Key takeaways
- The short answer: Crunchbase Pro costs $49 a month billed yearly in the first year ($588), then $79 a month ($948 a year), or $99 billed monthly. Business starts at $199 a month billed yearly. API and data licences are priced by quote.
- What buyers pay: the median Crunchbase contract in Vendr's data is $20,000 a year, from $4,440 to $51,377.
- Public prices: the US Air Force pays $24,917 a year for 37 Crunchbase licences, about $56 a user a month. Its bill rose about 5% a year since 2023.
- Free options: a free account gives profiles, search and Crunchbase MCP with usage limits. Pro has a 7-day free trial, and exports start only once you pay.
- Price history: Starter at $29 a month was dropped in 2024, and Pro billed yearly went from $49 to $79 a month in 2025. The $49 rate is now a first-year discount.
- For investor lists: Private Equity List Pro costs $99 a month on a yearly plan, with 8,124 investor profiles, investment-team contacts and 851 funds launched in 2026, as of November 2026.
Crunchbase pricing in 2026: every plan and what it costs
Pro, yearly: $49 a month billed yearly in the first year, shown against a struck-through $79 ("Save 38% on annual first year"), on the Crunchbase pricing page as of November 2026.
Pro, monthly: $99 a month, cancel any time. Over 12 months that is $1,188, twice the first-year yearly price.
Business: starts at $199 a month billed yearly, at least $2,388 a year, for two seats or more. You buy it through sales.
Custom Data Solutions: API, enterprise MCP and data delivered to Snowflake or Databricks. Prices are custom and quoted by sales.
Free: a free account with profiles, search results, AI research and Crunchbase MCP, all with usage limits.
| Plan | Price | Cost a year | Seats | How you buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Free account | $0 | $0 | 1 | Sign up |
| Pro, billed yearly (first year) | $49 a month | $588 | 1 | Online, 7-day free trial |
| Pro, billed yearly (list) | $79 a month | $948 | 1 | Online |
| Pro, billed monthly | $99 a month | $1,188 | 1 | Online, 7-day free trial |
| Business | From $199 a month, billed yearly | From $2,388 | 2+ | Sales |
| Custom Data Solutions | Custom | Quote; Vendr sees enterprise deals from $50,000 | Organisation | Sales |
Source: crunchbase.com/buy/select-product, checked 9 November 2026. The enterprise figure is from Vendr, not Crunchbase.
Which Pro to pick: yearly saves $600 in the first year against monthly and $240 a year after that.
When monthly wins: a founder who needs Crunchbase for one raise of two to three months pays $198–$297 on the monthly plan, against $588 upfront for the year.
What each Crunchbase plan includes
| Feature | Pro | Business | Custom Data Solutions |
|---|---|---|---|
| User model | Individual, 1 seat | Team, 2+ seats | Organisation or application |
| Data exports | 2,000 rows a month | 5,000 rows a month | Bulk delivery |
| Search results | Up to 1,000 per search | Up to 1,000 per search | Through a custom application |
| Lists and saved searches | Up to 100 each | Unlimited | Build with licensed data |
| Crunchbase MCP (ChatGPT, Claude) | Base usage | Higher usage | Configured allowance, API access |
| Signals data | Current | Current | Current and historical |
| CRM integrations | No | Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier, Outreach | Custom integrations |
| Single sign-on and team admin | No | On qualifying contracts | By agreement |
| Cloud data delivery | No | No | Snowflake or Databricks |
Both paid plans: full private company profiles, market and valuation insights, funding, acquisition and IPO forecasts, AI Search and the Chrome extension.
Exports: Pro allows 2,000 rows a month and Business 5,000. Bulk exports need a data licence.
Coverage: Crunchbase says it tracks 4M+ private companies and processes 30M+ verified data updates a year (Crunchbase Pro).
Forecasts: Crunchbase says its models called 84% of funding rounds and 73% of acquisitions correctly (Crunchbase Business).
How Crunchbase pricing changed: 2024 to 2026
| When | Change |
|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | Starter plan ($29 per user a month, billed yearly) discontinued; API and bulk CSV offered as a Pro add-on |
| Q4 2024 | Business price shown: from $199 a month billed yearly; API split into its own product; Pro exports cut |
| Q2 2025 | Pro billed yearly raised from $49 to $79 a month (+61%) |
| November 2026 | Pro billed yearly at $49 a month for the first year, $79 list; MCP included in Pro and Business |
Source: PricingSaaS price history for 2024–2025 and the live Crunchbase pricing page for 2026.
What it means: the old $49 price survives only as a first-year offer. Budget $948 a year from the second year on a yearly plan.
Old guides: pages that still list Starter at $29 a month, such as some review sites, describe a plan you can no longer buy.
