# D&B Hoovers: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 3 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/d-b-hoovers

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data enrichment](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/data-enrichment/index.md) | 0% | 71 | 100% | 1 |
| [Market intelligence platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/market-intelligence/index.md) | 0% | 136 | 100% | 1 |
| [Sales intelligence and contact data](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/sales/sales-intelligence-and-contact-data/index.md) | 0% | 26 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "better when you need company intelligence, account hierarchies, and enterprise-style firmographic data" (GPT-5.4 mini, Sales intel)

## And against it

- "runs one curated database, charges five-figure annual licenses, and is thin on verified contact data and automation." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Market intelligence)
- "outdated corporate linkage / market data on D&B Hoovers" (GPT-5.4 mini, Enrichment)

## By model

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

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named D&B Hoovers, from 12 of the 14 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 7
- prospeo.io: 4
- sourceforge.net: 4
- demandbase.com: 3
- gartner.com: 3
- 9312872.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net: 2
- alpha-sense.com: 2
- cognism.com: 2
- crustdata.com: 2
- dnb.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://9312872.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/9312872/The-Forrester-Wave-Market-And-Competitive-Intelligence-Platforms-Q4-2024%20(1).pdf: 2
- https://evaboot.com/blog/best-enterprise-crm-enrichment-solutions: 2
- https://forrester.com/report/the-forrester-wave-tm-market-and-competitive-intelligence-platforms-q4-2024/RES181756: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/market-intelligence/enterprise: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/sales-intelligence: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/sales-intelligence/enterprise: 2
- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/competitive-and-market-intelligence-tools: 2
- https://growthmarketreports.com/report/market-intelligence-platform-market: 2

## 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.