Altss vs PitchBook: Which is Right for Fundraising in 2026?

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PitchBook is the industry standard for deal and company data — a Morningstar subsidiary with 3,000+ employees and 100,000+ clients. Altss is OSINT-powered LP intelligence built for fund managers raising from family offices and institutional allocators, expanding into a 50M+ company dataset in May 2026. This page covers where each wins, honestly.

9,000+
Family offices in Altss database
150,000+
Institutional LP entities
50M+
Companies (launching May 2026, scaling to 70M+ by end of Q2 2026)
30 days
Full database re-verification cycle

#At-a-glance comparison

At-a-glance comparison of Altss and PitchBook
DimensionAltssPitchBook
Founded20252007 (Morningstar subsidiary since 2016)8
ScaleLean 11-person OSINT-first team100,000+ clients, 3,000+ employees globally3
Primary use caseLP intelligence for fundraisingDeal and company data for sourcing investments
Family office coverage9,000+ global family offices10Limited — not PitchBook's primary dataset
Institutional LP coverage150,000+ institutional entities with current mandates1056,000+ limited partners (per PitchBook's May 2025 data snapshot)2
Company coverageLaunching 50M companies in May 2026, scaling to 70M+ by end of Q2 20261011.9M companies (per PitchBook homepage, April 2026)1
Deal dataLaunching alongside company dataset May 20263M deals (per PitchBook homepage, April 2026)1
Investor coverage150,000+ institutional entities (LP-focused)621K investors (per PitchBook homepage, April 2026)1
Fund coverageFund-level LP commitments and mandate data161K funds (per PitchBook homepage, April 2026)1
People data1.5M+ verified LP-side contacts4.4M+ people (per PitchBook May 2025 snapshot)2
Data operations teamOSINT + AI-assisted verification1,800+ data operations professionals4; 60+ research analysts5
Data collection methodOSINT (open-source intelligence) with source evidence attached to every recordSurveys, regulatory filings, FOIA responses, 1M+ news events weekly, 1M+ web crawlers, D&B partnership
Data refresh cycle30-day full re-verification, real-time signalsMultiple daily updates for deal news; 3–4 month company-level refresh reported by users
Email verificationLive bounce-check before records appearSelf-reported and scraped; error rates on email extraction are a common user complaint
Real-time allocator signalsYes — mandate shifts, personnel changes, event participationDeal and transaction signals strong; allocator behavior signals weaker
Fund performance benchmarkingNot providedBest-in-class — fund-level IRR, TVPI, DPI data with vintage benchmarks
AI featuresOSINT pipeline + AI-assisted enrichment; AI outreach v0 live todayPitchBook Navigator AI (Nov 2025)6; Premium Connector for Claude and ChatGPT Enterprise; Perplexity MCP server (2026)7
PricingCustom enterprise pricing, scoped to team size and coverage tier. Reduced rates for emerging managers raising Fund I–III.Sales-gated. Entry bundle from $30K minimum for 2+ seats; ~$7K per additional seat; Enterprise (10+ users) $45K–$70K+/yr9
Best forFund managers raising from family offices and global LPsInvestment teams sourcing deals, LPs benchmarking funds, corporate M&A

Coverage numbers reflect Altss internal database as of April 2026 and planned May 2026 company dataset launch. PitchBook figures sourced from PitchBook's own homepage at pitchbook.com (accessed April 2026) and PitchBook's May 2025 bi-annual data coverage snapshot. Pricing compiled from Vendr transaction data, TrustRadius customer reports, Failory, and independent pricing databases.

PitchBook has clear advantages in fund performance benchmarking, analyst research, and an extensive integration and AI ecosystem. Altss leads in family office coverage, live allocator signals, OSINT methodology, and — starting May 2026 — company dataset scale. Where you spend most of your fundraising time determines which platform delivers more value.
Altss LP intelligence dashboard — OSINT-powered family office and institutional LP data
The Altss platform — 9,000+ family offices, 150,000+ institutional LPs, and 50M+ companies launching May 2026, in one OSINT-native workspace.

#What is Altss?

