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What is AlphaSense?

AlphaSense 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…

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AlphaSense is a versatile tool that has become indispensable for users across various industries. Leveraged for equity research, investor …
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AlphaSense

7 out of 10
March 27, 2024
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AlphaSense helps me keep up to date on news flow and management appearances for my coverage and watchlists. The document highlighting …
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8 out of 10
March 27, 2024
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AlphaSense gives us the ability to do many things -
1) quick and thorough research before client meetings, understand the client and …
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AlphaSense Review

10 out of 10
March 26, 2024
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We use AlphaSense mainly for research purposes to stay on top of an industry or to learn about a new space quickly. The monitor …
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AlphaSense Review.

10 out of 10
March 25, 2024
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AlphaSense helps me quickly sift through (1) thousands of publicly available company information and (2) thousands of value-added …
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  • Search Tools (130)
    9.2
    92%
  • Industry-Specific Information (135)
    7.7
    77%
  • Independent Research Access (130)
    7.6
    76%
  • Private Company Data (111)
    5.2
    52%

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What is AlphaSense?

AlphaSense 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…

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Product Details

What is AlphaSense?

AlphaSense is a market intelligence and search platform used by companies and financial institutions. Since 2011, the technology has helped professionals make smarter business decisions by delivering insights from a universe of public and private content—including company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and equity research. The platform boasts users among over 4,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500.


Content and data types include:


  • 10,000+ searchable data sets aggregating broker research, SEC filings, regulatory content, earnings & conference call transcripts, private company data, news, and 4,000+ trade journals

  • Wall Street Insights®, an exclusive collection of real-time and aftermarket research from global bulge-bracket brokers, as well as regional and boutique firms

  • Expert Insights' library of expert call transcripts between business operators and buy-side analysts

Users can also upload their own internal reports and data, making it indexable for internal users in the AlphaSense platform.

AlphaSense helps corporations track market forces and monitor competitors. For financial services firms, AlphaSense’s time-saving search capabilities help generate investment ideas and mitigate risk without the fear of missing critical information.

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, news & more. 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.

AlphaSense Videos

AlphaSense: For Decisions That Matter
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E2open Saves Hundreds of Hours Using AlphaSense

AlphaSense Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS

Frequently Asked Questions

AlphaSense 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 India.

S&P Capital IQ, Bloomberg Terminal, and Tegus are common alternatives for AlphaSense.

Reviewers rate Search Tools highest, with a score of 9.2.

The most common users of AlphaSense are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

AlphaSense is a versatile tool that has become indispensable for users across various industries. Leveraged for equity research, investor relations, and market intelligence, the platform aids in sourcing ideas, conducting thorough research through SEC documents and expert calls, and maintaining comprehensive research notes. Users have benefited from time savings when delving into Market and Competitive Intelligence research, appreciating the ease with which information not easily accessible elsewhere can be discovered. AlphaSense's efficient document highlighting features, quick search capabilities spanning public documents, SEC filings, and analyst research, along with its ability to provide associated words beyond specific keyword searches, contribute significantly to streamlining market research processes and keeping users informed on industry developments.

Unique Database: Users have appreciated AlphaSense's unique database of expert network calls, enabling full-text search across SEC and non-SEC documents. This feature has significantly enhanced their research capabilities by providing access to a comprehensive range of information sources in one platform.

Valuable Sources and Search Functionality: Reviewers highlighted the availability and variety of valuable sources on AlphaSense, emphasizing its effective search functionality using keywords and filters. The diverse sources offer users rich insights into different industries, enhancing their research depth and breadth.

Smart Summaries and Document Highlighting: Customers praised the introduction of Smart Summaries for enhancing research speed. They also found the document highlighting capabilities to be superior, aiding in quick information identification. These features streamline the process of extracting key data points from extensive documents, saving users time during analysis.

Overwhelming Depth: Users have found AlphaSense overwhelming due to the depth of the product, suggesting that it requires significant training to master. They feel that navigating through the extensive features can be a challenge. Slow Search Function: Some users have experienced delays with the search function, impacting their overall user experience on the platform. This issue hampers efficiency and frustrates users trying to retrieve information quickly. Inaccurate AI-Generated Content: Users have reported issues with AI-generated content, specifically mentioning missing key points in earnings summaries and misleading sentiment scores. The unreliable nature of this feature undermines the trust users place in automated content analysis.

