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Alternatives to Preqin
12 investment analytics tools sit alongside Preqin in this directory. Below is what separates each from Preqin on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 12
- With a free tier
- 1
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Preqin starts at
- Free
Why people look past Preqin
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Preqin has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Private capital market data on companies, deals, funds and investors
- No free tier, where Preqin has one.
- 2 tiers to Preqin's 3.
BlackRock's investment management platform for risk, trading, operations and accounting
- No free tier, where Preqin has one.
S&P Global's research platform for company, credit, sector and market data
- No free tier, where Preqin has one.
- 1 tier to Preqin's 3.
Morningstar's investment analysis platform for fund research, flows and portfolio analytics
- No free tier, where Preqin has one.
- 1 tier to Preqin's 3.
Market research, portfolio analytics and client reporting for advisers and investors
- Publishes an entry price of $39/month, where Preqin does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than quote.
- 6 tiers to Preqin's 3.
Investment research and client proposal platform for financial advisers
- No free tier, where Preqin has one.
- 4 tiers to Preqin's 3.
Every Preqin alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preqin (this page) | Free | Quote | 3 | |
| PitchBookStronger on individual private companies, VC deals and M&A sourcing, with leveraged credit from LCD; Preqin is stronger on LP profiles, fund terms and fund-level performance benchmarking. | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Preqin |
| BlackRock AladdinBlackRock's investment operating platform, which now embeds Preqin data alongside eFront for private markets; suited to firms wanting portfolio management and operations, not a standalone data subscription. | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Preqin |
| S&P Capital IQ ProBroad public and private company fundamentals, credit and sector data in one workstation, with less depth on LP commitments and private fund terms. | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Preqin |
| Morningstar DirectFund and portfolio research focused on public funds and managed investments, with PitchBook as Morningstar's private markets arm rather than private markets data in the core product. | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Preqin |
| Koyfin | Free, then $39/month | Freemium | 6 | vs Preqin |
| YCharts | On request | Quote | 4 | vs Preqin |
| Morningstar Sustainalytics | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Preqin |
| LSEG Workspace | On request | Quote | - | vs Preqin |
| FactSet | On request | Quote | - | vs Preqin |
| Clarity AI | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Preqin |
| Bloomberg Terminal | On request | Quote | - | vs Preqin |
| MSCI | On request | Quote | - | vs Preqin |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Preqin badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (1)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Koyfin , Free, then $39/month
What you would be giving up
Preqin is most often brought in for finding and qualifying lps to approach during a fundraise, manager selection and due diligence by lps and investment consultants, benchmarking fund performance against private market peer groups and indices, comparing fund terms such as fees against similar funds, forecasting capital calls and distributions for a private markets portfolio, feeding private markets data into a data warehouse or ai workflow. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Preqin is broadly right and the question is cost, the Preqin pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Investment Analytics category lists everything the directory holds, and best investment analytics tools ranks them.
Preqin runs on web, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Preqin alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Preqin?
- 12 other investment analytics tools are listed in this directory, led by PitchBook, BlackRock Aladdin, S&P Capital IQ Pro, Morningstar Direct. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Preqin?
- 1 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Koyfin.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Preqin?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Preqin has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Preqin?
- Preqin is most often brought in for finding and qualifying lps to approach during a fundraise, manager selection and due diligence by lps and investment consultants, benchmarking fund performance against private market peer groups and indices, comparing fund terms such as fees against similar funds, forecasting capital calls and distributions for a private markets portfolio, feeding private markets data into a data warehouse or ai workflow. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Preqin?
- None of the investment analytics tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Preqin alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Investment Analytics, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Preqin against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Preqin covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every investment analytics tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Investment Analytics category, 12 tools beside Preqin. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.