Chikara Intelligence vs PitchBook
PitchBook was built for investors tracking deals, funds and valuations. It includes people data because that helps with investment work. Chikara Intelligence starts from a different question: who moved, what the compensation was, and how do you deliver that to a search client.
Why teams choose Chikara Intelligence
Built for executive search and leadership intelligence, not repurposed from sales or market research.
- Compensation attached to each move, with salary, bonus and equity from filings, Companies House and official announcements
- Move types split into hire, appointment, promotion, departure and retirement
- Regulated AUM intelligence with fund ownership chains and per-adviser AUM from institutional filings
- Candidate tools including CV Maker, Career Coach, JD Matcher, Cover Letter and Scorecards
- Branded client portal with token-based access and report sharing by client
- PDF reports generated in-platform and ready to share
Where Chikara Intelligence is stronger
Compensation, not just career history
PitchBook gives you career history and contact detail. Chikara Intelligence adds the package at the move: salary, bonus and equity at that specific role. When a client asks what it will take to hire someone, that is the missing piece.
AUM that fits search work
Asset management search starts with who runs what. Chikara Intelligence resolves adviser-level AUM from regulatory filings and traces the ownership chain. PitchBook's AUM data is aimed more at fund and market analysis.
Candidate tools in-platform
CV Maker, JD Matcher, Cover Letters, Scorecards and Career Coach are built into the same workflow as the research. There is no need to export a profile and start again elsewhere.
Client delivery under your name
Clients log into a branded subdomain, see your firm's name and access only the reports meant for them. It is a cleaner setup than shared drives, forwarded emails or generic data exports.
Movement and compensation trends
Chikara Intelligence can show attrition, hiring pace and compensation movement from verified move events. That helps when a client wants a clearer read on a market, not just a list of names.
Feature comparison
Chikara Intelligence and PitchBook, side by side.
| Feature |  | PitchBook |
|---|---|---|
| Data Coverage | ||
Executive move tracking Chikara Intelligence records move type and linked compensation. PitchBook covers career history without compensation at each move. | Hire, appointment, promotion, departure and retirement, with compensation attached to each event | People and company data with executive career histories |
Compensation data (salary, bonus, equity) Available in Chikara Intelligence, not in PitchBook | Pulled from filings, Companies House, press releases and official organisation sites | |
Regulated AUM / investment adviser ownership | Institutional filings, ownership chains and adviser-level AUM | Fund-level AUM for investment analysis |
IPO / public offering signals | ||
Hiring / attrition trend views Available in Chikara Intelligence at organisation and industry level | ||
| Search & Alerts | ||
Leadership change alerts Chikara Intelligence alerts can sit on any search query, not just company or watchlist tracking. | Event-level alerts on any saved query | |
| Search Firm Workflow | ||
Candidate toolbox (CV Maker, Career Coach, JD Matcher) | ||
White-label client delivery portal Available in-platform today | ||
LaTeX PDF reports PitchBook exports Excel and PDF. Chikara Intelligence produces co-branded research PDFs in-platform. | ||
| Platform Surface | ||
Web platform | ||
API access | ||
Built for search work, not market screens
If your workflow revolves around moves, compensation and client delivery, we can show where the difference appears in day-to-day use.