Market intelligence platforms · October 2026 Edition
Crayon vs Crunchbase
Four of fourteen models named Crayon first on the direct prompt; zero named Crunchbase. Crayon was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Crunchbase by eight and Crayon carries 42 labels and Crunchbase 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five categories this edition.
San Francisco, United States, founded 2007. Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share7%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate14%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels4217A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Crayon reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Klue was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Apollo.io vs Crayon · Apollo.io vs Crunchbase · ZoomInfo vs Crayon
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the market intelligence platforms page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
CrayonFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCrunchbase
Direct40
Paraphrase01
Comparative001 against Crunchbase
Budget-constrained014 against Crayon
Scale-constrained00
Negative102 against Crayon · 1 against Crunchbase
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Crayon and Crunchbase stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | |||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | ||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | ||||
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | ||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Crayon Crunchbase first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Crayon on the left and Crunchbase on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Crayon and Crunchbase stood in it.
Crayon first, Crunchbase an alternative
4 of 14 modelsCrunchbase was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniCrayon alternatives: Contify, Klue
DeepSeek V4 FlashCrayon alternatives: 6sense, AlphaSense, Klue, Kompyte, ZoomInfo
Qwen 3.7 FlashCrayon, Klue alternatives: Crunchbase, Gong, ZoomInfo
GPT-6 LunaCrayon alternatives: Klue, Kompyte
Neither was the first choice, one was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Klue alternatives: Crayon, Improvado, ZoomInfo
Gemini 3.5 FlashApollo.io, Klue alternatives: Cognism, Crayon, Demandbase, Kompyte, Semrush
Perplexity SonarZoomInfo alternatives: Apollo.io, Crayon, Klue
Grok 4.1 FastApollo.io alternatives: Crayon, HubSpot Intelligence/Marketing Hub, Klue
Mistral SmallApollo.io, Klue alternatives: AlphaSense, Crayon, HockeyStack
Llama 4 MaverickHG Insights alternatives: 6sense, AlphaSense, Bombora, Crayon, HubSpot Breeze Intelligence, Klue
Kimi K2Kompyte alternatives: Crayon, Klue, ZoomInfo
GLM 4.7 FlashXZoomInfo alternatives: AlphaSense, Crayon, Klue, Similarweb
Muse Glimmer 30BKlue alternatives: 6sense, Bombora, Crayon, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Semrush, ZoomInfo
Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.MiniMax M2.5HG Insights, HockeyStack alternatives: AlphaSense, Klue, ZoomInfo
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Crunchbase leads by two points.
Crunchbase2%#8 of 16Crayon0%#16 of 16Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Crayon leads at mid-market.
Crayon7%#4 of 12Crunchbase3%#5 of 12Enterprise
What the models said about Crayon
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Avoid enterprise-oriented platforms like Crayon, Klue, or AlphaSense if budget is the main constraint” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise platforms — Klue, Crayon, AlphaSense, and ZoomInfo” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Pick Crayon if you want the most balanced "mid-market CI platform" for day-to-day competitive tracking and sales enablement.” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Crunchbase
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“the depth is limited for real go-to-market work... Users note frustration with high costs, limited contact data and restrictive export policies.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“more accessible for basic funding/company lookups but lacks verified contact data and deep workflow integration” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Crunchbase Pro is ideal for mid-sized B2B companies” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“choose Crunchbase for company-level research” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
“Crunchbase offers excellent insight into private company funding rounds, leadership changes, and growth signals at a mid-market price point.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · alternative
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.