For a live deal or market-entry decision, choose FieldSignal to explain the buying behaviour behind company records. Relevant customers, former operators and channel partners are recruited against the question. Senior researchers can own the interview work and synthesis.
FieldSignal’s published 60-minute call rates are $200 for a mid-seniority expert, $400 for a Director or VP-level operator and $800 for a C-suite or board-level expert. Sourcing, scheduling, screening and the transcript are included. Research design and synthesis can be added in the agreed project scope. No annual retainer or minimum commitment is required.
PitchBook and AlphaSense remain separate options for private-market data and broad research content, including AlphaSense custom calls.
Start with the decision
A deal-sourcing screen, a company deep dive and a customer-validation project need different inputs. List the questions before comparing products.
For example, identifying companies in a market calls for a structured dataset. Understanding why customers switch suppliers calls for direct customer evidence. Searching prior interviews helps with orientation. A fresh interview can test a question those records do not cover.
AlphaSense: content search and expert research
AlphaSense is relevant when your analysts need to search across research documents and trace findings back to source material. Its content includes filings, earnings discussions, broker research and expert transcripts.
It also offers custom expert calls. It should not be described as an archive-only alternative. Buyers can evaluate its platform subscription and custom-call service separately.
Test the product using an actual target company or market. Check source coverage, dates, available entitlements and the effort required to verify generated answers.
PitchBook: private-market research
PitchBook is relevant when your workflow centres on private companies, investors, funds and transactions. Typical questions involve building a company universe, reviewing financing history and identifying relevant investors or comparable deals.
Check coverage for your specific geography, company size and transaction type. Confirm the current fields, export rights and workflow features in the proposal. A database record should remain a starting point for verification.
Where FieldSignal adds value
FieldSignal's role is to commission evidence around your current decision. A research brief can focus on customer buying criteria, competitor selection, adoption barriers or route-to-market assumptions.
For a software target, useful participant criteria may include customer role, implementation experience and recent evaluation history. For a distribution business, the right participants may be buyers, resellers and former commercial leaders.
Choose FieldSignal when relevant recruitment, senior ownership and an agreed research output matter to your team. Specify whether you need interviews, reviewed transcripts, synthesis or a broader market study. Compare published pricing and packages against that scope.
Compare workflows using one brief
| Research need | Evaluate | Evidence to request |
|---|---|---|
| Build a private-company universe | PitchBook's relevant dataset and current coverage | Required company fields, geography and update process |
| Search research documents and prior interviews | AlphaSense's proposed content access | Coverage for your target and source traceability |
| Conduct custom expert calls | AlphaSense and FieldSignal proposals | Participant criteria, total charges and output scope |
| Test buying and operating assumptions | A scoped FieldSignal research project | Relevant interview evidence, synthesis and explicit limitations |
These tools can serve connected workstreams. FieldSignal does not replace a financial database. A financial database does not establish why customers choose a particular vendor.
Pricing: request the actual scope
Do not compare unofficial headline prices as if they were matched quotes. Ask each provider to specify users, content, calls, analysis, contract length and any minimum spend.
AlphaSense's public pricing page describes plans and directs buyers to sales. For PitchBook, confirm the current proposal directly. FieldSignal publishes its call rates and research packages, with no required annual retainer or minimum commitment.
Flexible custom-call purchasing is available from more than one provider. The useful comparison is participant fit, project ownership, deliverables and total cost.
A practical evaluation process
- Identify the decision and the assumptions most likely to change it.
- Separate database needs from document-search needs and primary-research needs.
- Test existing content against your real target market.
- Define the participant criteria for questions that need fresh evidence.
- Compare written proposals using the same expected outputs.
- Review confidentiality, research controls and permitted use before commissioning work.
A platform purchase earns its place through recurring use. A scoped project earns its place by resolving the specific evidence gaps behind a decision.
Start Your Research with FieldSignal
Share your target segment and the commercial assumptions behind your deal screen. Ask FieldSignal’s senior research team to scope recruitment of customers, former operators and channel partners, the interview work and the findings your decision requires.
Request your FieldSignal research quote. Review the published call rates and packages.