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Affinity vs Village

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Affinity starts at $2000, Village at $79. Only Village has a free tier. Both ship a public API.

AffinityRelationship CRM for venture and private equity teams, built from email and calendar trafficVillageMaps your team's combined network and finds the shortest warm-intro path to a person or company

Side by side

FactAffinityVillage
CategoryCRM PlatformsSales Intelligence & Enrichment
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starts at$2000 year$79 month
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, Chrome Ext, API
CompanyAffinityVillage AI, Inc.
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Affinity

The strongest argument for Affinity is that dealmakers do not update CRMs, and this one does not ask them to — the pipeline is assembled from mail and calendar activity that already exists. Add the private-capital data sources and the MCP endpoint and it is a defensible category leader for firms whose asset is their network. The price is the whole objection: 2,000 dollars per seat per year before anything is customised, with annual commitment and no trial figure in sight.

Pros

  • Contacts, activity and relationship scores captured automatically from email and calendar
  • Warm-path surfacing across the whole firm's network, not just one user's contacts
  • Integrations with 40-plus data sources including Pitchbook and Preqin
  • Open API and an MCP endpoint that exposes the CRM to Claude, ChatGPT and Snowflake
  • Pricing is published rather than hidden behind a demo

Cons

  • Entry tier costs 2,000 dollars per user per year, billed annually
  • No free tier and no monthly billing option
  • Automatic capture means the firm's mailboxes and calendars are ingested, which is a governance conversation
  • Enrichment and the deeper integrations sit on the Advanced tier, not the entry one

Village

Village answers a question cold-outreach tools cannot: who already knows this person well enough to introduce me. Pooling a whole team's contacts and scoring relationship strength is the difference between a real intro and an awkward LinkedIn ping. The cost model is credits, so heavy enrichment burns through a tier faster than the monthly headline suggests.

Pros

  • Free tier is a standing plan with API and extension access, not a trial
  • Paths span first, second and third-degree connections rather than direct contacts only
  • Enrichment adds coworker, investor, classmate and funding context to each link
  • Browser extension shows connection paths while you browse a profile

Cons

  • Credit metering means cost tracks usage, not just seat count
  • Graph quality depends on how much of your team connects their accounts
  • The white-glove VIP tier is priced far above the self-serve plans

Which one fits

Choose Affinity if you need

  • Venture and private equity firms tracking relationships across a partnership
  • Deal teams that need warm-intro paths rather than lead lists
  • Firms that want CRM data queryable from Snowflake or an AI assistant

Choose Village if you need

  • Sales teams that would rather get introduced than cold email
  • Founders working an investor list through mutual connections
  • Recruiters sourcing through second-degree contacts

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