Intent data is information indicating that an organisation, or a person within it, is researching a topic, product category or vendor, used as a sign that it may be preparing to buy. Intent data providers collect these signals from sources such as publisher networks and data cooperatives, the programmatic advertising bidstream, software review marketplaces and registered media audiences, and sell them to marketing and sales teams for prioritising accounts.
The category includes dedicated intent vendors, account-based marketing platforms that collect their own signals, and sales data platforms that bundle intent with contact data. This list covers ten providers active in November 2026, including HG Insights, which acquired TrustRadius in June 2025.
Contents
- Types of intent data
- Account-level and person-level intent
- Methodology
- The list
- Comparison table
- Acquisitions and partnerships
- Frequently asked questions
- See also
Types of intent data
- Third-party web intent: content consumption collected across many publisher sites, either through a co-operative or from the advertising bidstream.
- Marketplace or review-site intent: activity on software review platforms, such as category browsing and competitor comparisons.
- Publisher first-party intent: research by registered members of a media network, which can be resolved to named prospects.
- First-party intent: activity on a company's own website, which several providers combine with third-party signals.
Account-level and person-level intent
Most web-scale intent is resolved to the account (company) level; 6sense, for example, states that its intent resolves at the account level. Person-level intent is available where signals come from registered users, as with Informa TechTarget's prospect-level data. Account-level data is typically paired with a contact database to identify whom to approach.
Methodology
Providers were included if they sell B2B intent data, either standalone or as a documented feature, and operate under the listed name in November 2026. Entries are grouped by signal source: first, providers that collect third-party intent across the open web (bidstream, publisher networks or co-ops), ordered by the signal volume they publish; second, providers whose intent comes from their own audience or marketplace, ordered by stated audience size, with undisclosed figures last; third, sales data platforms that bundle intent with contact data, ordered by breadth of the bundled offering.
Signal and audience figures are vendors' own and use different units (per day, per month, events, signals), so they are not directly comparable. Signal quality was not tested.
The list
1
Account-based platform with daily-refreshed, account-level intent
Best for: Enterprise account-based marketing programmes
6sense combines third-party intent data with predictive models for account-based marketing and sales. The company states that it processes more than a trillion buyer signals a day, draws on a network of more than two million B2B publishers covering over 650 million pages, and refreshes all intent data daily at the account level. It describes its predictive models as trained on more than a decade of purchase outcomes. Products are sold from three starting points, Revenue Marketing, Sales Intelligence and 6sense Intelligence, and can run in the 6sense platform, in a customer's own stack or inside AI agents. Pricing is by quote, with units priced by volume band.
- Signals (vendor-stated)
- 1T+ per day
- Refresh
- Daily, account level
- Pricing
- Quote-based; no free plan
Strengths
- Largest stated signal volume on this list
- Intent available inside a customer's own data stack
Limitations
- Account-level resolution, not individual contacts
- No free plan or published prices
2
Bidstream-based intent combined with partner intent feeds
Best for: Teams that want first-party, bidstream and partner intent in one view
Demandbase collects intent from the advertising bidstream, describing its direct bidstream access as the source of the most intent signals, and cites more than 2.3 trillion monthly intent signals. The same page gives keyword coverage of 950,000+ in one section and 865,000+ intent keywords in another. Demandbase also imports third-party intent from Bombora, G2 and TrustRadius, and can ingest data from other providers. Its flagship Demandbase for Sales and Marketing is priced as a platform fee plus a flat fee per user, and all pricing is customised through a form. Advertising and Data can be bought separately as starting points.
- Signals (vendor-stated)
- 2.3T+ per month
- Pricing
- Quote-based (platform fee plus per-user fee)
Strengths
- Aggregates Bombora, G2 and TrustRadius intent alongside its own
- Data can be bought without the full platform
Limitations
- Inconsistent keyword counts on its own product page
- Standalone sales or marketing purchases are not offered
3
Intent data and activation services, including buying-group intent
Best for: Marketing teams wanting intent plus managed activation
Intentsify combines third-party intent signals with a customer's own website activity. It reports 1.1 trillion intent signals per month, monitoring of more than 460,000 B2B content sites and identification of 4.2 million in-market target accounts. Its data products include Buyer Intelligence, Buying Group Intent, Audiences and Website Visitor Resolution, and it offers activation through digital advertising, lead generation, email and event marketing, alongside managed services. The company has also released an MCP integration that makes its intent data available within AI assistants. Pricing is not published.
