# PitchBook: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 12 judge labels across 2 categories by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/pitchbook

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Market intelligence platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/market-intelligence/index.md) | 0% | 30 | 22% | 9 |
| [Competitive intelligence tools](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/competitive-intelligence/index.md) | 0% | 36 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose PitchBook or CB Insights for startups, funding, private companies, and technology markets." (Perplexity Sonar, Market intelligence)
- "Specialists in private market data, venture capital, technology trends, and M&A activity." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Market intelligence)
- "Private-market deal flow, funds, and investor research: consider PitchBook" (GPT-6 Luna, Market intelligence)
- "PitchBook is more purpose-built for private capital markets." (GPT-6 Luna, Market intelligence)

## And against it

- "world-class products, but they can be a trap for teams with limited budgets or small intelligence teams" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Market intelligence)
- "More expensive than Crunchbase, but offers deeper financial data" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Market intelligence)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 PitchBook, from 21 of the 34 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- alpha-sense.com: 12
- gartner.com: 7
- quid.com: 7
- guideflow.com: 6
- humblytics.com: 6
- smarte.pro: 6
- toolradar.com: 6
- contify.com: 5
- pitchbook.com: 5 (its own site)
- cbinsights.com: 4

### Pages cited

- https://quid.com/knowledge-hub/resource-library/blog/best-market-intelligence-tools: 7
- https://humblytics.com/blog/top-marketing-intelligence-platforms-for-data-driven-success: 6
- https://smarte.pro/blog/market-intelligence-tools: 6
- https://contify.com/resources/blog/best-market-intelligence-tools: 5
- https://guideflow.com/blog/market-intelligence-software: 5
- https://toolradar.com/guides/best-market-intelligence-tools: 5
- https://alpha-sense.com/resources/product-articles/market-intelligence-tools: 4
- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/competitive-and-market-intelligence-tools: 4

## In its own words

What PitchBook's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: private capital market news, analysis, and trends (https://pitchbook.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Request a free trial (https://pitchbook.com/)

## What it publishes

Every page pitchbook.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 27 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:


## 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.