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Altss vs PEI Group

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Altss combines allocator research with optional Fundraising OS workflows. PEI Group combines private-markets data, journalism, benchmarks and member networks. This comparison covers PEI Private Equity, including Private Equity International, and the wider group's relevant data services.12

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The short answer

Choose Altss when

You need family-office or institutional allocator research and want a native investor CRM, reviewed outreach and meeting context in the matching Fundraising OS configuration.

Choose PEI Group when

You need private-equity reporting, fund comparisons, investor-intention research or a professional membership network. PEI also offers enterprise delivery into your own systems.23

9,000+
Altss family-office coverage · published
30,000+
Altss investors and allocators · published
51,000+
PEI Private Equity funds · Oct 22, 2026
217,000+
PEI Private Equity commitments · Oct 22, 2026

#At-a-glance comparison

At-a-glance comparison of Altss and PEI Group

  • Main buying decision

    Altss
    Allocator research; add Fundraising OS for the native fundraising workflow
    PEI Group
    Asset-class intelligence, reporting, benchmarks and member connections2

  • Family offices

    Altss
    9,000+ published family-office organizations; measurement date not recorded7
    PEI Group
    No separate family-office total on the PEI pages reviewed; request a target-list demonstration

  • Investor coverage

    Altss
    30,000+ institutional investors, RIAs and family offices; overlapping categories7
    PEI Group
    13,000+ investors on the Private Equity platform page; a different coverage scope2

  • Fundraising and fund data

    Altss
    Allocator, fund and recorded commitment research within the selected coverage
    PEI Group
    51,000+ funds and 217,000+ commitments on the Private Equity platform page2

  • AI research

    Altss
    In-product research with evidence and limitations
    PEI Group
    Ask PEI over its proprietary data and editorial library4

  • CRM and outreach

    Altss
    Native investor CRM and reviewed outreach in Fundraising OS; standard external CRM sync is not included
    PEI Group
    Member connections and messaging; confirm any CRM or email-sequencing requirement separately1

  • Data delivery

    Altss
    Standard subscription intelligence is used in-platform; public pages are separately machine-readable
    PEI Group
    Platform exports plus Enterprise Data Solutions offering API, MCP, Snowflake and Databricks access35

  • Price

    Altss
    Published Intelligence and Fundraising OS prices on the Altss pricing page
    PEI Group
    Membership and enterprise scope require a quote; no comparable fixed rate found on the reviewed pages6

PEI figures are vendor-published, read October 22, 2026. These populations are not interchangeable or additive. Altss aggregate counts have their own date definitions; this comparison's review date does not remeasure them.

The deciding question is where the work goes next: into an investor pipeline, an investment analysis, a member conversation or your own data environment.

Filters

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

9,000+family offices · published scope

Illustrative rows · not live results
TypeRegionAUM bandDecision makersChecked
SFOUS · West$1B–$5B3Example
MFOUS · East$5B–$25B5Example
MFOUK$1B–$5B2Example
SFOCH$250M–$1B4Example
SFOCAOver $25B6Example

SourceExample reference

CheckedExample date

ContextUnknowns retained

Illustrative record layout. Illustrative research workflow. The family-office figure is approved published coverage; its aggregate measurement date is not recorded. Assess the source and verification date on each target record.7

#What is Altss?

Altss provides private-markets intelligence for investment, fundraising and institutional business development. Research organizations, people, funds and companies with ownership, commitment, transaction and relationship context. Intelligence provides research; Capital adds Fundraising OS workflows. Revenue and Agents accept scoped, manually reviewed requests.

For a fundraising team, the distinction between the products matters. Intelligence supports research. Fundraising OS adds the investor CRM, customer-reviewed outreach and communication context. Each OS configuration includes its matching Intelligence coverage; institutional allocator research requires Global or Full Market.8

#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, 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 referenceDateUnknowns
2

Single family office · Geneva

Source referenceDateUnknowns
3

Multi-family office · Toronto

Source referenceDateUnknowns

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
Researching24

Single family office · Zurich

Mandate signal

Endowment · US Midwest

Mandate signal

MFO · Singapore

Mandate signal
First contact11

Foundation · Nordics

Mandate signal

SFO · Gulf

Mandate signal
In diligence5

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-upAwaiting your approval
Send from your mailboxEdit
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 PEI Group?

