PitchBook is the institutional standard for private-market research — and priced like it: $20K–$70K+ a 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 |
| Alert speed | Instant — funding, exec moves & M&A the moment they’re public | Research-grade database; built for analysis, not the moment |
| 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 — ~13,800 funds filed in the last 12 months, filterable, with API access included in your plan | 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 with your plan | Add-on, enterprise pricing |
| Contract | Monthly, cancel anytime (annual discounted) | Annual contracts only |
| Price | Pro $79/mo · Strategic $149/mo | Commonly reported at $20K–$70K+/yr by seats & modules, with 20–30% increases at renewal |
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 $20K–$70K+ per year commonly reported for PitchBook's annual contracts. 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 alerts you the instant a company raises, a fund files to raise, an executive moves, 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 $20,000–$70,000+ per year depending on seats and modules, sold on annual contracts only, with 20–30% increases at renewal frequently reported. 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 $59/mo · Strategic $99/mo, per seat. Monthly plans, cancel anytime.