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D&B Hoovers Reviews & Product Details

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What do you like best about D&B Hoovers?

Format and search filters are very effective. Site is intuitive and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about D&B Hoovers?

Simply lacks the depth of content. When I can actually find individuals (which is becoming increasingly rare even when they are found in LinkedIn) the infomation provided is often out dated and/or incorrect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is D&B Hoovers solving and how is that benefiting you?

The main solution I was seeking was to find validated contact informaton for potential prospects. Unfortunately, I have found that the level of accuracy and completeness, of listings, is lacking pretty substantially. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kevin Johnson of D&B Hoovers

Hello and thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback on D&B Hoovers. We were disappointed to read that you are not fully satisfied with the solution, specifically regarding contact data and content. Our product team would love to hear more specifics. Would you be willing to provide your contact details so we can be in touch to offer you a session with our product management team? My email is johnsonk@dnb.com

D&B Hoovers Overview

What is D&B Hoovers?

D&B Hoovers is the shortcut to reach buyers and win deals. D&B Hoovers offers deeper B2B intelligence to Sales, Marketing, and RevOps teams to help you… · Discover you opportune market · Prioritize your best prospects · Close more deals, faster The D-U-N-S Number Difference · 272M+ company profiles, with 37M+ corporate linkages and Decision HQ · 412M+ verified contacts, including mobile numbers, LinkedIn profiles, and site location · 175+ targeting filters Reach your ideal buyer · Ideal Customer Profile and Total Addressable Market visualizations · 1st-party data integration · Bombora, Visitor Intelligence, and D&B Custom Intent data Spark conversations that resonate · Company news, org charts, tech infrastructure, and financial insights · Real-time opportunity triggers · Analyst research, competitive comparisons, industry forecasts Backed by the Dun & Bradstreet Data Cloud, D&B Hoovers and D&B Hoovers Audience Builder were built to ease the burden on sales and marketing teams, powering faster, smarter, and more precise prospecting.

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Anchored by Dun & Bradstreet’s powerful D-U-N-S® Numbering System, D&B Hoovers (formerly Avention) uses sophisticated analytics to deliver a sales acceleration solution packed with insight.


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Short Hills, NJ
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5,752 employees on LinkedIn®
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NYSE: DNB
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Dun & Bradstreet, a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, enables companies around the world to improve their business performance. Dun & Bradstreet’s Data Cloud fuels solutions and delivers insights that empower customers to accelerate revenue, lower cost, mitigate risk, and transform their businesses. Since 1841, companies of every size have relied on Dun & Bradstreet to help them manage risk and reveal opportunity. For more information on Dun & Bradstreet, please visit www.dnb.com.


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What do you like best about D&B Hoovers?

Searching to pre-scrubbed information. It's strictly businesses that you search through so that part is easier. There's a lot of filters, so that's nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about D&B Hoovers?

The demo was not really that representative how it'd go. Really should have a trial period of even just 1 or 2 days. Bomboro or whatever it's called seemed to be meaningless, yet was the selling point

Lots of leads ended up being the same business but different depts or businesses that were active, but there was no actual business activity going on Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is D&B Hoovers solving and how is that benefiting you?

Leads with filters for businesses

Benefits me to have the information in one location.

Problem is it didn't benefit me. I spent a lot of time trying to get data that I wanted, I ended up going back onto 2 different calls, and in the end I just needed to spend more time, you'll get the hang of it type response. You'd think with some professional help I'd have gotten off the phone with a list ready to load into my dialer. I already spent a good portion of the day trying to get what I was after with little results which defeats the purpose of paying $2,500 to make it easy and better.

When I go out, pick a couple towns, do a google search of the type of business I'm targeting, I have done better in just 2 hours of work to get the same number of calls and the bonus is, I'll have a little info about each contact to cold call with giving me better success rates. I thought having the bomboro data finding a business who has been shown to go out and be actively seeking information on a service I'm providing, then my success rates should naturally go up, start talking about the service and I'd expect more of an "oh, well what is it you do with x,y,z" They were as cold as any cold call I've done. Doing the google search I could at least start out, hey I saw your review of X, it looked great! I'd love to talk a little more about that and getting more x's... Something that could be done with D&B's list, but then what is the point of paying $2,500? I may not know the business has done a google search on my services, but that really has not seemed to give any iota of help. That was the thing that sold me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kevin Johnson of D&B Hoovers

Hello Tim, thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback on D&B Hoovers. We were disappointed to read that you are not satisfied with the solution. Our product team would love to hear more specifics. Would you be willing to provide your contact details so we can be in touch to offer you a session with our product management team? My email is johnsonk@dnb.com

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What do you like best about D&B Hoovers?

