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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AddSearch

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAddSearch is a hosted search tool for any website from the company of the same name in Helsinki. It is presented as fast and able to works on all devices to give users full control. The vendor states users of AddSearch will experience an instant search with a modern and beautiful interface. The system has been built to scale to large amounts of users all across the globe.N/A

    AlphaSense

    Score9.7 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
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    AddSearchAlphaSense
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    AddSearchAlphaSense
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    AddSearchAlphaSense
    Financial Research
    Comparison of Financial Research features of AddSearch and AlphaSense
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    Ratings
    AlphaSense
    6.9
    171 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Private Company Data00 Ratings5.2141 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Information00 Ratings7.4166 Ratings
    Independent Research Access00 Ratings8.4160 Ratings
    M&A Analysis00 Ratings5.7132 Ratings
    Supply Chain Data00 Ratings6.691 Ratings
    ESG Data00 Ratings6.088 Ratings
    Credit Ratings Reports00 Ratings6.677 Ratings
    Macroeconomic News00 Ratings7.7119 Ratings
    Search Tools00 Ratings8.3158 Ratings
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    AddSearchAlphaSense
    Small Businesses
    Elasticsearch
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Algolia
    Score8.7 out of 10
    S&P Capital IQ
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Algolia
    Score8.7 out of 10
    S&P Capital IQ
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AddSearchAlphaSense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.7
    (239 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.1
    (235 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    8.3
    (21 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    8.7
    (16 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    6.4
    (8 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    5.9
    (5 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    6.6
    (21 ratings)
    Professional Services
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
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    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AddSearchAlphaSense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    AddSearch
    We're very happy with the search results, and even better, the ability to impact the actual results with their weighting and priority tools. The integration was easy enough, but the expectations during the sales process was that the AddSearch team would handle more of the implementation. At the end of the day this wasn't a huge deal due to our internal engineering team, but is a caveat for others. We're happy to see continued development of the product and the infusion of AI in the feature set.
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    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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    Pros
    AddSearch
    • Ease of use for admin
    • Ability to impact results
    • Integration within your own site
    • Data
    • Product improvements
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    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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    Cons
    AddSearch
    • Data exports
    • Onboarding and expectation setting
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    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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    Likelihood to Renew
    AddSearch
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Usability
    AddSearch
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    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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    Reliability and Availability
    AddSearch
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    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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    Performance
    AddSearch
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    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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    Support Rating
    AddSearch
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    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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    In-Person Training
    AddSearch
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    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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    Online Training
    AddSearch
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    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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    Implementation Rating
    AddSearch
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    AlphaSense
    use friendly UI made the transition seamless
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    Alternatives Considered
    AddSearch
    AddSearch was not as customizable as the other solutions we looked at, but it was also seemed to be the easiest to integrate. Ultimately, the integration time took longer than expected, but was still relatively easy. The interface was an easier to use interface than the competitors we looked at. Price was also a factor as AddSearch was a lower cost.
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    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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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    AddSearch
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Scalability
    AddSearch
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    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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    Professional Services
    AddSearch
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    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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    Return on Investment
    AddSearch
    • Our search results have significantly improved and increased click through rate by 15% just in the first two weeks
    • We had no ability to tweak results with our previous solution and now we do. We've gone from 0 to 100 with the ability on that.
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    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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    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.