Affinity vs Village

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. Since the latest repricing the entry cost is almost nothing at $1 a seat, so the real bill is credits: AI search, list building and agents draw from the pool and a busy team will be buying packs.

Pros

• +Finds warm-intro paths across the combined network of a whole team
• +Relationship scoring uses work overlaps and investor history, not just shared connections
• +API and MCP server are available on every plan, including Free
• +Core plan costs $1 per seat, so a team can try every feature cheaply

Cons

• −Credit metering means cost tracks usage, not seat count
• −Graph quality depends on how much of your team connects their accounts
• −Plans were reshuffled after September 2026 (the Pro tier is gone), so older quotes no longer apply

Is Affinity cheaper than Village?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: Affinity starts at $2000/yr, Village at $1/seat/mo. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does Affinity or Village have a free tier?

Village has a free tier; Affinity has paid plans only.

Which has a public API, Affinity or Village?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.