PEI Group is the parent business. Private Equity International is one of its specialist brands, rather than a separate competitor to compare on a second page. On October 22, 2026, PEI announced PEI Private Equity, bringing Private Equity International, PE Hub, Buyouts and Venture Capital Journal into one platform.1

The buying scope still matters: a private-equity membership, another asset-class platform and an enterprise data agreement can have different entitlements. Ask for the proposal to identify exactly which content, data and network access it includes.6

This page compares the relevant PEI services together. It does not assume that subscribing to one publication unlocks every dataset, benchmark, event or integration sold by the group.

#Coverage comparison

Family-office discovery: test the actual target list

Altss publishes 9,000+ family offices and 30,000+ institutional investors, RIAs and family offices. Family offices form part of the broader allocator population, so adding those figures would double-count organizations. Neither aggregate has a recorded measurement date.7

The PEI pages reviewed do not provide a separate family-office count. That leaves the comparison open at the record level. Give both teams the same mix of known targets and harder-to-find offices, then compare legal identity, investment team, disclosed fund history and relevant source dates. A missing published total establishes neither absence nor equivalent depth.

Private equity: keep the product scope beside the number

PEI's Private Equity platform page lists 13,000+ investors, 15,000+ managers, 51,000+ funds and 217,000+ commitments. Those are private-equity platform figures, read October 22, 2026. The launch announcement gives lower minimums for funds and commitments; this comparison uses the platform page's labeled counters consistently.12

An investor record, a fund record and a commitment answer different questions. For an LP evaluating a manager, the depth of comparable fund histories may decide the purchase. For a GP building a prospect list, the relevant decision-maker and the evidence of strategy fit may matter more. A larger total in another population cannot settle either decision.

Current appetite needs its own evidence

PEI's investor-intelligence service describes direct investor interviews and network access as inputs to allocation-intention research. Its profiles include allocation ranges, known commitments, contacts and signals about future activity.9

A historical commitment establishes a relationship with a fund; it does not establish an open allocation today. In either demonstration, ask to see the evidence behind a claim of current appetite and its date. Keep an investor with confirmed current interest separate from one whose history merely fits the strategy.

#Data freshness

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.

PEI Group

  • PEI says fund and manager records are updated as closes, transactions and disclosures occur. Its published process describes research-team validation before records enter the database. Those are vendor descriptions, rather than a latency measurement performed by Altss.5

Test a recent fund close, an investment-team change and an older commitment. Compare the event date, the source date and the record's check date. A recently edited page can still contain historical facts.

#Methodology: public evidence and investor interviews

PEI describes a combination of manager and investor submissions, regulatory filings, research and editorial work. Interviews can add information that has not appeared in a public announcement. Ask which part of an allocation statement is disclosed history and which part reflects an investor conversation.59

Altss uses documented public records and disclosures, organization submissions, and licensed sources where permitted. Source rights, collection method and factual verification are separate questions; consult the cited source and field-level provenance.

Assess provenance on the same decision. If a record says an investor backs emerging managers, inspect what supports that statement and whether it applies to the current strategy. Neither a public-source label nor an interview label removes the need to check context.

#Pricing

Altss

Published. Family Office Intelligence is $15,000/year, Global Investor Intelligence $18,000/year, and Full Market Intelligence $25,000/year. Plans include one named user; additional named users on global Intelligence plans and Fundraising OS plans are $5,000/year each. Regional Family Office Access covers one region's family offices: Europe Family Offices $5,000/year and North America Family Offices $8,000/year. Each is exactly 1 named user; additional users are not available on these plans. Altss Fundraising OS, which adds the investor CRM, AI-assisted outreach, and meeting and events intelligence, comes in three configurations: Family Office Fundraising OS $25,000/year, Global Fundraising OS $35,000/year, and Full Market + Fundraising OS $45,000/year. Matching Intelligence coverage is included in each OS price. Altss software licenses are annual. Separately contracted research, tasks, services and publishing engagements have their own terms when available.

PEI Group

PEI describes Base and Unlimited corporate memberships. The pages reviewed do not publish a fixed price that can be compared directly with Altss's annual plans.6

  • Request the named platform, user count, contract term and data entitlements in writing.
  • Separate membership access, event participation, benchmarks and enterprise delivery when reviewing the quote.
  • PEI describes Enterprise Data Solutions as an add-on to an existing qualifying membership or subscription. Confirm eligibility and integration fees.3

Compare the complete working setup. A research subscription and a package that also supplies your investor pipeline solve different portions of the job. Neither published pricing nor a negotiated quote alone proves lower total cost.

Altss prices resolve from its current commercial catalog. No PEI price estimate or savings claim is made. PEI membership descriptions and enterprise conditions were reviewed October 22, 2026.

