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Honest comparisons of the tools and services acquirers buy to source deals, with published prices and a review date.
What 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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