Altss is an OSINT-powered LP intelligence platform built for fund managers raising capital in alternative assets. Instead of relying on survey data, analyst-collected firm profiles, or scraped contact lists, Altss uses open-source intelligence — SEC filings (Form ADV, Form D, 13F), pension CAFRs, Form 990 and 990-PF for foundations, endowment annual reports, sovereign wealth fund disclosures, verified corporate registries, public news, and published allocator statements — to build verified profiles of 9,000+ family offices and 150,000+ institutional LP entities worldwide10.

Every record is live-verified before it reaches the platform. Emails are bounce-checked; if a mailbox cannot accept mail, the record never appears in the UI. The full database re-verifies on a rolling 30-day cycle, with faster updates for high-velocity signals like personnel changes, mandate shifts, and fund launches.

In May 2026, Altss is launching a 50M+ companies dataset, scaling to 70M+ companies by end of Q2 2026. This expansion enables the full relationship graph — LPs → GPs → portfolio companies — on a single OSINT-native platform. For fund managers who previously had to run separate PitchBook subscriptions for deal/company data alongside their LP database, Altss becomes a single source for both sides of the fundraising workflow.

#What is PitchBook?

PitchBook is a private capital markets data provider headquartered in Seattle, founded in 2007 and operating as a subsidiary of Morningstar since 2016 (acquired for $225M)8. The platform serves more than 100,000 clients worldwide and employs over 3,000 people3 across offices in Seattle, San Francisco, New York, London, Singapore, Mumbai, and other global locations.

Per PitchBook's own homepage marketing (pitchbook.com, April 2026)1, the platform covers:

  • 11.9M companies1
  • 3M deals1
  • 621K investors1
  • 161K funds1

PitchBook's May 2025 bi-annual data coverage snapshot added additional detail: 56,000+ limited partners, 4.4M+ people, 65,000+ private credit deals, and 2.7M investments2.

PitchBook's strength is breadth of financial data. The platform includes fund performance benchmarking, analyst research with direct consultation access (60+ analysts in the Institutional Research Group), public equity data on 110K+ companies, debt financings, and extensive integrations with CRM platforms (Salesforce, HubSpot, DealCloud), Excel, PowerPoint, Chrome, and AI platforms including PitchBook Navigator (launched November 2025), a Premium Connector for Claude and ChatGPT Enterprise, and a dedicated MCP server for Perplexity.

Data is sourced from surveys, regulatory filings, FOIA responses, 1M+ web crawlers, partnerships including Dun & Bradstreet, and over one million news events analyzed weekly. Deal and funding data refreshes multiple times daily; company-level profile data (headcount, descriptions, contact information) refreshes on what users report as a 3–4 month cycle. PitchBook is maintained by 1,800+ data operations professionals using 100+ proprietary processes, with 3.5M+ hours logged by the data ops team over the past 5 years.

#Coverage comparison

Company and deal data (today)

PitchBook is the clear winner here as of April 2026. With 11.9M companies and 3M deals on their live homepage1, PitchBook is the default platform for deal sourcing, valuation comps, M&A tracking, and venture intelligence. Altss does not currently track companies or deals at scale.

Company data (May 2026 and beyond)

This changes when Altss launches its 50M+ companies dataset in May 2026, scaling to 70M+ by end of Q2 2026. That puts Altss at approximately 4–6x PitchBook's live company count. The Altss approach is OSINT-native — every record traceable to public sources — which differs fundamentally from PitchBook's mixed methodology of scraping, survey data, and analyst-curated profiles.

Family office coverage

Altss leads decisively, today and at launch. PitchBook's family office coverage is a frequently cited gap: the platform was built around deal and company data, with LPs as a secondary dataset. Prospects switching to Altss consistently cite PitchBook's family office coverage as the switching reason.

Institutional LP coverage

Both platforms cover institutional LPs, but with different focuses. PitchBook has 56,000+ LPs and strong historical allocation data (per their May 2025 snapshot). Altss has 150,000+ institutional LP entities with current mandate, personnel, and allocation signals. For real-time targeting, Altss; for historical allocation research, PitchBook.

Email and contact data

This is the most frequent complaint against PitchBook from fund managers. Email error rates on extracted contact data mean campaigns run against PitchBook's LP contacts often bounce at unacceptable rates. Altss's live verification process means invalid emails never reach the UI.

