SeventhBiz and AlphaSense: Searching Documents vs. Reading an Industry

AlphaSense and SeventhBiz both read SEC filings and earnings calls. They are built for different moments in the work. AlphaSense is a search engine across hundreds of millions of documents, including expert call transcripts from Tegus, built to answer the question an analyst brings to it. SeventhBiz reads every filing from the public companies in an industry as it lands and keeps a standing, sourced read on what that industry is saying.

One starts from a question. The other is already current when the question comes up. Many teams that use AlphaSense will find SeventhBiz additive, and the price difference makes it an easy second subscription.

How AlphaSense works

AlphaSense is a market intelligence search platform used by investment firms, corporate strategy teams, and consultancies. Its library spans SEC and global filings, earnings call transcripts, broker research from more than 1,700 sources, trade publications and news, and regulatory documents. Firms can also load their own internal research, memos, and data room files so they are searchable alongside the public material.

AlphaSense acquired Tegus in July 2024. Tegus built a library of interviews with former executives, customers, and competitors of companies, now more than 300,000 expert interviews inside AlphaSense. Subscribers can also schedule their own calls with experts.

The platform's AI tools answer natural-language questions with citations to the source passage, summarize earnings calls, and run longer research tasks that search across many documents at once. AlphaSense is sold through annual contracts with custom quotes, priced for enterprise research budgets, with expert calls and some data sets available as add-ons.

How SeventhBiz works

SeventhBiz reads the 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, and earnings call transcripts of the public companies in each industry it covers, as each one is filed, and reads them together as a single dataset. Each industry page carries a sector narrative, signals tagged as rising, new, risk, threshold, or declining, a competitive landscape, and management's own market sizing. Hot topics such as tariffs, AI capex, and grid constraints are tracked across every industry at once.

Every statement is sourced to the filing or call it came from, and for earnings calls to the speaker. Pages update within hours of a new filing. The 50+ industries are organized like investment bank coverage groups, around the sectors where public companies and deal activity concentrate.

The platform was built by Bizologie, a research firm that has done industry and due diligence research for private equity and venture capital firms for nearly 20 years. It is the automated version of the sector read that work starts with.

Side by side

Searching versus a standing read

A search tool returns what was asked. That works when the analyst knows the question: what a specific CFO said about pricing, which companies mentioned a supplier, how a former executive describes a competitor's sales motion. AlphaSense is very good at this, and the expert interviews answer questions no public filing will.

The harder problem in sector work is the question nobody has asked yet. When three building products companies change how they describe pricing in the same quarter, or data center operators start naming the same financing structure in their 8-Ks, the pattern only shows when the filings are read side by side. SeventhBiz does that reading continuously, so the pattern is on the industry page before anyone searches for it.

The practical difference shows up at the start of a project. With a search tool, the first hours go to building the picture: which companies matter, what they have said, what changed. With a standing read, that picture already exists, sourced and dated, and the search tool is free for the specific follow-up questions.

When AlphaSense is the better fit

AlphaSense is the right tool when the work needs broker research, expert interviews, or private company context. A former employee's view of a competitor's churn, a channel check on a product line, or a sell-side model are outside what public filings contain. It also fits teams that search across their own internal documents and want one place for everything.

For firms running constant, deep diligence on individual companies, the expert library alone can justify the cost.

When SeventhBiz is the better fit

SeventhBiz fits teams that need a current read on whole industries without building it themselves: deal teams screening a sector, portfolio teams tracking what changed around a holding this quarter, corporate strategy groups following competitors and major customers. It is also the practical choice when an enterprise contract is out of reach for the budget or the headcount. A single seat includes every industry on the platform.

Using both

The two fit together. A deal team can start a sector screen on SeventhBiz to see which companies are gaining ground and what management is saying about demand, then take the specific questions that raises into AlphaSense and an expert call. For teams already paying for AlphaSense, SeventhBiz adds the cross-company view without a second enterprise contract.

Frequently asked questions

Is SeventhBiz an alternative to AlphaSense?

For a current, sourced view of an industry, yes. For broker research, expert interviews, and private company context, AlphaSense covers ground SeventhBiz does not. Many teams will use both.

Is Tegus part of AlphaSense?

Yes. AlphaSense acquired Tegus in July 2024, and Tegus expert interviews are now available inside the AlphaSense platform.

Does SeventhBiz include expert calls?

No. SeventhBiz quotes management directly from filings and earnings calls, sourced to the document and speaker.

How much does SeventhBiz cost?

$4,990 per year or $499 per month for a Professional seat, with all industries included. Team seats are $3,990 per seat per year. There is a 7-day free trial with no credit card required.

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Last reviewed October 23, 2026. Information about AlphaSense and Tegus is drawn from AlphaSense's published product pages as of that date.