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CB Insights
498 Seventh Avenue, 12th floor, New York, NY 10018, United States
What it is
CB Insights provides market intelligence, analytics, and data science predictions for businesses studying technology markets, competitors, and strategic choices. It tracks and compares more than 12 million companies across more than 1,600 technology markets, with data types including funding, acquisitions, hiring, financials, business relationships, patents, news, and customer sentiment. Strategy Terminal uses predictive data science and AI agents to surface signals about private companies, markets, and competitors. Browser Analyst examines webpages and can generate scouting reports and SWOT analyses with company, executive, funding, customer, partner, and competitor information. Access includes a web terminal, browser extension, iOS and Android apps, APIs, and data feeds. Integrations include Microsoft Copilot and Salesforce, and data is distributed through Snowflake Marketplace. APIs and feeds provide company and market profiles, research reports, and ChatCBI responses for other applications and data systems. CB Insights states its infrastructure is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant, with encryption, audit trails, access controls, SSO, and MFA. Pricing is available on request, and a 10-day trial is listed; there is no free plan.
For and against
For
- Tracks more than 12 million companies.
- Covers more than 1,600 technology markets.
- Browser Analyst creates scouting reports and SWOT analyses.
- Offers iOS and Android mobile apps.
- A 10-day trial is listed.
Against
- Pricing is available on request.
- There is no free plan.
- The listed User License is billed $5,000 annually.
- The listed Team Access is billed $20,400 annually.
The verdict
CB Insights combines company and market coverage with predictive tools, reports, integrations, and data feeds. The listed annual billing and request-based options make pricing worth clarifying before choosing a plan.
Who it suits
CB Insights primarily serves corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, corporate venture capital, and corporate innovation teams. It may suit users who need company and market intelligence across web, mobile, and data integrations.
Plans and prices
User License
Full platform access · AI-powered insights · 12M companies · 1B data points
Read 1 Oct 2026 · cbinsights.com
Team Access
Full platform access · AI-powered insights · 12M companies · 1B data points
Read 1 Oct 2026 · cbinsights.com
Browser Analyst
Unlimited scouting reports · Company profile data · Executive contact information · Webpage and document analysis
Read 1 Oct 2026 · cbinsights.com
Feeds / Data Solutions
Company and market datasets · ChatCBI responses · APIs · Snowflake Marketplace
Read 1 Oct 2026 · cbinsights.com
Strategy Terminal
12M companies · 1,600+ markets · AI agents · Research
Read 1 Oct 2026 · cbinsights.com
On the record
- AI data policy
- CB Insights states that customer data is not used to train the AI models it uses.cbinsights.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- API and feeds
- Its APIs and data feeds provide company profiles, technology market profiles, research reports, and ChatCBI responses for use in applications, CRMs, data lakes, and models.cbinsights.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Browser Analyst
- Browser Analyst analyzes webpages, generates scouting reports and SWOT analyses, and provides company, executive, funding, customer, partner, and competitor information.cbinsights.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Company coverage
- The platform tracks and compares more than 12 million companies.cbinsights.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- CB Insights offers turnkey integrations with Microsoft Copilot and Salesforce, and distributes data through Snowflake Marketplace.cbinsights.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Market coverage
- CB Insights provides intelligence across more than 1,600 technology markets.cbinsights.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Mobile apps
- CB Insights offers a mobile app for iOS and Android with company search, scouting reports, ChatCBI, personalized feeds, and research access.cbinsights.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Predictive intelligence
- Strategy Terminal uses predictive data science and AI agents to surface signals about private companies, markets, and competitors.cbinsights.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Product purpose
- CB Insights provides market intelligence, analytics, and data science predictions to help businesses understand technology markets, competitor strategies, and make decisions.cbinsights.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Security certifications
- CB Insights states that its infrastructure is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant.cbinsights.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- The service encrypts data at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS 1.2, maintains audit trails, and supports role-based access control, SSO, and MFA.cbinsights.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Support services
- Strategy Terminal includes a dedicated forward-deployed strategist, onboarding and migration assistance, and chat support.cbinsights.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Target users
- CB Insights primarily serves corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, corporate venture capital, and corporate innovation teams.cbinsights.com · read 1 Oct 2026
