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title: "Altss vs DealCloud (2026): Deal CRM vs Allocator Intelligence"
description: "An honest comparison of Altss and Intapp DealCloud for private capital teams. Deal lifecycle management, allocator data, implementation cost, pricing, and…"
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# Altss vs DealCloud

By Altss  April 19, 2026  15 min read  Competitor figures re-checked August 6, 2026

DealCloud, part of Intapp, is the enterprise system of record for private capital: deal pipeline, fundraising modules, compliance, and a data model configured to your firm. Altss is an OSINT-native allocator-intelligence platform: verified family office and institutional LP data, with a CRM, AI-assisted outreach, a research copilot, and a notetaker built in. DealCloud is the platform your firm configures. Altss is the data your firm does not have. This page covers where each wins, honestly.

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The short answer

Choose Altss when

You are raising capital and need allocator coverage and signals that arrive with the product, with no implementation project, rather than a system that manages the data you bring.

Choose DealCloud when

You are standardising deal, compliance and relationship workflow across a large multi-strategy firm and need a data model shaped to how you actually operate. Altss covers a fundraising pipeline and stops there.

9,000+

Family offices in Altss, global

150,000+

Private-markets entities (broad)

1,100+

Client firms on Intapp

Six figures

Typical DealCloud annual software cost

## At-a-glance comparison

At-a-glance comparison of Altss and DealCloud

| Dimension | Altss | DealCloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it is | An allocator data platform with the fundraising workflow built in | An enterprise deal and relationship management platform, configured per firm[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1) |
| Owner | Altss LLC, founded 2025 | Intapp, which acquired DealCloud in 2018[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1) |
| Scale | Lean 11-person OSINT-first team | 1,100+ client firms; Intapp cloud ARR above $400M in Q1 FY2026[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1) |
| Allocator dataset included | Allocator-only count not separately stated; see dated coverage definitions | No. DealCloud manages the data you bring; market data comes from partners such as Dakota or Preqin |
| Deal lifecycle management | Fundraising pipeline only, not deal execution | Core strength: sourcing through execution, with compliance, time and billing across the Intapp suite[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1) |
| Configurability | Fixed product; you use it as designed | Highly configurable data model, usually shaped by professional services[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1) |
| Implementation | Log in and work; no configuration project | Multi-month implementation with professional services is typical[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1) |
| Outbound sequences | AI-assisted outreach with sequenced follow-ups, sent from your own mailbox | Not a core surface; handled by connected marketing tooling |
| Meeting notetaker | Included | Via the Intapp AI suite and connected tools |
| Mandate and personnel signals | Yes, surfaced as they become publicly observable across the allocator universe[3](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-3) | Only for entities your firm already tracks |
| Integrations | None. UI-only, no public raw-data API, no export | Extensive: data providers, Office, email, and the wider Intapp platform[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1) |
| Pricing | Published: Intelligence plans $15,000–$25,000/year; Fundraising OS from $25,000 | Not published. Independent reporting puts annual software cost commonly in the low six figures, higher for multi-office firms, before implementation[2](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-2) |
| Best for | Finding and reaching allocators; emerging and mid-market managers raising capital | Large firms standardising deal, relationship, and compliance workflow across teams |

At-a-glance comparison of Altss and DealCloud

- What it is

  Altss

  An allocator data platform with the fundraising workflow built in

  DealCloud

  An enterprise deal and relationship management platform, configured per firm[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1)
- Owner

  Altss

  Altss LLC, founded 2025

  DealCloud

  Intapp, which acquired DealCloud in 2018[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1)
- Scale

  Altss

  Lean 11-person OSINT-first team

  DealCloud

  1,100+ client firms; Intapp cloud ARR above $400M in Q1 FY2026[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1)
- Allocator dataset included

  Altss

  Allocator-only count not separately stated; see dated coverage definitions

  DealCloud

  No. DealCloud manages the data you bring; market data comes from partners such as Dakota or Preqin
- Deal lifecycle management

  Altss

  Fundraising pipeline only, not deal execution

  DealCloud

  Core strength: sourcing through execution, with compliance, time and billing across the Intapp suite[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1)
- Configurability

