Crunchbase Reduces Pro Plan Export Capability and Decreases Business Tier Export Limit, Significantly Impacting Data Access for Users
What happened
Between the Oct 7, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025 captures of Crunchbase's pricing page, Pulse recorded 7 changes: Email/Engagement Suite added to feature comparison table; API tier introduced as new separate product for data enrichment and licensing; Business tier (formerly Enterprise) export limit decreased from 100k rows/month to 5k rows/month; Pro plan monthly pricing revealed at $99 per month billed monthly; Enterprise plan renamed to Business; Pro plan export capability removed - users can no longer export search results (previously 5k rows/month); Business tier pricing revealed - Starting at $199 per month billed annually. Pulse files it as a pricing change (feature added, new plan, limit decrease, price revealed, plan renamed) with an upward direction.
Crunchbase's previous recorded change was "Crunchbase Discontinues Starter Plan, Introduces New Add-Ons Including Salesforce Enrichment and Data Boost for Pro Users" (Q3 2024). Crunchbase has been tracked since 2025-11-11.
In the same window Carta and Apollo.io also changed their Data & Analytics pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Email/Engagement Suite
AfterEmail/Engagement Suite
- API · PlanAddedNo API tierAPI tier
- Business · Limit−95%100k rows/month5k rows/month
- Pro · Price visibilityRevealedPrice hiddenPrice listed
- Enterprise · PlanRenamedEnterprise planBusiness
- Pro · LimitRemoved
Before- users can no longer export search results
AfterNot listed
- Business · Price visibilityRevealedPrice hiddenPrice listed
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | No Email/Engagement Suite | Email/Engagement Suite | Added |
| API | Plan | No API tier | API tier | Added |
| Business | Limit | 100k rows/month | 5k rows/month | −95% |
| Pro | Price visibility | Price hidden | Price listed | Revealed |
| Enterprise | Plan | Enterprise plan | Business | Renamed |
| Pro | Limit | - users can no longer export search results | Not listed | Removed |
| Business | Price visibility | Price hidden | Price listed | Revealed |
Values as written on Crunchbase's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Crunchbase's pricing page (crunchbase.com) from Oct 7, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the change is marked in the lower part of the page, where Email/Engagement Suite now appears.
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Crunchbase, the last 90 days
Full history- Q3 2025packagingCrunchbase Increases Annual Billing Discount to 38% for New Users Amid Feature Removals
- Q2 2025packagingCrunchbase Pro Plan Annual Pricing Increased by 60.8% from $49 to $79/month Amidst Other Significant Changes
- Q4 2024improvedCrunchbase Reduces Pro Plan Export Capability and Decreases Business Tier Export Limit, Significantly Impacting Data Access for Users · this change
- Q3 2024packagingCrunchbase Discontinues Starter Plan, Introduces New Add-Ons Including Salesforce Enrichment and Data Boost for Pro Users
Across Data & Analytics in the same window
All Data & Analytics changes- CartaJul 20Carta swaps QuickBooks for Ramp in integrations logo row
- Apollo.ioMay 15Apollo.io unifies credits and boosts AI email limits 50x
- Apollo.ioMay 15Apollo.io caps AI emails at 5K/mo free as word limits go public
- Apollo.ioMay 15Apollo.io cuts free plan perks while unlocking unlimited email sending
- Apollo.ioMay 15Apollo.io supercharges Basic plan with 25x more plays and unlimited sequences
Questions about this change
Did Crunchbase raise prices in January 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 7, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: feature added, new plan, limit decrease, price revealed, plan renamed.
What changed on Crunchbase's pricing page between Oct 7, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025?
Feature: No Email/Engagement Suite → Email/Engagement Suite, added; API plan: No API tier → API tier, added; Business limit: 100k rows/month → 5k rows/month (−95%); Pro price visibility: Price hidden → Price listed, revealed; Enterprise plan: Enterprise plan → Business, renamed; Pro limit: - users can no longer export search results → Not listed, removed; Business price visibility: Price hidden → Price listed, revealed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 7, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Crunchbase change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Crunchbase in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Crunchbase Discontinues Starter Plan, Introduces New Add-Ons Including Salesforce Enrichment and Data Boost for Pro Users" in Q3 2024; Crunchbase has been tracked since 2025-11-11.