ZoomInfo or SourceScrub

by a professional from Marquette University

1 year ago

The holding company I represent chases a slightly largely deal I imagine than most searchers ($4MM to $10MM EBITDA) but we all have the same desire to find proprietary or direct investment opportunities. Beyond relying on the referral network we would like to scale our marketing activities to find relevant founder run businesses considering an exit. We need tech. We are down to ZoomInfo and SourceScrub. Cost is not an issue. Both are comparable. SS claims to generate bigger lists of hard to find companies; ZI claims to find better contact information as well as do a better job managing an engagement and marketing campaign and provide unique seller insights based on digital behavior. SS does some of this too but it strikes me as a more manual process with less insights. What do you guys think? ZI or SS?

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searcher from Cornell University

Sourcescrub is expensive. So is grata. Inven is a newer company with I think almost as good of an offering, if not better, at a reasonable price.

2 months ago | like reply | 1 like

searcher from Temple University - The Fox School of Business

My experience with zoominfo has been great, especially when you know the persons name. In many instance I found they had a different name or organization and was able to verify it via a linkedin.

4 months ago | like reply | 0 likes

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