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AlphaSense vs Perplexity comparison

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Categories and Ranking

AlphaSense
Ranking in AI Research
4th
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Marketing Intelligence (3rd)
Perplexity
Ranking in AI Research
3rd
Average Rating
3.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
AI-Powered Chatbots (6th), AI Content Creation (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the AI Research category, the mindshare of AlphaSense is 1.7%. The mindshare of Perplexity is 4.5%, down from 28.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Research Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Perplexity4.5%
AlphaSense1.7%
Other93.8%
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Featured Reviews

Kayde Robert - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Manager at Unilever
Research management has transformed our earnings work and consistently saves over half our time
AlphaSense handles image and screen captures very well. The imaging screen capture feature helps my team in practice by making research notes more useful. Another valuable feature that AlphaSense offers is AI summaries of earnings reports. AlphaSense has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to publish notes in the system to ensure everyone has the latest thinking from coverage analysis.
Malte Landwehr - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President, Seo at idealo Internet GmbH
Attempts to be versatile but falls short of specialized performance
I use Perplexity primarily as an online search engine when I need information I use Perplexity primarily as an online search engine when I need information. However, I cannot recommend it as Google is a better web search engine, and ChatGPT is a better LLM-based answer engine. I find information…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"One thing I wish more people knew about AlphaSense is that it is a complete database in itself."
"AlphaSense has become a core part of our research workflow, especially for speeding up competitive intelligence and making information gathering much more efficient."
"The best feature AlphaSense offers is the ability to conduct research, and the speed of the research tool is what makes it valuable for me."
"AlphaSense has positively impacted my organization, and I have seen a significant time saving in research, about fifty to seventy percent."
"AlphaSense has positively impacted my organization by saving time on routine tasks."
"I have noticed improvements in decision-making speed, as it was taking three hours to analyze and manage the data, but thanks to AlphaSense, it is now done within a fraction of minutes."
"A specific outcome that shows how AlphaSense has helped my team is that it has saved our team between 40 to 55 percent of our time."
"Extracting historical data from filings has saved me a lot of time since without AlphaSense I would have to open file by file and manually find the data myself."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Perplexity has nothing that makes it unique, and it tries to do everything at once but does nothing well."
 

Cons

"AlphaSense could improve its dashboard customization and make some advanced filtering options more intuitive for new users."
"One area for improvement could be the high compute requirements for larger data sets that need to be improved."
"I would rate AlphaSense's customer support as lacking since I have not had any experience."
"AlphaSense can be improved with more accurate data."
"AlphaSense can be improved by having a mechanism to add comments inside my own notes."
"AlphaSense could improve by incorporating an Excel API so that I can extract the information more easily directly with an Excel plugin."
"I would improve the Excel plugins, which are already present."
"Perplexity has nothing that makes it unique, and it tries to do everything at once but does nothing well."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
32%
Outsourcing Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
5%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
9%
University
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise42
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with AlphaSense?
AlphaSense can be improved with more accurate data. Accuracy is the main thing I need regarding the required improvements.
What is your primary use case for AlphaSense?
My main use case for AlphaSense is industry research. When we're going to write a proposal, we need to understand what the industry is, and AlphaSense helps me with that. AlphaSense helps us gather...
What advice do you have for others considering AlphaSense?
My advice to others looking into using AlphaSense is to spend time using it. I would rate this review an 8.
What needs improvement with Perplexity?
The core feature and the core ranking algorithm of Perplexity should be improved. Perplexity is trying to be everything at once, such as providing stock information and e-commerce, and should make ...
What is your primary use case for Perplexity?
I use Perplexity primarily as an online search engine when I need information.
What advice do you have for others considering Perplexity?
I would advise using something else instead. Perplexity has nothing that makes it unique, and it tries to do everything at once but does nothing well. Its competitors are better in every way. I rat...
 

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