# AlphaSense vs Listen: who uses which

On usedby, 27 companies use AlphaSense and 40 use Listen. 1 company uses both, including Microsoft. Counts include every proof level, job-post signals included. Companies named on both have a confirmed or observed line on each side. Latest check 2026-10-07: 55 of 67 public lines checked.

## Side by side

|  | [AlphaSense](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/alphasense.md) | [Listen](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/listen.md) |
|---|---|---|
| Public customers | 27 | 40 |
| Confirmed | 17 | 13 |
| Observed | 10 | 27 |
| Signals (job posts) | 0 | 0 |
| Top industries of customers | Accounting & Audit (1), Banking & Mortgages (1), Biotech & Pharma (1) | Fintech & Payments (4), Consumer Goods (3), Fashion & Apparel (3) |
| Category | AI Search & Research | AI Search & Research |
| Security | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 ([alpha-sense.com](https://www.alpha-sense.com/security/), checked 2026-10-08) | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 42001, ISO 27001, ISO 27701 ([trust.listenlabs.ai](https://trust.listenlabs.ai/), checked 2026-10-04) |
| Integrations | Affinity, Apollo, BigQuery, Bipsync, Databricks, Dropbox, Egnyte, Evernote, Gmail, Gong, Google Calendar, Google Drive ([alpha-sense.com](https://www.alpha-sense.com/platform/connectors/), checked 2026-10-08) | — |
| Your data | — | Not used to train models by default. ([trust.listenlabs.ai](https://trust.listenlabs.ai/), checked 2026-10-04) |

## Companies named on both

Confirmed or observed on each side.

| Company |
|---|
| [Microsoft](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/microsoft.md) |

## Published results

Reviewed stories only; usedby did not measure the figures.

- AlphaSense: [NetApp](https://www.usedby.ai/case-studies/netapp-alphasense.md): **70%**: “70% faster turnaround on executive requests” (captured by usedby 2026-10-07)
- AlphaSense: [Emirates NBD](https://www.usedby.ai/case-studies/emirates-nbd-capital-alphasense.md): **in half**: “By cutting time to insight in half, the team has been able to take on a higher volume of mandates” (captured by usedby 2026-10-07)
- Listen: [A1Base](https://www.usedby.ai/case-studies/a1base-listen.md): **half the time**: “the team shipped StudyArena in roughly half the time it took to build A1Zap” (captured by usedby 2026-10-02)
- Listen: [Anthropic](https://www.usedby.ai/case-studies/anthropic-listen.md): **100 studies**: “Think about it as 100 studies for the price, at least in terms of time, of five or six.” (captured by usedby 2026-10-02)

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Source: https://www.usedby.ai/compare/alphasense-vs-listen · How we check: https://www.usedby.ai/methodology