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Very efficient way to find information that you just couldn't find any other way
What do you like best about the product?
Ability to filter in many different ways
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the odd document is missing or rendered badly. This is usually fixed when pointed out.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Looking for very specific information about companies. Speeds up the research process enormously
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Great for competitive analysis
What do you like best about the product?
This is an excellent tool for competitive analysis. The user design is intuitive, the search options allow for customization (boolean search, intelligent search). The results are highlighted for ease of review. There is also a chat function with quick turnarounds, and the team is overall responsive and constantly looking for feedback and improvements. The export function for financial tables are very convenient (hopefully will be implemented for Cdn Banks as well). A big differentiator is its sentiment analysis features - it is a big plus for analyzing earnings transcript, and I'm looking forward to further additional features.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes results that I'd expect to show up would be missing (e.g. company website has changed url so the engine wasn't able to pick up the documents in the results). Support team is responsive can provide a fix immediately), so for someone who expects to gain additional value from uncovering the unexpected results for insights, not seeing what you'd expect is a concern. This can be attributed to the users' lack of knowledge in boolean search strings, but as this isn't designed for expert users (and shouldn't be), I see further improvements in the relevancy of search results in the future. Having said that, in terms of search capability, this isn't going to overtake Google anytime soon, so don't expect too much. The "wildcards" don't always work as intended (e.g. I sometimes get more results when specifying a time range than not selecting one). Sometimes the exported pdfs have garbled results (especially when processing custom imported pdfs). Since only partial sentiment data can be exported, some users will have to accept the results as a black box and can't fully analyze the results. Also, browser cache needs to be refreshed from time to time or results might freeze (Chrome).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use this for competitive analysis, the overall understanding of the financial industry landscape, and market sentiment. Having all the data accessible easily and the ability to upload custom documents is a huge time saver. If the search results can be exported easily without too much manual interventions and finesse, this would be huge.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it out. You'll definitely find some value for your research needs.
Great Tool for Research
What do you like best about the product?
Ability to search for keywords across industry filings, company filings and to save highlights within certain docs. Also, I love the see previous data feature within the filings.
What do you dislike about the product?
Certain file types are not on the platform (like certain credit documents), and sometimes the "see similar charts" feature is buggy, but other than that I love it!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Time savings tool allows for a more streamlined research process.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Take the time to learn all of the features. It is a streamlined and intuitive interface, so it should not take too much time to do so.
Good experience overall. Pages have gotten a little slower to load lately.
What do you like best about the product?
Searchability including generic or multiple terms. Exporting financials to excel is quick and easy and really helps when building out an initial model. Alphasense also has transcripts out before factset and I find them more accurate often times, which is super useful right after a earnings call.
What do you dislike about the product?
Load times and sometimes pages crash when searching within a doc. The default to showing sentiment I think slows down the page and I wish I could make the default be to have sentiment off.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Key word searches is the biggest use. Also exporting financials with the easy model export function is very helpful.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Much easier to search documents than on FactSet. Transcripts come out faster than on FactSet. Also, being a cloud based platform, access from anywhere is much easier than on FactSet.
Really great platform - 10/10 would recommend!
What do you like best about the product?
How easy it is to search for information. AlphaSense really lets you use targeted words and searches to best find the information you need. My favourite feature of the platform is perhaps how it will only show you sources that have your two words 10-15 words apart. This lets you get rid of all the noise that you get on traditional platforms like Google, and helps you focus on a single source better.
Another great feature is the ability to export charts/graphics directly into excel. This had made my life so much easier when copying over numbers, and it removes a certain margin of error which is exactly what I'm looking for in a platform.
The team is great as well, and has always been super helpful when I have questions.
Another great feature is the ability to export charts/graphics directly into excel. This had made my life so much easier when copying over numbers, and it removes a certain margin of error which is exactly what I'm looking for in a platform.
The team is great as well, and has always been super helpful when I have questions.
What do you dislike about the product?
A lot of different sources can sometimes make it hard to find the best information, but this is honestly more of a pro than a con regardless. Some features of the platform can be a bit confusing, but the AlphaSense team is always ready on hand to give you a demo if you so need. Sometimes there can be a bit of noise on AlphaSense as well, so it's important to select the right filters to get what you're looking for!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Easier to research and find niche information, especially on a certain industry. This has been so helpful especially when copying over information due to their export feature.
AlphaSense is a key tool in my research process
What do you like best about the product?
Aggregates all research sources at our disposal (sell side, expert calls, SEC filings, etc.) and is easily searchable across all
What do you dislike about the product?
At times it is difficult to isolate certain keywords
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Searching for key ideas or themes across sectors / companies / geographies. Strong sourcing as well as research engine
All-encompassing search tool
What do you like best about the product?
I like having all the data sources in one place to reference
What do you dislike about the product?
The search functionality isn't the most intuitive
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm looking at multiple years / quarters of financial data in one place and searching press releases for very specific keywords (I like the functionality where it searches for similar words and doesn't require an exact match). Chat support isn't as helpful as competitors / as widely available
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Would recommend using it, but still use in tandem with other information services
Best Text Search Algorithm in Equity Research Space
What do you like best about the product?
My top three:
1. Best Text Search: AlphaSense's search deep into documents even embedded tables is super powerful.
2. Broadest Company Universe: Reach to many OUS countries - including Japan - have really impressed me vs. previous platforms I used.
3. Delivery on promises - when I joined AlphaSense 8 months ago they said they would expand entitlements with more investment banks' sell side research teams and they have - bringing over some of the strongest teams like BAML
1. Best Text Search: AlphaSense's search deep into documents even embedded tables is super powerful.
2. Broadest Company Universe: Reach to many OUS countries - including Japan - have really impressed me vs. previous platforms I used.
3. Delivery on promises - when I joined AlphaSense 8 months ago they said they would expand entitlements with more investment banks' sell side research teams and they have - bringing over some of the strongest teams like BAML
What do you dislike about the product?
I would say it is expensive but the price is lower than competitive offerings.
My only gripe right now is that fine tuning the email alerts was not very straightforward. But this is largely on me since I set them up once and haven't endeavored to fix them to reduce inbox hits.
My only gripe right now is that fine tuning the email alerts was not very straightforward. But this is largely on me since I set them up once and haven't endeavored to fix them to reduce inbox hits.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am reading management commentary to investors in great detail to inform my employers' strategic path forward.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
be aware that the subscription is a full year, paid in full up front
Great Service for Researchers
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to perform Google like searches on corporate documents.
What do you dislike about the product?
The notes functionality could be a lot better (speed, consistency, etc.)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use it to identify corporate trends. It is a great service for my goals.
Superb tool
What do you like best about the product?
Document and data collation; intuitive UI
What do you dislike about the product?
N/A - the platform does what it's intended to do, and does it well.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Market research, document retrieval, reviewing regulatory filings / press releases.
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