Private market data providers compared
PitchBook is a private capital market data, research and software platform owned by Morningstar, covering venture capital, private equity, private credit, bank loans and M&A.[1] FINTRX is a private wealth intelligence platform covering family offices, registered investment advisers, broker-dealers, wealth teams, banks and trusts, and endowments and foundations.[6][3] Preqin is an alternative assets data company, part of BlackRock since 2025, covering private equity, hedge funds, venture capital, real estate, private credit, infrastructure, secondaries and natural resources.[2][7] AlphaSense is an AI search and research platform over 500+ million financial and business documents, including Tegus expert transcripts, broker research, company filings and financial data.[5]
DFX Intelligence is a private-market intelligence and data company whose Data Factory resolves US public filings and registries into one graph of firms, funds, companies, people and dated events, with a source and a date on every fact.
The main difference is direction of breadth. Each of the four is broader than DFX in its own way: PitchBook in companies, deals and analyst research, Preqin in alternative asset classes, fund performance and terms, FINTRX in the wealth channel and its contacts, AlphaSense in documents and expert interviews. DFX is narrower and built from US public records, with a source and a date on every fact and its headline counts free to read.[1][2][3][4][5]
Facts about other companies as of , each linked to its source below. DFX currently tracks 7,638 private equity firms, 7,180 venture capital firms, 50,634 investment adviser firms, 1,879 family offices and 8,224 institutional allocators, as of 10 October 2026.
The providers side by side
| Provider | What it is | Who it is for | Compared with DFX |
|---|---|---|---|
| PitchBook | PitchBook is a private capital market data, research and software platform owned by Morningstar, covering venture capital, private equity, private credit, bank loans and M&A.[1] | PitchBook serves private equity and venture capital firms, asset managers, limited partners, investment banks, private credit investors, corporations and professional service providers.[1] | DFX vs PitchBookPitchBook ahead on 4 of 6 rows |
| FINTRX | FINTRX is a private wealth intelligence platform covering family offices, registered investment advisers, broker-dealers, wealth teams, banks and trusts, and endowments and foundations.[6][3] | FINTRX names asset managers, alternative fund managers, recruiters and advisor M&A teams, and TAMPs and service providers as the teams it serves.[6] | DFX vs FINTRXFINTRX ahead on 4 of 7 rows |
| Preqin | Preqin is an alternative assets data company, part of BlackRock since 2025, covering private equity, hedge funds, venture capital, real estate, private credit, infrastructure, secondaries and natural resources.[2][7] | Preqin names fund managers, investors, investment consultants, banks, placement agents and academic institutions as its users, and says 200,000+ professionals rely on its products.[2] | DFX vs PreqinPreqin ahead on 4 of 7 rows |
| AlphaSense | AlphaSense is an AI search and research platform over 500+ million financial and business documents, including Tegus expert transcripts, broker research, company filings and financial data.[5] | AlphaSense says it is trusted by 7,000+ enterprises and lists investment banking, hedge funds, private equity, asset management, consulting and corporate teams.[5] | DFX vs AlphaSenseAlphaSense ahead on 4 of 6 rows |
| DFX Intelligence | DFX Intelligence is a private-market intelligence and data company whose Data Factory resolves US public filings and registries into one graph of firms, funds, companies, people and dated events, with a source and a date on every fact. | Deal teams, fundraisers, lenders, allocators and researchers working the US private markets from the public record. | The datasets |
How DFX sources its data
- SEC Form ADV filings since 2011 and the daily IAPD adviser feeds, for investment advisers, their private funds, owners and registered advisers. Method
- SEC Form D notices, for private fund offerings and venture rounds. Method
- SEC Form 13F holdings, read as long positions in 13(f) securities and never as a portfolio or as assets under management. Method
- Business development company 10-Q and 10-K schedules of investments, read position by position. Method
- Public pension board and investment committee minutes, for dated fund commitments, each carrying the sentence that states it. Method
Every registered source is on the sources page. The counts DFX publishes are on the statistics page, and each dataset, with how to cite it, is on the datasets page.
Sources
- Morningstar, Inc. annual report on Form 10-K for 2025 (PitchBook section), filed 13 February 2026, read 10 October 2026.
- Preqin home page (page title: Alternative Assets Data, Solutions and Insights | Preqin | BlackRock), read 10 October 2026.
- FINTRX home page, read 10 October 2026.
- FINTRX public firm profile: Harbourvest Partners, LLC, read 10 October 2026.
- AlphaSense home page, read 10 October 2026.
- FINTRX llms.txt, read 10 October 2026.
- Preqin, Wikipedia, read 10 October 2026.
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