#Data freshness

Altss

  • 30-day full database re-verification cycle
  • Real-time updates on personnel changes, mandate shifts, and fund launches
  • Every email is live-verified before appearing in the platform
  • Every record is traceable to a public source with a verification timestamp

PitchBook

  • Deal and funding news updated multiple times daily (1M+ news events analyzed weekly, 1M+ web crawlers)
  • Company-level profile data (headcount, descriptions, contacts) refreshes on a 3–4 month cycle per user reports
  • Survey + scraped + analyst-curated data model; no live email verification
  • Personnel changes and mandate shifts surface through news analysis but depend on public disclosure

For deal news and headline M&A announcements, PitchBook is fresh. For the contact and mandate data that matters in fundraising outreach, Altss is materially fresher.

#Methodology: OSINT vs. mixed aggregation

PitchBook's approach: Mixed. PitchBook's own documentation cites data sources including survey requests, regulatory filings, FOIA responses, and analysis of 1M+ news events weekly, maintained by 1,800+ data operations professionals using 100+ proprietary processes. This model produces broad coverage across deals and companies with strong deal-news velocity, but produces inconsistent quality at the contact and allocator level, where currency depends heavily on whether the firm has proactively updated its profile. A key part of PitchBook's company dataset expansion came through its partnership with Dun & Bradstreet, adding companies with $1M+ in annual sales.

Altss's approach: OSINT-first. Altss treats LP and company intelligence as an open-source intelligence problem. Data is sourced from 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, public news, and published allocator statements. The upcoming 50M+ companies dataset launching May 2026 extends OSINT methodology to company data — every record traceable to its public source and timestamped.

The practical difference for fundraising: if a family office promoted a new head of investments last month, Altss picks it up within days via OSINT signals. In PitchBook, the same change might not appear until the firm proactively updates its profile — which many private family offices never do.

#Pricing

Altss

Altss typically comes in materially below PitchBook's $30K minimum multi-seat bundle for LP-focused fundraising workflows9. Three coverage tiers — Family Offices, Full LP, and Full LP + Companies — scoped to team size, seat count, and organization type. Reduced rates for emerging managers raising Fund I–III. Enterprise 5-seat packages and multi-year agreements across all tiers. Book a demo for a scoped quote.

PitchBook

PitchBook (sales-gated; figures compiled from Vendr, TrustRadius, Failory, and third-party pricing databases, 2026):

  • Entry bundle: $30,000/year starting at 2+ seats minimum (no solo tier for most buyer segments)9
  • Additional seats: approximately $7,000/year each, based on customer reports9
  • Standard bundle for 3 users: approximately $24,000–$35,000/year depending on modules and contract9
  • Enterprise (10+ users): $45,000–$70,000+/year depending on modules9
  • API access and data feeds priced as paid add-ons (30–60% over base)
  • Median customer spend per verified transaction data: approximately $30,875/year; average revenue per account: approximately $58,300/year9

Key pricing observation: PitchBook's entry point is a multi-seat bundle — $30K for 2+ seats, scaling to $70K+/year for enterprise deployments. For fundraising-only use cases, Altss typically comes in materially below PitchBook's list pricing. For teams that need both deal data and LP data, PitchBook's broader scope has historically justified the spend — a calculation that shifts once the Altss 50M+ company dataset launches in May 2026. Book a demo for pricing scoped to your team.

PitchBook pricing compiled from Vendr Marketplace transaction data, TrustRadius verified customer reports, Failory customer surveys, CostBench software pricing database, and RevPilots customer interviews. Accessed April 2026.

#Where PitchBook wins

Honest comparison requires honest acknowledgment. PitchBook has real strengths Altss does not replicate.

  1. 01

    Fund performance benchmarking

    PitchBook's IRR, TVPI, and DPI data across funds and vintages is best-in-class. If your workflow requires benchmarking specific fund returns against peers by vintage and strategy, PitchBook delivers what Altss does not.

  2. 02

    Analyst research

    PitchBook's Institutional Research Group — 60+ analysts — produces regular reports on PE, VC, credit, and industry-specific analysis. Direct analyst consultation access is included with enterprise tiers. Altss does not produce equivalent research.

