Overview

Tracxn is a private-market research and deal workflow platform for people who need to find and assess companies, funding and investors. It is best suited to investment and corporate teams that need both market data and deal tracking; users who only need occasional company lookups may find its usage limits restrictive.

Its breadth is the draw: research records and workflow tools sit alongside integrations for CRM systems and spreadsheets. The trade-off is that several plans have custom pricing, while the free tier is capped and API access comes with request and trial restrictions.

Key features

Research and deal workflows

Company and legal-entity records can be considered alongside investors, funding, acquisitions, financials, cap tables and employee counts. Tracxn says it tracks over 7.9 million companies across more than 3,000 data feeds and 50-plus countries. That breadth is useful for teams comparing companies across markets, though coverage alone does not guarantee that every record will answer a particular diligence question.

Deal sourcing, market updates, portfolio management, deal-flow CRM and live deals extend the product beyond a lookup database. Company and founder profiles, funding data, advanced search and saved alerts support discovery and ongoing monitoring. Teams that want research connected to deal activity have a stronger reason to choose Tracxn than readers looking for a simple static directory.

Integrations and API

CRM integrations include HubSpot, Affinity, Pipedrive, Salesforce, Zoho and Microsoft Dynamics 365. Google Sheets and Excel integrations retrieve company data, and the Excel add-in supports custom formulas. These connections can fit research into existing sales or investment workflows rather than requiring a separate spreadsheet process.

The API supports pagination, but an unfiltered request returns up to 20 records and requests are rate limited. Proof-of-concept trials typically run for 5–7 days, provide limited credits and exclude full production API access. That is enough to assess a potential integration, not a basis for assuming unrestricted production use.

Security and support

Tracxn lists encryption in transit and at rest, role-based and least-privilege access, vulnerability scanning, backups, firewalls and security monitoring. It also says it cannot guarantee absolute security of personal data, so security-conscious organizations should weigh its safeguards alongside their own requirements.

Premium includes live chat, WhatsApp and email support. Each user also gets one free MyAnalyst query per month; additional queries are billed separately, a cost to account for if analyst assistance is part of regular use.

Pricing

Tracxn is freemium, but the plans with broader access do not have published prices and should be treated as custom pricing.

Tracxn Lite: 0.00 USD per free, with no credit card required. It includes curated data, exports, reports and alerts, but strict usage limits make it better for light exploration than sustained research.
Lite: Custom pricing, with usage limits. It offers a paid step beyond free access, but limits remain; teams needing unrestricted access should compare it with Premium.
Premium: Custom pricing. It includes unrestricted access, taxonomy, custom reports and analysis, Deal Flow CRM, Live Deals and 24x7 support. This is the clearest fit for teams using Tracxn as an ongoing research and deal workflow system.
Data Solutions: Custom pricing tailored to needs. It offers full or limited access packs, API and data dumps, and supports internal research or commercial redistribution. It is aimed at organizations that need data delivered for broader internal or commercial use, rather than only individual platform access.

The free plan’s strict caps and the Lite plan’s usage limits are meaningful constraints for recurring research. Premium removes access restrictions, but its custom price means teams should weigh that wider access against their expected usage; API trials are short and credit-limited, and additional MyAnalyst queries cost extra.

Platforms

Tracxn is available on web, Android and iOS, with an API and browser extension. Its Firefox extension provides company snapshots with curated competitor, funding, taxonomy, company-detail and news information, and supports Firefox 53 and above.

Who it's for

Tracxn identifies venture capital and private equity funds, M&A teams, corporate innovation groups, investment banks, accelerators, government entities and universities among its users. It is a sensible fit when company research, funding context and deal tracking need to work together. It is less compelling for someone seeking a handful of lookups or unrestricted API access on a low-cost trial.

Pros and cons

Pros: Company, investor, funding and financial records sit alongside deal-sourcing and portfolio workflows, which can reduce the need to separate research from deal tracking.
Pros: CRM connections and spreadsheet retrieval, including custom Excel formulas, support teams that already organize work in those tools.
Pros: A free plan with exports, reports and alerts gives readers a way to begin without a subscription charge.
Cons: Free access is subject to strict usage limits, and the Lite option also has usage limits.
Cons: API requests are rate limited; the unfiltered 20-record response ceiling and short, limited-credit proof-of-concept trial constrain evaluation and integration planning.
Cons: Premium MyAnalyst support includes only one free query per user each month, with additional queries billed separately.

Alternatives

ITjuzi is worth considering for readers seeking a freemium option with a published monthly plan at 108.00 CNY per month and a stated 500 桔子币 download allowance; its described allowances specify the credit costs for company, investment-event, investor and report downloads.
FirstGlance is a free alternative for readers who want an option without a paid plan.
FlareSight offers a free plan with all search filters, five company profile views per day, a view-only watchlist and a weekly email digest; it may suit readers whose needs fit those explicit daily and watchlist limits.
Techboard is an alternative for readers focused on annual access to funding data underlying its reports.
StartupDB offers a free database, MCP server and REST API without an account or API key, with 120 requests per minute per IP and no daily cap; it is a fit for readers who prioritize those stated API terms.
Dealroom is another freemium option, with Premium and Premium Plus plans listing export and business email credits.
Startbase is a free web-based alternative.
Beauhurst is a paid alternative with bespoke pricing based on data requirements, users, integrations and commitment length.

For browsing the broader market, see Startup Databases and B2B Contact Data Providers.

Verdict

Choose Tracxn if your investment or corporate team needs company and funding research tied to deal workflows, CRM and spreadsheet tools. Its combination of coverage and workflow features is the strongest reason to choose it; strict free-plan limits, custom pricing for broader access and constrained API trials are the reasons to look elsewhere if your needs are occasional, price-sensitive or integration-heavy.

	Evertrace	Tracxn
Free plan	No	Yes
Free trial	No	Yes
Paid from	—	Free
Open source	No	No
Platforms	Web	Android, api, extension, iOS, Web
Free plan	No	Yes
Company profiles	Yes	Yes
Funding data	Yes	Yes
Founder profiles	Yes	Yes
Advanced search	Yes	Yes
Export access	api	api
Saved alerts	Yes	Yes
Company records	—	7,700,000

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