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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AlphaSense

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AAlphaSense is a market intelligence platform used by companies and financial institutions. Since 2011, their AI-based technology has helped professionals make business decisions by delivering insights from public and private content—including company filings, event transcripts, news, trade journals, and equity research. The platform boasts users among 4,000 enterprise customers. Headquartered in New York City, AlphaSense employs over 1,000 people across offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, and…N/A

    PitchBook

    Score8.1 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    PitchBook is a resource for data, research, and insights spanning the global capital markets. Founded in 2007 and acquired by Morningstar in 2016, PitchBook's data on the private and public markets helps business professionals discover and execute opportunities.N/A
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    AlphaSensePitchBook
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    AlphaSensePitchBook
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    AlphaSensePitchBook
    Considered Both Products
    AlphaSense
    Chose AlphaSense
    Compared to FactSet and PitchBook, AlphaSense is a good tool to fill my suite of financial analysis. PitchBook is superior for private company and transaction data, as well as screening for similar companies (the sourcing feature of the job). FactSet is superior for financial …
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    I inherited AlphaSense access by joining my current role. AlphaSense's financial and deal information can not match pitchbooks. It does have better summarization for financial than PitchBook though.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Search and analysis of public market data - analyst feedback and management commentary: I would prefer AlphaSense over other
    Quant analysis of market data / charting: I would prefer S&P for Excel Plugins
    PitchBook: Proprietary private market and VC data
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AlphaSense is largely complementary to CapIQ or Eikon. CapIQ and Eikon do offer research capabliities for an additional fee, though it's currently more cost effective to use AlphaSense. PitchBook is still a must have if you need to evaluate start-ups/private companies
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    PitchBook has much better private company data. FactSet i find has more financial insights. Gartner has more reliable market research and studies. I would say AlphaSense i more well rounded and excels in research reports and current events
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AlphaSense is my go to for market intelligence. Capital IQ is my go to for financial data - mainly because I am use to it. PitchBook is my go to for private investment round / private company data
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    I really like AlphaSense but it's not a stop shop. For broker research / keyword search, its the best. But it doesn't have private company info, debt info, or the level industry metrics that PitchBook, Bloomberg, and CapIQ have. Additionally, it doesn't have financials at the …
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    In general, PitchBook and CB Insights are better equipped than AlphaSense to provide data specifically geared towards private market investing. S&P Capital IQ, on the other hand, is - like AlphaSense - designed primarily to provide information from public sources in a …
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    I also use Cap IQ and Biotech Gate which are not in your list. I believe PitchBook has a better search function as it allows the user to create a much more sophisticated search strategy.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Alphasense is much more insightful than PitchBook as it has analyst reports.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Alphasense has a much broader coverage breadth, as it includes financial data, market data, private research, and expert interviews, while the others are more limited.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Nothing else had the platform capabilities nor the level of access to information that AlphaSense does. Everything else I tried had one area or type of information it aggregated, but none of them were able to integrate information the way AlphaSense does, and most of them …
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AlphaSense is much better at searching qualitative information (e.g., analyst reports); CapIQ is still better for getting historical financial data.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Slightly different use case. I use the PB for data. I use AS for insights
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    As compared to Refinitiv, AlphaSense is easier to use off the shelf (has less of the codes to find exactly what one's looking for) and provides more detailed insights a lot quicklier.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AI generated insights, keyword search engine are features not seen on other platforms
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Very solid. Superior in many respects. The greatest distinction / "barrier" relates to users (be it myself / teammates) strengthening familiarity with continued experience.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AlphaSense is more user-friendly. Keyword search is way better and table explorer feature makes it easier to collate data.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    I think it lacks valuation sections and comprehensiveness, but I think it's specific qualitative search capabilities are better.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Some of the other products listed above provide much richer private market research than AlphaSense. AlphaSense does not provide their capabilities at the moment, and so we need multiple solutions for our goals. Eikon is more similar to AlphaSense. Their search capabilities are …
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    I don't believe I've used or come across any other products similar to AlphaSense
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    These databases are rather great at what they do. For example - MergerWare is great at M&A deals, BamSEC is great for company docs, etc. However, as an analyst, you have to craft information across these data sources which is what AlphaSense helps us with.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Pretty similar, AlphaSense indeed bought them.
    Incentivized
    PitchBook
    Chose PitchBook
    PitchBook excels at private company data and has significantly improved its coverage of investors and funds. It is generally more easy to navigate and information is updated frequently. It is not nearly as strong with public, credit or market data including access to news and …
    Incentivized
    Chose PitchBook
    The strength of Pitchbook is its consistency. While many of the competitors do one aspect better than Pitchbook, Pitchbook does each aspect I am looking for well. In other words, while Pitchbook might not be the #1 in a specific category, they are always at least #2 so that …
    Incentivized
    Chose PitchBook
    PitchBook has the most accurate and complete data. CB Insights platform loads slightly more quickly and is a little more intuitive, but lacks data integrity. Tracxn is not easy to use, but offers some data on a lot of international and small, non-VC or PE-backed companies. …
    Incentivized
    Chose PitchBook
    PitchBook is better than most other tools.
    Incentivized
    Chose PitchBook
    PitchBook is truly a best in class financial research and diligence hub that provides accurate and relevant background research needed prior to performance any venture capital, private equity and M&A transactions. It is a thorough database that stands out among its peers, with …
    Incentivized
    Chose PitchBook
    Far ahead of all competitors on private companies. Far behind S&P and Fact set on public company data
    Incentivized
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    AlphaSensePitchBook
    Financial Research
    Comparison of Financial Research features of AlphaSense and PitchBook
    Feature
    AlphaSense
    6.9
    171 Ratings
    PitchBook
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    Private Company Data5.2141 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Information7.4166 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Independent Research Access8.4160 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    M&A Analysis5.7132 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Supply Chain Data6.691 Ratings00 Ratings
    ESG Data6.088 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit Ratings Reports6.677 Ratings00 Ratings
    Macroeconomic News7.7119 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Search Tools8.3158 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    AlphaSensePitchBook
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (239 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (235 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.3
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (16 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.7
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)