  3. 03

    Integration ecosystem

    Excel, PowerPoint, Chrome extension, Salesforce, HubSpot, DealCloud, API, and PitchBook Navigator AI with connectors for Claude, ChatGPT Enterprise, and Perplexity. PitchBook's integration depth is mature and broad. Altss is UI-only by design.

  4. 04

    Historical deal data depth

    PitchBook has tracked deals since 2007 — nearly 20 years of transaction history with valuations, deal structures, and participant tracking. Altss's company dataset is new; historical depth will take time to build.

  5. 05

    Public equity and credit data

    PitchBook covers 110K+ public companies, 528K+ debt financings, 65,000+ private credit deals, and extensive credit markets data. Altss does not.

  6. 06

    Cross-asset-class breadth

    PE, VC, M&A, credit, real estate, infrastructure, secondaries. For multi-asset-class firms, PitchBook's breadth is a genuine advantage.

  7. 07

    Morningstar infrastructure

    Enterprise buyers value the stability that comes from Morningstar ownership, a 3,000+ person operation, and integration with Morningstar's broader financial data.

  8. 08

    Brand and scale

    100,000+ clients worldwide. When an investment team references "the industry standard" for deal data, they usually mean PitchBook.

  9. 09

    Established AI integrations

    PitchBook Navigator (launched Nov 2025), Claude/ChatGPT Premium Connector, and the Perplexity MCP server are live today. Altss's equivalent AI integrations are on the roadmap.

If your primary workflow is fund performance benchmarking, historical deal research, or accessing analyst reports — PitchBook delivers more than Altss today.

#Where Altss wins

  1. 01

    Family office depth

    9,000+ family offices globally vs. PitchBook's limited family office coverage. This is the single biggest reason fund managers switch for fundraising workflows.

  2. 02

    Company dataset scale (May 2026)

    50M+ companies launching May 2026, scaling to 70M+ by end of Q2 2026 — approximately 4–6x PitchBook's live 11.9M company count. For prospects evaluating platforms in Q2 or later, this is a fundamental shift in the comparison.

  3. 03

    Data freshness on allocator contacts

    30-day re-verification vs. PitchBook's 3–4 month company-level refresh per user reports. For active fundraising where current contacts matter, this is decisive.

  4. 04

    OSINT methodology

    Every record traces to a public source. No reliance on whether the LP has proactively submitted data or updated their PitchBook profile. This methodology extends to the upcoming company dataset.

  5. 05

    Live email verification

    No bounces. PitchBook users frequently cite email error rates as a campaign-breaking issue.

  6. 06

    Real-time allocator signals

    Mandate shifts, personnel changes, fund launches, and event participation surface as live signals — not quarterly profile refreshes.

  7. 07

    Purpose-built for fundraising, not sourcing

    PitchBook was architected for deal teams. Altss was architected for GPs raising capital. The workflows reflect the difference.

  8. 08

    Enterprise pricing with emerging manager accessibility

    Altss is scoped to what your team actually needs — coverage tier, seat count, organization type. Reduced rates for Fund I–III. PitchBook pricing is sales-gated with a $30K minimum bundle for 2+ seats, scaling to $70K+/year for enterprise deployments.

  9. 09

    Global family office coverage

    Altss covers North American, European, Asian, and Middle Eastern family offices with comparable depth. PitchBook family office coverage skews US/EU.

  10. 10

    Evidence and source linking

    Every Altss record shows the public source behind each data point, with a verification date. PitchBook data does not cite sources at the record level.

