AlphaSense alternatives
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.[1]
Whether a provider is an alternative depends on which part of AlphaSense you use. The providers below overlap with its research and interview content. DFX is on the list only for the case where the question is about firms and funds rather than documents.
Facts about other companies as of , each linked to its source below. DFX currently tracks 7,647 private equity firms and 7,182 venture capital firms, as of 10 October 2026.
How providers were chosen
- Each provider covers part of what AlphaSense 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 4 providers, in alphabetical order
| Provider | What it is | For AlphaSense | Compared with DFX |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB Insights | CB Insights is a private company intelligence platform with 13M+ company profiles, predictive scores such as the Mosaic Score and exit probability, and tech market rankings across 1,700+ markets.[2] | Analyst research plus transcripts of analyst briefings and startup customer interviews.[2] | DFX vs CB Insights |
| 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. | Structured records of firms, funds, people and their relationships, not a document library. Every fact names the public record it was read from and the date it was read. | Where DFX is weaker |
| 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.[3] | Analyst research across 30 sectors, with more than 2,400 reports published in 2025.[3] | DFX vs PitchBook |
| S&P Capital IQ | S&P Capital IQ is the desktop data and analytics platform of S&P Global Market Intelligence, covering public and private capital markets with research, reference data, market data, derived analytics and valuation services.[4] | Third-party research alongside data and analytics.[4] | DFX vs S&P Capital IQ |
Where DFX fits, and where it is weaker
What DFX covers for AlphaSense:
- Structured records of firms, funds, people and their relationships, not a document library. method
- Every fact names the public record it was read from and the date it was read. method
Where DFX is weaker:
- No expert interviews or expert call service. method
- No broker research. method
- Searches DFX's public-record graph only, not a customer's own documents. method
Each DFX dataset, with its method, coverage and how to cite it, is on the datasets page.
Sources
- AlphaSense home page, read 10 October 2026.
- CB Insights home page, read 10 October 2026.
- Morningstar, Inc. annual report on Form 10-K for 2025 (PitchBook section), filed 13 February 2026, read 10 October 2026.
- S&P Global Inc. annual report on Form 10-K for 2025 (Market Intelligence section), filed 11 February 2026, 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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