Allocators have two ways in: A guided demo of the Desktop platform, or register for AlternativeSoft Cloud and be in the due diligence workspace this week. Fund managers register once and connect. Choose below, or compare Desktop and Cloud further down the page.
The institutional platform behind the manager selection, portfolio construction and reporting work. Desktop is configured to your asset classes and your book, so it starts with a conversation rather than a sign-up form.
Desktop is licensed and set up per firm, so there is no self-service sign-up. A demo takes about 30 minutes.
Browser-based, nothing to install. Lightweight investment due diligence and full AI-powered operational due diligence in one workspace, with a free tier and trial AI credit as soon as your firm is approved.
Free tier after approval. Premium modules such as Portfolio Construction are arranged with our team.
One registration covers your sales, distribution and investor relations teams. Generate branded fact sheets and peer analysis from one current data set, and connect through MCP to pull the same numbers inside Claude, ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot.
MCP is included with the Cloud account. See how the connection works
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Log InAlternativeSoft Cloud is not open to anonymous sign-ups. Every new company is reviewed by our team before any access is granted, so you know who is on the platform alongside you.
One short form creates the company account. Colleagues are added under it, so you register once for the team rather than person by person.
Each registration is checked manually by AlternativeSoft. Turnaround is usually a few days, and you are notified by email as soon as the account is live.
You land in a free tier with core functionality, a trial AI credit and 14 days of full HFR database access. Enough to run a real piece of work, not a sandbox.
Buy database access or top up AI credit yourself inside the platform. Premium modules such as Portfolio Construction and What-If are arranged with our team.
Desktop is the full analytics and portfolio engine. Cloud is the browser-based due diligence and reporting workspace. Most allocators end up using both, and they are not alternatives to one another.
| Desktop platform | AlternativeSoft Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Allocators running manager selection, portfolio construction and reporting in depth | Allocators running due diligence programmes, and fund managers producing client material |
| How you access it | Installed application, configured with your team | Browser, nothing to install |
| How you get in | Demo first Licensed per firm, so it starts with a call |
Self-service Register, get approved, start on the free tier |
| Fund universe | 500,000+ funds across all asset classes, plus 4,000+ statistics | Your own manager set, plus 14 days of full HFR database access and paid database add-ons |
| Screening and peer analysis | Core Full screening, custom peer groups, style and factor analysis, weighted ranking |
Lighter Peer comparison and fund analytics for due diligence and fact sheets |
| Operational due diligence | Not included | Core AI-powered ODD, document processing, compliance and risk flagging, centralised ODD hub |
| Investment due diligence | In depth Quantitative screening, out-of-sample testing, look-through exposures |
Included IDD screening and AI-prefilled questionnaires |
| Portfolio construction and stress testing | Core Optimisation, efficient frontier, what-if analysis, factor stress tests |
Premium module Available on request, arranged with our team |
| Reporting | Automated white-labelled reporting and fact sheets from live data | Branded fact sheets, DDQ output and shareable due diligence records |
| AI and MCP | AI-assisted fund and manager screening inside the platform | Trial AI credit on the free tier, top up in-platform, plus the MCP connection to your own AI assistant |
| Start here | Request a Demo | Register as an allocator or as a fund manager |
Tell us what you are trying to do and we will point you at the right one. No pitch, and no obligation to buy anything at the end of it.