--- title: "Sourcescrub Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of Sourcescrub. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if Sourcescrub is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/investment-management/sourcescrub-profile/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- 1 million+ businesses helped. Get advice Get Free Advice [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Market Research Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/market-research/) / [Sourcescrub](https://www.softwareadvice.com/investment-management/sourcescrub-profile/) / Sourcescrub Reviews Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. [Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/investment-management/sourcescrub-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/investment-management/sourcescrub-profile/alternatives/) # Sourcescrub User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.8/5 - Total reviews: 20 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.6/5 - Customer support: 4.9/5 - Value for money: 4.2/5 - Functionality: 4.5/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 15 reviews (75%) - 4 stars: 5 reviews (25%) - 3 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - The SS platform is user friendly and chalk full of valuable data and information. - Browser integration enables user to very easily to see key info about a company when on their website - including overview, key personnel and contact information, investments, and which "source lists" the company was found. - The ease of use within the platform, and sheer number of sources available. ### Most mentioned cons - I find the search tool to be non-intuitive and tricky, I wish it was easier to look up companies without having to constantly refresh ## Sourcescrub customer reviews Showing reviews 1-20 of 20 (page 1). ### Best tool for identifying potential investment opportunities - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Sean K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Venture Capital & Private Equity - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered SourceScrub has allowed my firm to take a more efficient approach to identify and contact leading companies that appear to be attractive investment opportunities based on company data and information available on the platform. Successfully leveraged the platform to identify and establish contact with a company that we ultimately invested in ~6 months after initial point of contact. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The best platform available for company and executive contact research/identification with highly reliable and accurate data that integrates with leading CRM platforms. #### Cons Not the cheapest game in town, but worth the investment if using on a regular basis. --- ### Easy to use, efficient product - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Gabe S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Very positive, endless database of companies #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Better than any other tool out there for sourcing bootstrapped businesses #### Cons Can appear to have a clunky, dated UI/UX; sometimes data is off primarily given pulls from other sites #### Reasons for choosing Sourcescrub we used datafox but churned off of it to use sourcescrub --- ### Essential tool for increasing proprietary dealflow - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Samuel P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros SS aggregates and organizes key data points about prospective investments for us to comb through. The volume and quality of this information is high quality and hard to find using alternatives. #### Cons Some of the UI is a little outdated, however I contacted support about a couple changes I'd like to see implemented and they took the feedback and changed some things. Great to see they are in-touch with their users. --- ### Source Scrub: Easy to use, wealth of information - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Michelle K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Capital Markets - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. The SS platform is user friendly and chalk full of valuable data and information. Customer service with our account reps has been great. They worked with me as I was launching my business to ensure I had the resources I needed without going over budget. I absolutely recommend SS for a valuable user experience. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The boolean search feature, along with list saving and tagging are all great functionalities that create an efficient process. #### Cons We still receive a lot of bounced emails. SS makes the process fairly simply in getting these corrected, but it requires revisiting the same contacts a second time. #### Reasons for choosing Sourcescrub Easy of extracting data and managing tags/saving lists. #### Reasons for switching to Sourcescrub The ease of source scrub within my business processes, availability of linkedin url's, the boolean search terms and ease of requesting corrected email addresses. --- ### Great Product, Great Team - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Patrick G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Venture Capital & Private Equity - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Efficiency gains. Saved a ton of time for my team while they were prospecting. #### Cons Nothing current. Very satisfied with the product. They have been very receptive to feedback over the years. #### Reasons for choosing Sourcescrub Better data, better quality, better support --- ### SourceScrub Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Sabrina W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Sourcescrub has been very useful to our firm for sourcing new deal opportunities and doing thematic sourcing work. The team is also amazing - always very responsive and there to help work around all your needs. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Great tool for sourcing new companies and finding available data. Also data plugs directly into CRM, which makes it easy to figure out what private data you have on the company, if you've met them, etc. Plug in feature to your web browser is also really helpful to easily understand data points on the company. #### Cons Would be useful if you could integrate the software directly into email, so you can update and view companies while you are in your email directly. I think a few other providers have this function. --- ### Great for Sourcing - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Meghan M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I've become more efficient with using SourceScrub for sourcing efforts, especially in outbound emails and conference scrubbing. I use it alongside other similar tools so I don't utilize the full product functionality, but I find it very complementary. