Morningstar Sustainalytics alternatives

3 tools to consider instead of Morningstar Sustainalytics, shown against it.

	Morningstar Sustainalytics	MSCI ESG Research	CDP	EcoVadis
Vendor	Morningstar, Inc.	MSCI Inc.	CDP Worldwide (non-profit)	EcoVadis SAS
Pricing model	Quote only	Quote only	Free tier + paid plans	Quote only
Free tier	No	No	Yes	No
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud	Cloud	Cloud
Open source	No	No	No	No
Best for	Lenders and investors needing a standardized, analyst-driven ESG risk score for credit and portfolio decisions.	Asset managers and analysts needing independent, investor-grade ESG risk ratings on public companies.	Companies responding to investor- or customer-requested environmental disclosure, and analysts sourcing standardized climate data.	Procurement teams screening and benchmarking supplier sustainability performance at scale.
Pricing	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.	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.	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.
Features	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	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	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	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

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