G2 Vendor Directory

Owler vs. Backstory

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricOwler

by Meltwater

Backstory

by Backstory

Overall rating4.34.5
Review count484630
Ease of use9.19.0
Ease of setup9.48.6
Quality of support8.89.2
Meets requirements8.68.9
NPS51.6736467.710049
Small Business38.0%10.7%
Mid-Market35.1%35.0%
Enterprise26.8%54.4%
Total page views4511,018
Total LLM citations5,2192,775

Owler

Owler is a business intelligence platform with over 5 million users that provides information about your key prospects, accounts, and customers. Easily access real-time data from over 20 million private and public companies so you can stay ahead of the competition with instant updates on companies across all industries! Owler provides you with account-level insights, contact data, and sales triggers that you need to accelerate and streamline your sales process and win more revenue – all in one platform.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Easy Implementation
  • Easy Setup
  • Automation
  • Insights Value
  • Data Accuracy

Backstory

Backstory (formerly People.ai) is the Revenue Answers Platform for GTM leaders. Revenue leaders ask the same questions every day: Is this deal real? Where's my risk? What do I focus on next? Backstory gives you straight answers - grounded in 100% of actual revenue activity, not CRM guesses. With more than a decade of training AI models on billions of sales interactions, Backstory connects every signal to the right accounts and opportunities and delivers answers where you already work - whether that's your CRM, Claude, Copilot, or other AI tools you already use.

Pros

  • Helpful
  • Customer Support
  • Ease of Use
  • Intuitive
  • Easy Setup
  • Customization