# Global Database Prospecting Reviews
**Vendor:** Global Data Intelligence Limited  
**Category:** [Sales Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/sales-intelligence)  
**Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 60
## About Global Database Prospecting
Global Database sales &amp; marketing platform offers a large business directory, holding more than 80 million exhaustive business profiles across 195 countries. The platform is automatically updated on a daily basis. It allows users to follow preferred profiles (either companies or executives) and sends instant notifications once their information is changed (e.g. post or seniority level, contact info or any other data). There are over 100 filters available (by industry, SIC code, company size, revenue, seniority level, years of experience and many more), which allow users to quickly find the exact contacts they need. It allows users to download contact information in both CSV and XLS formats. Global Database can be integrated with your Salesforce account and other CRMs (Slack, amoCRM, Asana etc.), Marketing Automation tools (Oracle Eloqua, Zendesk, HubSpot, Marketo, Mailchimp etc.) and Sales Development tools (Salesloft, Outreach, Close.io etc.). For marketing and sales professionals, the platform is a great source of new and active leads, as well as an ideal solution for financial analysis, due diligence, compliance checks, business credit checks, and more. Global Database customers include Microsoft, Oracle, Avaya, Cisco, KPMG, Maserati, DHL, Dupont, Iveco, Caterpillar, Ipsos, Motorola Solutions, Experian and more.



## Global Database Prospecting Pros & Cons
**What users like:**

- Users appreciate the **data accuracy** of Global Database Prospecting, enabling precise targeting and efficient outreach for marketing campaigns. (22 reviews)
- Users value the **global coverage and real-time contact updates** of Global Database Prospecting, enhancing targeted marketing efforts. (18 reviews)
- Users appreciate the **accurate data** from Global Database, enabling precise targeting and enhancing their consultative sales process. (15 reviews)
- Users value the **efficiency of lead generation** through Global Database, significantly enhancing their sales processes and engagement. (13 reviews)
- Users value the **high accuracy** of Global Database Prospecting, enhancing targeted outreach and improving engagement rates. (12 reviews)
- Users value the **accuracy of information** in Global Database Prospecting, enhancing their market research and outreach efforts. (12 reviews)
- Data Quality (12 reviews)
- Ease of Use (11 reviews)
- Effective (10 reviews)
- Filtering Features (9 reviews)

**What users dislike:**

- Users find the interface **not intuitive** , making it challenging for new team members to navigate effectively. (6 reviews)
- Users find the **high subscription cost** of Global Database Prospecting a potential barrier for smaller companies and startups. (5 reviews)
- Users find the **learning difficulty** significant, particularly for new team members navigating complex features and queries. (5 reviews)
- Users find the **complex usability** of Global Database Prospecting challenging, especially for creating and saving intricate queries. (4 reviews)
- Users find the **advanced filtering options overwhelming** , leading to a complicated experience for new team members. (4 reviews)
- Learning Curve (4 reviews)
- Missing Information (4 reviews)
- Complexity (3 reviews)
- Data Quality (3 reviews)
- Filtering Difficulty (3 reviews)

## Global Database Prospecting Reviews
  ### 1. Global Database platform in use

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Marina P. | Business Development Manager (Australia & New Zealand), Banking, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 10, 2018

**What do you like best about Global Database Prospecting?**

Thanks to this platform, I easily found the companies executives` emails that I was looking for. 
The data is uploaded every day.
I easily find the right decision makers that I need.
The perfect solution for those who want to extend their business.

**What do you dislike about Global Database Prospecting?**

The interface is not 100% intuitive so I had to watch a video explanation to understand how to use it correctly.

**Recommendations to others considering Global Database Prospecting:**

That`s really good way to improve your business.
Through one click you are right next to those companies that you would like to work with.

**What problems is Global Database Prospecting solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We spend less time for research. It is easier to find new partners and work with them by knowing the industry, number of the employees in the companies.
The provided data are at the high level.