  Altss

  Fixed product; you use it as designed

  DealCloud

  Highly configurable data model, usually shaped by professional services[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1)
- Implementation

  Altss

  Log in and work; no configuration project

  DealCloud

  Multi-month implementation with professional services is typical[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1)
- Outbound sequences

  Altss

  AI-assisted outreach with sequenced follow-ups, sent from your own mailbox

  DealCloud

  Not a core surface; handled by connected marketing tooling
- Meeting notetaker

  Altss

  Included

  DealCloud

  Via the Intapp AI suite and connected tools
- Mandate and personnel signals

  Altss

  Yes, surfaced as they become publicly observable across the allocator universe[3](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-3)

  DealCloud

  Only for entities your firm already tracks
- Integrations

  Altss

  None. UI-only, no public raw-data API, no export

  DealCloud

  Extensive: data providers, Office, email, and the wider Intapp platform[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1)
- Pricing

  Altss

  Published: Intelligence plans $15,000–$25,000/year; Fundraising OS from $25,000

  DealCloud

  Not published. Independent reporting puts annual software cost commonly in the low six figures, higher for multi-office firms, before implementation[2](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-2)
- Best for

  Altss

  Finding and reaching allocators; emerging and mid-market managers raising capital

  DealCloud

  Large firms standardising deal, relationship, and compliance workflow across teams

*DealCloud and Intapp figures come from Intapp's own reporting and independent third-party pricing coverage, checked August 6, 2026. Intapp does not publish DealCloud list pricing. Altss figures are approved published coverage counts; no measurement date is recorded for them unless one is stated.*

> DealCloud and Altss solve adjacent problems and are frequently bought together. DealCloud is where a large firm standardises its deal pipeline, relationship records, and compliance workflow, configured to how that firm works. It holds the data you put into it. Altss supplies data you do not have: 9,000+ family offices and 150,000+ private-markets entities collected from the public record, with the outreach workflow to act on it. If you need one system of record across a 200-person firm, that is DealCloud. If you need to know which allocators to call this quarter, that is Altss.

Filters

- Entity typeFamily office
- MandatePrivate equity
- Cheque size$5M – $25M
- GeographyGlobal
- SignalRecorded activity

9,000+ family offices · published scope

 Illustrative rows · not live results

| Type | Region | AUM band | Decision makers | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SFO | US · West | $1B–$5B | 3 | Example |
| MFO | US · East | $5B–$25B | 5 | Example |
| MFO | UK | $1B–$5B | 2 | Example |
| SFO | CH | $250M–$1B | 4 | Example |
| SFO | CA | Over $25B | 6 | Example |

Source Example reference

Checked Example date

Context Unknowns retained

Illustrative record layout. How the work actually looks: filter the allocator universe, and every field on every row carries the public source it came from and the date it was last checked.

## What is Altss?

Altss is an OSINT-native allocator-intelligence platform built for managers raising capital in alternative assets. The data comes from the public record: SEC filings (Form ADV, Form D, 13F), state pension CAFRs, Form 990 and 990-PF for foundations, endowment annual reports, sovereign wealth fund disclosures, verified corporate registries, and published allocator statements. That produces verified profiles of 9,000+ family offices and 150,000+ private-markets entities worldwide[3](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-3).

The workflow sits on the same data: a built-in CRM and pipeline, AI-assisted outreach, a research copilot, an inbox with a meeting notetaker, Scouter for investor discovery, events and conference intelligence, and a relationship graph. Altss also runs a live 35M+ company dataset.

The design constraint that matters most in this comparison: Altss is a fixed product. There is no configuration project, no professional services engagement, and no data model to design. A new user logs in and works. That is an advantage for a ten-person IR team and a limitation for a firm that needs its own object model across deals, funds, compliance, and billing.

Altss is UI-only. No CSV export, no public raw-data API, no CRM sync. DealCloud is an integration platform by nature, so this difference is structural rather than incidental.

## What ships in the platform today

Every capability below is live for customers today. They sit in two places: the Intelligence plans, and Altss Fundraising OS, which adds the fundraising and IR workflow on top. Roadmap items are named as roadmap on the [platform page](https://altss.com/platform), never here.

