Head-to-Head
Sourcescrub logo
VS.
grata logo

Why Dealmakers Choose
Sourcescrub over Grata

Sourcescrub is the leading Deal Sourcing Platform for dealmakers who want to use data, purpose-built tools, and on-demand services to methodically find deals and win more often.

Sourcescrub logo

Sourcescrub is the market-leading Deal Sourcing Platform for investment and M&A teams who need the most complete, accurate and connected view of private markets.

Using a proprietary expert-in-the-loop AI process, Sourcescrub weaves more than 150,000 information sources and 15M companies into a web of insight so dealmakers see more possibilities and win more often.

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Grata is a software company built on ML/AI technology that uses company websites as the main source of truth. It validates data through a fully automated machine learning system with no human supervision.

Grata’s proprietary artificial intelligence gathers information directly from company websites in their own words. Grata provides company profiles with a minimum of company name and website URL.

Sourcescrub Differences

Sources-First Data

AI-Driven Platform

On-Demand Data Operations

Why did you choose Sourcescrub over Grata?

Based on UserEvidence survey of people who evaluated both solutions, conducted May 2022
88%
Accurately classified bootstrapped/founder-owned companies
68%
Highly tunable search relevancy
60%
Volume and variety of Sources (lists such as conferences, industry lists, top lists, buyer’s guides)
52%
Human-assured data accuracy and consistency
40%
Minimum of 7 profile data points on every company
40%
Trended data history refreshed every 30 days

What does Sourcescrub allow you to do more effectively than before?

Based on UserEvidence survey of people who evaluated both solutions, conducted May 2022
80%
Filter for targets that meet specific criteria with industry classification, search, and filtering
80%
Find comprehensive universe of founder-owned targets
68%
Contact decision makers and build relationships
36%
Become intimate with markets using conference intelligence to accelerate learning
32%
Easily create detailed market maps to identify relevant add-on targets
28%
Prioritize targets with company scoring and other attribute data

Head-to-Head Feature Comparison

We chose Sourcescrub over Grata because of:
1. The accuracy of Sourcescrub's results compared to Grata's
2. The breadth and depth of conference lists associated to targets which Grata lacks
3. Higher percentage of accurate, executive contact information which Grata also lacks

Joe Stevens
Vice President of Business Development at BW Forsyth Partners, LLC.

Customer Who Chose Sourcescrub After Evaluating Other Solutions:

Feature
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Description
Private company deal sourcing platform
Search engine for private companies
Bootstrapped company data quality
4.75
2.25
Quality control
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Expert-in-the-loop machine learning
2/5
AI/ML only
Bootstrapped Company Data History
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Starting from 2016, focus is on bootstrapped companies
3/5
Starting from 2020, focus is on private companies
Minimum Profile Requirements
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Profile+ standard requires minimum 7 profile and signal categories
1/5
2 required data points
Rate of Refresh
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Companies are refreshed as often as every 30 days
3/5
Has a cadence of refeshing companies with AI/ML scraping
Target and prioritize
5.00
3.20
Uncover and classify bootsrapped companies
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Over 15M companies, focus is on investable bootstrapped companies
3/5
10M companies, focus is on private companies, but several companies are non-classified or mis-classified
Industry Categorization
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Dynamic and proprietary industry categorization
3/5
Industries based on NAICS codes
Search Expansion Based on Company's Digital Footprint
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Over 150K source lists, similar companies, saved search, news alerts, on-demand research
3/5
1,000+ lists, on-demand research, similar companies
Custom Scoring
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Custom lead scoring
3/5
Relevance score
On-Demand Research
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
On-demand data requests and 24-hour list processing
4/5
Research included
Build relationships
5.00
1.67
Pre-Built Lists (Sources, Conferences, Top Lists)
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
150,000+ pre-built lists that are refreshed when needed
2/5
1,000+ lists
Leadership Contacts
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Contact information for key-decision makers is a mandatory datapoint for Profile+ companies
3/5
Contacts included
Company News
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
News from top-notch
sources includes topic categorization, sentiment data, and source notoriety
0/5
Grata says news is noise
First in line to win
5.00
3.00
Portfolio Tracking
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Saved search and alerting, pre-made lists of porfolio companies, company tagging and alerting
3/5
Alerts for companies, limited to weekly updates
Market Maps
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Similar companies, industry categorization, over 150,000+ pre-built lists, tag companies for personal list creation
3/5
Some lists, similar companies
Manage workflow
5.00
3.40
Alerts and Notifications
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Saved search and alerting, company tagging and real-time alerting for company updates
3/5
Alerts for companies, limited to weekly updates
CRM Integration
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Sophisticated two-way integration for Salesforce, Hubspot, Affinity, Dealcoud, Dynamic, Dynamo, SugarCRM
3/5
Two-way with Salesforce, Dealcloud, Hubspot
API
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Rest API available
5/5
Rest API available
Plugins
4/5
starstarstarstarstar
Web extension for all browsers
4/5
Chrome extension
Data Warehouse
5/5
starstarstarstarstar
Data feed for all data tables via FTP, Snowflake, Amazon Data Exchange, or hosted through Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure
2/5
Data feed for only 1 data table

*Based on ease and specificity of target tracking, market mapping, market intelligence, and contact information for decision makers.

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