> SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. This is the Markdown copy of https://specstream.ai/alternatives/alphasense. Every page, with what SpecStream does and costs: https://specstream.ai/llms.txt # Best AlphaSense alternatives in 2026 | SpecStream Compared on Nov 9, 2026. # AlphaSense alternatives in 2026 **The dataset nobody published, at 5¢ to $1 a row.** AlphaSense publishes no price. Its pricing page says "Connect with our sales team for scalable pricing" and sells annual subscriptions by the seat or by usage. Vendr reports that the median buyer pays $18,750 a year, from 41 purchases, and the AWS Marketplace listing shows $20,000.00 for a 12-month contract of Basic access, billed per user. A seat searches the 500M+ documents AlphaSense has collected: filings, broker research, expert call transcripts and news. SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. Describe the dataset a story or a model needs in plain words, and SpecStream searches the live web and returns every match as a structured row, each number with the page it was read from and the time it was read. 500 rows with 15 facts each cost $75, and you see the most a run can cost before it starts. [Describe your data](https://specstream.ai/signup?src=alternatives-alphasense&utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=alphasense&returnTo=%2Fworkspace%2Fask%3Fq%3DCompanies%2520that%2520make%2520solid-state%2520batteries%2520for%2520electric%2520vehicles%252C%2520with%2520headquarters%252C%2520year%2520founded%252C%2520total%2520funding%2520raised%252C%2520announced%2520factory%2520capacity%2520and%2520carmaker%2520partners) New accounts get $10 of credit, no card. ## SpecStream and AlphaSense side by side | | SpecStream | AlphaSense | | --- | --- | --- | | What you send | The data you want in plain words, with the conditions every row must meet | A search of its document library in the platform. Through the API, a GraphQL query with keyword and date filters | | What you get back | Structured rows, one record per company, place or filing, with facts from many sites joined. Source URL and read time on every value | Documents with their title, type and release date. SuperAnalyst turns them into answers and deliverables inside the platform | | Data already held | Public databases read every morning at [specstream.ai/data](https://specstream.ai/data?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=alphasense): every company that filed a Form D since 2023 with its filing history, nearly 2 million US nonprofits, every US bank failure since 1934, federal rules, open federal contracts and grants, and local businesses. Signals such as funding rounds, new executives and layoffs at [specstream.ai/signals](https://specstream.ai/signals?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=alphasense). Ask for your own cut of any of them | 500M+ documents: regulatory filings, earnings call transcripts, company presentations, news, expert call transcripts, and equity research from 1,000+ sell-side and independent firms | | What it costs | A delivered row: 5¢, 15¢ or $1 by how much the row needs, plus 5¢ for an email and 15¢ for a phone. The same rate on every plan | Sold by quote on annual subscriptions. Vendr reports a median of $18,750 a year from 41 purchases, in a range of $10,000 to $51,000. The AWS Marketplace listing shows $20,000.00 for a 12-month contract of Basic access, billed per user | | The unit you pay for | A row that meets your request. The searches and pages behind it are free | A seat on Market Intelligence, where one user is one named login. Usage on Enterprise Suite, with no rate on the pricing page | | How to start | $10 of credit, no card. Pro $19, Scale $99 and Team $499 a month, all spent as credit at the same row rates. A yearly plan adds 20% more credit | A conversation with sales. On AWS you commit to a seat count and a term in a Private Offer | | Failed or empty work | Nothing. Duplicates, rows you already own and rows a page contradicts are not charged, and a run that finds nothing costs nothing | The seat is paid for the term. The AWS listing says you commit to a seat count and term "rather than paying by consumption" | | API and MCP | MCP server, REST API, Python and TypeScript SDKs, a CLI and A2A on every account. An agent can buy one request with no account, by card or in USDC | Agent API and SuperAnalyst MCP come with Enterprise Suite, the usage-based plan. The API docs send a team without access to its account management team | | Where the data goes | Google Sheets, Excel, Airtable, Notion, monday.com, HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Attio, Slack, Teams, Zapier, Make, n8n and signed webhooks | PowerPoint and Excel add-ins and AlphaSense Connectors on both plans | ## Why AlphaSense buyers move to SpecStream ### The dataset nobody published AlphaSense searches documents that a broker, an expert or a company has already written. The count your story needs, or the cross-section your model is missing, is spread over hundreds of company sites, registries and local pages. On SpecStream you write it once: "US cities over 100,000 people that passed