Dun & Bradstreet India alternatives vs Starleads
D&B against company-information sites and ready-made lists for smaller budgets.
By Saurabh Khatri · Published · 6 min read
Starleads wrote this comparison and is one of the services compared. Facts about Dun & Bradstreet India come from its own website, checked on 18 October 2026; prices change, so check before you buy.
Dun & Bradstreet India in short
Dun & Bradstreet India offers two things that matter here. D&B Hoovers is a sales and research platform with company profiles, corporate linkages (which company belongs to which group) and executives. Its Hoovers page says "42 million Indian business profiles" in one place and "over 33 million entities" in its FAQ, and it claims 178 million professional profiles. Demand Generation is a contact list service that supplies "ready-to-use contact lists". The pages checked don't name which contact fields, such as email or phone, the data includes.
Dun & Bradstreet does not publish prices: they are on request. Hoovers has a "Request for a Free Trial" option, without stated terms. Data reaches you through the platform, through connectors for Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics, or as lists; CSV export and an API are not mentioned on the pages checked.
It suits large companies doing research, due diligence and account-based selling. If you are looking for Dun & Bradstreet competitors with published prices for a smaller budget, the company-information sites and ready-made lists below are the usual alternatives. Starleads sells ready-made Excel lists of Indian businesses and professionals by industry, state and city.
Dun & Bradstreet vs Starleads at a glance
Dun & Bradstreet India's pages showed no published prices on 18 October 2026.
| Dun & Bradstreet India | Starleads | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Sales and research platform (D&B Hoovers) and contact list services (Demand Generation) | Ready-made Excel contact lists of Indian businesses and professionals |
| What you get | Company profiles, corporate linkages and executives; ready-to-use contact lists | Every business or professional in a list by industry, state or city, with mobile, email, address and contact name where available |
| How you pay | Price on request | One payment per list by UPI or bank transfer, confirmed by hand; no subscription or credits |
| Starting price | Not published | ₹499 per city, state or specialisation list; All-India bulk lists of 10,000+ contacts ₹1,999; no GST added |
| Free option | Hoovers free trial on request, terms not given | 60 real sample contacts on every list page (partly masked), and a free Excel and PDF sample |
| How you get the data | Platform, Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics connectors, lists | Excel file in your account with an invoice; download link valid for 30 days |
| Best for | Large companies' research, due diligence and account-based selling | Small and mid-sized businesses reaching one industry or city |
Where Dun & Bradstreet is the better choice
- You research companies, not just contact them. Company profiles and corporate linkages show how a business fits into its group, which matters for due diligence, vendor checks and credit decisions. Starleads lists hold contact details only.
- You sell to large groups. Linkages and executive profiles help you map a parent company and its subsidiaries before you approach them. Starleads cannot look up one named executive.
- Your CRM is Salesforce or Dynamics. D&B lists connectors for both. Starleads has no CRM integration or API.
- You want research and contact lists from one supplier. Hoovers and the Demand Generation lists come from the same company. Starleads sells only the lists in its catalogue, though you can ask for data we don't list.
Where Starleads is the better choice
- You want to know the price now. ₹499 buys a whole list, whatever its size, and ₹1,999 an All-India list, with no GST added. No quote or sales call is needed.
- You want to see the fields before paying. Every list page shows 60 real contacts and the share of rows with a mobile, an email, an address and a contact name.
- You sell to businesses by trade and town. Our Manufacturing Companies list has 3,147 businesses in 22 cities, and city lists start below. Lists come from business directories, so they include shops, clinics and traders as well as companies.
- You want a one-off purchase. No subscription, no credits and no platform to learn: pay, then download the Excel file from your account. Mix industries and cities in the list builder.
- Manufacturing Companies 3,147 contacts · 17% email · 100% mobile ₹499
- CEOs, MDs & Directors 38,331 contacts · 99% email · 83% mobile ₹1,999
- Mumbai 925 contacts · 11% email · 100% mobile ₹499
- Bengaluru 494 contacts · 24% email · 100% mobile ₹499
- Pune 406 contacts · 14% email · 100% mobile ₹499
Starleads' limits, plainly: the data is compiled from business directories and similar sources, so not every row has an email or a named person, and contact details change. Payment is by UPI or bank transfer, confirmed by hand, with no card payment. There is no API or CRM integration, and the lists cover India only. Read our DND check guide before promotional calls or SMS.
Other Dun & Bradstreet alternatives
Tofler shows financials, directors and shareholders, MCA filings and risk scores for Indian companies, with a free account and Pro at ₹15,000 + GST for one year. See Tofler alternatives.
Zauba Corp has free company pages built on MCA filings and full company reports from ₹635 + GST. See Zauba Corp alternatives. The MCA website's own master data is free too: our company search guide and CIN and DIN search guide explain how to use it.
InfobelPRO claims 35.6 million Indian companies and 9.2 million Indian contacts, delivered by API or as files, with prices on request and a free sample. See InfobelPRO alternatives.
Kompass is a global company directory. Its EasyBusiness platform is priced on request with a 14-day free test, and KSales starts at 59 € a month. See Kompass alternatives.
Every kind of provider is compared in our B2B data providers in India guide.
Our verdict
Choose Dun & Bradstreet India if you are a large company that needs company profiles, group linkages and executives for research and account-based selling, with CRM connectors and a quoted price. For checking Indian companies on a smaller budget, Tofler, Zauba Corp or the free MCA search will often do. Choose Starleads if you want to reach many businesses of one kind in India, see the data first, and pay one fixed price for an Excel file.
Questions people ask
How much does Dun & Bradstreet India cost?
It does not publish prices. You ask for a quote, and Hoovers offers a free trial on request.
What are Dun & Bradstreet's competitors in India?
For company information: Tofler, Zauba Corp, InfobelPRO and Kompass, plus the free MCA records. For contact lists of Indian businesses: ready-made list sellers such as Starleads.
Does Dun & Bradstreet sell contact lists?
Yes. Its Demand Generation service offers "ready-to-use contact lists". The pages checked don't say which contact fields they include or what they cost, so ask for a sample.
Dun & Bradstreet vs Tofler: which is better?
For Indian company financials and directors at a published price, Tofler. For corporate linkages, executive profiles and CRM connectors, Dun & Bradstreet.