PitchBook is the institutional standard for private-market research — and priced like it: roughly $12K–$20K per seat per year on annual contracts is commonly reported. If what you actually need is to know which companies just raised, which funds are raising, and who to contact — with the outreach drafted for you — Fundz does that job in real time for $79–149 a month, cancellable anytime, API included.
The honest framing isn't “which database is bigger” — it's which job you're hiring the tool for.
| Fundz | PitchBook | |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Real-time signal → who to call → drafted outreach | Institutional private-market research & valuations |
| Speed to live | Median 3.6 minutes from a Form D hitting EDGAR to live in Fundz (measured, n=900) | Research-grade database, built for analysis |
| Signals | Funding, fund formations, hiring surges, exec moves, M&A, SEC 8-K leadership changes, UCC liens, benefit-plan renewals, office expansion, WARN layoffs | Deals, valuations, LP & fund performance, comps |
| Fund formations | Dedicated SEC Form D feed — SEC fund formations, filterable, with API access included on Pro and Strategic | Fund data oriented to performance & LP research |
| Contacts | ICP-ranked verified contacts that learn from your feedback + mobile reveal | Professional contacts within profiled firms |
| Outreach | Built in — SmartSend writes from the signal, sends from your own inbox, stops on reply | Not an outreach tool |
| API | Included on Pro and Strategic | Add-on, enterprise pricing |
| Contract | Monthly, cancel anytime — or annual at $49/mo Pro, a rate that does not rise on renewal | Annual contracts |
| Price | Pro $79/mo · Strategic $149/mo | Not published; buyers commonly report roughly $12K–$20K per seat, sold annually |
If what you need from PitchBook is to know which companies just raised money, which funds are raising capital, and who to contact — yes. Fundz tracks funding rounds, SEC fund formations, executive moves, and M&A in real time, pairs each signal with verified contacts and drafted outreach, and costs $79–149/month on a monthly, cancel-anytime plan, versus the roughly $12K–$20K per seat per year commonly reported for PitchBook. If you need PitchBook's institutional research — valuations, LP commitments, fund performance benchmarks — that's genuinely its territory, and Fundz doesn't pretend to replace it.
PitchBook is an institutional research platform: deep deal history, valuations, LP and fund performance data, built for analysts who study the private markets. Fundz is an advisor engine built for people who act on what just happened: it surfaces a company raising, a fund filing to raise, an executive moving, or a buyer-trigger like a UCC lien lapse or benefit-plan renewal appears — scored against your ideal customer profile, with the verified person to call and the first email already drafted. Different jobs: research the market vs. reach the buyer while the moment is live.
PitchBook doesn't publish pricing; buyers commonly report roughly $12,000–$20,000 per seat per year, sold on annual contracts. Fundz Pro is $79/month and Strategic is $149/month, cancellable anytime on monthly — with the API included rather than sold as an enterprise add-on.
For sales teams, recruiters, agencies, lenders, and advisors who use PitchBook to find newly funded companies, raising funds, and the people to contact — Fundz covers that job in real time at a small fraction of the price. For LP due diligence, valuations, and fund performance benchmarking, PitchBook remains the institutional standard. Many teams keep one PitchBook seat for research and put Fundz in front of everyone who has to act on signals.
Pro $49/mo · Strategic $99/mo, per seat. Monthly plans, cancel anytime.