Alphasense user review.
May 28, 2025

Alphasense user review.

Tomas Arias | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with AlphaSense

The main use case for Alphasense within our organization is for due diligence and market research purposes. It's primarily used when we are preparing a new investment and want to gain insight into a new market, technology, or trend. The primary issues the product addresses are a lack of consistent information on the open web, a shortage of customer or relevant party interviews, and inadequate financial models. These resources are always utilized when we are preparing for an investment. I would say our scope is somewhat narrow, as we don't delve into market filings or regulatory information that is present within the platform.

Pros

  • Market and industry research, specifically market sizing and participant breakdown.
  • Financial modeling, having easy access to detailed models from companies around the world, is excellent.
  • Expert interviews are excellent the breadth of coverage is extremely impressive.

Cons

  • 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.
  • Research speed has now increased to a single day, allowing us to find everything we want about an industry, compared to 3-5 days before with Alphasense.
  • Comps analysis, gathering detailed financial information, is now seamless and can be completed in less than 1 hour, compared to 1-2 days.
  • Expert interview access, before Alphasense, we had no way of including this into our analysis. This has significantly improved the quality of our decisions and research.
I believe the platform has a learning curve. Still, once you go through it, it becomes very easy to use and, in my opinion, a better experience than something like PitchBook or CapIQ, where most searches are still dependent on selecting different attributes and buttons to segment the search instead of being natural language-based.
With customizable dashboards, we are now able to track all development in each of our portfolio companies' industries, as well as other relevant industries worldwide. This enables us to have richer conversations with founders and make decisions faster.
Alphasense has a much broader coverage breadth, as it includes financial data, market data, private research, and expert interviews, while the others are more limited.

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?

Yes

Did implementation of AlphaSense go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy AlphaSense again?

Yes

I think it's all dependent on the depth of research a fund is willing to undertake. For funds that adopt a thesis-driven approach, where research and diligence are paramount to every workflow and decision, I believe Alphasense is an excellent choice. Even if, like ourselves, they operate in the private markets, I believe having access to comprehensive coverage and financial models for all public companies remains extremely valuable. I don't think it's suited for less research-dependent funds or super early-stage investors.

AlphaSense Feature Ratings

Financial Research
7.9
Public Company Data
10
Private Company Data
8
Industry and Sector Research
9
Industry-Specific Information
8
Independent Research Access
9
M&A Analysis
8
Supply Chain Data
6
ESG Data
6
Credit Ratings Reports
8
Macroeconomic News
6
Search Tools
9

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