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“Human Data Intelligence”

Datasift is a pioneering enterprise platform dedicated to the concept of Human Data Intelligence, providing organizations with the infrastructure necessary to transform vast, unstructured social media and public web data into actionable business insights. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company operates at the intersection of big data and artificial intelligence, offering a sophisticated suite of tools designed to capture, process, and analyze the global 'firehose' of human-generated content. By enabling enterprises to tap into the real-time pulse of public conversation, Datasift empowers decision-makers to move beyond intuition, grounding their strategies in the empirical evidence of evolving market sentiment and consumer behavior.

The core value proposition of the platform lies in its ability to distill noise into intelligence, ensuring that businesses can navigate complex digital landscapes with clarity and precision. The company’s product ecosystem is anchored by its real-time social data streams, which allow for the continuous monitoring of global conversations as they happen. Complementing this, Datasift provides access to extensive historical social data archives, facilitating deep-dive trend analysis and longitudinal research that would otherwise be impossible to conduct at scale.

Through its robust Human Data API, the platform seamlessly integrates these processed data streams directly into existing business intelligence tools, CRM systems, and automated workflows. This technical architecture is designed for high-throughput environments, ensuring that data is not only accessible but also enriched with sentiment analysis, topic classification, and entity extraction. Datasift serves a diverse array of sectors, with a particular focus on finance, investment, corporate strategy, and market research.

Financial institutions and hedge funds leverage the platform to identify market-moving signals and gauge investor sentiment, while global brands utilize the technology for proactive reputation management, customer service optimization, and competitive benchmarking. Furthermore, the platform is built to support rigorous compliance and governance standards, ensuring that data usage remains transparent and aligned with enterprise security requirements. What differentiates Datasift in the marketplace is its commitment to data quality and technical sophistication.

By providing granular filtering capabilities and advanced text analytics, the platform allows users to isolate the specific signals that matter most to their unique objectives. Whether it is tracking the emergence of a new consumer trend, monitoring brand health in real-time, or conducting complex sentiment analysis across multiple languages and platforms, Datasift provides the essential infrastructure for the modern data-driven enterprise. Through its focus on scalability, reliability, and deep analytical insight, the company remains a critical partner for organizations seeking to harness the full potential of human data to drive innovation and maintain a competitive edge in an increasingly digital world.

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Intelligence Score
59/100
Your Rating
Products

3

Type

platform

HQ

San Francisco, California, USA

Founded

2010

Employees

150

Domain

datasift.com

Data Quality SignalsA

Freshness

Recently enriched

API Status

API Available

83Completeness

Compliance (vendor-reported)

SOC 2
ISO 27001
GDPR
CCPA

Quality Breakdown

Data Coverage
60
Documentation
85
Compliance
100
Pricing Clarity
100

Signal Analysis

Categories

Social Media DataSentiment AnalysisText AnalyticsReal-time Data Streams

Delivery Methods

REST APIPython SDK

Geographic Coverage

Global
Intelligence ScoresAll pillars scored
Market Presence
15
Trust & Compliance
99
Integration
39
Business Maturity
52
AI Readiness
28
Support & Ops
74
Product Quality
49
Extended Analytics
Price Clarity
100
Causal Authority
20
Causal Depth
30

Deep Intelligence

Enriched92% coverage

Web Authority

Emerging
16
9 mentions·3 platforms
LinkedIn
4 × 2 pts+8
linkedin company
4 × 1 pts+4
Hacker News
1 × 4 pts+4
Evidence5 sources
Hacker News

Realtime Datamining at 120000 Tweets Per Second

I'm building a realtime app now and easily am processing tens of thousands of relevant tweets a day. While a service like Datasift could ...

LinkedIn

Twitter to Datasift: You're Out of Here!

In fact, as soon as mid-2014 people were predicting a decision like this when Twitter acquired Datasift's main competitor, Gnip, the company ...

LinkedIn

Learn more about the DataSift + Datorama partnership ...

Datorama has officially announced a strategic partnership with DataSift. This all-new relationship will make it easier for Datorama ...

Trust & Compliance
Trust Score
100/100

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 a…

These are the vendor's own attestations as collected from public sources, not Vedex's. Verify directly with the vendor.

SOC 2 Type IIYes (current report available)
GDPRFully compliant (DPA available)
ISO 27001Yes (with certificate date)
Risk ScoreA
EncryptionAES-256 for data at rest and TLS 1.2+ for data in transit
Penetration TestingAnnual third-party penetration testing and continuous vulnerability scanning
Audit LoggingYes (on request)
Breach HistoryNo public incident found in our search (unverified)
Data Privacy OfficerYes (dedicated)
Compliance OfficerYes (full-time)
Privacy LawsGDPR, CCPA/CPRA, UK Data Protection Act
Data ResidencyUS, EU
Personal Data BasisLegitimate interest and contractual necessity
Sub-processor TransparencyAvailable on request

Products (3)

Real-time Social Data Streams
discoveryAPI

Platform for aggregating, filtering, and analyzing real-time data streams from social media and public web sources.

Real-timeGlobalAPI, streaming
Value 46Coverage 75Trial 15
Pricing (estimated)
~$36,000/yr est.
Historical Social Data Analytics
discoveryAPI

Access to historical social media data archives for trend analysis and hindsight reporting.

On-demandGlobalAPI
Value 42Coverage 55
Pricing (estimated)
~$36,000/yr est.
Human Data API
discoveryAPI

API service to deliver processed social data into business intelligence tools and business processes.

Real-timeGlobalAPI
Value 46Coverage 75Trial 15
Pricing (estimated)
~$36,000/yr est.

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About Datasift

Datasift is a platform vendor headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, founded in 2010 with approximately 150 employees. Datasift specializes in social media data, sentiment analysis, text analytics, real-time data streams data. This vendor has a Vedex Intelligence Score of 59 out of 100, reflecting market presence, compliance posture, integration readiness, and business maturity.

Data Categories

Datasift operates in the following alternative data categories.

Social Media DataSentiment AnalysisText AnalyticsReal-time Data Streams

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