- Signals (vendor-stated)
- 1.1T per month
- Sites monitored (vendor-stated)
- 460K+
- Pricing
- Quote-based
Strengths
- Buying-group level intent product
- Activation and managed services available
Limitations
- Topic count not stated
- No published pricing
4
B
Co-op-based Company Surge intent data, widely licensed by other platforms
Best for: Licensing topic-level intent into existing tools
Bombora describes itself as having created the B2B intent data category more than a decade ago. Its Company Surge product identifies accounts showing increased research activity; the company cites more than 14 billion monthly events across 5 million company domains and over 25,300 intent topics. Data is gathered through a data cooperative of publishers, brand sites and data providers, which Bombora says operates within consent-based frameworks. More than 10,000 brands, agencies, publishers and platforms use its data, according to the company. Its signals are also distributed through other vendors; Demandbase, for instance, imports Bombora Surge data.
- Topics (vendor-stated)
- 25,300+
- Events (vendor-stated)
- 14B+ per month
- Pricing
- Quote-based
Strengths
- Very large topic taxonomy
- Available directly or through partner platforms
Limitations
- Lower stated event volume than bidstream-based providers
- Account-level rather than person-level
5
Intent from buyer activity on the G2 software review marketplace
Best for: Software vendors tracking competitor and category research
G2 Buyer Intent shows which organisations are researching a vendor's product, category or competitors on G2.com. Signals include product and category page views, competitor comparisons, pricing page visits, review activity and engagement with a vendor's profile. G2 states that its data is based on verified buyer evaluation rather than modelled behaviour, and that 100 million buyers use G2.com; it also cites more than 200 million software buyers a year across G2, Capterra, Software Advice and GetApp. The intent is specific to software purchasing, which makes it most relevant for software vendors. Pricing is not shown on the Buyer Intent page.
- Audience (vendor-stated)
- 100M buyers on G2.com
- Pricing
- Not published
Strengths
- Signals come from explicit product evaluation
- Competitor-comparison activity visible
Limitations
- Limited to software categories
- Coverage depends on research happening on G2
6
Prospect-level purchase intent from a permissioned technology-media audience
Best for: Technology vendors needing person-level intent
Priority Engine is the intent product of Informa TechTarget, the operator of the TechTarget network of technology publications. It describes its data as proprietary prospect-level intent, showing which technologies and vendors individual prospects are researching. The underlying network is described as having more than 58 million permissioned members across 220 media properties focused on B2B technology. Because activity is tied to registered members, the product can identify named individuals rather than only accounts. Pricing is available through the sales team only. The product is most relevant to vendors selling technology, since the network's properties are technology-focused.
- Audience (vendor-stated)
- 58M+ permissioned members, 220 properties
- Pricing
- Quote-based
Strengths
- Person-level rather than only account-level intent
- Permissioned, registered audience
Limitations
- Focused on technology purchasing
- Coverage limited to activity on its own network
7
Review-site buyer intent from TrustRadius, now part of HG Insights
Best for: Software vendors combining review intent with technographics
HG Insights acquired TrustRadius, a buyer-intelligence business built on verified customer reviews, on 19 June 2025. The combination makes TrustRadius buyer intent data and in-market leads available inside HG's revenue growth intelligence platform, and HG enriches the TrustRadius intent data with its own account-level data. The intent is drawn from the TrustRadius buyer community and its validated reviews. TrustRadius intent is also among the partner feeds that Demandbase imports. The press release does not specify signal volumes, signal types or pricing, so buyers need to obtain those details from HG directly.
