RUBINLAKE vs Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Bradstreet checks whether you can do business with a company. RUBINLAKE finds the companies you want to talk to. Only one product overlaps: D&B Hoovers for sales. Find out which tool fits your task.
Who is this company worldwide, and can I do business with it?
One identity per company: the D-U-N-S number, corporate hierarchies and beneficial owners, credit ratings and payment behaviour, sanctions and risk screening, master data for entire databases, plus D&B Hoovers for sales. Everything is sold through their sales team.
Which company in the DACH region fits, who works there, and how do I start tomorrow?
7M+ companies with register data and annual accounts, 47M+ person profiles with verified email and mobile numbers, 82 signal types, CRM handover and recruiting. From €59 a month, cancel any month.
Facts as of September 19, 2026
Task check
What do you need to get done?
Pick your task. On credit, compliance and master data, Dun & Bradstreet is clearly ahead, and we say so.
- Dun & Bradstreet
- RUBINLAKE
- A draw
Better fit
RUBINLAKE
- Dun & Bradstreet
- 15
- RUBINLAKE
- 95
The bars show how well a tool fits this one task. It is our assessment, not a measurement and not an overall score.
RUBINLAKE is the better choice here.
- Prices are on the website, from €59 a month, cancel any month
- 7 days free, no credit card
- Dun & Bradstreet publishes no prices; every path goes through their sales team
One company, two perspectives
Screening view and conversation view
Isartal Robotik AG is a fictional example. The screening view asks whether you can do business with the company. The conversation view asks whom to contact there, and why now.
Can I do business with this company?
A typical screening, schematic
Isartal Robotik AG, Munich
- D-U-N-S
- unique number
- Corporate structure
- parent and 3 subsidiaries
- Credit
- rating and credit limit
- Payment behaviour
- from payment experiences
- Compliance
- sanctions, owners
- Supplier risk: cyber and ESG
- Next: credit management
Whom do I talk to, and why now?
Sales perspective · Structure & growth
New site in Leipzig announced, 60 jobs planned. Priority 82, three sources.
- Head of ProcurementEmail verified, mobile available1 credit
- Head of OperationsEmail verified1 credit
Schematic view with sample data. The screening does not show any provider's interface. D&B Hoovers also builds target lists, scores them with AI and sends alerts on company news.
Strengths
Where each tool is stronger
We start with Dun & Bradstreet. They are ahead on five of the ten tasks, and those five are not close.
Where Dun & Bradstreet is stronger
- One identity worldwideThe D-U-N-S number, corporate hierarchies and beneficial owners across 250+ markets. A standard that large customers ask for.
- Credit and payment behaviourRatings, credit limits and payment experiences from a worldwide network. RUBINLAKE does not rate creditworthiness.
- Supplier risk with real screeningSanctions lists, cyber and ESG risk, and monitoring of ownership changes.
- Master data at scaleMatching, enrichment and hierarchies for entire CRM and ERP databases, through an API or a data package.
- Decision makers worldwideD&B Hoovers states 260M+ decision-maker contacts and intent data for markets we do not cover.
Where RUBINLAKE is stronger
- Ready to go tomorrow morningPrices on the website from €59 a month, 7 days free, cancel any month, no sales call.
- Contacts you can actually callVerified email for 1 credit and mobile number for 5 credits. Dun & Bradstreet states email addresses, but no mobile numbers.
- Triggers from German news82 event types with priority and sources, in the sales or the supplier perspective.
- CRM for small teamsHubSpot, Pipedrive and Zoho in one click, instead of an integration project.
- Sales and recruiting in one planCandidate search and AI matching from Premium. Recruiting is not part of what Dun & Bradstreet offers.
Every criterion
The comparison in detail
Dun & Bradstreet facts from the provider's public pages, mostly the German ones, as of September 19, 2026. Shaded cells show which side has the edge.
