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Submit to CB Insights
A paid market-intelligence platform that keeps profiles on millions of private and public companies and is used by corporate strategy teams, investors, M&A teams and technology buyers. There is no self-serve listing: CB Insights creates the profiles itself, and a vendor gets its profile added to or updated by filling in the free Analyst Briefing survey. The public profile page shows the company's website as a link next to a description, funding details and competitors. It is a company profile, not a product page, and whether a very small product gets covered is their decision.
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CB Insights at a glance
- Pricing
- Free
- The vendor page and its FAQ say briefing the analysts is 100% free and that being covered in their research afterwards costs nothing. The data platform itself is a paid product (10-day free trial offered); no price is shown for it on these pages.
- Link type
- Dofollow
- Three public company profiles inspected: the company domain is a plain link with no rel attribute, including on profiles marked Unclaimed, e.g. https://www.cbinsights.com/company/plausible-analytics and https://www.cbinsights.com/company/posthog. Not confirmed: whether a small bootstrapped product gets a profile at all, since CB Insights decides which companies it covers and there is no add-listing button (checked 2026-11-12) What a dofollow link is
- Review
- Not stated
- Link back required
- No
- Account required
- No
- Domain Rating
- DR87
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs, checked Nov 12, 2026. A score of the whole site’s backlinks, not a Google metric.
- Tranco rank
- Not ranked
- No Tranco rank on record for this site.
- Who browses it
- Corporate strategy, venture capital, M&A and procurement teams researching tech companies and shortlisting vendors
- Last checked
How to submit to CB Insights
Open the CB Insights submission page
This is the page makers use to add a product.
Have your assets ready
Name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots. The checklist below covers what to prepare so you can fill the form in one go.
Fill in the form carefully
Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse CB Insights (Corporate strategy, venture capital, M&A and procurement teams researching tech companies and shortlisting vendors), not for search engines.
Wait, then check
We couldn’t confirm how listings are reviewed. Once yours is live, check the details and that the link points to the right page.
Tips for CB Insights
- Start on the Technology Vendors page: you give an email address and get a link to a survey that saves as you go, and the same link can be passed to colleagues so they can fill in their parts.
- Have numbers ready. The vendor FAQ says analysts look at products and services, revenue growth, investors and funding, headcount and similar momentum figures, and you can attach demo videos, decks and case studies.
- Look your company up first. CB Insights builds profiles on its own and some are marked Unclaimed; the FAQ says the profile is updated after you submit the briefing.
- The same briefing is what makes a company eligible for their rankings and market maps, so it is the one form to fill in for both the profile and research coverage.
From CB Insights’s own guidelines and pages, in our words.
What to prepare
The basics every directory asks for, plus what matters most for startup directories.
- Product name and a one-line tagline (about 60 characters)
- A short description (1–2 sentences) and a longer one (a short paragraph)
- Square logo, at least 256×256 px, PNG or SVG
- 2–3 screenshots at a consistent size
- The exact page you want the link to point to
- Pricing model (free, freemium or paid) and a contact email
- Your stage (idea, beta, launched) and the year you started
- Founder names and a short founder story (2–3 sentences)
- Funding status, only if you share it publicly
- A launch or beta date if you are not live yet
Is CB Insights worth it?
A followed link, with a low bar
The listing link we inspected was followed, but we couldn’t confirm that anyone reviews listings. Directories that accept everyone tend to carry less weight, so treat it as a small plus, not a priority.
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs: 87 (very strong). That's the strength of links to the whole site, not a promise about what your listing passes on.
- No Tranco rank on record, so we can’t say how much traffic it gets.
- Free to list, so the only cost is your time.
This verdict is worked out from the facts above with fixed rules (link type, review, price, Domain Rating by Ahrefs, Tranco rank), not paid for. The directory has no say in it.
Questions about CB Insights
Is CB Insights free?
Yes. Listing on CB Insights is free. Pricing details: The vendor page and its FAQ say briefing the analysts is 100% free and that being covered in their research afterwards costs nothing. The data platform itself is a paid product (10-day free trial offered); no price is shown for it on these pages. We checked on Nov 12, 2026.
Does CB Insights give a dofollow link?
Yes. The listing link we inspected was a followed (dofollow) link. Evidence: Three public company profiles inspected: the company domain is a plain link with no rel attribute, including on profiles marked Unclaimed, e.g. https://www.cbinsights.com/company/plausible-analytics and https://www.cbinsights.com/company/posthog. Not confirmed: whether a small bootstrapped product gets a profile at all, since CB Insights decides which companies it covers and there is no add-listing button (checked 2026-11-12).
How do I submit to CB Insights?
Submit at https://www.cbinsights.com/what-we-offer/technology-vendors/. Tip: Start on the Technology Vendors page: you give an email address and get a link to a survey that saves as you go, and the same link can be passed to colleagues so they can fill in their parts.
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Sources
The pages we opened on Nov 12, 2026 to write this page.