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What acquirers actually buy to source deals
Every figure on these pages carries the page it came from, the date we read it, and whether it is the vendor’s own claim or a third-party report. Where a provider publishes nothing, we say so rather than filling the gap with an estimate.
All pages last reviewed 2026-09-20
Deal sourcing companies: the honest landscape
Six categories, what each actually delivers, and the published price anchors. Not a ranking — and we say where we sit in it.
Read the comparisonPlatform vs buy-side broker vs retained search
Five ways to buy deal flow, compared by who makes the first contact, which channels are covered, and where the deliverable stops.
Read the comparisonGrata alternatives, compared honestly
Most people shopping for an alternative are short of outreach capacity, not data. What the genuine alternatives are, and what each costs.
Read the comparisonPitchBook for deal sourcing
What a seat does for a deal team, what its parent's filings say about pricing and smaller clients, and what you still have to do yourself.
Read the comparisonMandate consultation
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Twenty minutes with our team. We walk your buy criteria against live coverage across all three stages and show you what it turns up — including where it turns up nothing.
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