EcoVadis alternatives

3 tools to consider instead of EcoVadis, shown against it.

	EcoVadis	CDP	MSCI ESG Research	Morningstar Sustainalytics
Vendor	EcoVadis SAS	CDP Worldwide (non-profit)	MSCI Inc.	Morningstar, Inc.
Pricing model	Quote only	Free tier + paid plans	Quote only	Quote only
Free tier	No	Yes	No	No
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud	Cloud	Cloud
Open source	No	No	No	No
Best for	Procurement teams screening and benchmarking supplier sustainability performance at scale.	Companies responding to investor- or customer-requested environmental disclosure, and analysts sourcing standardized climate data.	Asset managers and analysts needing independent, investor-grade ESG risk ratings on public companies.	Lenders and investors needing a standardized, analyst-driven ESG risk score for credit and portfolio decisions.
Pricing	Annual subscription fee scales with company size (XS to L); exact figures require a quote. Checked on the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026: no prices are published. Expect to be quoted.	Free for companies responding to an investor or customer request; self-selected disclosure outside a request can carry an annual fee scaled to company revenue. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.	Institutional data licensing priced by quote; not published for individual companies. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.	Institutional data licensing priced by quote; not published for individual companies. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.
Features	Scorecard across environment, labor, ethics and procurement themes 0-100 score with Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum medals Supplier benchmarking within industry and country peer groups Corrective action plans for improvement Carbon rating add-on module Network-wide score sharing with trading partners	Annual climate change, water security and forests questionnaires A-list to D- scoring methodology Investor and customer-driven disclosure request mechanism Public and score-holder disclosure database Alignment with TCFD and other reporting frameworks Sector-specific questionnaire modules	Company ESG ratings on an AAA-CCC scale Implied Temperature Rise and climate risk metrics Controversy and screening flags for investors Carbon footprint and fossil-fuel exposure data ESG fund and index ratings Analyst-researched scores independent of company self-reporting	ESG Risk Rating on a numeric unmanaged-risk scale Controversy research and ongoing incident monitoring Carbon risk and fossil-fuel involvement ratings Fund and index-level ESG scoring Sustainability-linked loan and bond framework assessments Sector-specific risk benchmarking

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