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“The Intelligence Platform for the Modern Consumer”

CivicScience is a leading intelligence platform that provides high-velocity consumer data, empowering brands, media companies, and financial institutions to understand shifting market trends, brand health, and consumer intent. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company operates at the intersection of technology and market research, offering a proprietary approach to gathering consumer insights. By leveraging advanced polling technology embedded across a vast network of publisher websites, CivicScience captures real-time, self-reported consumer opinions, creating a dynamic data ecosystem that reflects the pulse of the modern consumer.

The company’s mission is to provide actionable intelligence that helps organizations make data-driven decisions with speed and precision, moving beyond traditional, slower research methods to deliver a continuous stream of behavioral and psychographic data. The core of the CivicScience offering is its sophisticated AI-powered opinion analytics platform, which processes millions of survey responses to uncover deep, granular insights. The company provides comprehensive market research data and proprietary panel survey data, allowing clients to segment audiences by complex demographic and psychographic variables.

This data is instrumental for identifying emerging trends, tracking brand performance, and predicting consumer behavior before it manifests in traditional sales metrics. By maintaining a constant flow of fresh data, CivicScience ensures that its partners remain agile in an increasingly volatile market environment. Target customers include investment firms, financial analysts, marketing agencies, and large-scale consumer brands.

For the investment community, the platform serves as a critical tool for alternative data analysis, providing early indicators of company performance and consumer sentiment that can inform investment strategies and risk assessment. For brands and media entities, the data facilitates precise audience targeting, content optimization, and competitive benchmarking. The platform’s technical architecture is designed for scalability and seamless integration, offering flexible delivery options that allow users to ingest data directly into their own analytical workflows.

What differentiates CivicScience in the marketplace is its unique methodology, which prioritizes high-frequency, self-reported data over passive tracking or historical modeling. By engaging consumers directly within their natural digital environments, the company achieves a level of authenticity and depth that is difficult to replicate. This approach enables a comprehensive view of the consumer journey, bridging the gap between what people say and what they do.

As businesses continue to navigate a landscape defined by rapid change, CivicScience provides the essential intelligence required to anticipate shifts in consumer sentiment and maintain a competitive edge. Through its commitment to innovation and rigorous data standards, the company remains a vital partner for organizations seeking to decode the complexities of modern consumer behavior.

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Intelligence Score
49/100
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Products

3

Type

data_provider

HQ

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Founded

2007

Employees

85

Domain

civicscience.com

Data Quality SignalsB

Freshness

Recently enriched

API Status

API Available

83Completeness

Compliance (vendor-reported)

SOC 2
ISO 27001
GDPR
CCPA

Quality Breakdown

Data Coverage
55
Documentation
85
Compliance
63
Pricing Clarity
100

Signal Analysis

Categories

Consumer SentimentMarket ResearchConsumer BehaviorBrand TrackingDemographic Data

Delivery Methods

REST APISFTPS3 BucketWeb UI download

Geographic Coverage

United States
Intelligence ScoresAll pillars scored
Market Presence
27
Trust & Compliance
49
Integration
37
Business Maturity
61
AI Readiness
27
Support & Ops
74
Product Quality
40
Extended Analytics
Price Clarity
100
Causal Authority
25
Causal Depth
40

Deep Intelligence

Enriched92% coverage

Web Authority

Notable
21
11 mentions·4 platforms
Blogs & Newsletters
5 × 2 pts+10
LinkedIn
3 × 2 pts+6
stackexchange
1 × 3 pts+3
linkedin company
2 × 1 pts+2
Evidence5 sources
stackexchange

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Trust & Compliance
Trust Score
57/100

Based on vendor-reported attestations, not verified by Vedex. Breach history is not scored.

SOC 2
ISO 27001
GDPR
Encryption: AES-256 for data at rest and TLS 1.2+ fo…Pen Test: Annual third-party penetration testing

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SOC 2 Type IIIn progress
GDPRFully compliant (DPA available)
ISO 27001No
Risk ScoreB+
EncryptionAES-256 for data at rest and TLS 1.2+ for data in transit
Penetration TestingAnnual third-party penetration testing
Audit LoggingYes (on request)
Breach HistoryNo public incident found in our search (unverified)
Data Privacy OfficerYes (shared role)
Compliance OfficerYes (part-time)
Privacy LawsGDPR, CCPA/CPRA
Data ResidencyUS
Personal Data BasisConsent and legitimate interest
Sub-processor TransparencyAvailable on request

Products (3)

Market Research Data
discoveryAPI

Comprehensive market research data derived from consumer polling and survey insights.

Real-timeUSAPI, data warehouse integration
Value 36Coverage 43
Pricing (estimated)
~$87,500/yr est.
Panel Survey Data
discoveryAPI

Proprietary consumer panel survey data collected through polling technology on publisher websites.

Real-timeUSAPI, data warehouse integration
Value 36Coverage 43
Pricing (estimated)
~$87,500/yr est.
AI Opinion Analytics Platform
discoveryAPI

AI-powered platform for analyzing consumer opinion and polling data.

Real-timeUSAPI
Value 36Coverage 43
Pricing (estimated)
~$87,500/yr est.

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About Civic Science

Civic Science is a data provider vendor headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded in 2007 with approximately 85 employees. Civic Science specializes in consumer sentiment, market research, consumer behavior, brand tracking, demographic data data. This vendor has a Vedex Intelligence Score of 49 out of 100, reflecting market presence, compliance posture, integration readiness, and business maturity.

Data Categories

Civic Science operates in the following alternative data categories.

Consumer SentimentMarket ResearchConsumer BehaviorBrand TrackingDemographic Data

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