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Standard Metrics vs Vestberry
Standard Metrics and Vestberry compared on collection, fund analytics, benchmarks and price.
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Standard Metrics and Vestberry both serve funds with operations teams. Standard Metrics leads on benchmarks across 10,000+ startups and a managed data team. Vestberry leads on fund-level analytics: valuations, waterfalls, NAV and fees, with benchmarks against 100+ peers. Both have MCP servers and APIs, and neither publishes pricing.
| Feature | Standard Metrics | Vestberry |
|---|---|---|
| Where the data comes from | Data requests, QuickBooks or Xero sync, and AI-parsed documentsFirms can also forward data they receive outside the platform. | Investee portal, email requests, AI extraction and a data services team |
| What founders have to do | Answer each request or connect accountingA company account is optional. | Submit KPIs through the portal or a requested email report |
| Public signal (news, LinkedIn, X, hiring) | On-demand web search in the AI AnalystScheduled monitoring is not listed on their site. | News, hiring and competitor signals in its AI data model |
| Health scores and alerts | BI alerts; no health score listed | Risk signals for weak performance and missed targets; no score named |
| LP reporting | Yes, tear sheets and reports for LP updates | Yes, branded LP reports, tear sheets and an LP file portal |
| Fund accounting | Tracks investments by fund; fund admin not listed | Tracks commitments, cash flows, NAV and fees; fund admin not listed |
| Peer benchmarking | Yes, against 10,000+ anonymized startups | Yes, against 100+ peers |
| Reachable by your AI agents | REST API and hosted MCP server; MCP tools read dataThe REST API can also write metrics, notes and documents. | MCP server and APIs |
| SOC 2 | SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliant | SOC 2 not listed; ISO 27001 badge on the homepage |
Facts verified from standardmetrics.io/faq/, vestberry.com/data-collection, standardmetrics.io/ai-analyst/, vestberry.com/blog/introducing-tony-vestberrys-ai-for-venture-capital, standardmetrics.io/for-investors/, vestberry.com/portfolio-intelligence, vestberry.com/reporting-audits, standardmetrics.io/global-benchmarking/, vestberry.com/single-source-of-truth, docs.standardmetrics.io/guides/mcp-available-tools, vestberry.com/blog/should-your-vc-fund-vibe-code-its-own-portfolio-monitoring-software-in-2026, standardmetrics.io/security/, vestberry.com (checked 2026-10-28).
Pick Standard Metrics if…
- You want benchmarks across 10,000+ startups.
- Portfolio companies connect QuickBooks or Xero.
- You want SOC 2 Type II today.
Pick Vestberry if…
- You need fund-level analytics: valuations, waterfalls and scenario forecasts.
- You track commitments, NAV and fees next to company KPIs.
- You want branded LP reports from an Excel add-in.
Pricing
Investor pricing is not published, and it is not charged per seat. Free for portfolio companies.
Pricing comes through a demo with sales.
Where Cura fits
Both tools rely on requests and parsed documents. Cura reads the emails, decks, Slack messages and calls founders already send, so founders do nothing new. It monitors LinkedIn, X, news and hiring for every company every day, and it starts at $200/month.
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