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7 tools compared: how each is priced, where it runs, and what to consider instead.
| Tool | Pricing model | Free tier | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advan Research Mobile location and foot-traffic data provider estimating store visits and consumer behaviour for investors. | Quote only | No | No |
| Bloomberg Second Measure Consumer credit and debit card transaction panel data for tracking company and sector-level spending trends. | Quote only | No | No |
| Earnest Analytics Consumer transaction data provider estimating company sales, market share and customer overlap from card-panel data. | Quote only | No | No |
| Quiver Quantitative Alternative data platform tracking congressional trading, lobbying, government contracts and social sentiment for investors. | Free tier + paid | Yes | No |
| RS Metrics Satellite and geospatial imagery data provider tracking physical assets like retail parking lots, mines and metal stockpiles. | Quote only | No | No |
| Thinknum Web-scraped alternative data platform tracking company job postings, product listings, app usage and web traffic. | Quote only | No | No |
| YipitData Alternative data provider selling web-scraped and transaction-panel data products for investment research on public and private companies. | Quote only | No | No |