#Full feature comparison

Full feature comparison of Altss and PitchBook
FeatureAltssPitchBook
Family office coverage✅ 9,000+⚠️ Limited
Institutional LP coverage✅ 150,000+ entities✅ 56,000+ LPs (May 2025 snapshot)
Company coverage🚀 50M+ launching May 2026 (70M+ by Q2 end)✅ 11.9M (homepage, April 2026)
Deal data🚀 Launching alongside company dataset May 2026✅ 3M deals (homepage, April 2026)
Investor coverage✅ LP-focused (150K+)✅ 621K investors (homepage, April 2026)
Fund countFund-level LP data✅ 161K funds (homepage, April 2026)
Fund performance benchmarking✅ Best-in-class (IRR, TVPI, DPI)
Analyst research access✅ 60+ analysts (IRG)
20 years historical deal data✅ Since 2007
Data refresh (LP contacts)✅ 30 days⚠️ 3–4 months
Deal news velocity⚠️ Not primary focus today✅ Multiple times daily
Real-time mandate signals⚠️ News-derived
Live email verification
OSINT source traceability
Evidence links per record
Personnel change tracking✅ Real-time⚠️ Lagging
Event participation signals
Excel/PowerPoint plugins
CRM + outreach🚀 AI outreach v0 live today; native CRM in build✅ External integrations only (Salesforce, HubSpot, DealCloud)
API access❌ UI-only by design✅ Paid add-on
LLM integrations⚠️ Roadmap✅ Navigator, Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity MCP
Public pricingEnterprise, custom-scoped❌ Sales-gated
Credit/debt market data⚠️ Limited✅ 65,000+ private credit deals
Public equity coverage✅ 110K+ public companies
Regulatory filing integration✅ Form ADV, Form D, 13F
Global FO coverage depth✅ NA/EU/Asia/ME⚠️ Primarily US/EU
Emerging manager focus
Employee count11 (lean team)3,000+ globally
Client countPrivate100,000+
Starting priceCustom enterprise scoping$30K minimum for 2+ seats
Parent companyAltss Inc.Morningstar (since 2016, $225M acquisition)

Comparison accurate as of April 18, 2026. Altss coverage figures reflect internal database counts and planned May 2026 company dataset launch. PitchBook figures: homepage numbers (11.9M companies, 3M deals, 621K investors, 161K funds) from pitchbook.com accessed April 2026; additional figures (56K LPs, 4.4M people, 65K credit deals) from PitchBook's May 2025 bi-annual data snapshot press release. Pricing compiled from Vendr, TrustRadius, Failory, and independent sources.

#What fund managers are saying

PitchBook too slow for our use case. Data accuracy issues — 50–60% of people data wrong or outdated. We were manually verifying everything, which defeated the point of paying for a platform.

Principal at a US venture fund1

PitchBook's main gap for us is inconsistent family office data coverage. For institutional LPs it works — for the family office segment specifically, we had to layer on another tool.

Founder and GP, early-stage VC fund2

Poor coverage of smaller family offices. That's the segment where capital is actually moving. We couldn't make PitchBook work for the fundraise.

Managing Partner, independent sponsor3

30–40% email bounce rate on extracted contacts. In active outreach, that kills deliverability and kills campaigns. The verification layer in Altss solved this immediately.

Head of IR at a global PE firm4

1–4 Testimonials reflect verified customer and prospect feedback captured in recorded evaluation calls between October 2025 and April 2026. Testimonials are lightly edited for clarity and anonymized at speaker request. Full verbatim source transcripts and speaker identities are retained by Altss under NDA and can be provided to qualified prospects on request. References available.

#Which is right for you?

For VCs and investors sourcing deals (today)
PitchBook. Altss does not yet cover companies or deals at scale. If your primary workflow is finding investment targets, researching companies, or tracking M&A activity, PitchBook is the right tool today.
For VCs and investors sourcing deals (after May 2026)
Reconsider both. Once Altss launches the 50M+ companies dataset, teams can evaluate whether OSINT-native, real-time company data meets their sourcing needs at a materially lower price point.
For GPs raising capital from family offices
Altss. PitchBook's family office coverage is a widely-cited gap, and email error rates on PitchBook contact data are a campaign-level problem for active fundraising. Altss is purpose-built for this workflow.
For emerging managers (Fund I & II)
Altss. PitchBook's pricing and LP-side orientation don't match the emerging manager budget or workflow. Altss offers reduced pricing for emerging managers (Fund I–III), along with the family office depth and real-time signals directly aligned with first-time fundraising.
For multi-strategy firms doing both sourcing and fundraising
Both, used together — today. PitchBook for deal sourcing, company research, and fund benchmarking. Altss for allocator targeting, family office outreach, and real-time LP signals. After May 2026, evaluate whether Altss alone covers enough of the workflow to consolidate.
For institutional LPs conducting due diligence
PitchBook. Fund performance benchmarking, analyst research, and historical allocation data are what due diligence requires. Altss does not replicate this.
For GTM teams selling to fund managers or allocators
Depends on target. PitchBook for selling to VCs/PEs about deal workflows. Altss for selling to GPs/IR teams about LP outreach.
For placement agents and capital introduction
Altss. Real-time mandate signals and family office depth are the core placement agent workflow. Several capital introduction teams use Altss as their primary LP targeting platform.