### Included in every Intelligence plan

Global plans from $15,000/year

- #### AI-assisted research

  In-product natural-language research over the selected coverage, with supporting evidence and limitations.
- #### Agentic knowledge base

  Research across available filings, registries and profiles with source evidence.
- #### Scouter

  Investor discovery and targeting inside the authenticated research workflow.

Research copilot

Which family offices backed a first-time healthcare manager in the last 18 months?

1

Single family office · Boston

Source reference Date Unknowns

2

Single family office · Geneva

Source reference Date Unknowns

3

Multi-family office · Toronto

Source reference Date Unknowns

Evidence and source availability vary by record.

Ask in plain language; inspect the supporting sources and unknowns. Interface illustration.

### Altss Fundraising OS

From $25,000/year, in three configurations

- #### Native investor CRM

  Altss is not a general-purpose CRM company. Altss Fundraising OS includes a native investor CRM and pipeline; Intelligence plans provide the research layer. Standard subscriptions do not include external CRM sync.
- #### AI-assisted outreach

  Fundraising OS supports AI-assisted outreach and sequenced follow-ups under customer review and authorization. Altss does not independently solicit investors on behalf of customers or provide a bulk email-blasting service.
- #### Meeting intelligence

  Meeting records and follow-up context inside authorized fundraising workflows.
- #### Inbox and interaction context

  Customer-authorized communication context within the fundraising workflow.
- #### Events intelligence

  Conference and event context for research and preparation.
- #### Relationship and warm-path mapping

  Altss maps relationship paths that help users understand whom they already know around a target. Users independently decide whether to request an introduction through their own relationships. Altss does not make or broker investor introductions.

Pipeline

Researching 24

Single family office · Zurich

Mandate signal

Endowment · US Midwest

Mandate signal

MFO · Singapore

Mandate signal

First contact 11

Foundation · Nordics

Mandate signal

SFO · Gulf

Mandate signal

In diligence 5

Pension · Netherlands

Mandate signal

Fund of funds · UK

Mandate signal

The investor CRM: allocator records move through your pipeline with their signals attached. Interface illustration.

Outreach · draft for review

Warm path

Your firm

Co-investor

Target allocator

Illustrative relationship evidence

Step 2 of 4 · follow-up Awaiting your approval

Send from your mailbox Edit

An illustrative relationship path beside a follow-up draft for customer review. Interface illustration.

*Standard subscription intelligence is used in-platform. No public raw-data API, CSV export or bulk download of Altss content, data feed or graph-replication access is offered; customers can export their own data. Public factual pages and their Markdown equivalents may be read and cited. Agents accepts scoped requests for bounded paid results through manual commercial review; no automated external task transport is live.*

## What is DealCloud?

DealCloud is a deal and relationship management platform for private capital, acquired by Intapp in 2018 and now part of a broader suite spanning deal management, compliance, time and billing, and marketing and business development. Its defining characteristic is configurability: the data model, pipelines, reports, and workflows are shaped to how a specific firm operates.

Per Intapp's own reporting and independent coverage, checked August 6, 2026[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1)[2](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-2):

- **1,100+ client firms** across professional and financial services[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1)
- **Intapp cloud ARR above $400M** in Q1 FY2026[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1)
- Coverage of the full **deal lifecycle**, from sourcing through execution[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1)
- **Compliance, time and billing** modules alongside the CRM[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1)
- Pricing **not published**; independent reporting puts annual software cost commonly in the **low six figures**, reaching high six figures for larger or multi-office firms[2](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-2)
- Implementation typically runs **multiple months** and often depends on professional services for configuration[2](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-2)

For a large firm, that configurability is the point. Deal teams, IR, compliance, and finance can work from one system with one set of records, and the reporting reflects how the firm actually organises itself rather than how a vendor assumed it would.

DealCloud does not sell allocator data. Market data reaches it through integrations with providers such as Dakota, Preqin, PitchBook, and FINTRX, each licensed separately. That is why DealCloud and a data subscription are almost always bought as a pair.

## Coverage comparison

Family offices included in the subscription

Altss

9,000+ global

DealCloud

None. Licensed separately

DealCloud manages the data you bring it; the allocator subscription is a second purchase[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1).

