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Altmetric alternatives
3 tools to consider instead of Altmetric, shown against it.
| Altmetric | Dimensions | Scopus | The Lens | |
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| Vendor | Digital Science | Digital Science | Elsevier | Cambia |
| Pricing model | Quote only | Free tier + paid plans | Quote only | Free tier + paid plans |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud | Cloud | Cloud |
| Open source | No | No | No | No |
| Best for | Communications and research-impact teams tracking online attention rather than citations alone. | Research offices and funders who need publications linked to grants, patents and policy impact, not just citations. | Institutions wanting broader journal coverage than Web of Science, especially alongside SciVal analytics. | Innovation and technology-transfer teams who need patents and literature searched together, free of charge. |
| Pricing | Free public attention badges for individual outputs; Altmetric Explorer for institutions is sold by quote. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. | Free public search with reduced functionality; Dimensions Analytics for institutions is sold by quote. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. | Sold as an institutional subscription; Elsevier does not publish list prices. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. | Free for individual scholarly and patent search, funded by the nonprofit Cambia; paid institutional analytics subscriptions are quoted. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. |
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