SBA prospecting tools compared
Three tools an SBA lending desk might put in front of procurement: Curter (SBA-specific lead generation + finished briefs), RelPro (relationship intelligence for financial services), and D&B Hoovers (enterprise sales intelligence). One chart, no spin — including the rows where the other tools win.
The chart
| Capability | Curter | RelPro | D&B Hoovers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built specifically for SBA lenders | ✓ | partial¹ | ✗ |
| SBA 7(a) loan-level data | ✓ | ✓ | ✗² |
| Finished prospect briefs, not just lists | ✓ | ✗² | ✗² |
| Every claim cited to a public source | ✓ | ✗² | ✗² |
| Refinance projection computed per prospect | ✓ | ✗² | ✗² |
| Research performed fresh, per prospect | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Published pricing | ✓ | ✗ | partial³ |
| Self-serve start — no demo call required | ✓ | ✗ | partial³ |
| Monthly billing, cancel anytime, every tier | ✓ | ✗² | partial³ |
| Buyer-intent data | ✗ | ✓ | ✓⁴ |
| Data beyond SBA (UCC, CRE, wealth, global) | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CRM integrations | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Checkmarks for an SBA lending desk | 9 of 12 | 4 of 12 | 3 of 12 |
¹ RelPro serves financial and professional services broadly (banking, credit unions, PE, wealth, insurance, legal). ² Not advertised in the vendor's published materials as of July 2, 2026 — see the correction contact above. ³ D&B Hoovers' Essentials tier publishes a $49/mo price with monthly billing and a free trial; the full platform is quote-based, with third parties reporting annual enterprise contracts. ⁴ Via a Bombora add-on.
Two things worth saying plainly. First, the three ✗s in Curter's column are real: if you need buyer-intent data, UCC filings, wealth insights, or CRM connectors across many lines of business, the other two are built for that and Curter is not. Second, the nine ✓s aren't features for their own sake — they're one workflow: find the SBA borrowers worth calling, and hand the banker a call-ready, cited brief with the refinance math already run. The deep-dive comparisons carry the receipts: Curter vs. RelPro and Curter vs. D&B Hoovers.
Which one should you pick?
Pick Curter if…
You're an SBA lending desk — solo BDO to branch team — and the job is booked 7(a) loans. You want leads that arrive as finished, cited briefs, at a published $49/mo you can start on today.
Pick RelPro if…
You're an enterprise bank covering treasury, CRE, wealth, and commercial lines, and you want one broad intelligence platform your teams research from. Its SBA loan search is a genuine plus.
Pick D&B Hoovers if…
You're a general B2B sales or marketing team prospecting across industries or globally, and firmographic scale, corporate hierarchies, and CRM plumbing matter more than any lending signal.
See the column that matters
The fastest way to test the chart is to run a brief. Describe a borrower you'd want to bank — Curt finds the SBA leads and writes the cited brief, refi math included.
Start the free trialRelPro® is a trademark of RelPro, Inc. D&B Hoovers®, Dun & Bradstreet®, and D-U-N-S® are trademarks of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. Curter is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by either company. This comparison reflects each vendor's publicly available materials as of July 2, 2026; capabilities marked ✗ with note ² mean the capability is not advertised in those materials, not a definitive statement about the product. Products change — email customercare@curter.ai and we'll correct anything promptly.