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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AlphaSense

    Score9.3 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

    BamSEC

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ABamSEC is a financial research tool designed to transform how the user can work with SEC filings and earnings transcripts.

    $828

    per year

    Pricing
    AlphaSenseBamSEC
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    AlphaSenseBamSEC
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AlphaSenseBamSEC
    Considered Both Products
    AlphaSense
    Chose AlphaSense
    Capital IQ has more data but capital IQ is very clunky to use (it is very slow). Capital IQ lacks expert insight calls but has other data to offer including credit analytics
    BamSEC only has SEC documents and has integrated with Tegus expert calls. It is lighter on data and …
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Compared to BamSEC it gives international company exposure
    All of our equity research is through Alphasense so Eikon isn't helpful
    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
    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
    Deeper than BamSEC obviously (many more research sources and international companies) but UI on BamSEC is cleaner/better.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AlphaSense's search engine for filings is powerful/more UI friendly than its competitors.
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    • much more user friendly / efficient than FactSet
    • better search functionality within equity research reports, but more buffering required versus Refinitiv Eikon
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Found AlphaSense's search to be faster and more complete
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AlphaSense is better in doing a search for quotes / comments. Eikon in better in extracting equity research reports
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    fairly similar but i'm more used to AlphaSense layout and format
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    - Alphasense has better NLP algorithms for finding terms and their close proxies, a super 'control-F' feature

    - Alphasense is able to aggregate all sources of data (sell side, company, competitors) into one easier search feature
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AlphaSense is the go-to source for research and industry news. While each competing program has it's unique abilities, AlphaSense is the clear frontrunner by a long margin when it comes to research and news. The search capabilities make it the easiest user-interface platform on …
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    Capital IQ is good for summary stats. They have a limited search feature for public company transcripts, however this is not nearly as deep as the search functions on AlphaSense
    Incentivized
    Chose AlphaSense
    AlphaSense offers the richest combination of search capabilities and depth of information of any of these platforms.
    Incentivized
    BamSEC
    Chose BamSEC
    not even comparable. Koyfin would take much much longer to feed new filings than BamSec

    the only place this beats BamSec is the mobile website, i really hope BamSec can get their act together on that front
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    AlphaSenseBamSEC
    Financial Research
    Comparison of Financial Research features of AlphaSense and BamSEC
    Feature
    AlphaSense
    7.9
    187 Ratings
    7% above category average
    BamSEC
    -
    Ratings
    Private Company Data5.5153 Ratings00 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Information9.3179 Ratings00 Ratings
    Independent Research Access9.1172 Ratings00 Ratings
    M&A Analysis8.9142 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain Data8.097 Ratings00 Ratings
    ESG Data6.496 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit Ratings Reports5.984 Ratings00 Ratings
    Macroeconomic News9.1132 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search Tools9.1174 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AlphaSenseBamSEC
    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
    AlphaSenseBamSEC
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (255 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (251 ratings)
    -
    (0 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)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    AlphaSenseBamSEC
    Likelihood to Recommend
    AlphaSense
    AlphaSense is very well suited to investing teams that need a research management system that has a robust database behind and rich content management features for note-taking. AlphaSense may not be well-suited to individual investors who want data access but don't need to be sharing notes to a wider team. The sharing features are what make AlphaSense most useful.
    Incentivized
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    BamSEC
    other than being essentially unusable on mobile/tablet, BamSec is second to none when it comes to efficiently searching through filings and transcripts. really like how it pre-sorts all a company's documents into PRs, 8-Ks, proxies, trancripts, 10-K/-Q, et cetera we also like that you can use screening function that enables searches across multiple companies or company lists
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    AlphaSense
    • Summarizing information across multiple company documents via their new Generative Grid tool.
    • Aggregating the latest insights from diverse sources - broker research, expert insights, company documents, and news.
    • Providing a repeatable way to query information.
    • Smart keywords to help you search, e.g., car = auto = automotive.
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    BamSEC
    • comparing similar tables across different SEC filings
    • custom and general email alerts
    • ability to pay for expert interviews
    • ability to download raw pdf
    • speed of updates
    • highlighting capabilities
    • can create a public link to share snippets
    Incentivized
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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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    BamSEC
    • mobile website is unusable
    • there is no mobile app
    • note-taking can be finicky
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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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    BamSEC
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    AlphaSense
    AlphaSense has a very intuitive user interface, and I can tell they have been focused on expanding their product breadth and continuing to innovate on current products. Some basic features are missing or I can't find (I can't just sort expert calls by only the ones that are applicable to that ticker, most relevant is the one that works best, but I want just the ticker)
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    BamSEC
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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 :).
    Incentivized
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    BamSEC
    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
    Incentivized
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    BamSEC
    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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    BamSEC
    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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    BamSEC
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    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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    BamSEC
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    Implementation Rating
    AlphaSense
    use friendly UI made the transition seamless
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    BamSEC
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    Alternatives Considered
    AlphaSense
    Special features of AlphaSense that made us decide on this CI platform: - US-based market and competitive intelligence platform with various premium content (broker information, expert calls, earning transcripts, original company documents etc.) - AlphaSense is a trusted CI platform by world’s leading corporations and financial institutions - AlphaSense’s proprietary AI stack has been meticulously engineered over a decade so that their AI accelerates speed-to-insight so clients can act with confidence when making critical decisions - Private and public companies, therapeutic areas and products can be monitored - Datalog is available up to 15 years, and advanced search is supported for them - Curated newsfeed is available from more than 3,500 top news publications, client requests and hand-picked vendors for premium subscription - Very advanced company profiles are available by default with newsfeed, original company documents, expert calls and reports - Newsfeed and alerts can be also set by admins and individual users
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    BamSEC
    not even comparable. Koyfin would take much much longer to feed new filings than BamSec the only place this beats BamSec is the mobile website, i really hope BamSec can get their act together on that front
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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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    BamSEC
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    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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    BamSEC
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    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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    BamSEC
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    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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    BamSEC
    • efficiency of research
    • ROI
    • no need to proactively look after setting alerts
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    ScreenShots

    AlphaSense Screenshots

    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.