Private-markets entities (broad)

Altss

150,000+

DealCloud

None. Licensed separately

Firms typically pair DealCloud with a Dakota or Preqin subscription for this[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1).

Years in production

Altss

Founded 2025

DealCloud

Founded 2010, Intapp since 2018

Sixteen years of enterprise deployments is a real answer to a real question[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1)[4](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-4).

Property ownership linked to firms

Altss

66,409 firm-linked

DealCloud

Not provided

From a corpus of 91,191,608 US parcels with 14,500,336 distinct owners resolved to entity type, plus French and APAC/MENA land registries and 534,223 deed records. Measured August 10, 2026.

Aircraft and vessels linked to owners

Altss

1,362 aircraft, 4,966 vessels

DealCloud

Not provided

Identified and linked to the owning entity, across 861 firms for aircraft. Measured August 10, 2026.

Relationship graph

Altss

7,871,996 edges

DealCloud

Not provided

DealCloud supplies no market data; allocator and company data is licensed separately from providers such as Preqin, PitchBook or Dakota. Altss figure measured August 10, 2026.

### DealCloud holds your data; Altss supplies data you lack

This is the whole comparison in one line, and it explains why the two are so often bought together. DealCloud is a system of record: excellent at organising, permissioning, and reporting on the deals, contacts, and funds your firm already knows about. It does not arrive with a family office dataset, and it does not claim to.

Altss arrives as data. 9,000+ family offices, 150,000+ private-markets entities and GP coverage, collected from public sources with a verification timestamp on each record[3](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-3). The CRM and outreach layer exists so a team can act on that data without exporting it, not because Altss is trying to be an enterprise system of record.

### Configuration is a strength and a cost

DealCloud's data model can be shaped to almost anything, which is why large multi-strategy firms choose it. The same property is why implementations run months and typically involve professional services[2](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-2). For a firm with an operations team and a defined process, that investment returns. For a six-person IR team raising Fund II, it usually does not.

Altss has the inverse profile. Nothing to configure, and no ability to configure. If your firm needs custom objects, per-deal workflow rules, and compliance-driven field-level controls, Altss will not give you those and DealCloud will.

### Where the two overlap: fundraising pipeline

DealCloud has fundraising and investor relations modules, and Altss has a CRM and pipeline. This is the only genuine overlap, and for most firms it is decided by what else you need. A firm already running DealCloud across deals and compliance will keep its fundraising pipeline there and use Altss for allocator discovery, signals, and outreach.

A firm with no enterprise CRM will find that Altss covers the fundraising pipeline adequately without a six-figure platform commitment, and will revisit the question if it later needs deal execution and compliance in one system.

## Data freshness

Freshness means different things for a system of record and for a data platform.

### Altss

- Public records carry source-specific dates where available. No population-wide measured refresh cadence or universal verification deadline is established here. Page modified, source captured, fact observed, entity verified and aggregate measured describe different events. Check the date attached to the relevant claim; a missing verification date means unknown. Stored source history does not establish a customer-facing historical-analysis interface.
- Faster updates on personnel changes, mandate shifts, and fund launches as they become publicly observable
- Every email bounce-checked before the record appears
- Every record traceable to a public source with a verification timestamp

### DealCloud

- Records are as current as your team keeps them, plus whatever connected data providers deliver[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1)
- Data provider integrations can push updates into DealCloud on the provider's cadence
- Coverage of an allocator your firm has never tracked depends entirely on the data subscription behind it
- Activity capture and AI features across the Intapp suite reduce, but do not remove, manual maintenance

DealCloud's freshness is inherited from whatever you connect to it. That is a reasonable architecture, and it means the quality of the allocator data in your DealCloud instance is decided by a separate purchase.

## Methodology: configured system of record vs. sourced data

The two platforms are not really competing on methodology, because only one of them collects data.

**DealCloud's approach:** configure and integrate. The firm defines its own objects, pipelines, and permissions, then connects data providers, email, and the rest of the Intapp suite. The methodology question for a DealCloud buyer is not how DealCloud collects data, but which data subscription sits behind it and how well the integration maintains the records.

**Altss's approach:** OSINT-first collection. Filings, registries, CAFRs, 990s, endowment reports, sovereign disclosures, public news, and published statements, resolved into entities and timestamped against their source. The dataset exists for allocators no customer has ever tracked, which is the point of buying it.