  ### 2. Keep Your Data Updated from anywhere

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Sajjan S. | President, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** April 29, 2019

**What do you like best about Global Database Prospecting?**

Easy to use, Keep Your Data Secure, Anywhere Access Your Data and Upgrade. Speedup your business responses

**What do you dislike about Global Database Prospecting?**

Nothing as of now, its all good, it helps Speedup your business 

**Recommendations to others considering Global Database Prospecting:**

NA

**What problems is Global Database Prospecting solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Easy to use, Data Security, Any time access available, Speedup Business Response.

  ### 3. Just like their slogan 

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** April 30, 2019

**What do you like best about Global Database Prospecting?**

It makes it easy to connect with the right contacts in the right way. Has a huge executives database and filters out any risky companies 

**What do you dislike about Global Database Prospecting?**

There are downtimes occasionally that last a few hours and make it hard to do work 

**Recommendations to others considering Global Database Prospecting:**

Make sure you get in contact with support for any issues as soon as you notice them because they can take a while to respond

**What problems is Global Database Prospecting solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Get leads for key decision makers and get in contact with them 

  ### 4. If you are looking for contact data this is one of the best providers I have come across

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Paul W. | Head Of Sales, Computer Software, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 17, 2018

**What do you like best about Global Database Prospecting?**

Direct emails
Ownership and group structure 
Technology Stack 
Coverage across 195 countries

**What do you dislike about Global Database Prospecting?**

Does not integrate with Microsoft Dynamics 
Small coverage across West Africa
Does not have a Chrome extension for Linkedin


**Recommendations to others considering Global Database Prospecting:**

Can be a bit pricey, but you truly get what you pay for in user satisfaction and quality leads.

**What problems is Global Database Prospecting solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Identifying companies by location, company size, revenue, technology used
Due diligence 


  ### 5. Valuable Client Experience with Global database

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** April 30, 2019

**What do you like best about Global Database Prospecting?**

Best global Sales lead in the industry..

**What do you dislike about Global Database Prospecting?**

Can be more intelligent in segregating , maybe use of API's for database automation and display

**Recommendations to others considering Global Database Prospecting:**

Best in its class

**What problems is Global Database Prospecting solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Client knowlegde increased in sales lead with worldclass competition 

  ### 6. Easy to use 

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Animation | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** May 01, 2019

**What do you like best about Global Database Prospecting?**

It’s very user-friendly and makes my life easier!

**What do you dislike about Global Database Prospecting?**

Sometimes take some to start up. I think with some more software updates, it should be improved. 

**What problems is Global Database Prospecting solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Our office is now better organized. 

  ### 7. USING GLOBALBASE

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Market Research | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** March 15, 2019

**What do you like best about Global Database Prospecting?**

Large availability of companies, and contacts.
Platform easy to use.

**What do you dislike about Global Database Prospecting?**

Expensive
Sometimes companies list provided does not match with the category requested. 


**What problems is Global Database Prospecting solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Can reach more companies and able to reach key decision makers by bypassing the gatekeepers.

  ### 8. Easy to use lead generation platform, with direct emails and phone numbers

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Crina T. | Senior Business Development Manager, Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 26, 2017

**What do you like best about Global Database Prospecting?**

Direct email and phone numbers
Coverage across 195 countries
New leads are uploaded every single day
Low bounce rate (up to 7%)


**What do you dislike about Global Database Prospecting?**

Expensive 
Slow response from customer support
Data coverage for some countries is poor

**Recommendations to others considering Global Database Prospecting:**

It's worth giving it a try,  if you are looking to build your pipeline new sales leads.
Once you setup a subscription, new contacts will be added every single day so that you start contacting them straight away. 
However, before making the payment, check how much data they have for your target market. 
 

