CB Insights adds Screeners, Acquisitions, Newsletters, and AI coverage that Visible Alpha skips.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Tool Comparison
CB Insights vs Visible Alpha comparison
Compare pricing, supported platforms, categories, and standout capabilities to decide which tool fits your workflow.
Quick takeaways
Visible Alpha includes Financials, Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Recommendations, Stock Comparison, APIs & SDKs, Blogs, and Playbooks & Case Studies categories that CB Insights omits.
CB Insights ships a mobile app. Visible Alpha is web/desktop only.
In depth comparison
CB Insights
cbinsights.com
An enterprise-grade market intelligence platform covering both private and public companies. CB Insights combines company profiles, deal tracking, and predictive scoring with AI-powered search and visual analytics. APIs and enterprise integrations (Salesforce, Excel, Snowflake, Microsoft 365 Copilot) are available on paid plans. A 10-day free trial is offered for new users.
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Quick highlights
- Global company intelligence platform covering private and public companies, investors, deals, and M&A activity.
- APIs and enterprise data feeds providing structured access to company, funding, and investor datasets.
- Microsoft Excel add-in to pull in CB Insights company data, Mosaic Scores, and taxonomies directly into spreadsheets.
- Salesforce integration to embed company and investor insights into CRM workflows.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot Graph Connector to surface CB Insights data directly inside Copilot experiences.
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Visible Alpha
visiblealpha.com
Granular, line‑item consensus from full sell‑side models (7,000+ companies; 250+ contributing brokers) with VA Actuals historicals, Excel add‑in, and enterprise delivery via API/Data Feed/Snowflake. Now part of S&P Global Market Intelligence and available as an add‑on within S&P Capital IQ Pro. Includes modules like Target Price & Ratings and a Line Item Monitor for alerts and revision analysis.
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Quick highlights
- Deep, line‑item consensus built from full working sell‑side models; 7,000+ companies, 250+ contributing brokers, 1M+ consensus line items; 170+ industries covered.
- VA Actuals: stitched historical fundamentals not always disclosed in filings, integrated with forward estimates for seamless time series.
- Excel Add‑in with real‑time updating of figures, pre‑built templates, and one‑click tear‑sheets/export from the web app.
- Target Price & Ratings: consensus rating distributions, target prices and valuation context with an ‘Open Entitlements’ contributor‑visibility framework.
- Company & Line Item Monitor: alerting on threshold changes, dispersion, trend and revision analysis at the metric level.
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Where they differ
CB Insights
Distinct strengths include:
- Global company intelligence platform covering private and public companies, investors, deals, and M&A activity.
- APIs and enterprise data feeds providing structured access to company, funding, and investor datasets.
- Microsoft Excel add-in to pull in CB Insights company data, Mosaic Scores, and taxonomies directly into spreadsheets.
- Salesforce integration to embed company and investor insights into CRM workflows.
Visible Alpha
Distinct strengths include:
FinancialsAnalyst ForecastsAnalyst Price TargetsAnalyst RecommendationsStock ComparisonAPIs & SDKsBlogsPlaybooks & Case Studies
- Deep, line‑item consensus built from full working sell‑side models; 7,000+ companies, 250+ contributing brokers, 1M+ consensus line items; 170+ industries covered.
- VA Actuals: stitched historical fundamentals not always disclosed in filings, integrated with forward estimates for seamless time series.
- Excel Add‑in with real‑time updating of figures, pre‑built templates, and one‑click tear‑sheets/export from the web app.
- Target Price & Ratings: consensus rating distributions, target prices and valuation context with an ‘Open Entitlements’ contributor‑visibility framework.
Feature-by-feature breakdown
| Attribute | CB Insights | Visible Alpha |
|---|---|---|
Categories Which research workflows each platform targets | Shared: Data APIs, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Data Visualizations Unique: Screeners, Acquisitions, Newsletters, AI | Shared: Data APIs, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Data Visualizations Unique: Financials, Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Recommendations, Stock Comparison, APIs & SDKs, Blogs, Playbooks & Case Studies |
Asset types Supported asset classes and universes | Stocks, Other | Stocks |
Experience levels Who each product is built for | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | Intermediate, Advanced |
Platforms Where you can access the product | Web, Mobile, API | Web, Desktop, API |
Pricing High-level pricing models | Subscription | Subscription |
Key features Core capabilities called out by each vendor | Unique
| Unique
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Tested Verified by hands-on testing inside Find My Moat | Not yet | Not yet |
Editor pick Featured inside curated shortlists | Standard listing | Standard listing |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which workflows do CB Insights and Visible Alpha both support?
Both platforms cover Data APIs, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, and Data Visualizations workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.
Do CB Insights and Visible Alpha require subscriptions?
Neither platform maintains a free tier. Budget for a subscription to unlock the research coverage highlighted in this comparison.
Which tool has mobile access?
CB Insights ships a dedicated mobile experience, while Visible Alpha focuses on web or desktop access.
What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?
CB Insights differentiates itself with Global company intelligence platform covering private and public companies, investors, deals, and M&A activity., APIs and enterprise data feeds providing structured access to company, funding, and investor datasets., and Microsoft Excel add-in to pull in CB Insights company data, Mosaic Scores, and taxonomies directly into spreadsheets., whereas Visible Alpha stands out for Deep, line‑item consensus built from full working sell‑side models; 7,000+ companies, 250+ contributing brokers, 1M+ consensus line items; 170+ industries covered., VA Actuals: stitched historical fundamentals not always disclosed in filings, integrated with forward estimates for seamless time series., and Excel Add‑in with real‑time updating of figures, pre‑built templates, and one‑click tear‑sheets/export from the web app..
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