What companies actually pay for Crunchbase
Typical contract: the median buyer in Vendr's data pays $20,000 a year, based on 71 purchases. Contracts run from $4,440 to $51,377.
Discounts: Vendr buyers saved 21% on average. It sees 15–30% off list on Pro deals and 20–35% off first quotes on enterprise deals.
Enterprise: Vendr says API and data licence contracts typically start at $50,000 a year.
Renewals: Vendr says Crunchbase contracts often carry yearly rises of 5–10%.
What US government agencies pay Crunchbase
Public prices: federal contracts show the buyer, the seat count and the exact sum. We pulled every award to Crunchbase, Inc. from USAspending.gov on 9 November 2026.
| $21,576 | $22,762 | $23,815 | +4.6% on 2025$24,917 |
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|
Source: USAspending.gov, contract FA701423P0005, checked 9 November 2026
| Agency | What it buys | Paid a year | Per user a month | Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Commerce, Office of the Secretary | Crunchbase software licence | $27,000 (2024), $28,250 (2025), $29,750 (2026) | Seats not stated | 1331L524P13500013 |
| Department of Commerce, Office of the Secretary | 18 users of Crunchbase Pro | $21,492 (from December 2021), $32,000 (2023) | $99.50 (2021–22) | 1331L522P13500002 |
Seat price: the Air Force paid $583 per licence a year in 2023, the same as Pro billed yearly at $49 a month. By 2026 it pays $673, about $56 a month.
Yearly rises: the Air Force bill rose 5.5%, 4.6% and 4.6% a year. The Commerce licence rose 4.6% and then 5.3%.
Monthly rate in 2021: 18 Commerce users cost $1,194 each, the price of Pro billed monthly at $99.50.
Competition: the two current contracts were competed under simplified acquisition rules. The 2022 Commerce deal named Crunchbase as the only source.
Crunchbase free plan and free trial
| Option | What you get | Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Free account | Company profiles, search results, AI-powered research, Crunchbase MCP | Usage limits; no exports |
| Pro free trial | Everything in Pro for 7 days, monthly or yearly billing | Card required; exports start when the paid plan begins |
| Business and Custom | Evaluation through sales | No self-serve trial |
Free account: Crunchbase lists profiles, search, AI research and MCP on the free plan, with usage limits (Crunchbase pricing FAQ).
Free trial: you pick monthly or yearly billing at the start. If you do not cancel within 7 days, that plan begins and your card is charged.
Cancelling: go to Account Settings, then Subscriptions & Billing. A trial cancelled early keeps access to the end of the 7 days. Business plans are changed through your account team.
Free elsewhere: Private Equity List Basic is free, with one page of investor results and no contacts. More free options are in our guide to Crunchbase alternatives.
Crunchbase API and MCP pricing
API: full API access sits in Custom Data Solutions, priced by quote. Nothing on the pricing page gives an API price.
MCP: Crunchbase MCP is included in Pro and Business, so ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity can query Crunchbase with your login. Usage limits differ by plan.
Backend agents: an unattended agent or app without a user login needs a Custom Data Solution.
More detail: limits and the end of free API keys are covered in Crunchbase API pricing. Private Equity List has MCP on every paid plan and the API on Pro Max at $319 a month billed yearly.
Is Crunchbase Pro worth it?
| Job | Crunchbase plan | Cheaper or better fit |
|---|---|---|
| Researching companies and funding rounds | Pro | — |
| Sales prospecting into funded start-ups | Pro or Business | — |
| Founder building an investor list for a raise | Pro, monthly | Private Equity List Pro |
| Adviser looking for private equity buyers | Pro | Private Equity List |
| Fund benchmarking, LP research | Not built for it | Preqin, PitchBook |
| Feeding company data into a product | Custom Data Solutions | — |
Worth it: company research, deal sourcing and sales lists. Crunchbase's 4M+ companies and funding rounds are its core.
Less of a fit: fund returns and LP commitments, which Crunchbase does not cover. See Preqin pricing and PitchBook pricing.
For a raise: you need investors who back your stage and a person to email at each firm, a far shorter list than 4M companies.