The practical consequence: a DealCloud instance with no allocator data subscription behind it is an empty, very well-organised database. Altss without an enterprise CRM is a full dataset with a lighter workflow. Which gap you can live with is the real decision.

## Pricing

A DealCloud instance with no allocator data subscription behind it is an empty, very well-organised database. Add the data and the implementation to any quote before comparing it to anything.

### Altss

Published. **Family Office Intelligence $15,000/year**, **Global Investor Intelligence $18,000**, **Full Market Intelligence $25,000**. One named user included; additional named users $5,000 each. **Altss Fundraising OS from $25,000/year** adds the investor CRM, AI outreach and meeting intelligence. There is no implementation fee and no configuration project.

### DealCloud

**DealCloud (Intapp does not publish pricing):**

- Annual software cost commonly in the **low six figures**, per independent reporting[2](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-2)
- Larger or multi-office firms reported at **high six figures or more**[2](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-2)
- Every quote requires a sales conversation; no list price is published[2](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-2)
- **Implementation and configuration** are typically additional and run multiple months[2](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-2)
- Allocator and market data are **licensed separately** from providers such as Dakota, Preqin, PitchBook or FINTRX

These are different orders of magnitude and different purchases. DealCloud is a platform commitment for a firm standardising many workflows; Altss is a subscription that includes the data. A useful sanity check: add the data subscription and implementation to a DealCloud quote before comparing it to anything.

*DealCloud pricing figures come from independent third-party pricing coverage checked August 6, 2026; Intapp publishes no list price. Altss pricing per altss.com/pricing, August 2026.*

## If you are standardising workflow across a large multi-strategy firm, buy DealCloud. The question is then which data subscription sits behind it, and that is where Altss competes.

Where DealCloud wins

For a large firm, DealCloud does things Altss does not attempt and should not be compared against.

1. 01

   ### The full deal lifecycle in one system

   Sourcing, diligence, execution, and portfolio monitoring, with the same records and permissions throughout[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1). Altss covers a fundraising pipeline and nothing beyond it.
2. 02

   ### A data model shaped to your firm

   Custom objects, pipelines, stages, reports, and field-level permissions configured to how your firm actually operates[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1). Altss is a fixed product with no configuration surface at all.
3. 03

   ### Compliance, time, and billing in the same suite

   Intapp spans deal management, compliance, and time and billing[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1). For a regulated firm consolidating vendors, that breadth is the reason to buy.
4. 04

   ### Enterprise scale and continuity

   1,100+ client firms and Intapp cloud ARR above $400M in Q1 FY2026[1](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-1). Procurement teams at large firms weight that heavily, and reasonably.
5. 05

   ### It integrates with everything, including us being irrelevant to it

   DealCloud connects to data providers, Office, email, and the wider Intapp platform. Altss has no public raw-data API and no integrations by design, so a firm whose architecture depends on data flowing between systems will find DealCloud accommodating and Altss deliberately closed.
6. 06

   ### One system across many teams

   Deal teams, IR, compliance, and finance working from the same records is genuinely valuable at scale, and it is not something a focused data platform delivers.

If you are standardising workflow across a large multi-strategy firm, buy DealCloud. The question is then which data subscription sits behind it, and that is where Altss competes.

## Where Altss wins

1. 01

   ### It comes with the data

   9,000+ family offices, 150,000+ private-markets entities, and GP coverage with strategy and fund status, collected from the public record[3](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-3). DealCloud holds whatever you put in it and licenses market data separately. On day one the difference is stark.
2. 02

   ### No implementation project

   DealCloud implementations typically run months and often depend on professional services[2](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-2). Altss has nothing to configure. For a team raising now, time-to-first-outreach is measured in hours rather than quarters.
3. 03

   ### Mandate and personnel signals across the market

   Mandate shifts, CIO transitions, and fund launches surface as they become publicly observable[3](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-3). A configured CRM can only alert you about entities someone already added to it.
4. 04

   ### Outbound is included

   AI-assisted outreach with sequenced follow-ups, sent from your own mailbox, plus a research copilot and a meeting notetaker in the same product. On the DealCloud side these are separate tools and separate integrations.
5. 05

