platform for deal teams, sold in three tiers, Growth, Scale and Alpha, each behind a demo, with API access on the top tier or as an add-on. Multiples reports $15,000 to $40,000 a year, quoted per team. On SpecStream the same thesis is a request priced before it runs, at 5¢ to $1 a company.

### Dealroom

A startup and venture database priced per seat and billed annually. Premium is €250 a seat a month at 10 seats, €30,000 a year, with a minimum of 3 seats and 10,000 export credits per seat. Its API is priced on call volume on top of any plan. SpecStream has no seats and no export credits: every row you pay for is yours to send to your CRM or sheet.

### Harmonic

A startup database that tracks 35M+ companies and 195M+ people, sold by quote. Multiples reports $10,000 to $30,000 a year. SpecStream finds companies of any kind, venture-backed or founder-owned, from one request in plain words, and bills only the rows delivered.

### Crunchbase

A self-serve company database built around funding rounds, with a free tier. Multiples lists it at $49 a month. SpecStream returns each company that meets every condition you wrote as one record, with the owner's email for 5¢ more, and reruns the request on your schedule.

## How SpecStream scores

The same numbers as the benchmarks page, from the official tasks and scorers.

ResultsWideSearchCostSimpleQA Verified

|  | SpecStream | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/parallel.svg)Parallel | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/exa.svg)Exa | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/tavily.svg)Tavily | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/perplexity.svg)Perplexity |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Web research**WideSearch, GPT-5.6 Luna | 60.9 | 45.5 | 53.0 | 47.9 | 47.0 |
| **Factual accuracy**SimpleQA Verified, GPT-5.6 Luna | 96 | 94 | 91 | 94 | 94 |
| **Factual accuracy**SimpleQA Verified, GPT-5.6 Sol | 99 | 97 | 91 | 92 | 95 |

## How to switch from PitchBook

Write the thesis in plain words, in place of the filters you set today. Sign up and you get $10 of credit, no card. At 5¢ a row, that is up to 200 companies.

Already keep a target list? Import a CSV, Excel file, Google Sheet or Airtable base of up to 20,000 rows, and SpecStream fills in or checks each row. Import is free. A row that matches pays its rate, and a row that does not costs 5¢.

Or send the request from code. This call spends nothing: the `402` reply shows how SpecStream read the request, the columns and the most it can cost.

```
curl -i https://api.specstream.ai/v1/agent/lists \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"request": "Founder-owned commercial HVAC service companies in Texas founded before 2005, with the owner'\''s name and email, the year founded and the services listed on their own site", "count": 25}'
```

[Describe your data](https://specstream.ai/signup?src=alternatives-pitchbook&utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=pitchbook&returnTo=%2Fworkspace%2Fask%3Fq%3DFounder-owned%2520commercial%2520HVAC%2520service%2520companies%2520in%2520Texas%2520founded%2520before%25202005%252C%2520with%2520the%2520owner's%2520name%2520and%2520email%252C%2520the%2520year%2520founded%2520and%2520the%2520services%2520listed%2520on%2520their%2520own%2520site)

## Frequently asked questions

Something we didn't answer? [Talk to a human](https://specstream.ai/talk-to-a-human.md)

How much does PitchBook cost?

PitchBook publishes no price. Multiples reports $25,000 to $40,000 a year for a team license with a 2 to 3 seat minimum, and $70,000 or more with the API. PitchBook's own pricing page says the cost depends on how many seats you need and your firm type, with Direct Data and CRM Integration as paid add-ons. SpecStream's rates are public: 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a delivered row.

What is the best PitchBook alternative?

SpecStream, at 5¢ to $1 a delivered row with no seats. You write the thesis in plain words, approve the most the run can cost, and get every company that fits as a structured row in Affinity, Salesforce, HubSpot or your sheet, with the owner's name and a source URL on every value.

Is there a cheaper alternative to PitchBook?

Yes. On SpecStream 1,000 companies with 5 facts cost $50, plus 5¢ for each owner's email, and a new account starts with $10 of credit and no card. Plans are Pro at $19, Scale at $99 and Team at $499 a month, all spent as credit at the same row rates.

Does PitchBook have an API?

Yes, as a paid add-on called Direct Data, and Multiples reports $70,000 or more a year for the API with the platform license. SpecStream's REST API, Python and TypeScript SDKs, CLI and MCP server at `https://api.specstream.ai/mcp` come with every account at the same row rates.

How does SpecStream find companies that are in no database?

It searches the live web for each request and reads each company's own site, at 5¢ a row for up to 5 facts. Every match that meets your conditions comes back as one record, with the source URL and read time on every value.

How accurate is SpecStream?

The SpecStream Search API scores 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 official SimpleQA Verified questions, with 978 correct. SpecStream scores 64.0 item F1 and 43.4 row F1 on all 200 official WideSearch tasks, and the Extract API scores 0.908 F1 on WCXB. The scores and method are on [benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=pitchbook).

Can SpecStream track companies after the first run?

Yes, on any schedule from hourly to yearly. Each company comes back labeled changed, unchanged or no longer matching, a changed or new row costs half its rate, and an unchanged row costs 1¢.

### Sources

SpecStream wrote this page. Rival figures come from each company's own page. Where a company publishes no price, the figure is the one Multiples reports (facts last verified Aug 14, 2026), and the text names it.

1.  [SpecStream pricing](https://specstream.ai/pricing)specstream.ai/pricing, read Nov 9, 2026
2.  [SpecStream for agents](https://specstream.ai/agents.md)specstream.ai/agents.md, read Nov 9, 2026
3.  [SpecStream benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks)specstream.ai/benchmarks, read Nov 9, 2026
4.  [SpecStream Form D filings](https://specstream.ai/data/form-d)specstream.ai/data/form-d, read Nov 9, 2026
5.  [SpecStream data](https://specstream.ai/data)specstream.ai/data, read Nov 9, 2026
6.  [SpecStream signals](https://specstream.ai/signals)specstream.ai/signals, read Nov 9, 2026
7.  [PitchBook pricing (pitchbook.com/pricing, copy of Oct 23, 2026)](https://web.archive.org/web/20261023140218/https://pitchbook.com/pricing)web.archive.org/web/20261023140218/https://pitchbook.com/pricing, read Nov 9, 2026
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11.  [Multiples, PitchBook alternatives](https://multiples.vc/compare/pitchbook-alternatives/md)multiples.vc/compare/pitchbook-alternatives/md, read Nov 9, 2026
12.  [Grata pricing](https://grata.com/pricing)grata.com/pricing, read Nov 9, 2026
13.  [Dealroom pricing](https://www.dealroom.co/pricing)dealroom.co/pricing, read Nov 9, 2026
14.  [Harmonic pricing](https://harmonic.ai/pricing)harmonic.ai/pricing, read Nov 9, 2026