9fin and Octus alternatives for credit market intelligence
9fin and Octus are credit market intelligence platforms: news, deal data and covenant analysis for leveraged finance, private credit and distressed debt. Which alternative fits depends on the job. For news and covenant work, the closest alternative to each is the other. For who lends to whom, the BDCs' own SEC filings list every position, and the providers below read them in different ways.
Facts about other companies as of , each linked to its source below. DFX currently tracks 2,591 private credit firms and 367 business development companies, as of 30 October 2026.
How providers were chosen
- Each provider covers part of what 9fin or Octus covers, according to a source we fetched and dated. None is presented as a full replacement.
- The list is in alphabetical order and is not a ranking. Nothing is scored, and prices are not stated.
- DFX Intelligence publishes this page and is on the list; where it is weaker is stated below the list.
The 6 providers, in alphabetical order
| Provider | What it is | For 9fin and Octus | Compared with DFX |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9fin | 9fin is a debt market intelligence platform with news, data and analytics across leveraged finance, private credit and distressed debt.[1] | News and covenant work: real-time credit news with 20+ years of deal history, loans and covenant data. The closest alternative to Octus.[1] | Not compared yet |
| Dakota | Dakota is an investment research and institutional sales intelligence platform for fundraisers, stating 250,000+ LP accounts, 386,000+ contacts and 75+ data fields per allocator.[2] | Lender data from filings: BDC holdings with loan-level detail per borrower, aggregated across BDCs.[3] | DFX vs Dakota |
| DFX Intelligencepublisher of this page | 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. | Every BDC's schedule of investments read position by position, rolled into borrowers, facilities and lender groups. Every fact names the public record it was read from and the date it was read. Headline counts, rankings and dataset pages are free to read, dated, and carry a recommended citation. | Where DFX is weaker |
| Octus | Octus is a sub-investment grade credit intelligence, data and workflow platform, which says 40k+ credit professionals use it.[4] | News and covenant work: first-to-market private credit deal news and proprietary data for origination. The closest alternative to 9fin.[4] | Not compared yet |
| 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.[5] | Broader market data: private credit and bank loans within its private capital market data.[5] | DFX vs PitchBook |
| SEC BDC Data Sets (free) | The SEC publishes BDC Data Sets built from the BDCs' own XBRL filings, including a schedule of investments report, updated monthly and free to download.[6] | Lender data from filings, free: the BDCs' own schedules of investments, as filed, in flat files.[6] | Free public source |
Where DFX fits, and where it is weaker
What DFX covers for 9fin and Octus:
- Every BDC's schedule of investments read position by position, rolled into borrowers, facilities and lender groups. method
- Every fact names the public record it was read from and the date it was read. method
- Headline counts, rankings and dataset pages are free to read, dated, and carry a recommended citation. method
Where DFX is weaker:
- Private credit as the BDC schedules show it, position by position. No credit ratings. method
- No sector analyst research. Records are built from filings and registries under published rules. method
Each DFX dataset, with its method, coverage and how to cite it, is on the datasets page.
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Sources
- 9fin home page (page title: 9fin | The AI-Native Platform For Modern Credit Teams), read 10 October 2026.
- Dakota home page (page title: Dakota | Investment Research & Institutional Sales Intelligence), read 10 October 2026.
- Dakota Marketplace, BDC Holdings Data, read 10 October 2026.
- Octus home page (page title: The Essential Credit Platform | Octus), read 10 October 2026.
- Morningstar, Inc. annual report on Form 10-K for 2025 (PitchBook section), filed 13 February 2026, read 10 October 2026.
- SEC, Business Development Company (BDC) Data Sets, read 10 October 2026.
Every statement about another company on this page comes from the sources above, read on the dates shown. We do not state prices, ratings or judgements about another company's data, and the order of the list is alphabetical. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
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