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros SourceScrub is a great tool for sourcing, it's a one stop shop for company overviews, investment history, growth, and finding company contact information. I find that the information is reliable, thorough, and up to date. #### Cons I find the search tool to be non-intuitive and tricky, I wish it was easier to look up companies without having to constantly refresh --- ### SourceScrub Review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Connor M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall it is much easier to source potential investments and screen them quickly. Automates what used to be very manual process (i.e. excel spreadsheets, crunchbase, checking Linkedin, etc.). Would definitely recommend to anyone in growth equity / venture capital #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Easy to track companies and manage a pipeline for potential investments. Chrome add-in is great; you click the sidebar and you get information on the size of company, investors, number of employees, brief description, etc. #### Cons Search function in-app can be difficult because you need the exact legal / incorporation name to find the company you are searching for. Much easier to enter the URL and use the chrome add-in --- ### Elegant and Time-Saving Solution - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Artie N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Investment Banking - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Browser integration enables user to very easily to see key info about a company when on their website - including overview, key personnel and contact information, investments, and which "source lists" the company was found. These "source lists" also make it much easier to build out landscapes, identify peers, and generally conduct market research. #### Cons Depth and reliability of information available for private companies is generally pretty good, but this is the key area I would like to see improved. --- ### Sourcescrub - Different from other M&A databases - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Selby G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, great experience and certainly different from all the other M&A databases. If conferences are a key focus for your firm, I would recommend. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros CRM enrichment, conference attendee lists, and lead sourcing. #### Cons UI is not as intuitive as I'd like. Sometimes conferences aren't available until a couple weeks out. --- ### Go to tool for Investment firms - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Aman A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: August 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Events and related information is super useful #### Cons Financial information about the companies --- ### Great Tool - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Drew D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Quick view on companies, interactions and ability to get intel #### Cons Export limitations can be frustrating at times --- ### Great stuff - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Ryan B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Individual & Family Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros No frills sourcing platform, Straight to the point and cuts out a lot of the unnecessary bulk you see in alot of other platforms #### Cons UI is ugly making it an eye sore to look at --- ### Good tool - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Investment Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros We use SourceScrub to search target for our companies and look for relevant conference. #### Cons Sometimes hard to find more information about the company. Sometimes get irrelevant target list --- ### Great Tool for Market Research and Origination - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Colby F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Investment Banking - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Their customer support team is highly personal and always were able to address any issues I had in short order. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The ease of use within the platform, and sheer number of sources available. #### Cons The software could offer more industry/vertical classifications of the companies they profile. --- ### A Big Time Saver - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nathan R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Venture Capital & Private Equity - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered A very good software system overall, I had just used it out. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros When searching for companies in a given vertical, it had very good tools to narrow down your search. It had almost all semi-major conferences and had contact info for basically all companies. It was a big time saver when searching for new companies to search for. #### Cons No, major bugs really. It just becomes marginally useful with time, especially where a lot of others in the market use it as well. --- ### SourceScrub Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Adam C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Investment Banking - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Easy private company screening that mapped a universe of buy-side targets. #### Cons Would like a dark mode and a feature to complex search by filtering for terms to "NOT" include. --- ### Enjoying SourceScrub - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jared B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Very positive - unique dataset #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Google Chrome Extension is best I have seen among other similar data providers and very useful for workflow #### Cons Sometimes feels busy from UX perspective --- ### Great Proprietary Deal Source - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Joe S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Capital Markets - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: June 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros SourceScrub has very sharp screening functionality, connects targets to conference lists, and has great contact information on executives. #### Cons The software was a bit more expensive than competitors but there is more hands touching the data, so it's understandable. --- ### Great Product - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Brandon R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The Google Plug-in is a great feature for quickly finding information. #### Cons The search criteria logic can get complicated. The logic is also all applied on one line, making it difficult to edit. --- Sourcescrub Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice