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AlphaSense vs StockNews.AI

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Free plan
StockNews.AI has one; AlphaSense prices on request
Public API
Both have one
Higher Trust score
AlphaSense — 89 vs 81 for StockNews.AI
Best fit
AlphaSense: Buy-side and sell-side analysts who need filings, transcripts and broker notes searchable in one place · StockNews.AI: developers building trading bots or research agents needing structured news input
Platforms
AlphaSense: Web, iOS, Android · StockNews.AI: Web

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Side by side

FactAlphaSenseStockNews.AI
CategoryMarket & Competitive ResearchInvesting & Market Analysis
Pricing modelContactFreemium
Starts at—$16.67/mo
Public APIYesYes
Trust score89 / 10081 / 100
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, APIWeb, API
CompanyAlphaSense Inc.StockNews.AI
Launched2011—
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 1, 2026

What our research says

AlphaSense

If your team already pays for broker research and expert calls, AlphaSense is the search layer that makes that spend usable, and the citations are granular enough to check rather than trust. It is an enterprise contract with a sales cycle, not a tool you try on a card, and the generative features are only as good as the content sets your subscription unlocks.

Pros

  • One index over filings, broker research, transcripts and the Tegus expert-call library
  • Sentence-level citations on generative answers, so claims can be traced back to the document
  • Office integration through Excel and PowerPoint add-ins plus iOS and Android apps
  • Developer portal for pulling content and search into internal tools

Cons

  • No public pricing; annual contracts quoted by sales
  • Premium content such as broker research and expert calls depends on which packages and add-ons you buy
  • Enterprise rollout and training are part of the deal, which slows a small team down
  • Heavy consolidation of acquired products makes the feature set hard to map before a demo

StockNews.AI

StockNews.AI's real product is the API and MCP server for developers, with the chat News Agent as a more accessible front end over the same structured data - sentiment, importance, tickers - instead of raw articles. It's a reasonable pick for anyone building an agent that needs financial news as input, but the free tier's delayed data limits how useful it is for time-sensitive decisions.

Pros

  • available as REST API, MCP server, and chat agent from the same data
  • sentiment, importance score, and ticker tagging attached to every article
  • free plan available for testing before committing to a paid tier
  • clear informational-use-only disclaimer sets expectations

Cons

  • free tier data is delayed by design, not real-time
  • no company legal name or headquarters country disclosed
  • daily API request caps apply even on paid tiers below Enterprise

Which one fits

Choose AlphaSense if you need

  • Buy-side and sell-side analysts who need filings, transcripts and broker notes searchable in one place
  • Corporate strategy and competitive intelligence teams tracking a sector across earnings seasons
  • Consulting teams that want expert-call transcripts and cited briefs without running interviews themselves

Choose StockNews.AI if you need

  • developers building trading bots or research agents needing structured news input
  • investors wanting sentiment-scored news instead of reading raw articles
  • teams wanting an MCP server for financial news inside an existing agent stack

AlphaSense vs StockNews.AI: the questions people ask

Is AlphaSense cheaper than StockNews.AI?

StockNews.AI starts at $16.67/mo; AlphaSense prices on request, so a quote is the only way to compare.

Does AlphaSense or StockNews.AI have a free tier?

StockNews.AI has a free tier; AlphaSense prices on request.

Which has a public API, AlphaSense or StockNews.AI?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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