This tool makes it much easier to find other people within an organization. Plus the inbox makes it easy to see previous messages going back as you want. We really like D&B Hoovers because we have benefited greantly from the tool with searching for past employers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about D&B Hoovers?

I don't like the inability to select many contacts at once extract a list of potential clients. It would also be nice if the link to the material would appear immediately without request more information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is D&B Hoovers solving and how is that benefiting you?

This tool allows me to start connecting to build a relationship of trust. Without trust ratings, you have nothing. Plus, email companigns are set up in a second. And transparency is powerful too! The inbos makes it easy to see past messages as far as you want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kevin Johnson of D&B Hoovers

Thank you so much for your kind words, Robert! We are thrilled that you are enjoying your experience with D&B Hoovers and I wanted to let you know we are constantly improving our product, so we value your feedback. Thank you for taking the time to write this review; we appreciate it greatly. Cheers!

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What do you like best about D&B Hoovers?

I like the ease of adding all the new accounts, it offers a variety of search criteria. It provides a lot of information that can be easily filtered. I like how simple the instructions were, it gives a lot of information about contact information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about D&B Hoovers?

I would like to see more highlighted text in the search areas and more row options per page. The user interface was a bit complicated. It would be nice to set parameters for data export. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is D&B Hoovers solving and how is that benefiting you?

It keeps prospect data up to date, has much more accurate contac information, allows us to fill gaps in our database, and allows us to identify more specific needs. It allows us to find useful contact information in a short time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kevin Johnson of D&B Hoovers

Thank you so much for your kind words, Christel! We are thrilled that you are enjoying your experience with D&B Hoovers and I wanted to let you know we are constantly improving our product, so we value your feedback regarding search options and UI. Thank you for taking the time to write this review; we appreciate it greatly. Cheers!

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What do you like best about D&B Hoovers?

I like that it's easy to target the exact position you're looking for. I also like other features like the tool's capability, ease of use, frequency of use, features, integrations, and more! I also love the advanced filter feature that helps you find the right company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about D&B Hoovers?

I don't like that we can't connect with many people in one day as it shows robotic activity and freezes our account. Also, they can come out with a plan for one person with a lower price would be very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is D&B Hoovers solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's a very useful tool for finding specific people/teams. It also allows me to stay organized by making lists and using deeply customized filters. You can also narrow your search based on industry, company size, function, decision marker, D&B Hoovers activities, and more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kevin Johnson of D&B Hoovers

Thank you so much for your kind words, Husam! We are thrilled that you are enjoying your experience with D&B Hoovers and I wanted to let you know we are constantly improving our product, so we value your feedback. Thank you for taking the time to write this review; we appreciate it greatly. Cheers!

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What do you like best about D&B Hoovers?

I love that a lot of the data, i.e. emails, is accurate and my bounce rate is low. It offers both email and phone and has been accurate. The platform is incredibly user-friendly so it's easy to navigate and find exactly what I need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about D&B Hoovers?

It was very overwhelming at first with all the search features and the initial learning curve may deter others who are not tech savvy. Also some of the numbers I have tried to call are not valid numbers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is D&B Hoovers solving and how is that benefiting you?

I would recommend D&B Hoovers to people for generating and extracting emails and phone numbers from new leads. Even better is the easy setup and simple integration with CRM, email and Chrome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kevin Johnson of D&B Hoovers

Thank you so much for your kind words, Eric! We are thrilled that you are enjoying your experience with D&B Hoovers and I wanted to let you know we are constantly improving our product, so we value your feedback regarding valid numbers. Thank you for taking the time to write this review; we appreciate it greatly. Cheers!

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What do you like best about D&B Hoovers?