   ### Published pricing at a different order of magnitude

   $15,000 to $25,000 a year published, with no implementation fee, and Altss Fundraising OS from $25,000. DealCloud does not publish pricing, and independent reporting puts software alone commonly in the low six figures before implementation and before data[2](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-2).
6. 06

   ### Built for the raise

   DealCloud's centre of gravity is deal execution and firm-wide workflow. Altss is built for capital formation: who to target, what they are mandating, who to contact, what to send.
7. 07

   ### A live 35M+ company dataset

   Companies and startups, completing the LP to GP to portfolio-company graph inside one platform[3](https://altss.com/vs/dealcloud#source-3).

## Full feature comparison

Full feature comparison of Altss and DealCloud

- Feature | Altss | DealCloud
- Data and coverage
- Allocator dataset included | Yes: Allocator-only count not separately stated; see dated coverage definitions | No: Licensed separately
- GP / fund manager coverage | Yes: Strategy, fund status, LP base | No: Not supplied
- Company dataset | Yes: Live 35M+ | No: Not supplied
- Mandate-shift signals | Yes | No
- Emerging-manager identification | Yes: Via Form D / ADV | No
- Source traceability per record | Yes | Partial: Inherited from your data source
- Platform and configuration
- Deal lifecycle management | No: Fundraising pipeline only | Yes: Sourcing through execution
- Custom data model | No: Fixed product | Yes: Highly configurable
- Compliance / time / billing | No | Yes: Across the Intapp suite
- Field-level permissions | Partial: Workspace-level | Yes
- Built-in CRM & pipeline | Yes | Yes: Core product
- Workflow
- AI-assisted outreach | Yes | Partial: Via connected tooling
- Research copilot | Yes: Over allocator data | Partial: Intapp AI over your data
- Inbox + meeting notetaker | Yes | Partial: Via suite and connected tools
- Events & conference intelligence | Yes | No
- Data provider integrations | No: By design | Yes: Dakota, Preqin, PitchBook, FINTRX and others
- Commercial
- API / export | No: By design | Yes
- Implementation required | Yes: None | Partial: Typically multi-month
- Published pricing | Yes: Global plans from $15K/yr; Fundraising OS from $25K | No: Sales-gated
- Typical annual cost | Global plans from $15K/yr; Fundraising OS from $25K | Commonly low six figures, plus implementation and data
- Client base | Growing | 1,100+ firms; Intapp cloud ARR $400M+

