# Specter: private-market intelligence for investors > Specter is a real-time private-market intelligence platform covering 50M+ companies, 700M+ people, 350K+ investors and 1M+ transactions. 400+ venture capital and private equity funds use it to source, price and monitor deals before the rest of the market. Data is delivered through a web platform, a REST API, an MCP server for AI agents, and native CRM integrations. Links ending in `.md` point to a page's Markdown version. The same URL without `.md` is the HTML page. Key figures: - Coverage: 50M+ companies, 700M+ people, 350K+ investors, 1M+ transactions. - Freshness: real-time updates on funding, talent, revenue and investor-interest signals. - Customers: 400+ investment funds. - Pricing: Platform per seat, API per credit (misses and list management free), Bulk data per project. Seven-day platform trials, 200 free API credits on request, 100 free MCP tool calls a day per user. ## Platform - [/platform](https://www.tryspecter.com/platform): One workspace for private markets. Search 50M+ companies, follow live talent and interest signals, source with Agents, and monitor every move. - [/agents](https://www.tryspecter.com/agents): Specter Agents, the private-markets agent. Ask anything, and it searches Specter's data and the web and returns sourced answers you can act on. ## Core data - [/companies](https://www.tryspecter.com/companies): 50M+ private companies with headcount growth, tech stacks, funding history and modeled revenue. - [/people](https://www.tryspecter.com/people): 700M+ professional profiles with real-time talent signals: new founders, role changes and board moves. - [/investors](https://www.tryspecter.com/investors): 350K+ investors with real-time interest signals showing which companies they are engaging right now. - [/transactions](https://www.tryspecter.com/transactions): 1M+ funding rounds, acquisitions and IPOs as they land, plus the deals forming next. ## Signals - [/signals/talent](https://www.tryspecter.com/signals/talent): 1,000+ talent signals a day. Stealth founders, unicorn and Fortune-500 spinouts and new YC founders, verified and scored, often months before they are announced. - [/signals/interest](https://www.tryspecter.com/signals/interest): Interest Signals show which investors are engaging which companies and founders, scored 1-10, often weeks before a round or acquisition is announced. - [/news](https://www.tryspecter.com/news): Company news from 60,000+ verified sources, distilled by AI into company-linked signals with a one-line summary, categories and a 0-5 importance score. - [/revenue-valuation](https://www.tryspecter.com/revenue-valuation): Live estimated revenue and valuation for every private company, anchored to verified disclosures, with a per-company confidence band built from 250+ live signals. ## Developer access - [/api](https://www.tryspecter.com/api): REST API with 73 endpoints covering company, people and investor enrichment, search, transactions, talent, interest, revenue and news signals, lists, saved searches and network mapping. - [/mcp](https://www.tryspecter.com/mcp): Specter MCP server. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client to 29 tools across companies, people, investors and signals, with 100 free tool calls a day. - [/integrations](https://www.tryspecter.com/integrations): Native CRM integrations for Attio, Affinity, Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive and Airtable, plus LinkedIn network tracking, bulk data delivery and a Chrome extension. ## Comparisons - [/comparisons/specter-vs-harmonic](https://www.tryspecter.com/comparisons/specter-vs-harmonic): Specter vs Harmonic. 50M+ companies vs 30M+, plus revenue and valuation estimates and predictive interest signals. - [/comparisons/specter-vs-crunchbase](https://www.tryspecter.com/comparisons/specter-vs-crunchbase): Specter vs Crunchbase. 50M+ companies vs 5M+, a 700M-person talent graph and live revenue, valuation and interest signals. - [/comparisons/specter-vs-dealroom](https://www.tryspecter.com/comparisons/specter-vs-dealroom): Specter vs Dealroom. Live company-level tracking with 500+ revenue signals a day and predictive investor-interest signals. - [/comparisons/specter-vs-sourcescrub](https://www.tryspecter.com/comparisons/specter-vs-sourcescrub): Specter vs SourceScrub. 50M+ companies and 700M+ people tracked live, with modeled revenue and valuation on every private company. - [/comparisons/specter-vs-cb-insights](https://www.tryspecter.com/comparisons/specter-vs-cb-insights): Specter vs CB Insights. 50M+ companies and 700M+ people with live revenue, talent and investor-interest signals. - [/comparisons/specter-vs-pitchbook](https://www.tryspecter.com/comparisons/specter-vs-pitchbook.md): Specter vs PitchBook. A feature-by-feature comparison of data, signals, AI and pricing, and which teams each one suits, from VC to growth equity. ## Pricing - [/pricing](https://www.tryspecter.com/pricing): Three plans on the same live data. Platform (per seat: the web app, signals, revenue and valuation estimates, Agents, Chrome extension, CRM sync and Specter MCP), API (metered in credits, every endpoint on one plan, 200 free credits to start) and Bulk data (bespoke dataset drops to AWS S3, Google Cloud or Snowflake as CSV or Parquet). No public price list, and plans scale from starter to enterprise. Includes an FAQ on seats, credits, trials and delivery. ## Blog - [/blog](https://www.tryspecter.com/blog): Guides, research, and product news from Specter. Every post is also available as Markdown at its URL plus `.md`. - [Best deal sourcing platforms for venture capital](https://www.tryspecter.com/blog/best-deal-sourcing-platforms-for-venture-capital.md): A comparison of seven deal sourcing platforms, including Harmonic, PitchBook, and Crunchbase, and how to choose the right one for your fund. ## Company - [/contact](https://www.tryspecter.com/contact): Book a 15-minute demo. - [/partners](https://www.tryspecter.com/partners): Join the Specter partner ecosystem. ## Optional - [Sitemap](https://www.tryspecter.com/sitemap.xml): Every page of the site outside the blog. - [Blog sitemap](https://www.tryspecter.com/blog/sitemap.xml): The blog's hub, posts and author pages.