Grata review (2026): is it worth it?
Private company search and deal sourcing for M&A teams
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Grata report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for finding private companies for deal sourcing
Grata searches private companies for M&A and deal teams, with buyer lists, a pipeline, an Excel add-in and an API. No price is published, and seller-intent signals and the API sit on the top tier.
Who Grata is for
- Fits if you work in M&A or private equity and need lists of private companies
- Works for deal teams that live in Excel and want search inside it
Who Grata is not for
- Not for you if you want a general email or phone finder, as it is built for company discovery
- Skip it if you need to see a price first, as it is shown only after a demo
- Tight if you want to test it, as no free plan or trial is listed
- Watch out: seller-intent signals and API access are listed only on the Alpha tier
Why Grata gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyNo price is shown; the page sends you to a demo or a specialist, so it sits in the middle by default.
- FFree plan and trialThe listing shows no free plan and no trial, so you pay before you can try it.
- CFeaturesPrivate company search, buyer lists and a pipeline, with signals and API only on Alpha. It is for deal sourcing, not a general contact finder.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Expect a demo and onboarding rather than signing up and starting.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb app and a browser extension, an Excel add-in, an API, an MCP connection and six listed integrations. No desktop or phone app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Grata's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Grata's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 13 of the 72 other lead and email finders we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 19 of 72) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 73 lead and email finders we grade, cut by the letter each got. Grata’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 11 of 72, level with 40
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 72, level with 13
- CFeaturesAbove 2 of 72, level with 52
- CEase of useAbove 5 of 72, level with 50
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 19 of 72, level with 53
Keep Grata, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Grata you would be making a library of papers and sources to search. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 54 of the 72 other lead and email finders grade higher.
What you could make
- Sales pipeline: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A library of papers and sources to search.
- It plugs into other products, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Grata’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Grata?
Grata Intelligence is a private-market data platform aimed at M&A and investing teams: private company search, financials, executive contacts, seller-intent signals, buyer lists and pipeline tracking. Its site names family offices, private equity, investment banks and corporate development teams as the intended users. Prices are not published.
Worth knowing
- No prices are published; the pricing page sends visitors to book a demo or talk to a specialist.
- It has three tiers, Growth, Scale and Alpha, and seller-intent signals and API access are listed only on Alpha.
- The data is about private companies for deal sourcing, not a general sales contact finder.
Key features
- Private company search
- Finds private companies by keyword or by similarity to a known company, with private company data, financials and executive contacts.
- Seller intent signals
- The Alpha tier adds signals meant to find companies months before they come to market, according to the pricing page.
- Buyer lists and pipeline
- Builds buyer lists, tracks a deal pipeline and syncs with a CRM; the Scale tier adds bidirectional automated CRM syncs.
- Deal and market data
- The Scale tier adds deal multiples and valuations, public company financials, a Private Market Index and conference attendee data.
- Excel add-in, MCP and API
- An Excel add-in and an MCP server connect Grata to spreadsheets and AI tools, and an API and data warehouse delivery are sold as add-ons.
Grata pricing
We could not confirm Grata’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See grata.com for current prices.
Works with
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office 365
- SharePoint
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Common questions
Does Grata have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Grata is listed for Web.
Does Grata have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Grata is listed for Web.
Is Grata open source?
Grata is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Grata have an API?
Yes. Grata offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.