The short answer
LSEG is enterprise infrastructure — powerful, broad and priced accordingly. If you only need private-company, M&A, funding and investor data (not a markets terminal), this guide compares Acquirezy vs LSEG and shows where a modern, self-serve tool is the better fit.
What is LSEG?
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is a global financial-markets and data company. Its Data & Analytics business includes the former Refinitiv / Thomson Reuters products — Workspace (formerly Eikon) for markets data, plus deals and M&A datasets (historically SDC Platinum) and league tables. It's an enterprise offering: broad, deep, contract-based, and used across banks, asset managers and large corporates.
What is Acquirezy?
Acquirezy is a company, deal and contact intelligence platform: 5.4M companies, 200K+ acquisitions, 700K+ funding rounds, 327K+ investors, 2M+ people and 60M+ B2B contacts, filterable across 100+ columns, exportable, and queryable with Chase AI. It is self-serve and transparently priced — built for private-market intelligence, not public-market trading.
Acquirezy vs LSEG: side-by-side
| Acquirezy | LSEG (Refinitiv) | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary domain | Private-company, M&A, funding, investor & contact data | Financial markets + deals data (enterprise) |
| Public-markets / real-time feeds | No | Yes — a core LSEG strength |
| Private-company breadth | 5.4M companies, 100+ columns | Strong, enterprise-grade |
| Contacts | 60M+ B2B contacts included | Not the focus |
| AI search | Chase AI across all datasets | Analytics & workflow tools |
| Pricing | Transparent: Free, $9/mo, $29/mo | Enterprise, contract-based |
| Access | Self-serve, instant | Sales-led, procurement |
| Bulk data | Whole datasets via API/S3/GCS/SFTP | Enterprise feeds |
Competitor details reflect general, publicly-known positioning and can change — check each vendor's site for current specifics.
They're built for different jobs
It's important to be honest: LSEG and Acquirezy aren't the same category. LSEG is a financial-markets platform — real-time pricing, fixed income, public equities, league tables — used by institutions. Acquirezy doesn't compete there. Where they overlap is private-market deal and company intelligence: M&A, funding, investors and company profiles. If that overlap is your actual use case, you likely don't need the full LSEG stack (or its cost).
And in that private-market lane, Acquirezy is deep: 5.4M companies, 203K acquisitions, 718K funding rounds and 327K investors — enough to track serial acquirers (Gallagher alone has made 524 acquisitions), map sector consolidation, and build target lists. You get that self-serve, from $9/month, rather than as one module of an enterprise markets contract.
Pricing & access
LSEG is enterprise and contract-based — procurement, seats, annual commitment. Acquirezy is self-serve and transparent: Free, $9/month Pro, $29/month Intelligence, with CSV export and Bulk Dataset Export for teams that want the raw datasets. You can be researching companies within minutes of signing up.
Which should you choose?
Choose LSEG if you need public-markets data, real-time feeds and enterprise-grade financial infrastructure. Choose Acquirezy if your need is private-company, M&A, funding, investor and contact intelligence — self-serve, AI-assisted and affordable. Many teams run both: LSEG for markets, Acquirezy for fast, low-cost private-market research and prospecting.
A modern alternative for private-market data
Company, M&A, funding, investor and 60M+ contact intelligence — self-serve, no enterprise contract. Free to start; Pro from $9/mo.