Full feature comparison of Altss and DealCloud

### Data and coverage

- Allocator dataset included

  Altss

  Yes: Allocator-only count not separately stated; see dated coverage definitions

  DealCloud

  No: Licensed separately
- GP / fund manager coverage

  Altss

  Yes: Strategy, fund status, LP base

  DealCloud

  No: Not supplied
- Company dataset

  Altss

  Yes: Live 35M+

  DealCloud

  No: Not supplied
- Mandate-shift signals

  Altss

  Yes

  DealCloud

  No
- Emerging-manager identification

  Altss

  Yes: Via Form D / ADV

  DealCloud

  No
- Source traceability per record

  Altss

  Yes

  DealCloud

  Partial: Inherited from your data source

### Platform and configuration

- Deal lifecycle management

  Altss

  No: Fundraising pipeline only

  DealCloud

  Yes: Sourcing through execution
- Custom data model

  Altss

  No: Fixed product

  DealCloud

  Yes: Highly configurable
- Compliance / time / billing

  Altss

  No

  DealCloud

  Yes: Across the Intapp suite
- Field-level permissions

  Altss

  Partial: Workspace-level

  DealCloud

  Yes
- Built-in CRM & pipeline

  Altss

  Yes

  DealCloud

  Yes: Core product

### Workflow

- AI-assisted outreach

  Altss

  Yes

  DealCloud

  Partial: Via connected tooling
- Research copilot

  Altss

  Yes: Over allocator data

  DealCloud

  Partial: Intapp AI over your data
- Inbox + meeting notetaker

  Altss

  Yes

  DealCloud

  Partial: Via suite and connected tools
- Events & conference intelligence

  Altss

  Yes

  DealCloud

  No
- Data provider integrations

  Altss

  No: By design

  DealCloud

  Yes: Dakota, Preqin, PitchBook, FINTRX and others

### Commercial

- API / export

  Altss

  No: By design

  DealCloud

  Yes
- Implementation required

  Altss

  Yes: None

  DealCloud

  Partial: Typically multi-month
- Published pricing

  Altss

  Yes: Global plans from $15K/yr; Fundraising OS from $25K

  DealCloud

  No: Sales-gated
- Typical annual cost

  Altss

  Global plans from $15K/yr; Fundraising OS from $25K

  DealCloud

  Commonly low six figures, plus implementation and data
- Client base

  Altss

  Growing

  DealCloud

  1,100+ firms; Intapp cloud ARR $400M+

*Comparison accurate as of August 6, 2026. Intapp and DealCloud figures come from Intapp reporting and independent third-party pricing coverage; Intapp publishes no list price, so cost figures are reported ranges rather than quotes. Altss figures reflect internal database counts. A “No” against Altss on API, export, and integrations reflects a deliberate product decision.*

## Which is right for you?

For large multi-strategy firms standardising workflow

DealCloud. One configured system across deals, IR, compliance, and finance is exactly what it is for, and That is a different product.

For emerging and mid-market managers raising capital

Altss. The data arrives with the product, there is no implementation project, and the subscription cost is an order of magnitude below a platform commitment.

For firms already running DealCloud

Add Altss as the allocator data layer rather than replacing anything. DealCloud stays the system of record; Altss supplies coverage and signals it was never designed to produce.

For teams that need deal execution and compliance

DealCloud. Altss covers a fundraising pipeline and stops there.

For firms with a defined process and an operations team

DealCloud's configurability returns the implementation investment. Without that team, it usually does not.

For teams whose architecture depends on integrations

DealCloud. Altss has no public raw-data API, no export, and no data-provider integrations by design, and this is a hard blocker rather than a roadmap item.

For a firm buying its first serious tool

Buy the data before the platform. An empty enterprise CRM does not raise a fund; a target list with working contacts does.

## Pros and cons

### Altss

Pros

- +The allocator dataset is included: 9,000+ family offices, 150,000+ private-markets entities, GP coverage
- +No implementation project and no professional services
- +Mandate, personnel, and fund-launch signals across the market
- +AI-assisted outreach, research copilot, and meeting notetaker in the same product
- +Live 35M+ company dataset
- +Published pricing, with global plans from $15,000 a year

Cons

- −No deal execution, compliance, time, or billing modules
- −Fixed product: no custom objects, no configurable data model
- −Workspace-level permissions rather than field-level controls
- −no public raw-data API, no export, no data-provider integrations, all by design
- −Purpose-built for the raise rather than as a firm-wide system of record

### DealCloud

Pros

- +Full deal lifecycle from sourcing through execution
- +Highly configurable data model, pipelines, and reporting
- +Compliance, time, and billing across the Intapp suite
- +Extensive integrations, including major data providers
- +1,100+ client firms; Intapp cloud ARR above $400M in Q1 FY2026
- +Field-level permissions suited to regulated firms

Cons

- −Arrives without allocator data; market data is a separate licence
- −No published pricing; commonly low six figures per independent reporting
- −Implementation typically runs months and often needs professional services
- −Configuration depth is overhead for small IR teams
- −No native mandate or personnel signals across the allocator universe

## Using both together

Running both is the common pattern at firms above roughly fifty people, and the split is clean.

- **DealCloud** as the firm-wide system of record: deal pipeline, execution, compliance, permissions, and reporting configured to your process
- **Altss** as the allocator data and outreach layer: family office and institutional LP coverage, mandate signals, targeting, and the outreach workflow

The overlap is a single fundraising pipeline view, which most firms resolve by keeping the record of truth in DealCloud and doing discovery and first-touch work in Altss.

If you are choosing one, the question is whether your binding constraint is workflow standardisation or allocator coverage. Firms rarely get that answer wrong once it is stated plainly.

## Frequently asked questions

Is Altss a replacement for DealCloud?