a short-term rental rule since 2022, with the date and the permit cap", or "companies that make solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, with funding raised and announced factory capacity". SpecStream searches the live web, reads each page and joins what it finds into one record per row. ### Each number has its page When an editor or a partner asks where a number is from, the answer is in the row. Every value carries its source URL and the time it was read, and each condition of the request shows the page that states it. `get_find_decisions` returns the reason, the value, the source and the time for any row, and `replay_find_decisions` reads the saved record again at no charge: same record, same answer. ### A price before the run, on a deadline in hours Sign up, describe the data and read the quote: the most the run can cost, good for 30 minutes. Nothing runs until you approve it, and the charge never goes past that amount. A row with up to 5 facts costs 5¢, a row with up to 15 facts and one set of related records costs 15¢, and a deep row costs $1. A sizing brief of 500 rows with 15 facts each is $75. At that rate, the $18,750 Vendr reports as the median AlphaSense contract pays for 125,000 rows. A run keeps working until it reaches the count, up to four hours on the largest requests. The full list is on [pricing](https://specstream.ai/pricing?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=alphasense). ### Public data, read every morning SpecStream already holds the public records analysts and data desks count from. On Nov 9, 2026, [US bank failures](https://specstream.ai/data/bank-failures?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=alphasense) shows 3,526 failures since 1934, 6 of them in 2026, and [federal rules](https://specstream.ai/data/federal-rules?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=alphasense) shows 169 proposed rules open for comment and 8,222 final rules since 2024. Both pages are free to read, and you can ask for your own cut of either as rows. ### The most accurate search under every row The SpecStream Search API scores 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 official SimpleQA Verified questions, with 978 correct. On all 200 official WideSearch tasks SpecStream scores 64.0 item F1 and 43.4 row F1, and the Extract API scores 0.908 F1 on WCXB. The scores and method are on [benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=alphasense). ### The table stays up to date Save the request and it reruns hourly to yearly. Each row comes back labeled changed, unchanged or no longer matching. A changed or new row costs half its rate and an unchanged row costs 1¢. New rows and changes arrive in Google Sheets, Excel, Airtable, Slack or Teams, or in your agent through the MCP server. ## Other AlphaSense alternatives ### SpecStream The live web data engine for teams and agents. One request in plain words returns the dataset as structured rows at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row, each number with its source URL and read time. New accounts get $10 of credit, no card, and the price of a run is on the screen before it starts. ### Statista A library of statistics that others have published. Basic is free with 5 Research AI queries, Starter is €199 a month for 1 seat, billed annually, and Personal is €599 a month. On SpecStream you ask for the table that is in no library, and 500 rows with 15 facts each cost $75. ### Koyfin Market data, charts and screens for investors. Plans run from Free through Plus at $39 a month and Premium at $79 to Advisor Core at $209 and Advisor Pro at $299, with up to 30% off on an annual plan. SpecStream returns the records a screen has no column for, on any kind of company, place or filing, at 5¢ to $1 a row. ### Contify A market and competitive intelligence platform that sends updates on the companies and topics you follow. Its pricing page shows a 7-day free trial and no plan price. SpecStream gives new accounts $10 of credit and prints every rate: 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row. ## How SpecStream scores The same numbers as the benchmarks page, from the official tasks and scorers. ResultsWideSearchCostSimpleQA Verified | | SpecStream | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/parallel.svg)Parallel | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/exa.svg)Exa | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/tavily.svg)Tavily | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/perplexity.svg)Perplexity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Web research**WideSearch, GPT-5.6 Luna | 60.9 | 45.5 | 53.0 | 47.9 | 47.0 | | **Factual accuracy**SimpleQA Verified, GPT-5.6 Luna | 96 | 94 | 91 | 94 | 94 | | **Factual accuracy**SimpleQA Verified, GPT-5.6 Sol | 99 | 97 | 91 | 92 | 95 | ## How to switch from AlphaSense Write the dataset you want in plain words, the way you would brief a researcher. Sign up and you get $10 of credit, no card. At 5¢ a row, that is up to 200 rows. Or send the request from code. This call spends nothing: the `402` reply shows how SpecStream read the request, the columns and the most