VOL. XCIV, NO. 247

★ FINANCIAL TOOLS & SERVICES DIRECTORY ★

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Tool Comparison

AlphaSense vs Perplexity Finance comparison

Compare pricing, supported platforms, categories, and standout capabilities to decide which tool fits your workflow.

Quick takeaways

AlphaSense adds Improved Filings, Diff View, Earnings Calls Sentiment, Notes & Highlights, AI, AI Earnings Summary, AI Report, 13F, Alerts, and Data APIs coverage that Perplexity Finance skips.

Perplexity Finance includes Financials, Data Visualizations, and ETF Overview categories that AlphaSense omits.

Perplexity Finance keeps a free entry point that AlphaSense lacks.

In depth comparison

AlphaSense logo

AlphaSense

alpha-sense.com

AlphaSense is an enterprise-grade market intelligence platform that combines a massive library of filings, research, transcripts, and news with AI-powered search and summarization. Broker research access depends on entitlements, while premium features like Expert Calls or Canalyst models are offered as add-ons. Enterprise Intelligence expands the platform to include secure integration of a firm’s own internal content.

Platforms

WebMobileAPI

Pricing

Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Extensive content coverage, including SEC filings, earnings call transcripts, broker and independent research, expert call transcripts, and regulatory news.
  • Generative AI workflows such as Generative Search, Generative Grid, and Deep Research, delivering source-cited answers and summaries.
  • Blackline (redline) comparisons to highlight changes across versions of filings or document sections.
  • Table Tools to extract structured financial tables and export them to Excel with minimal friction.
  • Company financial tearsheets combining Reuters Fundamentals with I/B/E/S consensus estimates.

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Perplexity Finance

perplexity.ai

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AI-assisted finance hub with quote and overview pages for stocks, ETFs, funds, and crypto. Free to use with search limits; Pro lifts caps and unlocks Pro/Deep Research. Enterprise Pro connects to data subscriptions like FactSet and Crunchbase and adds SSO/SCIM. Data providers are disclosed on each page. Not designed for trading execution.

Platforms

WebMobileDesktop

Pricing

FreeSubscription

Quick highlights

  • Ticker pages with detailed Overview, Financials, Historical Data, and Earnings tabs, including analyst ratings and 12-month price targets.
  • Watchlist feature and a Screener tab available directly in the Finance hub.
  • AI-curated news feeds on instrument pages with linked sources.
  • Data providers include Financial Modeling Prep (fundamentals), Unusual Whales (options), Quartr (transcripts), and FinChat/Fiscal.ai (earnings).
  • Crypto section with Historical Data downloads and Coinbase COIN50 index charts on the Finance homepage.

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Where they differ

AlphaSense

Distinct strengths include:

  • Extensive content coverage, including SEC filings, earnings call transcripts, broker and independent research, expert call transcripts, and regulatory news.
  • Generative AI workflows such as Generative Search, Generative Grid, and Deep Research, delivering source-cited answers and summaries.
  • Blackline (redline) comparisons to highlight changes across versions of filings or document sections.
  • Table Tools to extract structured financial tables and export them to Excel with minimal friction.

Perplexity Finance

Distinct strengths include:

  • Ticker pages with detailed Overview, Financials, Historical Data, and Earnings tabs, including analyst ratings and 12-month price targets.
  • Watchlist feature and a Screener tab available directly in the Finance hub.
  • AI-curated news feeds on instrument pages with linked sources.
  • Data providers include Financial Modeling Prep (fundamentals), Unusual Whales (options), Quartr (transcripts), and FinChat/Fiscal.ai (earnings).

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeAlphaSensePerplexity Finance
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Transcripts, Analyst Recommendations, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Forecasts, Screeners, News, Watchlist

Unique: Improved Filings, Diff View, Earnings Calls Sentiment, Notes & Highlights, AI, AI Earnings Summary, AI Report, 13F, Alerts, Data APIs

Shared: Transcripts, Analyst Recommendations, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Forecasts, Screeners, News, Watchlist

Unique: Financials, Data Visualizations, ETF Overview

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks

Stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Closed-End Funds, Cryptos

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web, Mobile, API

Web, Mobile, Desktop

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Subscription

Free, Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Extensive content coverage, including SEC filings, earnings call transcripts, broker and independent research, expert call transcripts, and regulatory news.
  • Generative AI workflows such as Generative Search, Generative Grid, and Deep Research, delivering source-cited answers and summaries.
  • Blackline (redline) comparisons to highlight changes across versions of filings or document sections.
  • Table Tools to extract structured financial tables and export them to Excel with minimal friction.
  • Company financial tearsheets combining Reuters Fundamentals with I/B/E/S consensus estimates.
  • AI-powered sentiment scoring across filings, transcripts, and research documents.

Unique

  • Ticker pages with detailed Overview, Financials, Historical Data, and Earnings tabs, including analyst ratings and 12-month price targets.
  • Watchlist feature and a Screener tab available directly in the Finance hub.
  • AI-curated news feeds on instrument pages with linked sources.
  • Data providers include Financial Modeling Prep (fundamentals), Unusual Whales (options), Quartr (transcripts), and FinChat/Fiscal.ai (earnings).
  • Crypto section with Historical Data downloads and Coinbase COIN50 index charts on the Finance homepage.
  • Global market coverage spanning US, UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, Japan, and Thailand.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do AlphaSense and Perplexity Finance both support?

Both platforms cover Transcripts, Analyst Recommendations, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Forecasts, Screeners, News, and Watchlist workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Which tool offers a free plan?

Perplexity Finance offers a free entry point, while AlphaSense requires a paid subscription. Review the pricing table to see how the paid tiers compare.

How can you access AlphaSense and Perplexity Finance?

Both AlphaSense and Perplexity Finance support web and mobile access, making it easy to keep tabs on research away from the desk.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

AlphaSense differentiates itself with Extensive content coverage, including SEC filings, earnings call transcripts, broker and independent research, expert call transcripts, and regulatory news., Generative AI workflows such as Generative Search, Generative Grid, and Deep Research, delivering source-cited answers and summaries., and Blackline (redline) comparisons to highlight changes across versions of filings or document sections., whereas Perplexity Finance stands out for Ticker pages with detailed Overview, Financials, Historical Data, and Earnings tabs, including analyst ratings and 12-month price targets., Watchlist feature and a Screener tab available directly in the Finance hub., and AI-curated news feeds on instrument pages with linked sources..

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