What each one sells, what it costs, when it is the better choice, and how CRBN.credit differs.
Sylvera vs CRBN.credit
Carbon credit ratings and market intelligence
ReportedFrom about $50,000 a year
No published price. A third-party analysis puts buyer platform contracts at $50,000 to $250,000 a year.
Sylvera rates carbon credit projects and sells market intelligence to buyers and investors. Its pricing data covers about 4,000 projects and is included in every subscription. Its catalogue lists more than 20,000 projects, and Connect to Supply links buyers with more than 200 suppliers and developers.
The better choice forA buyer who wants an analyst's rating on each project, and a supplier network to buy through.
How CRBN.credit differsCRBN.credit issues no ratings. Its quality index is computed from public records with every weight shown, and the same plan adds compliance prices, footprint and disclosure drafts, removals planning and regulation tools.
Project records and qualityPrices and marketBuying, retirements and portfolios
BeZero Carbon vs CRBN.credit
Independent carbon credit ratings and risk analytics
EstimateHeadline ratings free; platform from about $20,000 a year
Platform price not published. Estimate based on comparable ratings platforms.
BeZero Carbon publishes its headline ratings and summaries on its website. Full assessments, risk tools, portfolio ratings and an API sit on a subscription platform that had more than 100 corporate subscribers in 2025.
The better choice forA fund or corporate buyer that needs a recognised rating on each holding, or a rating on a whole portfolio.
How CRBN.credit differsCRBN.credit gathers the public record behind a project rather than rating it, and covers compliance markets, footprint, disclosure and regulation alongside.
Project records and qualityBuying, retirements and portfolios
MSCI Carbon Markets vs CRBN.credit
Carbon project ratings and market analytics
EstimateFrom about $30,000 a year
No published price. Estimate based on comparable ratings platforms and enterprise data contracts.
MSCI Carbon Markets grew out of Trove Research. Its Carbon Project Ratings cover more than 4,000 projects, graded AAA to CCC across six criteria, alongside market analytics.
The better choice forAn asset manager already using MSCI data that wants carbon project ratings in the same place as its ESG data.
How CRBN.credit differsCRBN.credit is priced for a single analyst as well as a desk, publishes its scoring formula, and adds portfolio construction, a retirement ledger, Scope 3 screening and regulation tools.
Project records and qualityPrices and market
Calyx Global vs CRBN.credit
GHG and SDG ratings, pricing and sourcing
EstimateFrom about $20,000 a year
No published price. Estimate based on comparable ratings platforms.
Calyx Global rates the greenhouse gas integrity and the SDG claims of carbon projects. Pricing Intelligence, launched in March 2026, shows estimated trade prices for most rated projects using ClearBlue Markets data, and SupplyBridge connects buyers with sellers' inventory.
The better choice forA buyer that wants a rating and an estimated trade price for the same project in one place.
How CRBN.credit differsCRBN.credit states a price only where one is published and never estimates voluntary credit prices. It covers compliance markets, removals, footprint and regulation, which Calyx does not.
Project records and qualityPrices and marketBuying, retirements and portfolios
AlliedOffsets vs CRBN.credit
Voluntary carbon market database
EstimateFrom about $10,000 a year
No published price. Estimate based on published prices for comparable market databases.
AlliedOffsets sells a database of about 30,000 projects with pricing, buyers and retirements, as a dashboard licence, an Explorer licence with full search, and an API for firms that merge it with their own data.
The better choice forA research team that needs buyer-level data across the whole voluntary market.
How CRBN.credit differsCRBN.credit reconciles 11,659 projects across seven registries and adds a published quality score, compliance prices, a retirement ledger, footprint and disclosure drafts, and regulation tools.
Project records and qualityPrices and marketBuying, retirements and portfolios
Abatable vs CRBN.credit
Carbon credit procurement and due diligence
On requestPriced per purchase and per assessment
No subscription price published.
Abatable runs procurement for buyers with three levels of due diligence: automated screening, an analyst desk assessment delivered in about a week, and an advanced review with developer interviews and site visits for long-term offtakes.
