VOL. XCIV, NO. 247

★ FINANCIAL TOOLS & SERVICES DIRECTORY ★

PRICE: 5 CENTS

Monday, October 6, 2025

Head-to-head

AlphaSense vs Simply Wall St comparison

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

Quick takeaways

AlphaSense adds Improved Filings, Diff View, Transcripts, Earnings Calls Sentiment, Notes & Highlights, AI, AI Earnings Summary, AI Report, 13F, Analyst Recommendations, and Data APIs coverage that Simply Wall St skips.

Simply Wall St includes Stock Ideas, Portfolio, Financials, Valuation Models, Scores, Insider Data, Institutional Data, Dividend, and Broker Connectors categories that AlphaSense omits.

AlphaSense 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., and Blackline (redline) comparisons to highlight changes across versions of filings or document sections..

Simply Wall St is known for: Clear, visual company reports covering valuation (DCF), analyst growth forecasts, financial health, dividend safety, management, and insider activity., Snowflake score summarises five pillars: valuation, growth outlook, past performance, financial health, and dividends., and Portfolio tracker calculates total returns including realised/unrealised gains, dividends, FX, and annualised IRR, with automatic adjustments for stock splits..

Simply Wall St keeps a free entry point that AlphaSense lacks.

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AlphaSense

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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

Web
Mobile
API

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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Simply Wall St

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Equity research and portfolio tracker built around visual stock reports and a proprietary “Snowflake” score. Uses S&P Global Market Intelligence data, with end-of-day pricing and intraday fundamentals/ownership refresh. Premium and Unlimited plans add broker linking (Plaid/SnapTrade), daily sync, more reports, and portfolio/screener limits. Unlimited members also get full Excel/CSV/PDF exports.

Platforms

Web
Mobile

Pricing

Free
Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Clear, visual company reports covering valuation (DCF), analyst growth forecasts, financial health, dividend safety, management, and insider activity.
  • Snowflake score summarises five pillars: valuation, growth outlook, past performance, financial health, and dividends.
  • Portfolio tracker calculates total returns including realised/unrealised gains, dividends, FX, and annualised IRR, with automatic adjustments for stock splits.
  • Broker linking via Plaid and SnapTrade (Premium/Unlimited) with daily auto-sync of holdings.
  • Powerful stock screener with advanced filters; save screens and get weekly alerts on matching companies.

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Overlap

Shared focus areas

6 overlaps

Mutual strengths include Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Forecasts, and Screeners plus 3 more areas.

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.

Simply Wall St

Distinct strengths include:

  • Clear, visual company reports covering valuation (DCF), analyst growth forecasts, financial health, dividend safety, management, and insider activity.
  • Snowflake score summarises five pillars: valuation, growth outlook, past performance, financial health, and dividends.
  • Portfolio tracker calculates total returns including realised/unrealised gains, dividends, FX, and annualised IRR, with automatic adjustments for stock splits.
  • Broker linking via Plaid and SnapTrade (Premium/Unlimited) with daily auto-sync of holdings.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeAlphaSenseSimply Wall St
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Forecasts, Screeners, News, Alerts, Watchlist

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

Shared: Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Forecasts, Screeners, News, Alerts, Watchlist

Unique: Stock Ideas, Portfolio, Financials, Valuation Models, Scores, Insider Data, Institutional Data, Dividend, Broker Connectors

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks

Stocks

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

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

  • Clear, visual company reports covering valuation (DCF), analyst growth forecasts, financial health, dividend safety, management, and insider activity.
  • Snowflake score summarises five pillars: valuation, growth outlook, past performance, financial health, and dividends.
  • Portfolio tracker calculates total returns including realised/unrealised gains, dividends, FX, and annualised IRR, with automatic adjustments for stock splits.
  • Broker linking via Plaid and SnapTrade (Premium/Unlimited) with daily auto-sync of holdings.
  • Powerful stock screener with advanced filters; save screens and get weekly alerts on matching companies.
  • Email alerts for earnings, dividends, analyst estimate or price target changes, insider trades, corporate actions, risks, and M&A news.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do AlphaSense and Simply Wall St both support?

Both platforms cover Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Forecasts, Screeners, News, Alerts, 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?

Simply Wall St 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 Simply Wall St?

Both AlphaSense and Simply Wall St 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 Simply Wall St stands out for Clear, visual company reports covering valuation (DCF), analyst growth forecasts, financial health, dividend safety, management, and insider activity., Snowflake score summarises five pillars: valuation, growth outlook, past performance, financial health, and dividends., and Portfolio tracker calculates total returns including realised/unrealised gains, dividends, FX, and annualised IRR, with automatic adjustments for stock splits..

Curation & Accuracy

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