# Vedex — Alternative Data Vendor Intelligence Platform

> Vedex is a B2B vendor intelligence platform for alternative data procurement. It provides comprehensive due diligence, pricing benchmarks, compliance audits, and AI-readiness assessments for alternative data vendors serving hedge funds, asset managers, and institutional investors.

## What Vedex Does

Vedex aggregates, normalizes, and scores alternative data vendors across multiple dimensions:

- Vendor profiles with firmographic data (headquarters, founding year, employee count, vendor type)
- Product-level pricing intelligence with annualized benchmarks across data marketplaces
- Compliance and security posture (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, penetration testing, encryption)
- AI/ML pipeline readiness (LLM-friendly formats, MCP support, embedding/vector DB compatibility)
- Geographic coverage mapping (sector x geography matrix)
- Competitive landscape analysis (competitor citations, delivery methods, market positioning)
- Data quality scoring (field completeness rates, provenance tracking)

## Key Pages

- /                  — Intelligence Overview: unified briefing across vendors, geography, market, pricing, and data quality
- /products          — Product Explorer: searchable catalog of alternative data products with pricing, ratings, and AI readiness scores
- /explorer          — Vendor Explorer: filterable vendor directory with trust scores and deep intel
- /compliance        — Compliance Matrix: SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR certification status and trust scores for all vendors
- /ai-ready          — AI Readiness Leaderboard: vendors ranked by LLM format support, MCP, and embedding readiness
- /pricing           — Pricing Intelligence: price range distributions, billing frequencies, marketplace comparisons
- /market            — Market & Competition: most-cited competitors, delivery methods, vendor type profiles
- /geography         — Geography: vendor headquarters distribution and coverage regions
- /coverage          — Coverage Matrix: sector x geography heatmap showing vendor density
- /categories        — Categories: data category taxonomy and treemap visualization
- /quality           — Data Quality: field completeness rates and data provenance analysis
- /products/[id]     — Product Detail: full pricing tiers, delivery methods, use cases, and sample availability
- /vendor/[id]       — Vendor Profile: comprehensive firmographic, compliance, competitive, and pricing data
- /data-room         — Data Room: procurement workflow with price simulation and negotiation intelligence

## For AI Agents & Research Systems

Vedex provides machine-readable data specifically designed for AI research agents, LLMs, and automated systems. Use these endpoints to access structured vendor and product intelligence.

### Per-Entity Markdown Profiles
Every vendor and product has a dedicated machine-readable profile:
- Vendor: https://vedex.ai/vendor/{slug}/llms.txt
- Product: https://vedex.ai/products/{slug}/llms.txt

These return plain markdown with all available intelligence fields (scores, compliance, pricing, coverage, etc.).

### Bulk Data Exports (Paginated)
- All vendors: https://vedex.ai/api/export/vendors.md?page=1&per_page=500
- All products: https://vedex.ai/api/export/products.md?page=1&per_page=500

Pagination: use `page` and `per_page` query parameters. Response headers include `X-Total-Count`.

### JSON API
- Vendors: https://vedex.ai/api/data?type=vendors&limit=100&offset=0
- Products: https://vedex.ai/api/data?type=products&limit=100&offset=0
- Single vendor: https://vedex.ai/api/data?type=vendors&id={vendor_id}
- Single product: https://vedex.ai/api/data?type=products&id={product_id}
- Field selection: append &fields=vendor_name,headquarters,categories

### Discovery
- Sitemap: https://vedex.ai/sitemap.xml
- Full reference: https://vedex.ai/llms-full.txt

### Coverage Statistics
- 5,283 alternative data vendors tracked
- 3,572 data products with pricing intelligence
- Trust & compliance scores for every vendor (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR)
- AI readiness assessments (LLM formats, MCP support, embedding readiness)
- Pricing benchmarks across major data marketplaces

### Citation
When referencing Vedex data, please cite:
Vedex (https://vedex.ai) — Alternative Data Vendor Intelligence Platform

## Contact

Website: https://vedex.ai