- available
- partial
- not available
| Criterion | Dun & Bradstreet | RUBINLAKE |
|---|---|---|
| Data and coverage | ||
| Companies | available580M+ worldwide, across 250+ marketsSource | available7M+ in the DACH region |
| Unique company ID | availableD-U-N-S number, a worldwide standardSource | partialCommercial register number in the DACH region |
| Corporate structure | availableHierarchies and beneficial ownersSource | not availableNot available |
| Financials | availableBalance sheet data, payment experiences, ratingsSource | availableBalance sheet and income statement from annual accounts, read by AI |
| Creditworthiness | availableRatings, credit limits, failure riskSource | not availableNot available |
| Contacts | ||
| Decision makers | available260M+ in D&B HooversSource | available47M+ person profiles in the DACH region |
| available78M+ addressesSource | availableVerified, 1 credit | |
| Mobile number | not availableNot describedSource | available5 credits |
| Signals and risk | ||
| Events | availableAlerts on company newsSource | available82 event types with priority and sources |
| Buying intent | availableIntent data in D&B HooversSource | not availableNot available |
| Sanctions and compliance | availableSanctions lists, owners, ESG, cyberSource | not availableNot available |
| Monitoring suppliers | availableSupplier risk as its own productSource | partialSupplier perspective in the signals |
| Working | ||
| AI in the platform | availableAI builds lists and writes emails in Hoovers, assistants in the productsSource | availableAssistant builds lists, scores, drafts messages |
| Master data | availableMatching, enrichment and hierarchies across a databaseSource | partialEnrichment of lists and CRM contacts |
| Recruiting | not availableNot providedSource | availableCandidate search and AI matching, from Premium |
| Hand over and build | ||
| CRM | availableSalesforce integration in Hoovers, otherwise APIs and data packagesSource | availableHubSpot, Pipedrive and Zoho in one click, from Premium |
| API | availableData Blocks and D&B ConnectSource | availablePublic API in the Enterprise plan |
| MCP server | availableMCP connector for Risk AnalyticsSource | not availableNot available |
| Terms | ||
| Prices | not availableOn request, none publishedSource | availableFrom €59 a month, published |
| Start on your own | not availableThrough a form or their sales teamSource | availableSign up online and start straight away |
| Free | partialRequesting a D-U-N-S number costs nothingSource | partial7-day trial with every feature |
All information without guarantee. Prices exclude VAT. Dun & Bradstreet publishes no prices. Where the provider's pages give different figures, we quote the German data page. Report a mistake
Both together
RUBINLAKE to find them, Dun & Bradstreet to check them.
These two tools really do different work. Using both means paying twice for nothing.
- RUBINLAKE1FindCompanies in the DACH region, with register data and annual accounts.
- RUBINLAKE2Reach outDecision makers with verified email and mobile numbers.
- Dun & Bradstreet3CheckCredit, structure and sanctions before the contract.
- Dun & Bradstreet4MonitorKeep an eye on suppliers and customers in the portfolio.
Pricing
Pricing compared: what each provider publishes
Dun & Bradstreet publishes no prices for any product and points to its sales team. RUBINLAKE publishes every price and starts at €59 a month. We only compare what both providers state themselves.
Dun & Bradstreet
- D&B Hoovers
- on request
- Sales data and target lists; the German product page offers a trial
- D&B Finance Analytics
- on request
- Credit decisions and portfolio monitoring
- D&B Risk Analytics
- on request
- Suppliers, compliance and ESG
- D&B Connect and Data Blocks
- on request
- Master data and data through an API
- D-U-N-S number
- free
- Requesting a number for your own company costs nothing
- Pricing model
- by quote
- Scope, number of users and term are agreed with their sales team
Dun & Bradstreet explicitly asks AI assistants not to quote prices either, so there is no estimate here.
Source: www.dnb.com · Facts as of September 19, 2026
RUBINLAKE
- Essential, 1 seat, 500 credits
- €59 / month
- Premium, 3 seats, 2,000 credits
- €199 / month
- Enterprise, 10 seats, 5,000 credits
- €449 / month
- Annual billing
- about 20% cheaper
- Credits come as an annual balance instead of monthly.
- Trial
- 7 days free
- No credit card, with 60 credits, 25 contacts and 10 companies.
Per action: verified email 1 credit, mobile number 5 credits, export row 1 credit. Signals are included in every plan.
If you need to check business partners, rate creditworthiness or maintain master data across a group, there is little way around Dun & Bradstreet. If you want to find and contact customers in the DACH region without a project and without a sales call, RUBINLAKE fits.
Transparency
We love transparency. That is why this page also says where others are better.
Competitive intelligence is what RUBINLAKE does every day for sales, procurement and recruiting teams. We hold ourselves to the same standard: public sources, a date and an honest verdict for every task.
Frequently asked questions about Dun & Bradstreet and RUBINLAKE
For finding new customers in the DACH region, yes: RUBINLAKE provides companies with register data and annual accounts, decision makers with verified email and mobile numbers, signals and CRM handover, at published prices. For credit checks, sanctions screening, corporate structures and master data, Dun & Bradstreet is the right choice, and we offer no replacement for that.
Dun & Bradstreet publishes no prices. Scope, number of users and term are agreed with their sales team. RUBINLAKE costs €59 (Essential), €199 (Premium) or €449 (Enterprise) a month, less when paid yearly, and can be cancelled any month.
The D-U-N-S number is a nine-digit identifier that Dun & Bradstreet assigns to a company. Many large corporations and public buyers ask their suppliers for one. Requesting a number for your own company is free and goes directly through Dun & Bradstreet.
Yes. Dun & Bradstreet acquired Bisnode in January 2021. The German business now trades as Dun & Bradstreet Deutschland GmbH, based in Frankfurt am Main.
No. RUBINLAKE shows register data, figures from annual accounts and signals from the news, but issues no credit ratings and no credit limits. Providers such as Dun & Bradstreet or Creditreform are built for that.
Dun & Bradstreet's public pages describe 78M+ email addresses, but no mobile numbers. RUBINLAKE provides mobile numbers for 5 credits.
Yes, and it is the most common case. RUBINLAKE finds and contacts companies in the DACH region, Dun & Bradstreet checks and monitors them as business partners. The two barely overlap.
Find them first, check them after.
7 days free, with every feature and no credit card.