Fourteen platforms are regularly evaluated alongside AlternativeSoft. Each comparison here describes the other platform only in its own public terms, states what AlternativeSoft does for the overlapping job, and gives you the same eight questions to put to both.
This hub lists the platforms most often evaluated alongside AlternativeSoft and links to a fair comparison for each. Every comparison describes the other platform only in its own public terms, states what AlternativeSoft does for the overlapping job, and gives you eight questions to put to both vendors. The recommendation on every page is the same: Compare on your own funds, not on marketing.
Grouped by the job they do. Where a platform does a job AlternativeSoft does not, the comparison page says so.
| Platform | Category | Overlap with AlternativeSoft | Who evaluates both |
|---|---|---|---|
| DiligenceVault | due diligence questionnaire and data management | operational due diligence workflow and investor questionnaires | ODD teams, manager research teams and investor relations teams |
| Dasseti | due diligence and DDQ response workflow | due diligence questionnaires on both the allocator and the manager side | ODD teams and fund manager IR teams |
| Centrl | due diligence and third-party risk workflow | investor and operational due diligence workflow | ODD, compliance and operational risk teams |
| Dynamo Software | investor CRM, fundraising and investor portal | investor relations and due diligence questionnaires for fund managers | investor relations, distribution and fund operations teams |
| Backstop Solutions | investment CRM and research management | manager research notes and due diligence organisation | manager research teams and investor relations teams |
| Allvue Systems | fund accounting, portfolio monitoring and investor servicing | portfolio monitoring and reporting for private markets investors | private markets investment teams and finance teams |
| FactSet | market data and financial analytics terminal | portfolio analytics and performance reporting | investment analysts, portfolio managers and performance teams |
| Morningstar Direct | fund data and investment research | mutual fund, ETF and hedge fund research, peer comparison and reporting | fund selectors, wealth managers and manager research teams |
| Preqin | alternative assets data provider | hedge fund and private markets fund data for screening and benchmarking | manager research teams and private markets teams |
| Landytech | family office consolidation and reporting | family office reporting and portfolio analytics | family office investment teams and private banks |
| Markov Processes (MPI) | returns-based fund analytics | returns-based style and factor analysis, peer group analysis and manager research | manager research and investment analytics teams |
| Novus (SEI Novus) | portfolio analytics and exposure reporting | portfolio analytics, attribution and reporting for allocators and managers | allocator analytics teams and manager investor relations teams |
| Venn by Two Sigma | factor-based portfolio risk analytics | factor analysis, portfolio risk and scenario analysis | allocator risk and manager research teams |
| ABC Quant | hedge fund analytics and risk | hedge fund analytics, peer analysis and portfolio optimisation | fund of funds and hedge fund allocator teams |
| Question | AlternativeSoft |
|---|---|
| How many funds, and from which providers, are in the database? | 500,000+ hedge funds, mutual funds, UCITS, ETFs, private equity and private credit funds from Bloomberg, Morningstar, Lipper, eVestment, Preqin, HFR and 10+ further providers, reconciled into one database. |
| How many statistics can I screen and rank on, and can I build my own peer groups? | 4,000+ risk-adjusted statistics; custom peer groups by strategy, region, size, fee or named list, saved for ongoing ranking. |
| Is due diligence in the same platform as the analytics? | Yes. The Due Diligence Exchange completes and reviews DDQs with AI, extracts data from fund documents, flags compliance issues and keeps every file in one hub, on the same manager record as the analytics. |
| Can private markets and liquid funds sit in one portfolio? | Yes. ILPA import, Yale-model cash flow forecasting, IRR, TVPI and DPI sit beside monthly returns, with stress tests across both. |
| What does reporting look like, and can it be white-labelled? | Up to 100 reports per scheduled run, 50+ templates, white-labelled factsheets, interactive FluidView links, Power BI connector and Excel API. |
| Can my team query it with an AI assistant? | Yes. AlternativeSoft MCP lets Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft 365 Copilot run peer groups, statistics and reports on your own data in plain language. |
| Who else uses it, and for how long? | 150+ institutions managing over $1.5tn, including 5 of the world's 10 largest hedge fund selectors, since 2005. Hedgeweek Best Risk Management Software 2022 to 2025. |
| How is it priced? | Annually, by users and modules, not by assets. Marketplace listing for managers is free. Quotation after a demonstration. |
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All third-party names are trademarks of their owners. AlternativeSoft has no affiliation with any of them. Each comparison describes the other platform only in its own public terms as of the date shown on the page and makes no assessment of its features, performance or pricing. Vendors who believe a page is inaccurate can write to marketing@alternativesoft.com.
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