it can cost. ``` curl -i https://api.specstream.ai/v1/agent/lists \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"request": "Companies that make solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, with headquarters, year founded, total funding raised, announced factory capacity and carmaker partners", "count": 25}' ``` Approve that maximum by card through Stripe's Link agent wallet, or in USDC on Base, Arbitrum or Polygon, and you pay for the rows found. On an account, your agent uses the MCP server at `https://api.specstream.ai/mcp` and your team uses the workspace, from the same balance. [Describe your data](https://specstream.ai/signup?src=alternatives-alphasense&utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=alphasense&returnTo=%2Fworkspace%2Fask%3Fq%3DCompanies%2520that%2520make%2520solid-state%2520batteries%2520for%2520electric%2520vehicles%252C%2520with%2520headquarters%252C%2520year%2520founded%252C%2520total%2520funding%2520raised%252C%2520announced%2520factory%2520capacity%2520and%2520carmaker%2520partners) ## Frequently asked questions Something we didn't answer? [Talk to a human](https://specstream.ai/talk-to-a-human.md) How much does AlphaSense cost? Vendr reports that the median AlphaSense buyer pays $18,750 a year, from 41 purchases, in a range of $10,000 to $51,000. AlphaSense publishes no price on its own pricing page, which offers annual subscriptions through its sales team. Its AWS Marketplace listing shows $20,000.00 for a 12-month contract of Basic access, billed per user. What is the best AlphaSense alternative? SpecStream, at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a delivered row with no seat and no annual contract. You describe the dataset in plain words, approve the most the run can cost, and get one structured row per match, each number with its source URL and read time. The rows land in your sheet, Slack or your agent. Where does each number in a SpecStream row come from? Every value carries the URL of the page it was read from and the time it was read, so a 15¢ row with 15 facts has a source for each of them. `get_find_decisions` returns the reason, value, source and time behind any row, and reading the saved record again costs nothing. Does AlphaSense have an API? Yes, on 1 of its 2 plans: the Agent API and SuperAnalyst MCP come with Enterprise Suite, which is priced on usage with no rate on the page. The API is GraphQL. SpecStream gives every account the REST API, the MCP server, Python and TypeScript SDKs and a CLI. Does SpecStream have an API? Yes. The Search API costs $5 per 1,000 searches, the Extract API $0.80 per 1,000 pages, and Deep Search returns rows at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 each. The MCP server is at `https://api.specstream.ai/mcp`, and an agent can buy one request with no account. Can I try SpecStream without talking to sales? Yes. A new account gets $10 of credit, no card, which is up to 200 rows at 5¢. Plans are Pro at $19, Scale at $99 and Team at $499 a month, all spent as credit at the same row rates. What does SpecStream cover? SpecStream covers the whole job of getting data from the web, from $0.80 per 1,000 pages read to $1 for a deep row. It searches the live web, reads every page that holds the facts, and extracts them into rows. It draws on the public databases it already holds, fills in a list you bring, reruns on a schedule with every change labeled, shows places on a map, and delivers the rows to your sheet, Slack or agent through MCP and the API. ### Sources SpecStream wrote this page. AlphaSense figures come from its own pricing page, its developer docs, its AWS Marketplace listing and Vendr. Each other figure comes from that company's own page. 1. [SpecStream pricing](https://specstream.ai/pricing)specstream.ai/pricing, read Nov 9, 2026 2. [SpecStream for agents](https://specstream.ai/agents.md)specstream.ai/agents.md, read Nov 9, 2026 3. [SpecStream benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks)specstream.ai/benchmarks, read Nov 9, 2026 4. [SpecStream data: US bank failures](https://specstream.ai/data/bank-failures)specstream.ai/data/bank-failures, read Nov 9, 2026 5. [SpecStream data: federal rules](https://specstream.ai/data/federal-rules)specstream.ai/data/federal-rules, read Nov 9, 2026 6. [AlphaSense pricing](https://www.alpha-sense.com/pricing/)alpha-sense.com/pricing/, read Nov 9, 2026 7. [AlphaSense API documentation](https://developer.alpha-sense.com/api/getting-started)developer.alpha-sense.com/api/getting-started, read Nov 9, 2026 8. [AlphaSense on AWS Marketplace](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-fcrh3e2janq5y)aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-fcrh3e2janq5y, read Nov 9, 2026 9. [Vendr, AlphaSense pricing](https://www.vendr.com/marketplace/alphasense)vendr.com/marketplace/alphasense, read Nov 9, 2026 10. [Statista plans](https://www.statista.com/accounts/individuals)statista.com/accounts/individuals, read Nov 9, 2026 11. [Koyfin pricing](https://www.koyfin.com/pricing/)koyfin.com/pricing/, read Nov 9, 2026 12. [Contify pricing](https://contify.com/pricing/)contify.com/pricing/, read Nov 9, 2026