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Danny Beck | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I utilize AlphaSense to quickly and efficiently review publicly available documentation (call transcripts, SEC filings) as well as review Wall Street Analyst research. Their site navigation tools and overall interface are very helpful and easy to use. I also like their tools that help me find associated words that go beyond my specific keyword search.
  • Searchability
  • Organization
  • User Interface
  • Sentiment Gauges (Hot, Cold).
  • Access to additional content.
To search publicly available documentation for keywords that help with competitive intelligence diligence. It's very good for targeted searches that produce relevant results. It's less appropriate for financial analysis (i.e., valuation model details, etc.). I wish it had this capability and was able to source XLS files. But overall, I think the functionality is great.
Financial Research (7)
75.71428571428571%
7.6
Public Company Data
80%
8.0
Private Company Data
40%
4.0
Industry and Sector Research
80%
8.0
Industry-Specific Information
70%
7.0
Independent Research Access
70%
7.0
Macroeconomic News
90%
9.0
Search Tools
100%
10.0
  • Better competitive insights.
  • Helpful to navigate a landscape/universe of opportunities.
  • Helpful organization of call transcripts.
  • Fast and efficient searches.
Very easy to understand user interface. Navigation is relatively quick and efficient, particularly for the site's capabilities.
AlphaSense is very effective at helping us scour public sources for any competitive intelligence updates. We have a lead program that is at the front of the competitive landscape, but much other biopharma is creating follow-on products to compete with our agents. It's good to keep track of any new publicly available information on other emerging programs.
Nasdaq IR Insight is clunky, inefficient, and incredibly un-user friendly. Strongly dislike it.
3
My coworkers that use AlphaSense are in Commercial / Forecasting or in Investor Relations / Corporate Affairs
I'm not sure I understand the question... we don't direcly have an in-house representative who manages our AlphaSense account or serves as on-staff support. We're a small/medium-sized biotech. I believe I am the primary account holder for our company.
  • Wall Street Research
  • Public document searches
  • Market intelligence
  • Competitive Intelligence
  • Macroeconomic news
  • Sentiment analyzer
  • Transcript review and intelligence
  • Country-specific analysis
  • Integrations and Notes
  • Public document repository (i.e., organize key reports)
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
Yes
It's maybe not a direct alternative / comparator, but I review Bloomberg, Factset, CapIq, etc. These are all services I've used in the past. And while they have many different functions, they don't have the depth and rigor as a public document aggregator that AlphaSense does. So for AlphaSense's core competencies, I don't believe there's a better data service available.
  • Scalability
  • Ease of Use
Ease of use was very important to me. When you think of having to review large volumes of publicly available information quickly (e.g., the last 8 quarters of call transcripts), AlphaSense makes this very easy and digestible. And the accuracy of the search functionality is very important. Love how it finds related keywords and topics that further bolster the intelligence that I'm looking for. .
Not sure I would do anything differently. I am not aware of other services like AlphaSense, particularly those with such helpful data aggregation / intelligence. And other platforms that offer mass data aggregation and search aren't as sophisticated as the AlphaSense platform.
  • Implemented in-house
No
  • No issues - implementation was very seamless (at least from my vantage point)
I don't believe I was actively involved in the implementation of AlphaSense.
  • Online Training
Very helpful training. I believe it was less than 1-hour, and it felt very comprehensive. I felt confident in my ability to use the platform after the training.
The product's configuration is just right. An extensive amount of detail / functionality on the homepage, but it doesn't make site navigation or functionality suffer at all. Think it's a really well done interface.
I would suggest configuring the page much like an email / outlook page that's focused around search. At the top is a ribbon with sources that you can add/remove (+ other filter options), and the left side is a scroll option for exploring your dashboard (key companies/topics you follow, etc.).
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
No - we have not done any custom code
I did not, but I also didn't realize there was extensive customization available. I will look into this and explore additional ways to set up my platform for the greatest ease of use.
AlphaSense support is very helpful. I can contact my account manager and usually receive a response within 1-day. I've had my account manager change a few times, and it's always been a seamless transition. I don't know if AlphaSense has a live help function? But generally when I go through my account manager, they are very helpful in directing my inquiry.
I did not purchase premium support. At least I don't believe that's part of my account subscription.
No
Yes. I am often asked about the details of our subscription package from my finance team. This is usually for budgeting purposes. I know I've pestered the AlphaSense team with questions about my account multiple times in the past. They always respond promptly and help me understand our subscription details. Otherwise, I have not had a specific support issue on the platform (at least not that I can recall). It's a very easy to use tool.
  • Document search
  • Sentiment analyzer
  • Notes - not necessarily difficult, but a bit cluttered/crowded
Multiple functions within my organization utilize AlphaSense. It's a highly resourceful too for multiple different groups.
I have never had any issues with availability. The tool has always been very helpful when I've needed it to be, and I've never had outage issues. AlphaSense is also very forthright about upcoming outages for platform updates, but I don't recall this happening too many times.
I do wish load times were faster. Not to be impatient, but sometimes it takes a minute for a report to fully load. I sort of understand though, particularly with the vast library of documents that AlphaSense must aggregate. Our organization does not currently integrate AlphaSense into other software or systems. At least I am not aware of such integration. I only use the platform online.
Very readily available, very helpful and informative. All while not giving an arduous amount of unnecessary information. Too much functional instruction is often times too much to take in at once. And with a platform that has a good user interface, it's best to have the customer explore and come back with questions vs. a 2 hr tutorial (in my opinion).
Very helpful and readily available with questions. I do with there was an immediate helpdesk that was on call. Maybe there is, but we don't pay for that particular service offering.
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.
I believe it was mostly overall cost and # of seats. But I don't totally remember.
I believe this service is highly affordable for the value it creates. I think it is priced appropriately.
No real advice. Access to a 24-7 helpdesk would be great, but realize we may not have that as part of our subscription.
April 14, 2023

AlphaSense review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use AlphaSense to obtain an overview and analyst opinions on different companies across various countries and industries. I also use the AlphaSense platform to obtain press releases and other official information about a company. The typical requirements or use cases seek the latest analyst views about a company that is published by various equity research firms.