- Acquisition
- TrustRadius acquired 19 June 2025
- Pricing
- Not published
Strengths
- Intent tied to review-site evaluation
- Enriched with HG account-level data
Limitations
- Software-category focus
- Signal volumes not disclosed
8
Z
Intent signals bundled with contact and company data
Best for: Sales teams wanting intent joined to contact data
ZoomInfo sells intent data as part of its sales and marketing platform rather than as a standalone feed. Its Data API includes an Enrich Intent endpoint alongside endpoints for contacts, companies, technologies and corporate hierarchy, so intent can be joined directly to contact records. Marketing packages are sold as Marketing Demand, ABM Lite and ABM Enterprise, and sales packages as Professional, Copilot Advanced and Copilot Enterprise. Pricing is not published and depends on features, licences and credit usage. The main advantage is that an intent signal can be paired immediately with contacts at the same account.
- Pricing
- Quote-based
Strengths
- Intent, contacts and companies in one API
- Packaged for both sales and marketing
Limitations
- Signal volumes and topic counts not published on the pages reviewed
- Intent is not sold separately from the platform
9
Buying-intent topics included in a self-serve prospecting plan
Best for: Small sales teams wanting basic intent without a separate contract
Apollo.io includes buying-intent topics in its prospecting plans. An Apollo-published comparison dated July 2026 states that Apollo includes more than 15,000 buying intent topics and lists six intent topics on the Basic plan. The same article describes Bombora's own topic coverage as more than 21,600 topics; Bombora's homepage currently cites more than 25,300. Apollo's pricing page lists Free, Basic, Professional and Custom plans. Intent in Apollo is a supporting feature for prioritising accounts within a sales workflow rather than a dedicated intent product, and it is aimed at teams that would not otherwise buy intent data.
- Topics (vendor-stated)
- 15K+
- Pricing
- Included in plans; Free plan available
Strengths
- Intent available without an enterprise contract
- Combined with contacts and sequencing
Limitations
- Topic tracking limits on lower tiers
- Less depth than dedicated intent platforms
10
Intent data included in the Pro prospecting tier
Best for: Prospecting teams wanting intent alongside verified mobiles
Cognism includes intent data in its Pro prospecting plan to help prioritise accounts, together with higher-quality mobile data and on-demand mobile verification. The Standard plan includes signal filters for list building but not the intent data that Pro adds. Both plans include five seats, and pricing is quote-based. For buyers whose main need is contact data with a European focus, Cognism offers intent as part of the same subscription rather than through a separate vendor. Cognism's pricing page does not state the volume of signals or number of topics covered.
- Pricing
- Quote-based; intent on Pro tier
Strengths
- Intent bundled with contact data
- No separate intent contract needed
Limitations
- Topic and signal volumes not disclosed
- Only on the higher Pro tier
Acquisitions and partnerships
Frequently asked questions
What is B2B intent data?
B2B intent data is behavioural information showing that a company or individual is researching a subject, product category or vendor. Providers gather it from publisher networks, data cooperatives, the advertising bidstream, review marketplaces and registered media audiences. Sales and marketing teams use it to prioritise accounts that appear to be actively evaluating a purchase, usually combining it with firmographic and contact data.
How accurate is intent data?
Accuracy is difficult to verify independently because methods and units differ between vendors. Account-level signals depend on matching anonymous activity to companies, which introduces error, while person-level signals from registered audiences are tied to identified users but cover only one network. Buyers commonly test intent against known pipeline before relying on it for prioritisation.
What is the difference between first-party and third-party intent data?
First-party intent comes from a company's own channels, such as website visits, content downloads and email engagement. Third-party intent is collected by an outside provider across sites the company does not own, such as publisher networks, review marketplaces or the advertising bidstream. Several providers, including Intentsify, combine third-party signals with a customer's own website activity.
How much does intent data cost?
Dedicated intent providers including 6sense, Demandbase, Bombora, Intentsify and Informa TechTarget do not publish prices and sell by quote. Some sales data platforms include a limited amount of intent in their plans: Apollo.io bundles buying-intent topics into its prospecting plans, and Cognism includes intent data on its Pro tier.
Is intent data compliant with GDPR?
Compliance depends on how signals are collected and used. Account-level intent generally describes company behaviour, but collection often involves personal data such as IP addresses and cookies. Bombora states that its co-op data is sourced within consent-based frameworks. Buyers in the EU and UK should review each provider's collection methods and data-processing terms.
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