Compare · Tell vs Bombora

A Bombora alternative when you need evidence you can quote

Bombora tells you which companies are researching a topic more than usual. Tell tells you which companies just did something that means they'll buy, and shows you the job post, filing or post that proves it.

What Bombora is

Bombora's Company Surge measures content consumption across a co-op of B2B websites and flags companies researching a topic above their baseline. It is sold on annual contracts priced by topics, accounts and delivery; prices are not published.

	Tell	Bombora
Price	$259 a month, 2,000 credits included, cancel any time	Annual contracts; price on request
Signal	Public events: a role on your buyer's team, a raise, a competitor's product in use, a post asking for a tool	Topic research intensity above a company's baseline
Evidence	The sentence, filing or post, linked	A surge score per topic
Level	Company and, for LinkedIn and X, the person	Company
Setup	Paste your website; first list in about a minute	Choose topics; deliver to your platform or CRM

Bombora facts from public sources, checked October 2026: Bombora Company Surge. Something out of date? Write to [email protected] and we'll fix it.

Choose Bombora if

You run ABM at scale and want topic-level intent across thousands of accounts in your ad and marketing platforms.
Research behavior is a better predictor in your market than hiring or funding.

Choose Tell if

Your reps need a reason to call they can say out loud: “I saw you're hiring your first security engineer”.
You want signals checked for what you sell, not topic scores to interpret.
You want to start this week without an annual contract.

See who's ready to buy from you, free

Or read what Tell finds in Use cases.