A Work In Progress
Updated December 13, 2024
A Work In Progress
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with AlphaSense
We use AlphaSense to obtain access to competitor analysis and analyst reports, market sizing and potential and market trends.
Its use for us is limited, as all of these tools are, as we still have limited visibility to private players, but it is getting better all the time.
Its A.I. powered auto summary with positive and negative sentiment of earnings calls etc is a real time-saver.
Its use for us is limited, as all of these tools are, as we still have limited visibility to private players, but it is getting better all the time.
Its A.I. powered auto summary with positive and negative sentiment of earnings calls etc is a real time-saver.
Pros
- I. Sentiment summary
- Analyst report access
- Hints and Tips from the support team
Cons
- More rounded financial reviews
- Collaborate with companies like Buro Van Dyck etc to get more info on private companies
- Deeper competitive insights
- Faster production of insights
It helps us with research when we have a question. What is does not yet do - for us - is raised new ideas or provide guided thought leadership.
For this reason, we log in when we need to or when customer service indicates a new feature is available, play around a little and then return to normal work.
For this reason, we log in when we need to or when customer service indicates a new feature is available, play around a little and then return to normal work.
They all provide different solutions that cater for specific needs.
Crayon is the general purpose software - better at general CI than AlphaSense.
WideNarrow is another version, and provides a glossy output, now backed by Infodesk.
FIBRES is good at organising risk information and articles into a PESTEL or other radar - great for getting the attention of exec leadership, but hard to figure out how to use the platform afterwards.
Crayon is the general purpose software - better at general CI than AlphaSense.
WideNarrow is another version, and provides a glossy output, now backed by Infodesk.
FIBRES is good at organising risk information and articles into a PESTEL or other radar - great for getting the attention of exec leadership, but hard to figure out how to use the platform afterwards.
Do you think AlphaSense delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with AlphaSense's feature set?
Yes
Did AlphaSense live up to sales and marketing promises?
No
Did implementation of AlphaSense go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy AlphaSense again?
Yes
AlphaSense Feature Ratings
Using AlphaSense
2 - Business development and strategy
Basic checking of industry and competitor news feeds. Transfer of findings to a corporate internet and news relevant feeds
- Competitor Intelligence
- Market Size Intelligence
- New Patent Applications
- Analyst Reports
- Summarising results calls using their AI summariser
- Understanding market size and growth opportunities
- Comparing performance of more than one company
Evaluating AlphaSense and Competitors
- Other
I wanted access to paywall restricted professional content on a single platform.
I was looking for a specifically research-focused solution, not a broad multi-user system
I was looking for a specifically research-focused solution, not a broad multi-user system
Whilst hard, a very clear use case is necessary. Most of these platforms do something similar, and sometimes overalapping, but you need to fully understand your audience, user base, elevated license users etc.
A much more thorough demonstration as well as probing questions to the sales partner are necessary to really understand the capabilities, and more importantly, the limitations of the offering
A much more thorough demonstration as well as probing questions to the sales partner are necessary to really understand the capabilities, and more importantly, the limitations of the offering
AlphaSense Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed No escalation required Immediate help available Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
No. We just aren't a busy or active enough user group to need that right now
They email each week and provide great user tips. I've learned a few things
Using AlphaSense
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Well integrated Consistent | Unnecessarily complex Difficult to use Requires technical support Slow to learn Cumbersome Lots to learn |
- The AI is quite well integrated including natural language search
- search results retrieval, especially AI generated summaries can be a little slow.
- Searches can bring back a large number of results that are displayed as a simple list - this would be better with improved categorisation, filtering and grouping
- Scrolling through documents can be painfully slow as it seems the system intentionally retrieves single pages only - probably something to do with the per-use licensing of the paid sources
Yes - I don't use it too often, but it can be useful for a quick search from time to time when on the road
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