Not for a firm that needs deal execution, compliance, and a configurable firm-wide data model. Altss covers a fundraising pipeline and nothing beyond it. For a small IR team with no enterprise CRM, Altss often removes the need to buy one; for a large multi-strategy firm, it does not.

Is DealCloud a replacement for Altss?

No, because DealCloud does not supply allocator data. It manages what you put into it and integrates with data providers licensed separately. A DealCloud instance without a data subscription behind it has no family office or institutional LP coverage at all.

What does DealCloud cost?

Intapp does not publish pricing. Independent reporting puts annual software cost commonly in the low six figures, reaching high six figures for larger or multi-office firms, before implementation and before the market data subscription. Altss publishes $15,000 to $25,000 a year for its global Intelligence tiers, depending on tier, with one named user included and additional named users $5,000 each, and Altss Fundraising OS from $25,000.

How long does each take to get running?

DealCloud implementations are typically multi-month and often involve professional services for configuration. Altss has no configuration step; a new user logs in and works. If you are raising within the quarter, that difference usually decides it.

Can Altss data be pushed into DealCloud?

No. Altss has no public raw-data API, no CSV export, and no data-provider integration. If your requirement is to enrich DealCloud records from an outside allocator dataset, Altss is the wrong tool, and providers such as Dakota, Preqin, or FINTRX integrate with DealCloud where Altss deliberately does not.

We already run DealCloud. Where does Altss fit?

As the allocator data and first-touch layer. DealCloud stays the system of record for deals and firm-wide workflow; Altss supplies the family office and institutional LP coverage, mandate signals, and outreach that DealCloud was never built to produce.

Which should a Fund I or Fund II manager buy?

Altss, in almost every case. At that stage the binding constraint is knowing which allocators to approach, not standardising workflow across teams that do not exist yet.

Can I evaluate Altss before deciding?

Yes, through a guided demo rather than a trial: Altss does not offer a free trial or a trial account. On the call we run allocator coverage live against your own target list, including where it is thin. A demo is optional; published plans are bought online.

## An enterprise CRM arrives empty. We arrive with the data.

Book a demo and bring twenty allocator targets. We will show you what Altss holds on each one, and where keeping or buying DealCloud is the right call.

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See also

[All comparisons](https://altss.com/vs) [Altss vs Preqin   →](https://altss.com/vs/preqin) [Altss vs PitchBook   →](https://altss.com/vs/pitchbook) [Altss vs FINTRX   →](https://altss.com/vs/fintrx) [Altss vs Dakota   →](https://altss.com/vs/dakota) [Altss vs PEI Group   →](https://altss.com/vs/pei-group) [Altss vs Affinity   →](https://altss.com/vs/affinity)

## Sources

1. 1.**Intapp and DealCloud scale, product scope, and ownership:** Intapp corporate reporting and product documentation, checked August 6, 2026 (DealCloud acquired by Intapp in 2018; 1,100+ client firms; cloud ARR surpassing $400M in Q1 FY2026; suite spanning deal management, compliance, time and billing, and marketing and business development) [View source ↗](https://www.intapp.com/)
2. 2.**DealCloud pricing and implementation, third-party reporting:** Prospeo, "Intapp Pricing, Reviews, Pros & Cons (2026)," checked August 6, 2026 (no published pricing; annual software cost commonly low six figures, reaching high six figures for larger or multi-office firms; implementation timelines and professional-services dependence) [View source ↗](https://prospeo.io/s/intapp-pricing-reviews-pros-and-cons)
3. 3.**Altss internal database counts and live 35M+ company dataset:** Internal platform metrics (9,000+ family offices and 150,000+ private-markets entities: approved published coverage, measurement date not recorded; live 35M+ companies, revised August 6, 2026; measured August 8, 2026: 683,549 fund records and 38,531 investment advisers matched to a Form ADV CRD, of which 14,764 report private funds, carrying $165.4T in regulatory assets under management) [View source ↗](https://altss.com/)
4. 4.**DealCloud founding:** Business North Carolina, "DealCloud tracks deals' twists, turns," and Crunchbase company profile, checked August 7, 2026 (founded 2010 in Charlotte by Ben Harrison and Rob Cummings; acquired by Intapp August 2018) [View source ↗](https://businessnc.com/dealcloud-tracks-deals-twists-turns/)

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