#Where PEI Group wins

PEI is the stronger fit when the purchase is primarily an editorial, analytical or professional-network resource.

  1. 01

    Private-equity journalism and editorial context

    For a team following manager developments and deal coverage, PEI's specialist reporting is a distinct reason to subscribe. Allocator research in Altss does not replace those publications.1

  2. 02

    Fund comparison and benchmarking

    PEI's private-equity offering includes fund-performance comparison and benchmark capabilities. If an investment committee needs comparable performance analysis, evaluate that product directly. Altss's fund and transaction records do not imply performance benchmarks or valuation comps.2

  3. 03

    Member networks and professional events

    PEI provides member connections, messaging and events. That is a different purchase from researching a relationship path. Altss does not make or broker investor introductions.16

  4. 04

    Licensed data in your own environment

    PEI offers enterprise integration routes. If your analytics team needs licensed tables or private-market queries inside its existing environment, scope that agreement. Altss standard subscriptions do not include raw-data API access, bulk downloads or external CRM sync.3

Make these requirements explicit before comparing prices. If journalism, performance analytics or enterprise delivery is the reason for buying, replacing it with a prospecting tool leaves the original need unresolved.

#Where Altss wins

  1. 01

    Allocator research connected to a native pipeline

    Fundraising OS brings investor research, CRM, reviewed outreach and meeting context into the selected configuration. Evaluate it when the handoff from research to follow-up is the work your team needs to improve. Intelligence alone does not include that workflow.8

  2. 02

    A published family-office discovery proposition

    Altss publishes 9,000+ family-office organizations. For a raise with a substantial family-office component, that makes a focused coverage demonstration practical. It is a reason to test Altss against your list, rather than a claim that every target or contact is present.7

  3. 03

    Public plan scope before a sales discussion

    Altss publishes its Intelligence and Fundraising OS prices and coverage distinctions. A team can shortlist the relevant plan before requesting a demonstration. Confirm the coverage, users and workflow together on the pricing page; choosing a lower tier does not add broader entitlements.8

#Full feature comparison

Full feature comparison of Altss and PEI Group

Research

  • Investor and commitment research

    Altss
    Within the selected Intelligence coverage
    PEI Group
    Investor and commitment data within the selected PEI platform2

  • Family-office coverage total

    Altss
    9,000+ published organizations; date not recorded7
    PEI Group
    Separate total not found on reviewed pages

  • Fund-performance benchmarks

    Altss
    Not included
    PEI Group
    Available in PEI's offering; confirm scope2

  • Specialist journalism

    Altss
    Altss research; does not include PEI publications
    PEI Group
    Four specialist reporting brands in PEI Private Equity1

Workflow

  • AI research assistant

    Altss
    In-product research with evidence and limitations
    PEI Group
    Ask PEI with cited proprietary research4

  • Investor pipeline and outreach

    Altss
    Native CRM and reviewed outreach in Fundraising OS
    PEI Group
    Member connections and messaging; validate CRM requirements1

  • Network participation

    Altss
    Research and relationship context; no brokered introductions
    PEI Group
    Membership networks and events; confirm access6

Access

  • Exports and enterprise integrations

    Altss
    Subscription intelligence in-platform; customers can export their own data
    PEI Group
    Platform export tools and separately scoped enterprise delivery35

  • API and MCP

    Altss
    Bounded public-page interfaces; no premium raw-data API in a standard subscription
    PEI Group
    Enterprise Data Solutions markets API and MCP access3

Commercial

  • Comparable fixed public price

    Altss
    Published annual plan prices
    PEI Group
    Request a scoped quote6

Sources reviewed October 22, 2026. PEI entries describe its published offering, not hands-on testing or a promise that every entitlement comes with every membership. Altss data rights and workflow scope follow the selected plan.

#Which is right for you?

A GP building an allocator pipeline
Start with an Altss coverage demonstration if the job is investor discovery and follow-up. Compare the matching Fundraising OS configuration with the complete PEI proposal and any separate CRM your team would need.
An LP assessing managers and funds
Start with PEI when fund comparisons, specialist reporting and benchmarks drive the decision. Inspect the strategy and vintage coverage behind the analysis before treating the headline database count as a sufficient match.
An IR team already using PEI
Keep the reporting and network access your team uses. Test whether Altss adds useful allocator coverage or a workflow you lack. Measure incremental target coverage and reduced re-entry work; do not buy a second subscription solely because its totals are larger.
A data or analytics team
Evaluate PEI's enterprise delivery if you need private-market data in your own systems. Altss's public machine-readable pages support public research; they are not a substitute for a licensed premium data feed.

