Zong Peng cited ZoomInfo and S&P Capital IQ as the closest Western analogues to QCC's business model, describing QCC as the direct-to-consumer, bottoms-up equivalent of those enterprise-focused platforms. He noted that ZoomInfo, as described by him, relies heavily on enterprise sales teams, whereas QCC distributes through app stores directly to individual users. These characterizations reflect Zong Peng's perspective and are not confirmed figures or statements from those companies.
Zong Peng also referenced Snowflake and CrowdStrike as examples of U.S. SaaS companies he finds interesting as an investor, though neither was described as a direct QCC competitor. He mentioned that QCC faces significant competitive pressure in China and that this competition was central to his strategic disagreement with the other founders over whether to raise capital and invest in growth.