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    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

    D&B Credit Insights

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/ADun and Bradstreet's Credit Insights is for any small business owner who wants to know their business’s credit, offering real-time alerts when there are changes to business scores and ratings so the user can quickly spot potential issues and act fast. Strong business credit scores may not only help secure favorable financing terms and attract potential investors, but it may also signal reliability and trustworthiness to interested suppliers, partners, and customers.

    $49

    per month

    Pricing
    AlphaSenseD&B Credit Insights
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AlphaSenseD&B Credit Insights
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AlphaSenseD&B Credit Insights
    Considered Both Products
    AlphaSense
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    Dun Bradstreet
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
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    80%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    248 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    193 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    21 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    210 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    Features
    AlphaSenseD&B Credit Insights
    Financial Research
    Comparison of Financial Research features of AlphaSense and D&B Credit Insights
    Feature
    AlphaSense
    7.9
    187 Ratings
    7% above category average
    D&B Credit Insights
    6.7
    27 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Private Company Data5.5153 Ratings6.525 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Information9.2179 Ratings7.023 Ratings
    Independent Research Access9.1172 Ratings6.021 Ratings
    M&A Analysis8.8142 Ratings6.617 Ratings
    Supply Chain Data8.097 Ratings6.621 Ratings
    ESG Data6.596 Ratings6.318 Ratings
    Credit Ratings Reports6.084 Ratings7.726 Ratings
    Macroeconomic News9.1132 Ratings6.619 Ratings
    Search Tools9.1174 Ratings7.224 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AlphaSenseD&B Credit Insights
    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
    AlphaSenseD&B Credit Insights
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (255 ratings)
    7.5
    (30 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (251 ratings)
    7.5
    (18 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (22 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.4
    (22 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (17 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 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)
    9.1
    (1 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)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AlphaSenseD&B Credit Insights
    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.
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    Dun Bradstreet
    D&B Credit Insights allows an organization to improve their credit score. It is great for companies who already have established credit terms but may not have kept up with improving their D&B scores. Small companies may find D&B Credit Insights challenging because it requires established credit relationships with vendors. It can be challenging to have D&B approve your documentation as a small business.
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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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    Dun Bradstreet
    • Tells you if businesses pay their bills: They're really good at providing reports that show how reliably a company pays its debts. This helps you decide if you can trust them as customers or partners.
    • They have tools that give you detailed information about businesses, making it easier to find potential customers for what you sell.
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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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    Dun Bradstreet
    • Using the correct personal credit score. My score is not right and won't allow me to change it.
    • Have more financial options available for businesses that actually need funding. The requirements state we need to make a certain large amount in order to be approved for funds.
    • New and slow growing businesses should have business lives of credit automatically.
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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
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    Dun Bradstreet
    Best product I've tried
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    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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    Dun Bradstreet
    The usability is good but could be better in my opinion. Once you login, the dashboard is great to quickly view things but they could have a better login experience. Overall, I think the usability is fine though as they provide a bunch of information that you can view quickly and easily.
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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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    Dun Bradstreet
    It's always available
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    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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    Dun Bradstreet
    Yes very fast load, accurate insights and breaks down details to help it's great
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    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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    Dun Bradstreet
    Very friendly and efficient
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    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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    Dun Bradstreet
    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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    Dun Bradstreet
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    Implementation Rating
    AlphaSense
    use friendly UI made the transition seamless
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    Dun Bradstreet
    Very easy and understandable
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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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    Dun Bradstreet
    I would say that D&B Credit Insights in comparable to Equifax Credit Risk and Experian Credit Risk. There is very little that set each apart as all provide vague information related to the credit of your business. All of them lack any specific recommendations for a business owner to improve their business credit standing.
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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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    Dun Bradstreet
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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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    Dun Bradstreet
    Very easy and accurate information
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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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    Dun Bradstreet
    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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    Dun Bradstreet
    • Being able to secure favorable terms for business financing has a huge impact on my business. Before building my business credit I had to rely solely on my personal credit and provide a personal guarantee. Now my business is separate and has its own business scores.
    • Previously I had to utlize MCA loans and other short term, high interest loans, where now I can qualify for much more favorable terms, lower interest rates, and business credit cards with better perks.
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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.

    D&B Credit Insights Screenshots

    Screenshot of D&B Credit Insights using Plaid to connect to a business accountScreenshot of D&B Credit Insights - All NotificationsScreenshot of D&B Credit Insights - Delinquency Score NotificationsScreenshot of D&B Credit Insights - Scores & Ratings