#Pros and cons

Altss

Pros

  • +Family-office and institutional allocator research, with coverage selected by plan
  • +Native investor CRM and reviewed outreach available through Fundraising OS
  • +Published plan prices and clear in-platform data rights

Cons

  • −No standard premium raw-data API, bulk export or external CRM sync
  • −Fund and transaction records do not provide performance benchmarks or valuation comps
  • −No PEI journalism subscription, member network or brokered introductions

PEI Group

Pros

  • +Specialist journalism alongside private-equity data1
  • +Fund comparisons, investor-intention research and member networks29
  • +Enterprise integration routes into a customer's own environment3

Cons

  • −No directly comparable fixed rate on the reviewed membership pages6
  • −No separate family-office total on the pages reviewed
  • −Platform membership, network access and enterprise delivery need an explicit entitlement check

#Using both together

Using both can make sense when the subscriptions have separate jobs and the combined cost is justified:

  • PEI for private-equity reporting, fund comparisons and professional-network participation.
  • Altss for allocator discovery and, with Fundraising OS, the investor pipeline and reviewed follow-up.

Run a small evaluation against the same target list. Record which additional organizations each product identifies, which claims have usable evidence and which workflow steps still require manual work.

There is no native PEI-to-Altss integration claimed here. Keep licensed content within the permitted uses of each agreement. Buying both does not authorize copying either vendor's database into the other product.

#Frequently asked questions

Are PEI Group and Private Equity International the same company?
PEI Group is the parent business; Private Equity International is a specialist brand within it. The combined PEI Private Equity platform was announced October 22, 2026. This comparison covers that platform and relevant group data services on one page.1
Is Altss a replacement for PEI Private Equity?
It can address an allocator-research or fundraising-workflow requirement. It does not replace the PEI reporting brands, performance benchmarks or member networks. Choose on the work you need to complete, then test the relevant targets and fund histories.
Which platform has better family-office coverage?
Altss publishes 9,000+ family offices; its aggregate measurement date is not recorded. A separate PEI family-office count was not found on the reviewed pages. That is insufficient evidence to rank actual coverage. Compare both products against the same target list and inspect the evidence behind each match.7
Does PEI offer AI research, APIs or MCP?
Yes. Ask PEI answers questions over PEI's proprietary content with source references. Enterprise Data Solutions advertises API, MCP, Snowflake and Databricks delivery. Confirm the relevant membership, add-on agreement and permitted uses.34
How much does PEI cost compared with Altss?
Altss publishes annual Intelligence and Fundraising OS prices. The PEI membership and enterprise pages reviewed did not provide a comparable fixed rate. Request a quote with users, platform, data, event and integration scope. Without that proposal, a numerical savings claim would be speculative.68
Can I evaluate Altss before switching?
Yes, through an optional guided demo with your own target list. Altss does not offer a free trial. A demo can help assess coverage before purchase; published plans are bought online where available. Fundraising OS and custom requirements are sales-assisted.8

Compare the work your team needs to finish.

Bring a target list and your research, CRM and integration requirements. Review the available evidence, identify coverage gaps and choose the plan that fits the job.

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Sources

  1. 1.PEI Private Equity launch: PEI Group announcement, October 22, 2026. Brand consolidation, platform connections and messaging. Read October 22, 2026. View source ↗
  2. 2.PEI Private Equity platform: Published platform populations, fund comparison, benchmarks and reporting. Read October 22, 2026. View source ↗
  3. 3.PEI Enterprise Data Solutions: API, MCP, Snowflake and Databricks delivery; add-on eligibility. Read October 22, 2026. View source ↗
  4. 4.Ask PEI: Proprietary-content research assistant and source references. Read October 22, 2026. View source ↗
  5. 5.PEI Data: Sources, research validation, rolling updates, platform search and export. Read October 22, 2026. View source ↗
  6. 6.PEI corporate memberships: Base and Unlimited descriptions; no comparable fixed price on the reviewed page. Read October 22, 2026. View source ↗
  7. 7.Altss coverage: Approved published populations with definitions and measurement-date limitations. View source ↗
  8. 8.Altss pricing and plan scope: Current commercial terms. Intelligence coverage and Fundraising OS workflows are separate purchase scopes. View source ↗
  9. 9.PEI investor research and allocation intentions: Investor interviews, allocation intentions, known commitments and contact information. Read October 22, 2026. View source ↗