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    AlphaSense

    Score9.4 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

    Bloomberg Terminal

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ASitting on the desks of 325,000 of the world’s most influential decision makers, the Bloomberg Terminal is a modern icon of financial markets. Launched in 1981, long before PCs and the internet became ubiquitous, the Bloomberg Terminal connected market participants to data, analytics and information-delivery service.N/A
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AlphaSenseBloomberg Terminal
    Considered Both Products
    AlphaSense
    Chose AlphaSense
    One integrated platform. Modern user interface, unlike Bloomberg Terminal.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AlphaSense is simply the best software when it comes to finding information from publicly available documents and their access to sell-side research. While it has some room to go in terms of their access to financials, they've already made significant improvements and I'm …
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Experts calls can help you to decide whether or not invest in a company. can give you insights on culture which is not easy to find in Annual reports.
    Tegus is much better in summarizing experts calls as well as give you a summary of experts calls called TOP INVESTORS QUESTIONS …
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    All of them are better than AlphaSense. However, Bloomberg is over twice as expensive, and people are just paying a premium for Chat (which I don't want). I have not used FactSet for over three years. When I last used it, I would say that it was slightly better than AlphaSense …
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AlphaSense is a lot easier to use and I see it as a single purpose product whereas FactSet I'm more using to pull data
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    I use both for market index research but oftentimes I rely on AlphaSense for what's not in Bloomberg.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    It's difficult to say as it has been several years since I used the above.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    I have not used any other platform like AlphaSense.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Better team to onboard equity research.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    I use both. Both have pros and cons. Bloomberg has audio for calls, AlphaSense doesn't, but it's easier to search through documents.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AlphaSense makes it easy to get to the right info quickly. The coverage of industries and companies for broker research is much more than the other products. AlphaSense also includes detailed financial info for companies and its AI-based summaries are helpful.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Alphasense much easier to use than Bloomberg Transcripts - rate it much higher
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AlphaSense's smart search functionality is a huge differentiator versus these peers, particularly its ability to easily search through broker research (versus just filings/transcripts). In addition, AlphaSense makes it much easier to review multiple documents at once, and the …
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    We use a combination of the above.