#Pros and cons

Altss

Pros

  • +9,000+ family offices — deepest global FO coverage
  • +150,000+ institutional LP entities with current data
  • +50M+ companies launching May 2026 (70M+ by end of Q2 2026)
  • +30-day re-verification for current LP data
  • +OSINT methodology with source traceability
  • +Live email verification
  • +Real-time mandate and personnel signals
  • +Transparent and predictable enterprise pricing (custom-scoped, reduced rates for emerging managers)
  • +Purpose-built for fundraising workflows
  • +Evidence links attached to every record

Cons

  • No fund performance benchmarking
  • Historical deal data not yet comparable to PitchBook
  • No Excel/PowerPoint plugins
  • UI-only access (no data export by design)
  • Native CRM in build; API + external CRM integrations on roadmap
  • Smaller team (11) than PitchBook's 3,000+

PitchBook

Pros

  • +11.9M companies and 3M deals (live homepage, April 2026)
  • +Best-in-class fund performance benchmarking
  • +Full cross-asset-class coverage (PE, VC, M&A, credit, real estate)
  • +1,800+ data operations team + 60+ analysts
  • +Mature integration ecosystem (Excel, PowerPoint, CRM, LLM)
  • +PitchBook Navigator AI, Claude/ChatGPT Premium Connector, Perplexity MCP
  • +110K+ public companies covered
  • +65,000+ private credit deals
  • +Morningstar-backed enterprise stability
  • +100,000+ clients, 3,000+ employees globally

Cons

  • Limited family office coverage
  • Email error rates a common user complaint
  • 3–4 month company-level data refresh reported by users
  • Sales-gated pricing (entry bundle $30K minimum for 2+ seats, scaling to $70K+/year)
  • Heavier platform requiring significant onboarding
  • Not purpose-built for LP outreach workflows
  • Weaker on global (non-US/EU) family office data
  • Users report difficulty exiting subscriptions

#Using both together

Many sophisticated firms use both platforms today because they solve different problems.

  • PitchBook for deal sourcing, company intelligence, fund benchmarking, and cross-asset-class research
  • Altss for real-time allocator signals, family office outreach, LP contact accuracy, and current mandate data

If your team does both active deal work and active fundraising, both tools are appropriate and serve different parts of the workflow today. If your team's primary job is raising capital — especially from family offices — Altss alone typically replaces PitchBook's LP-side use.

After May 2026, with Altss's 50M+ companies dataset launching (scaling to 70M+ by end of Q2), many teams will have the option to consolidate: use Altss as the single source for both LP intelligence and company data, retaining PitchBook only for fund performance benchmarking and analyst research if those are critical to the workflow.