Crunchbase vs PitchBook, Dealroom and other alternatives
| Crunchbase Pro, first year | |
|---|---|
| Crunchbase Pro, from year two | |
 Private Equity List Pro, yearly | |
| Crunchbase Business, entry | |
 PitchBook, 1 seat | |
| Crunchbase, median contract | |
| PitchBook, median contract | |
 Preqin, median contract |
Source: crunchbase.com, privateequitylist.com/pricing, Failory, FundedIQ, Vendr; checked 9 November 2026
| Platform | Starting price | Free option | Built for | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crunchbase | $49 a month (Pro, yearly, first year); $99 monthly | Free account, 7-day Pro trial | Companies and funding rounds | Custom Data Solutions |
| Private Equity List | $99 a month (Pro, yearly); $129 monthly | Basic plan | Investors, funds and investment-team contacts | Pro Max, $319 a month yearly |
 Dealroom.co | €250 per seat a month at 10 seats; 3-seat minimum | 3-day trial | Start-up and tech ecosystems | Add-on, priced by calls |
 Tracxn | Lite free; Premium on request | Lite | Start-ups by sector | Data packs |
| PitchBook | Not published; ~$12,000 a seat, ~$31,750 median contract | Trial on request | Private markets, deals, valuations | Direct data, by volume |
 CB Insights | Not published | — | Market and tech research | Enterprise |
| Preqin | Not published; median $49,334 a year | 5-day trial, free account | Funds, LPs, performance | Feeds API, extra cost |
Sources: Dealroom.co pricing, Round Funded on Tracxn, Failory and FundedIQ on PitchBook, Vendr on Preqin. A dash means the vendor does not publish it.
Cheapest paid seat: Crunchbase Pro in its first year. From year two Private Equity List Pro costs $240 a year more, with investor contacts included.
Every platform: features and prices side by side in our investor database comparison. Shortlists: Crunchbase alternatives and PitchBook alternatives.
Finding investors: Crunchbase vs Private Equity List
| What you need | Crunchbase Pro | Private Equity List Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price billed yearly | $49 a month in year one, then $79 | $99 a month |
| Price billed monthly | $99 | $129 |
| Main records | 4M+ private companies | 8,124 investor profiles: 6,410 venture capital and 3,543 private equity firms (types overlap) |
| Funds | Funding rounds and investors on company profiles | 6,932 funds, 851 launched in 2026 |
| Investment-team contacts | People and contacts data | Yes, on every paid plan |
| AI access | Crunchbase MCP, base usage | MCP, 2,500 investors returned a month on Pro |
| 46 | 46 | 78 | 96 | 125 | 99 | 83 | 82 | 91 | −7.7% on Sep84 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
|---|
Source: Private Equity List database
By stage: 5,584 investors in Private Equity List back seed rounds and 2,186 back pre-seed. Our guide to seed and pre-seed investors names the most active.
Fresh money: 851 funds launched in 2026 are in the new funds tracker, with 125 in May alone. A fund that just closed has capital to deploy.
By type: the venture capital and private equity directories filter firms by stage, sector, cheque size and country.
Five big funds closed since October 2026
Advent International raised nearly $27 billion for GPE XI, its 11th flagship buyout fund, above a $26 billion target. A new mid-market fund added more than $3 billion (DealStreetAsia).
TPG held the final close of TPG Rise Climate II at $10.4 billion with its Global South Initiative and affiliated vehicles. The money goes to decarbonisation (Pulse 2.0).
Blackstone closed Energy Transition Partners V at its $8.7 billion hard cap (Pulse 2.0).
Pantheon raised $6 billion for Global Secondaries Fund VIII, against a $3.5 billion target, with new LPs from Asia and the Middle East (DealStreetAsia).
Forbion closed €2.3 billion, about $2.6 billion, across Growth Opportunities Fund IV and Ventures Fund VIII. Biotech is the whole focus, from early rounds to growth (Fund Momentum).
How to pay less for Crunchbase
Take the yearly plan in year one: $588 instead of $1,188 on monthly billing. Set a reminder before renewal at $79 a month.
Go monthly for a short job: a two-month raise costs $198 on monthly billing, a third of the first yearly payment.
Use the trial with a plan: 7 days give full Pro search but no exports. Build your lists in the trial and export after day 7.
Time the deal: Vendr says Crunchbase works on calendar quarters, so sales has more room near 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December.
Bring a second quote: Vendr buyers who showed an alternative got 15–30% better prices. Multi-year deals added 10–20% off.
Cap renewals: ask for a cap on yearly rises. Vendr sees 5–10% clauses; the Air Force paid about 5% more each year.
Data and methodology
Crunchbase pricing: plans, prices, limits and trial terms from the Crunchbase pricing page and product pages, checked 9 November 2026. Price history from PricingSaaS.
Contract figures: Vendr's buyer data (71 purchases) and every federal award to Crunchbase, Inc. on USAspending.gov, pulled 9 November 2026. Per-user prices are our division of the yearly sum by the stated seat count.
Private Equity List figures: investor profiles, stages and funds in the Private Equity List database on 9 November 2026; types and stages overlap. The five funds come from our fund tracker and were checked against the linked announcements.
Other platforms: prices from the pages linked in the comparison, checked 31 October to 9 November 2026.
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