The better choice forA buyer that wants another firm to run the sourcing and the diligence for them.
How CRBN.credit differsCRBN.credit does not broker or sell credits. It gives the buyer the record and the checks to run the diligence themselves, at a fixed monthly price.
Project records and qualityBuying, retirements and portfolios
CDR.fyi vs CRBN.credit
Carbon removal purchase and delivery data
PublishedFree portal; Pro $4,950, Team $9,950, Enterprise $24,950 a year
Published on CDR.fyi's plans page. Extra seats cost $1,000 to $2,000 each.
CDR.fyi tracks purchases, deliveries and offtake agreements for carbon removal, with a free website and portal and paid tiers for the full order data, downloads and API.
The better choice forAnyone following the durable removal market deal by deal.
How CRBN.credit differsCRBN.credit covers removals as one part of six: the SBTi 2035 removals requirement, offtake contracts valued after delivery risk, and buffer pools, beside project records, prices and regulation.
Removals and offtakes
ClearBlue Markets vs CRBN.credit
Carbon market advisory and the Vantage platform
EstimateFrom about $15,000 a year
No published price. Estimate based on published prices for professional carbon market research.
ClearBlue Markets combines advisory work with its Vantage platform: price forecasts, supply and demand analysis, policy analysis, and auction results for the EU, UK, WCI, RGGI, Korea and New Zealand.
The better choice forA compliance desk that wants an adviser on call as well as data.
How CRBN.credit differsCRBN.credit has no advisers. Its prices come from official auction results and published series with the date of each figure, and it adds project records, removals and footprint tools.
Prices and marketRegulation and compliance
Veyt vs CRBN.credit
Carbon and certificate market intelligence
EstimateFrom about $15,000 a year
No published price. Estimate based on published prices for professional carbon market research.
Veyt forecasts supply, demand and prices for the EU ETS, North American compliance markets, renewable energy certificates and voluntary credits, for traders, portfolio managers and energy producers.
The better choice forA trading desk that needs analyst forecasts of allowance supply and demand.
How CRBN.credit differsCRBN.credit's outlook extends each market's own measured trend and says so, rather than forecasting fundamentals, and the same plan covers projects, removals, footprint and regulation.
Prices and market
Carbon Pulse vs CRBN.credit
Carbon market and climate policy news
On requestOn request, at least three logins
Since 1 September 2025 Carbon Pulse Premium is sold in packages of at least three logins. Net Zero Pulse still sells single logins.
Carbon Pulse is a specialist newsroom covering carbon markets, policy and regulation, with Premium, Net Zero Pulse and Nature and Biodiversity Pulse subscriptions.
The better choice forAnyone who needs daily reporting and analysis of markets and policy.
How CRBN.credit differsCRBN.credit is not a newsroom. Its News Screener collects dated headlines from publishers' own feeds beside the data tools, and the two work well side by side.
Prices and marketRegulation and compliance
Persefoni vs CRBN.credit
Carbon accounting software
ReportedPro free; Advanced from about $55,000 a year
Pro is free with paid add-ons. Review sites report Advanced on AWS Marketplace from $55,000 a year.
Persefoni measures Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Pro is free. Advanced adds APIs, supplier data exchange, custom emission factors and a net zero planning module.
The better choice forA company building an audited carbon inventory with supplier data.
How CRBN.credit differsCRBN.credit screens Scope 3 from published government factors and drafts disclosures, and it covers the carbon credits a footprint is offset with, which Persefoni does not.
Footprint and disclosure
Watershed vs CRBN.credit
Enterprise carbon accounting and disclosure
ReportedMedian about $70,000 a year
No published price. Vendr's buyer data shows a median of $70,031 a year, ranging from $20,619 to $158,138.
Watershed runs carbon accounting and climate disclosure programmes for large companies, including CSRD and ISSB reporting, priced per deal on an annual subscription.
The better choice forA large company running a full reporting programme across many suppliers and entities.
How CRBN.credit differsCRBN.credit is a working tool for one analyst or a desk, from $99 a month, and covers carbon credits and compliance markets as well as footprint and disclosure drafts.
Footprint and disclosure