#Frequently asked questions

Is Altss a full replacement for PitchBook?
Today, not entirely — PitchBook has broader deal and company coverage. For LP-side fundraising workflows (especially family office targeting), Altss replaces PitchBook for most fund managers. Once Altss's 50M+ companies dataset launches in May 2026 (growing to 70M+ by end of Q2 2026), many teams will be able to consolidate onto Altss for both LP intelligence and company data, retaining PitchBook only for fund performance benchmarking and historical deal research.
How much does Altss cost compared to PitchBook?
Altss is enterprise-priced, scoped to team size and coverage tier (Family Offices / Full LP / Full LP + Companies). Reduced rates for emerging managers raising Fund I–III. PitchBook pricing is sales-gated; based on Vendr transaction data and customer reports, the entry bundle starts at $30,000/year for 2+ seats minimum, with each additional seat at approximately $7,000/year. Enterprise 10+ user deployments run $45,000–$70,000+/year. The median PitchBook customer spends approximately $30,875/year. Book a demo for pricing scoped to your team.
What is Altss's 50M companies dataset launching in May 2026?
Altss is expanding its OSINT-powered intelligence platform to include a 50M+ companies dataset in May 2026, scaling to 70M+ by end of Q2 2026. This is approximately 4–6x PitchBook's live homepage count of 11.9M companies. The Altss approach is OSINT-native — every company record traceable to public sources — which differs from PitchBook's mixed methodology of surveys, scraping, and analyst-curated data. This enables the full relationship graph on one platform: LPs → GPs → portfolio companies.
Does Altss cover fund performance benchmarking?
No. Altss is focused on allocator intelligence and — starting May 2026 — company data. Fund performance benchmarking (IRR, TVPI, DPI with vintage comparisons) requires different data structures and is not part of Altss's current product scope. PitchBook remains the right tool for this workflow.
Who owns PitchBook?
PitchBook has been a subsidiary of Morningstar since 2016. Morningstar acquired PitchBook for $225 million that year. PitchBook today serves 100,000+ clients and employs over 3,000 people globally.
Can I migrate my PitchBook data to Altss?
Altss operates as a UI-only platform with no bulk export or import of records. Prospects typically run both platforms in parallel for 30–60 days when switching an LP-focused workflow, identifying gaps before fully transitioning. Altss support can help with onboarding.
Does Altss integrate with my CRM like PitchBook does?
Not yet. CRM integrations (Salesforce, HubSpot, DealCloud) are on the Altss roadmap. Altss is currently UI-only by design — a deliberate choice to protect allocators from bulk data extraction and maintain data quality.
How fresh is Altss data vs. PitchBook?
For allocator contacts, mandates, and personnel — Altss is materially fresher (30-day re-verification vs. PitchBook's user-reported 3–4 month cycle for company-level data). For deal and funding news, PitchBook's multiple daily updates are faster. The two platforms optimize for different freshness needs.
What about PitchBook Navigator and the Claude/ChatGPT integrations?
PitchBook launched Navigator in November 2025 — a generative AI feature delivering natural-language search over PitchBook data. PitchBook also offers a Premium Connector for Claude and ChatGPT Enterprise, and an MCP server partnership with Perplexity. These are live today. Altss's equivalent AI integrations are on the roadmap.
Can I trial Altss before switching?
Yes. Book a demo to get a working account and evaluate coverage for your specific LP targets, geography, and ticket-size focus before committing.

Ready to see Altss live?

Book a demo and evaluate Altss for your LP targeting workflow today — and get early access to the 50M+ company dataset launching May 2026. We'll walk through your specific family office and institutional targets, show you the live coverage against PitchBook, and scope pricing to your team.

Sources

  1. 1.PitchBook company, deal, investor, and fund counts: PitchBook homepage hero section at pitchbook.com, accessed April 18, 2026 (11.9M companies, 3M deals, 621K investors, 161K funds) View source ↗
  2. 2.PitchBook limited partner count, people data, private credit deals: PitchBook, "PitchBook Strengthens Leadership in Global Capital Market Data Coverage," bi-annual data snapshot press release, May 8, 2025 (56,000+ LPs, 4.4M people, 65,000+ private credit deals) View source ↗
  3. 3.PitchBook company scale: PitchBook press release, "PitchBook Releases 2026 Outlook Reports," December 12, 2025 (100,000+ clients, 3,000+ employees globally) View source ↗
  4. 4.PitchBook data operations team: PitchBook press release, May 2025 (1,800+ data operations professionals, 100+ proprietary processes) View source ↗
  5. 5.PitchBook analyst research team: PitchBook press release, December 2025 (60+ analysts in Institutional Research Group) View source ↗
  6. 6.PitchBook Navigator launch: PitchBook press release, November 2025 View source ↗
  7. 7.PitchBook Perplexity MCP partnership: PitchBook partnership announcement, 2026 View source ↗
  8. 8.Morningstar acquisition of PitchBook: PitchBook company profile; acquired October 2016 for $225 million View source ↗
  9. 9.PitchBook pricing: Vendr Marketplace transaction data; TrustRadius verified customer reports; Failory customer interviews; CostBench pricing database; accessed April 2026 View source ↗
  10. 10.Altss internal database counts and May 2026 company dataset launch plan: Internal platform metrics and product roadmap, April 2026 View source ↗