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Honest comparisons of the tools and services acquirers buy to source deals, with published prices and a review date.
Outsourced Deal Sourcing: What a Sourcing Concierge Model Is Actually Selling
A sourcing concierge can sell hours, introductions, a list or an outcome, and the retainer price does not tell you which. How a PE BD lead reads an outsourced sourcing engagement: the unit of payment, the meaning of qualified, whose name is on the outreach, and what it leaves out.
Oct 1, 2026 · 7 min read
ComparisonsGrata Alternatives for a Lower Middle Market Mandate: When Grata Is the Right Tool, and When It Isn't
When a Grata seat earns its renewal on a sub-$10M EBITDA mandate and when it doesn't: what the product is after the Sourcescrub merger, what Grata publishes about pricing, and the alternatives by category for a PE BD lead deciding whether to keep, add or replace it.
Sep 29, 2026 · 7 min read
ComparisonsDeal Sourcing Software for Private Equity: What to Evaluate Before You Buy a Seat
Eight questions to ask on a deal sourcing software demo, and the answer to each that should worry a PE BD lead: coverage of never-transacted companies, where the financials come from, contact accuracy on owner-operated businesses, what happens after export, seats versus team access, and who makes the call.
Sep 24, 2026 · 8 min read
ComparisonsWhat Deal Sourcing Actually Costs: Platform, Buy-Side Broker and Retained Search Compared
Published price anchors for every model a lower middle market acquirer can buy, from $299 a month to a retained engagement — and the more useful question underneath the price, which is what each one leaves you still having to do.
Sep 20, 2026 · 4 min read
ComparisonsData Tools vs Sourcing Services: What a Grata or PitchBook Seat Gives You, and What It Doesn't
Both are excellent at what they were built for, and neither was built to call an owner. A sourced, dated account of what each product publishes about itself — and where the line between information and capacity actually falls.
Sep 20, 2026 · 6 min read
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