Market analyst reports are a premium feature that can provide detailed analysis of a company and its forecasted earnings. Some of these analyst reports also assess the state of an industry in general and how this industry or sector is likely to evolve over the coming years. The critical use case that AlphaSense addresses is the need for business intelligence for a company or industry.
  • sorting content by source such as press releases and analyst views
  • highlighting keywords that are used for searching within the documents that appear in search results thereby preventing the need to go through the entire document
  • directly exporting tables and graphs from the documents to excel
  • quick filter by content source such as press release, research reports etc.
  • company rankings for an industry sorted by metrics such as P/E ratio, revenues, market capitalization, etc.
  • Displaying only the selected sectors and sub-sectors while filtering search results by industry
  • Prominently display the download or export document options in the dashboard
  • provide dedicated page or section to analyze a company's financial data such as quarterly or annual revenues
  • reverting to default interface before any options were selected
AlphaSense is an ideal platform when we want to perform a holistic analysis of a company by using various sources such as press releases or equity analyst views. AlphaSense is also useful for scenarios when we need a forecast or analysis of expected company performance or a business strategy a company is likely to follow in the immediate quarters or fiscal years. AlphaSense is ideal to use as a single location to access information about a company in order to obtain a comprehensive analysis.

Any search term that we enter is highlighted in the respective pages or areas of individual content such as press releases or analyst reports this helps users to quickly explore the relevant content.
Financial Research (11)
60.90909090909091%
6.1
Public Company Data
80%
8.0
Private Company Data
50%
5.0
Industry and Sector Research
70%
7.0
Industry-Specific Information
70%
7.0
Independent Research Access
70%
7.0
M&A Analysis
50%
5.0
Supply Chain Data
40%
4.0
ESG Data
50%
5.0
Credit Ratings Reports
50%
5.0
Macroeconomic News
50%
5.0
Search Tools
90%
9.0
  • knowing analyst views on a company
  • identifying projected revenue forecast for a company
  • expanded sources of content
  • enhanced understanding of company and industry
AlphaSense acts as a single platform to consolidate content from diverse sources. It also provides exclusive access for subscribers to analyst views from equity research firms. This helps to form a comprehensive view of a company or a set of companies from the industry. The keywords from the search are also highlighted thereby speeding up the time taken for analysis. Ease of analyzing company data from different sources such as press releases or analyst reports.

Reverting to default interface before user selected any options could be improved further.
AlphaSense helps to quickly obtain information from diverse sources in order to conduct a comprehensive analysis of any company or industry. Obtain analyst views about a company which in turn can be used to forecast the business strategies or focus areas for a company in the upcoming quarters or fiscal years.
Analyst reports provide enhanced perspective on a company and industry as well.
AlphaSense provides a comprehensive view through a single platform about a company that not only includes company financial performance but also qualitative information such as analyst views about business strategy and revenue forecast based on company's likely strategy. The platform also provides content from other sources such as press releases which gives insights about various initiatives such as merger or acquisition that was undertaken by the company recently.

AlphaSense collates information from a variety of sources and helps users to quickly access the relevant areas in the content by highlighting search terms
10
  • extract relevant insights quickly
  • act as a single platform to obtain content from different sources
  • accessing analyst reports
  • Industry analysis
  • access analyst reports to infer a company's growth strategy areas
  • understand growth trajectory of a company
  • combine insights from analyst reports and the financial numbers to see if a company's strategy execution is working
  • understand an industry in great detail
various stakeholders may have differing views on the feasibility and price for continuing to use the platform. The platform offers enhanced set of features and is constantly updating its offerings to improve the user experience while deriving business intelligence from a variety of sources. The platform is able to aggregate data from a variety of sources.
No
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Prior Experience with the Product
Subscription pricing plays an important role in the procurement process
examine the feasibility of pricing and extent of regular analysis by using insights from the platform
  • Don't know
  • not applicable
not applicable
  • Online Training
Online training was elaborate and covered various features of the platform
product is directly usable through browser without requiring any installation
nothing is required since we can use this product directly from browser
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
No - we have not done any custom code
not applicable
quick response from the support team
not required
No
quick response on addressing access issues
  • search
  • filter options
Yes, but I don't use it
  • none
not applicable
  • not needed
not aware
  • File import/export
quick response
prompt response to queries
No
  • not applicable
  • not aware
No
No
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