D&B Hoovers is very easy to use and allows me the ability to implement lists according to my personal preferences. I love that D&B Hoovers is easy to use, there are no complicated steps and the interface is simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about D&B Hoovers?

I'm not sure about pricing yet, but I'm getting some really good leads. And sometimes the information is inaccurate; whether it's a company's employees count. D&B Hoovers could improve by offering more accurate data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is D&B Hoovers solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's the only lead generation tool I would go with. I would highly recommend D&B Hoovers because it's so easy to use, the vast amount of filters, and you really get value for the cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kevin Johnson of D&B Hoovers

Thank you so much for your kind words, Thomas! We are thrilled that you are enjoying your experience with D&B Hoovers and I wanted to let you know we are constantly improving our product, so we value your feedback regarding data accuracy. Thank you for taking the time to write this review; we appreciate it greatly. Cheers!

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What do you like best about D&B Hoovers?

I like the powerful search capabilities that make it easy to find information, it has solid data filters to narrow down results. I love how easy it is to connect with other tools, I find it a very easy tool to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about D&B Hoovers?

It would be nice to have the option to add a contact to a specific list. Sometimes the data can be outdated, the accuracy of contact information ca be incosistent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is D&B Hoovers solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has given me the ability to save time when creating a list of potential clients, it offers powerful tools that help me find contacts quickly. It saves me a lot of time when finding their contact information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kevin Johnson of D&B Hoovers

Thank you so much for your kind words, Omar! We are thrilled that you are enjoying your experience with D&B Hoovers and I wanted to let you know we are constantly improving our product, so we value your feedback. Thank you for taking the time to write this review; we appreciate it greatly. Cheers!

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What do you like best about D&B Hoovers?

It's a tool you'll find yourself leveraging almost every day as you search for prospects or clients. And I like its awesome filters to drill down to the specific types of contacts or companies you're looking for and exclude others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about D&B Hoovers?

I don't think it's as up-to-date as it should be, so some contact information is out of data. And lastly, I don't like that it doesn't have information on all the companies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is D&B Hoovers solving and how is that benefiting you?

D&B Hoovers steamlines the process of contacting potential clients by providing essentail contact details such as phone numbers and email addresses. D&B Hoovers has become an integrated solution in my regular workflow while prospecting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kevin Johnson of D&B Hoovers

Thank you so much for your honest feedback, Bureau! We are thrilled that you are enjoying your experience with D&B Hoovers and I wanted to let you know we are constantly improving our product, so we value your feedback. Thank you for taking the time to write this review; we appreciate it greatly. Cheers!

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What do you like best about D&B Hoovers?

I really like that the contact information is always correct and the user interface is good. Plus this tool is simple, not complicated. I got all the information I needed. The ability to cut down on research time has been great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about D&B Hoovers?

I sometimes come across the occasional contact whose phone number is disconnected. I also wish there was a reasonably priced subscription for individual users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is D&B Hoovers solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have been greatly helped by their lead list customization system and the fact that all the information I could ever need is readily available. D&B Hoovers provides good, qualified sales leads and accounts for better prospecting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kevin Johnson of D&B Hoovers

Thank you so much for your kind words, Searlas! We are thrilled that you are enjoying your experience with D&B Hoovers and I wanted to let you know we are constantly improving our product, so we value your feedback regarding individual user subscriptions. Thank you for taking the time to write this review; we appreciate it greatly. Cheers!

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What do you like best about D&B Hoovers?

I like that it allows us to quicky gather information, they have an easy-to-access implementation. The platform has transformed the way we manage generation, it gives a complete picture of each account. I love the trust index it has. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about D&B Hoovers?

It would be helpful if there was an option to review the contact information found, they should work more on the UI. But overall it's a good tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is D&B Hoovers solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has saved me countless hours, helping me spend lees time on manual data entry. It has been helpful not only in locating the righ contacts, it provides a simple and efficient method. It has become an indispensable tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kevin Johnson of D&B Hoovers

Thank you so much for your kind words, Wilson! We are thrilled that you are enjoying your experience with D&B Hoovers and I wanted to let you know we are constantly improving our product, so we value your feedback. Thank you for taking the time to write this review; we appreciate it greatly. Cheers!