    As previously mentioned, CIQ and Bloomberg are better for market data (broker estimates, NAVPS data, etc.). The main difference is access to broker research and the excel plug in
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AlphaSense is very differnet from other simlar tools I have used. However, it is very powerful for doing the things it is designed to do. Its search engine feature is among the best and most user friendly that I have used.
    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
    AI generated insights, keyword search engine are features not seen on other platforms
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AlphaSense has the best search / smart search functions. Refinitiv has more equity research reports, but AlphaSense has more than FactSet or BBG. All 4 databases do a comparable job of providing financials. FactSet has an impressive feature that allows you to jump within …
    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
    I think for searching and finding specific data AlphaSense is a far superior platform to Capital IQ or even Bloomberg. That being said, I haven't heard of or used an excel plug-in provided by AlphaSense, so it is difficult to compare from that perspective because CIQ's primary …
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AlphaSense seems to be on par with competitive landscape analysis and relevant drugs and companies
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    If you have Bloomberg, the use case for AlphaSense is probably limited. If you don't have Bloomberg, AlphaSense can replace Capital IQ, and potentially BamSEC (though I still prefer that UI) and provide you with aggregation capabilities at a much lower cost (though obviously …
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Different in lots of ways. Each vendor above has things that are unique. Bloomberg is a necessity for my role, but the AS like product they have (Docusearch) doesn’t compare. Alphasense is worth the money right after Bloomberg and Visible Alpha (which is significantly cheaper). …
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    I have all 3 platforms, and each have their benefits.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Alpha Sense typically has more news information than CapIQ and Bloomberg. Also, I can find everything I need from the one homepage instead of using a bunch of different sources. Its also extremely easy to download documents and have them readily available compared to other …
    Incentivized
    Bloomberg
    Chose Bloomberg Terminal
    Visible Alpha and AlphaSense are better for fundamental research of publicly listed companies. The Visible Alpha Excel plug-in is easy to use, the financial KPIs are easy to find, and there's a long historical data availability. Whereas the AlphaSense AI functionality is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bloomberg Terminal
    I select Bloomberg Terminal because of switching costs. I started with ith and learn a new software is not easy.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    191 Answers
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    194 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    211 Answers
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    Features
    AlphaSenseBloomberg Terminal
    Financial Research
    Comparison of Financial Research features of AlphaSense and Bloomberg Terminal
    Feature
    AlphaSense
    7.9
    190 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Bloomberg Terminal
    6.7
    4 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Private Company Data6.1156 Ratings4.84 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Information9.2182 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Independent Research Access8.6174 Ratings6.24 Ratings
    M&A Analysis9.0144 Ratings5.73 Ratings
    Supply Chain Data7.9100 Ratings6.34 Ratings
    ESG Data6.598 Ratings6.33 Ratings
    Credit Ratings Reports5.886 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Macroeconomic News9.1134 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Search Tools8.6176 Ratings7.24 Ratings
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    AlphaSenseBloomberg Terminal
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    S&P Capital IQ
    Score7.5 out of 10
    S&P Capital IQ
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    S&P Capital IQ
    Score7.5 out of 10
    S&P Capital IQ
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AlphaSenseBloomberg Terminal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (258 ratings)
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (254 ratings)
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (22 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 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
    6.9
    (22 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)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    AlphaSenseBloomberg Terminal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    AlphaSense
    Amazing at reflecting customer feedback into the product. In my work, great for executive requests for feedback. Less appropriate for now in terms of daily integration into my workflows, but has the potential to be as the platform grows into an all encompassing work and insight tool. Can expand beyond intelligence into all work
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    Bloomberg
    Well-suited as a monitoring tool for market prices, economic indicators, and news. Less appropriate for fundamental research and analysis. Other tools, such as AlphaSense and Visible Alpha, are better/more user-friendly for research usage or manipulation of financial statements, either because the platform itself is easier to use or because the Excel add-in function is simpler, less confusing.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    AlphaSense
    • AI summaries of earnings reports are helpful at a high level, but be wary of repetitive content.
    • AlphaSense handles images and screen captures pretty well, making research notes more useful.
    • Isolating content is pretty intuitive. Example: I can enter a ticker, and under the content options I can click for "transcripts only" so that I'm not endlessly scrolling to find the transcript I want.
    • Audio is embedded with most transcripts so it's easy to listen and follow along in the text, highlighting what I need for later reference.
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    Bloomberg
    • EMSX
    • Graph
    • port
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    Cons
    AlphaSense
    • I believe the AI agent could be improved to answer more detailed questions and provide better data.
    • Access to real time financial data in a similar vein to Koyfin.
    • The ability to easily search across all company decks to be able to quickly gather all relevant slides for a specific topic, similar to what Quartr offers.
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    Bloomberg
    • Limiting data use
    • Cost of Bloomberg Terminal
    • New user on-boarding
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    Likelihood to Renew
    AlphaSense
    AlphaSense is a very useful tool and is reasonably priced for our organization. While I may not be a hyper-active user, it's a great resource when I need to quickly do a competitive landscape survey, review publicly available documents (transcripts, etc.), or review Wall Street research
    Incentivized
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    Bloomberg
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    AlphaSense
    AlphaSense has the highest-quality content among the platforms I use. Your search is only as good as the database you're querying, and AlphaSense provides access to the best, most trusted sources of data. I've especially enjoyed the new sources they've been adding, such as expert interview transcripts.
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    Bloomberg
    Easy to use but need to know commands
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    Reliability and Availability
    AlphaSense
    The availability of Alphasense is great. I have used the software for multiple years and cannot remember ever having an outage issue. This is surprising actually, as I use other software applications that do not have regular outages, but still have outages periodically. Alphasense, on the other hand, never seems to have any outages. Good sign if I can't remember the software not working :).
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    Bloomberg
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    AlphaSense
    Loading or performing searches on AlphaSense platform is reasonably fast for most of the time. However, it is sometimes unacceptably long for me to load PDF files (earnings presentation, supplementary financial report) on AlphaSense. Certain features might also take very long time, such as loading for "similar tables" across EDGAR filings, or downloading tables from EDGAR filings
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    Bloomberg
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    AlphaSense
    Customer support is very prompt. I get personalized support for search recommendations and content that I could not find in my own search. Support checks in with me on a bi-monthly basis to keep me informed of the many different feature additions, I cannot find a more kind, understanding, and supportive team.
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    Bloomberg
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    AlphaSense
    The person was prepared, attentive, understood the nature of my questions, was willing to work through any difficulties or misunderstandings, was patient, and super pleasant to work with. Great customer service.
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    Bloomberg
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    AlphaSense
    Our online training was led by a AlphaSense representative. The training is always good. The bigger issue is our time availability to remember the training and utilize it. The trainers will show us examples and then ask us for real industries or companies of interest to use so that the training is most relevant.
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    Bloomberg
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    AlphaSense
    use friendly UI made the transition seamless
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    Bloomberg
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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 analysis for public companies, as well as charting data. AlphaSense is superior in research for documents and deep dive industry research (mostly qualitative) and grabbing data from financial documents
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    Bloomberg
    While there are a lot of competitive services in the marketplace, each good in its own right, the Bloomberg Terminal is considered the top product. It has key fast information and can help individuals make fast decisions. It also has a top-tier support desk that can answer questions for you and teach you functionality to apply to your role
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    AlphaSense
    It has been very simple. Contract terms are standard for an online portal. Of course, I would like unit pricing to be lower so I could get more users on the license or to rotate seats to get more value out of each license. Billing frequency has been standard as well. This could be more significant for a larger customer.
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    Bloomberg
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    AlphaSense
    The sharing features provides by AlphaSense mean that it can be readily scaled for teams within an organization and, subject to compliance requirements, with client organizations. The ability to share annotations of transcripts and investor releases is valuable, and facilitates collaboration between analysts.
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    Bloomberg
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    AlphaSense
    Very professional and knowledgeable team. Easy to work with and communicates in a way that's helpful for users who aren't experts on the platform
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    Bloomberg
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    AlphaSense
    • AlphaSense has allowed us to generate deeper competitive insights. For example, we conducted an in depth analysis of the aerial data analytics (drone) industry, and AlphSense helped us narrow in on the market leaders and their various strengths / weaknesses.
    • AlphaSense has improved our team's overall efficiency. With Stream in particular, we are able to pinpoint insights in a matter of minutes through the transcript feature as opposed to having to conduct a series of calls ourselves. This is a significant time saver.
    • AlphaSense has allowed us to make more informed decisions on our public holdings by providing us with unfettered access to equity research analyst reports.
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    Bloomberg
    • The terminal is an important part of our research process. We use the supply chain function for example when researching new companies.
    • The terminal allows us to have a quick overview of past performance for stocks during earnings season (ERN function).
    • The terminal is very good at synthesizing the main industry indicators in the Bloomberg Intelligence functions for each industry.
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    Screenshot of AlphaSense's AI search, available across 2,000+ premium business data sources including SEC filings, earnings calls, broker research, business journals, and news. It can be used to stay ahead of market-moving trends and instantly surface critical information buried within millions of documents.Screenshot of a single view of the industries, companies and themes within a fully-customizable dashboard, that can be tailored to fit any research process.Screenshot of a purpose-built generative AI that offers insights from a premium content universe.