# CB Insights: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 15 judge labels across 2 categories by 9 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/cb-insights

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Market intelligence platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/market-intelligence/index.md) | 2% | 13 | 15% | 13 |
| [Competitive intelligence tools](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/competitive-intelligence/index.md) | 0% | 42 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "CB Insights is the strongest fit for strategy teams mapping private companies, screening vendors, and comparing businesses" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Market intelligence)
- "Prioritize AlphaSense, PitchBook, or CB Insights for deep financial and private market visibility." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Market intelligence)
- "Choose PitchBook or CB Insights for startups, funding, private companies, and technology markets." (Perplexity Sonar, Market intelligence)
- "Predictive analytics on emerging technology and private company data" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Market intelligence)

## And against it

- "Avoid Enterprise Platforms: Tools like AlphaSense, CB Insights, Crayon, or ZoomInfo" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Market intelligence)
- "world-class products, but they can be a trap for teams with limited budgets or small intelligence teams" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Market intelligence)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named CB Insights, from 37 of the 48 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- alpha-sense.com: 16
- g2.com: 16
- toolradar.com: 13
- cbinsights.com: 10 (its own site)
- contify.com: 10
- prospeo.io: 10
- userintuition.ai: 10
- gartner.com: 8
- marketintelligencetools.com: 8
- smarte.pro: 8

### Pages cited

- https://smarte.pro/blog/market-intelligence-tools: 8
- https://toolradar.com/guides/best-market-intelligence-tools: 8
- https://marketintelligencetools.com/reports/competitive-intelligence-pricing: 7
- https://alpha-sense.com/resources/product-articles/market-intelligence-tools: 6
- https://forrester.com/report/the-forrester-wave-tm-market-and-competitive-intelligence-platforms-q4-2024/RES181756: 6
- https://forrester.com/report/the-market-and-competitive-intelligence-platforms-landscape-q3-2024/RES181282: 6
- https://g2.com/categories/market-intelligence/enterprise: 6
- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/competitive-and-market-intelligence-tools: 6

## What it publishes

Every page cbinsights.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 88112 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 38 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-24
- case study: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 38 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-14
- conference or event: 56 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-03-17
- report or ebook: 211 pages, 35 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-10-02
- comparison: 87605 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-17
- glossary or explainer: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2021-11-10
- Recent: 2026-10-02 report or ebook: Ceo interview andromeda surgical https://www.cbinsights.com/research/ceo-interview-andromeda-surgical/
- Recent: 2026-10-02 report or ebook: Executive interview quantum xchange https://www.cbinsights.com/research/executive-interview-quantum-xchange/
- Recent: 2026-10-02 report or ebook: Executive interview remote sense https://www.cbinsights.com/research/executive-interview-remote-sense/
- Recent: 2026-10-01 report or ebook: Newsletter october 1 2026 https://www.cbinsights.com/research/newsletter-october-1-2026/
- Recent: 2026-10-01 report or ebook: Coding agent investor overlap https://www.cbinsights.com/research/coding-agent-investor-overlap/
- Recent: 2026-10-01 report or ebook: Executive interview ideaforge https://www.cbinsights.com/research/executive-interview-ideaforge/

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.