Statista alternatives in 2026

The dataset your story needs, when nobody published it

A Statista plan opens the statistics Statista has published. When a story or a model needs a count that is in no collection, you write the request on SpecStream as you would hand it to a researcher. It can be banks, companies, rules, filings or places: "every US bank that failed since 2008, with total assets and the acquiring bank", or "every proposed federal rule on PFAS since 2024, with the agency and the comment deadline". SpecStream reads the request back as parts you can edit, the conditions every row must meet and the facts to bring back, before anything runs. Then it searches the live web, reads each page and joins what it finds into one record per row.

SpecStream holds public records behind those rows and reads them every morning. specstream.ai/data/bank-failures lists 3,526 US bank failures since 1934, the latest closed on September 25, 2026. specstream.ai/data/federal-rules shows 169 proposed federal rules open for comment, the next closing on November 10, 2026.

Each number has its page and its read time

A wrong number in print costs more than a late one. Every value in a SpecStream row carries the URL of the page it was read on and the time it was read, so your fact checker opens the page behind row 147 in one click. For any row, get_find_decisions returns each condition's answer with its reason, the value, the source and the time. replay_find_decisions reads the saved record again at no charge: same record, same answer.

You pay for rows when a story or a model needs them

Statista's Starter plan is €199 a month for 1 seat, billed annually, which is €2,388 a year before the first download. SpecStream bills the rows that meet your request: 5¢ for a row with up to 5 facts, 15¢ for up to 15 facts and one set of related records, and $1 for a deep row with no limit. 500 rows with 15 facts cost $75, the whole desk works from one balance, and a run that finds nothing costs nothing.

The price is set before the run

Every request gets a quote of the most it can cost, good for 30 minutes. Nothing runs until you approve it, the charge never goes past that amount, and whatever the run does not use goes back to your balance. Reading and pricing a request cost nothing, so an editor sees the number for a table at 9 and has the rows the same day.

The table stays up to date after publication

Save the request and it reruns hourly to yearly. Each row comes back labeled changed, unchanged or no longer matching, and new matches arrive in Slack, email, a sheet or a signed webhook. A changed or new row costs half its rate (3¢, 8¢ or 50¢) and an unchanged row costs 1¢, so rechecking 500 rows that did not change costs $5. Rows you already own are never charged again.

SpecStream

The live web data engine for teams and agents. One request in plain words returns the dataset as structured rows that meet every condition you wrote, at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row, with $10 of credit on sign-up and no card. It also holds public databases such as all 3,526 US bank failures since 1934, fills in a table you bring, reruns on your schedule and delivers to your sheet, Slack or agent.

AlphaSense

A market intelligence platform sold by quote. Vendr reports that the median buyer pays $18,750 a year, based on 41 purchases, in a range from $10,000 to $51,000. On SpecStream, 500 rows with 15 facts cost $75, and you buy them when a question needs them.

IBISWorld

A database of industry reports sold by quote. Vendr reports that the median buyer pays $10,931 a year, in a range from $8,606 to $24,991. SpecStream builds the table for the industry you name from the live web, with each company as a row, and quotes the most it can cost before it runs.

CB Insights

Data and research on private companies, sold by quote. Vendr reports a median contract of $46,984 a year, in a range from $24,748 to $184,986. On SpecStream, a row for a private company costs 5¢, 15¢ or $1, and every company that filed a Form D since 2023 is already held with its filing history.

Gartner

Research and advisory subscriptions sold by quote. Vendr reports that the median buyer pays $80,500 a year, based on 151 purchases, in a range from $27,232 to $280,068. SpecStream's prices are on its pricing page, and a new account starts with $10 of credit, which is up to 200 rows at 5¢ a row.