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Grata vs SourceScrub

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Grata and SourceScrub, attribute by attribute
AttributeGrataSourceScrub
What It IsSearchable database of 22M+ private companies with revenue/employee estimates, website-keyword search, and verified executive contacts, used to build off-market target lists, assemble comparable sets and market maps, and run outreach with CRM integrations. Owned by Datasite since June 2025, which is merging competitor Sourcescrub's data into the platform.A private-company database and deal-sourcing platform that indexes 17M+ companies from 290,000+ sources (conference rosters, industry lists, awards, associations) with contact data, list building, custom scoring, and CRM sync. Built for PE firms, investment banks, and corporate-development teams to find and track off-market targets.
CategoryOff-Market Data & OutreachOff-Market Data & Outreach
Pricing ModelCustom PricingCustom Pricing
What It CostsPricing not published. grata.com/pricing shows three demo-gated tiers with no dollar figures: Growth (aimed at family offices and independent sponsors), Scale (buy/sell-side advisors, mid-market PE, corp dev), and Alpha (investment banks and mega funds), plus API and data-warehouse add-ons; all sales-quoted subscription contracts via "Book a demo" / "Talk to a specialist", contract term length is not stated on the site. The only numbers on Grata's own site are on its referral page, whose worked examples use $20,000 and $30,000 contract values, a signal of typical deal size. No free trial or self-serve option.Pricing not published. The vendor's own pricing page (sourcescrub.com/sourcescrub-pricing) lists three quote-only tiers, Essentials (1 score/5 rules), Plus (1 score/15 rules, 250 tracked companies), Professional (1 score/unlimited rules, 1,000 tracked companies), each behind a "Request pricing" form, plus quote-based CRM integrations and a Data Connect API. No dollar amounts, billing period, seat counts, or free trial are disclosed anywhere on the vendor site.
Best ForFunded searchers, or self-funded searchers whose investors/sponsor cover a five-figure data budget, running proprietary outreach in a definable niche toward the upper end of the SMB range; lean self-funded buyers of sub-$2M Main Street businesses will find a DIY stack (Clay/Apollo/scraping) more proportionate.Funded search funds or well-capitalized searchers with a software/tech or conference-heavy niche thesis who can negotiate a seat (historically via search-fund group discounts). Not for self-funded searchers buying sub-$2M EBITDA Main Street businesses: their target universe is largely absent from the dataset, and enterprise quotes outrun their budget.
Where It FitsDefine & Test Your Thesis, Source & Screen DealsSource & Screen Deals
Our VerdictThe best off-market company data for thesis-driven sourcing if someone else is paying its ~$20k+ sales-quoted contracts. Most self-funded searchers under $5M get better ROI from a cheap DIY stack; Grata's estimates and contacts are weakest at exactly Main Street size.A PE-grade sourcing database now being absorbed into Grata after Datasite's August 2025 acquisition. Funded searchers with tech theses may still extract value via group discounts, but self-funded searchers buying sub-$2M EBITDA Main Street businesses should skip it: the price, the coverage, and now the product roadmap all point elsewhere.
Pros
  • Website-keyword and similar-company search finds niche off-market businesses (e.g., 'ISO 9001 precision machining') that NAICS-code tools miss: the core reason searchers pay for it
  • Contacts and list-building live in one tool: 10M+ verified executive emails, Chrome extension, and HubSpot/Salesforce/DealCloud integrations feed outreach directly
  • Strong review record: G2 4.8/5 across ~79 reviews, with search functionality and customer support the most-praised aspects
  • Sources-first model traces every company back to the conference list, award, or association where it appeared; it's strong for surfacing bootstrapped, founder-owned tech companies invisible in registry-based databases
  • Searchfunder users report notably low email bounce rates for software/tech contacts, since that population lives on LinkedIn and conference rosters
  • Native CRM integrations (Salesforce, DealCloud, HubSpot) are the single most-praised feature across G2 reviews
Cons
  • Quote-only annual contracts with zero published pricing; the vendor's own referral examples imply $20k–$30k deals, often a third or more of a self-funded searcher's entire search budget
  • Data accuracy is the top user complaint (18 mentions on G2; echoed on Searchfunder): revenue estimates and contact info need verification, so you still end up cross-checking in a spreadsheet
  • Coverage skews to US mid-market and digitally visible companies; the low-web-presence $500k–$5M Main Street businesses SBA buyers target are exactly where estimates and contacts are thinnest
  • Coverage gap sits exactly where self-funded searchers hunt: sub-$2M EBITDA companies that don't attend trade shows or appear on industry lists are often simply not in the dataset (Searchfunder, G2)
  • Quote-only enterprise pricing with no free tier or trial; the product is scoped and priced for PE firms and investment banks, not individual buyers
  • Data accuracy is the top recurring complaint: roughly a quarter of G2 reviewers cite stale or inaccurate company and contact data, with quality varying sharply by industry

Our take

Choose Grata for AI-driven discovery across private companies if you can stomach demo-gated pricing, and negotiate.

Choose SourceScrub when list quality from curated sources matters most, with the same enterprise-pricing caveat.

Looking wider than these two: alternatives to Grata, each with a line on when it is the better pick.