**What problems is Global Database Prospecting solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Lead generation and Due Diligence on customers 

  ### 9. Good lead generation platform that has contact information for 195 countries

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Lilia O. | Group HR Manager, Financial Services, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 25, 2017

**What do you like best about Global Database Prospecting?**

Direct emails
Ability to export to data to CSV without any download limit
Coverage across 195 countries 

**What do you dislike about Global Database Prospecting?**

Limited mobile numbers 
Expensive if you subscribe to multiple countries


**What problems is Global Database Prospecting solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We are able to reach key decision makers by bypassing the gatekeepers. More than 90% of the executives have direct email address. 

  ### 10. Good quality leads with free data export 

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 19, 2016

**What do you like best about Global Database Prospecting?**

For 1,390 GBP I bought a list of 160k companies in South Africa, I got direct corporate email addresses, direct phone numbers, unlimited data export at no extra cost, daily updates. Perfect for sending email campaigns and for telesales. They also cover 53 countries in Africa, so we might use them for our next campaign.

**What do you dislike about Global Database Prospecting?**

Email bounce rate of 12% and mobile numbers are not available for each contact.

**Recommendations to others considering Global Database Prospecting:**

Pros: Good data quality and response rate, great support, would definitely recommend.
Cons: Expensive if you are looking to purchase multiple countries.


**What problems is Global Database Prospecting solving and how is that benefiting you?**

After sending the first campaign to over 320k contacts, we received a response rate of 3-5%, which is in line with our expectations.


## Global Database Prospecting Discussions
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## Global Database Prospecting Features
**Data Availability**
- Contact Data Availability
- Company Data Availability
- Industry Research Availability
- Technographic Data Availability

**Lead Intelligence**
- Market Insights 
- Account-level Insights 
- Lead Analysis 

**Lead Generation**
- Lead Builder
- CRM Integration
- Marketing Automation Integration
- Social Media Integration
- Data Import & Export Tools

**Lead Intelligence**
- Lead Validation
- Lead Enrichment
- Lead Quality
- Lead Analysis
- Browser Extension

**Agentic AI - Lead Mining**
- Cross-system Integration
- Proactive Assistance

**Agentic AI - Marketing Account Intelligence**
- Autonomous Task Execution
- Cross-system Integration
- Adaptive Learning
- Natural Language Interaction

**Data Accuracy**
- Contact Data Accuracy
- Company Data Accuracy
- Technographic Data Accuracy

**Lead Intelligence**
- Market Insights 
- Account-level Insights 
- Lead Analysis 

**Lead Management**
- Segmentation 
- Predictive Scoring 
- Account Identification 

**Agentic AI - Lead Intelligence**
- Cross-system Integration

**Lead Management**
- Segmentation 
- Predictive Scoring 
- Account Identification 

**Marketing Campaigns**
- Omni-Channel Tracking 
- Revenue Planning 
- Media Attribution 
- Opportunity Timeline 
- Customization 

**Agentic AI - Sales Intelligence**
- Autonomous Task Execution
- Cross-system Integration
- Adaptive Learning
- Natural Language Interaction
- Proactive Assistance
- Decision Making

**Platform**
- Internationalization
- User, Role, and Access Management
- Performance and Reliability
- Reporting/Dashboards
- Mobile User Support
- APIs

**Marketing Campaigns**
- Omni-Channel Tracking 
- Revenue Planning 
- Media Attribution 
- Opportunity Timeline 
- Customization 

**Campaign Execution**
- Website Personalization 
- Prioritized Accounts 
- Trending Accounts 
- Email Campaigns 

**Data Availability - Marketing Account Intelligence **
- Technographic Data Availability

**Agentic AI - Account Data Management**
- Autonomous Task Execution
- Cross-system Integration
- Adaptive Learning
- Proactive Assistance
- Decision Making

**Data Accuracy - Marketing Account Intelligence **
- Technographic Data Accuracy

**Features**
- Lead Builder
- Integration to CRM/Marketing Automation
- Data Cleaning/Enrichment
- Data Segmentation/Filtering
- Search
- News/People Alerts
- Connections
- Reporting

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