HG Insights Platform vs. Infer

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HG Insights Platform
Score 4.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
The HG Insights platform provides a view into global industries, markets, and companies allowing users to identify the most valuable opportunities and build strategies to maximize revenue and accelerate growth.N/A
Infer
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Infer is a predictive intelligence lead scoring platform with pre-built integrations to Salesforce, Eloqua, and Marketo.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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excellent supplementary resource. Again, the HG Insights Platform lacks the contact element of the research.
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We have evaluated all of these vendors and some are used in tangent with the HG Insights Platform. We found that for technographic data in particular HG gave the best coverage, but a few of these do help "fill the gaps" when occasion calls. We also use multiple intent engines …
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I would say most have more features and integrations but it is easier to use the HG Insights Platform. And the unique opportunity to understand who is using a competitor gives insight into where expansion could happen.
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The selection of the HG Insights Platform was a strategic decision driven by our specific needs in a crowded B2B market.
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The HG Insights Platform layers on the CAPDB scoring capability which I have not seen in these other systems. It will even automate this process if you are willing to pay the extra price.
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The HG Insights Platform has much better technographic data than ZoomInfo
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The HG Insights Platform is number 1 in my eyes. I have never found a better source for getting the most up to date information
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ZoomInfo Sales and Cognism
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unique insights on spend and competitive intel
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6sense and Intentsify Intelligence Activation Platform
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HG Insights is much more complete with firmographics and technographics data integrated on a large number of enterprise customers
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Comparably by ZoomInfo
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Definitive Healthcare adds bit more specific to Healthcare Providers
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some of our sales team have used similar tools like 6sense and zoominfo, but I have not personally
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- Sales Intel seems to be more of a direct competition. Their human research seems to be something interesting. Also the claim to focus on firmographics
- We went with Bombora for intent technology in the past
- We did not move forward with 6sense
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D&B Buyer Intent and Comparably by ZoomInfo
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HG Insights Platform has a large scale of technographics data
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Actually, it was a legacy from the company that bought us so we took over the ownership of the HG Insights Platform as in the Marketing Operations team.
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Gartner Peer Insights and Buyer Discovery by Gartner Digital Markets
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Intricately and HG Focus use different methods to get to the same means. Intricately's UI/UX is more modern and clean than the others I have come across. Intricately is a newer company and has made a lot of strides since we first looked at them 3 years ago - they seem to be …
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Intricately stacks up pretty close to DiscoverOrg. Though DiscoverOrg is a lot more detailed on company information pertaining to changes in the organization and services used, Intricately gives a quick snapshot of company information available right at the point of presence to …
Infer
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I believe that the two complement each other. Datanyze pulls off of a number of data points. Onsite it can pull technologies used (javascript based and also infrastructural), products offered, SEO ranking, and it even integrates with LinkedIn to pull names. Datanyze also has …
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User Ratings
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User Testimonials
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The HG Insights Platform has helped us with GTM planning as we segment accounts amongst our verticals. There are verticals with specific tech stacks that we would like to prioritize, and HG Insights allows us to do that. The account scoring allows us to prioritize outreach efforts. We are able to use the technographics to weigh scoring and assign those accounts out accordingly.
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It is ideal to expand the range of customers, to have an updated and optimized database with interested customers, and allows sales and marketing agents to work in achieving sales and not in the laborious task of finding customers. This software is very effective and delivers what it promises.
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Pros
  • It works great for seeing if the site or app for a company is hosted on AWS.
  • Intricately uses a different approach (vs the other tools we use) - which helps confirm from another angle.
  • It has a great google chrome plug-in.
  • UI/UX is modern and clean.
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  • Provides insights on companies to help you infer if they would be a good fit to prospect into, or not
  • Collects data on external sites very well
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Cons
  • integration with SFDC could be better
  • Sometime provides back an incorrect/no match when a better is available from an uploaded file, though this is getting slightly better
  • A way to gauge how many hits you will get off an intent topic before selecting them so you don't feel like one is going to waste could be useful.
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  • The user interface and all the information it generates on the main screen can be cumbersome.
  • The learning curve is quite considerable and it takes a few hours of training to understand the system.
  • The software becomes cumbersome when information needs to be passed to Salesforce.
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Usability
It’s very easy to use, and the team is very responsive and friendly to work with. The information is unique and usable and can complement some of the data we get from call recordings. The integration with Salesforce is easy to implement and offers good insights into our database.
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Alternatives Considered
We have evaluated all of these vendors and some are used in tangent with the HG Insights Platform. We found that for technographic data in particular HG gave the best coverage, but a few of these do help "fill the gaps" when occasion calls. We also use multiple intent engines to help verify trends rather than being reliant on one platform. Other vendors also offer contact data as well which is integral for our outbound marketing campaigns which HG does not cover. Overall HG does perhaps stack up better than some of these however, it is only one source of data and using multiple is necessary to give a reliable result.
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I believe that the two complement each other. Datanyze pulls off of a number of data points. Onsite it can pull technologies used (javascript based and also infrastructural), products offered, SEO ranking, and it even integrates with LinkedIn to pull names. Datanyze also has prospecting features - you can pull lists of companies based on technologies used, location, SEO (Alexa/changes with Alexa rank, SEO strategy, speed testing), SEM data points, industry, employee or revenue size, funding round dates and amounts, business segment, founding date, etc. It integrates with salesforce too so you can import leads directly into the system with the paid version. We bought for the scoring, but there is a lot that it can do.
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Return on Investment
  • I don't massively get involved in financial matters, but the propensity models we use internally to help run our campaigns are certainly a big factor when our sales people approach our clients.
  • Every campaign sold now comes with a flat data fee for us to run and use a propensity model for the activity we complete on behalf of our clients.
  • Whilst the client will never see the raw data behind the model (of which HG does play a part along with our other data sources) they are briefed on the methodology and reasoning behind them.
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  • Once adapted to the software, we have been able to get a lot out of it, as we have been able to increase sales with the leads we have found.
  • Also, the sales department is more focused and works in a much more organized way, increasing their daily performance and productivity.
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ScreenShots

HG Insights Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of the welcome screen.Screenshot of the HG Insights Opportunity Generator.Screenshot of HG Insights' Market Analyzer, used to interactively explore and act on your total addressable market, competitive dynamics, and whitespace with speed and confidence.