PitchBook and Crunchbase API Pricing 2026: Costs, MCP and Alternatives

$319/moAPI access, billed yearlyPrivate Equity List Pro Max

$31,750typical PitchBook contract a yearplatform only; API priced separately

200/minCrunchbase Enterprise API limitper key, 3 calls at once

8,100+investors behind one keyPrivate Equity List, October 2026

Private Equity List Pro Max, API included	$3,828
PitchBook platform, typical contract (API extra)	$31,750
Preqin platform, typical contract (API extra)	$49,334

Source: Private Equity List pricing page; Vendr via FundedIQ (PitchBook); Vendr (Preqin)

PitchBook API pricing: Direct Data is quoted on top of the platform

What it is: PitchBook sells its data outside the platform as Direct Data, delivered through an API or a scheduled data feed (Morningstar investor Q&A, August 2026).
How it is priced: separately from the platform licence, by data volume, refresh frequency and technical specifications. A platform licence is not required, but many Direct Data clients hold one.
What the platform costs: PitchBook does not publish prices. Buyer data puts the typical contract at about $31,750 a year, with deals from $20,000 to $122,500 (Vendr via FundedIQ). Seat-level prices are in our guide to PitchBook pricing.
In AI assistants: PitchBook brought its data to Claude in October 2025 and to ChatGPT apps in December 2025, for entitled or licensed PitchBook users.

Crunchbase API pricing: Enterprise only, by quote

Access: the Crunchbase API is arranged through its sales team. Its documentation does not mention prices (Crunchbase API docs, updated October 2026).
Limits: each Enterprise key allows 200 requests a minute and 3 requests in progress at once. Your key covers only the fields and collections in your licence.
Free tier: comparison sites report that Crunchbase stopped issuing new free Basic API keys in 2025 (Multiples, DEV Community). Check with Crunchbase before you plan around it.
Platform plans: Pro costs $49 a month billed yearly or $99 monthly, and Business starts at about $199 a month (ZoomInfo). These plans are for the website, not the full API.

Preqin, Dealroom and Tracxn APIs

Preqin: its Feeds API delivers core datasets as CSV files at an additional cost, priced by the scope of data and the number of users (Preqin Feeds API). The platform itself runs at a median of $49,334 a year (Vendr).
Dealroom: the API is an add-on priced by call volume, and MCP access comes with Premium Plus, listed at €325 a seat a month (Dealroom pricing).
Tracxn: sells its Premium plan and data packs through sales and does not publish prices; the free Lite tier is for personal use (Round Funded).

API and MCP compared: what each provider offers

Provider	Data	API	AI assistant (MCP)	Price	Contract
Private Equity List	~8,100 investors, ~6,900 funds, team contacts	REST: investor search, investor profile, fund search; 2,000 requests a day per key	Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Perplexity, VS Code	API $319/mo yearly ($399 monthly); MCP from $99/mo yearly	Monthly or yearly, self-serve
PitchBook	VC, PE and M&A deals, funds, LPs, companies	Direct Data: API or scheduled feed	Claude and ChatGPT for licensed users	Not published; priced by volume, refresh and specs	Annual, through sales
Crunchbase	Companies, funding rounds, investors	Enterprise REST API, 200 requests a minute	Not stated in its API docs	Not published (quote)	Through sales
Preqin	Funds, LPs, fund managers, performance	Feeds API (CSV), OAuth 2.0	Not stated	Not published; extra to the platform	Through sales
Dealroom	Startups, investors, rounds	Add-on by call volume	Premium Plus	Platform from €250/seat/mo; API not published	Annual, upfront
Tracxn	Startups, investors, sectors	Data packs through sales	Not stated	Not published	Through sales

What an MCP server changes for AI agents

API: your code calls fixed endpoints with filters and gets JSON back. It suits pipelines, CRMs and dashboards that run on a schedule.
MCP server: an AI assistant calls the data for you. You ask in plain English, for example «Series A fintech VCs in Europe that write $1–5M cheques», and the assistant picks the filters and returns a table.
Why it matters for investor data: analysts can build a shortlist inside Claude or ChatGPT without exporting files, and an agent can check fresh funds before drafting outreach.
What to check: which clients the server supports, how many records a month your plan returns, and whether contacts come back or only firm names.

How to choose an investor data API

You already pay for PitchBook or Preqin: ask your account manager for the Direct Data or Feeds API quote, and for the AI connector your licence includes.
You need company and round data for a product: Crunchbase Enterprise is built for that; budget for a sales process and a negotiated licence.
You need investor lists and contacts in a workflow or an AI assistant: the Private Equity List API and MCP server is self-serve, with prices on the pricing page.
You are comparing the platforms themselves: see the investor database comparison, and PitchBook alternatives and Crunchbase alternatives.

Data and methodology

Private Equity List: prices from privateequitylist.com/pricing, API endpoints and limits from its API documentation, and database totals from the API itself, all as of 31 October 2026.
Other providers: prices and API terms come from each vendor's own pages where they publish them, otherwise from buyer data (Vendr) or third-party reviews, each linked in the text with its date. Where no source gives a price, the table says «not published».
Estimates we left out: comparison sites quote figures such as «$70,000+ a year» for PitchBook API packages without naming a source; they are not used here.