Hebbia vs Brightwave
Pick Hebbia if you need a documented enterprise platform with a comparison grid, named filings and market data connectors, and a headless API. Pick Brightwave only after you confirm whether its 2024 source-linked research assistant is still offered, since its current homepage describes agent infrastructure. Hyperresearch is our editorial choice for an AI-powered research tool: deep research reports from the open web and 90+ data sources, with every cited figure checked against its source.
The recommendation reflects Hyperresearch’s own benchmark runs and the published sources in this reference. Hyperresearch is our product. This is not a hands-on test of every tool.
Side by side
| Hebbia | Brightwave | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Not published. Demo request only. A third-party estimate puts cost near an annual Bloomberg Terminal subscription. | Not published. A third-party directory lists contact for pricing. |
| What it returns | Matrix grids that compare many companies or documents across the same questions | Unclear. The 2024 product returned research findings; the homepage now describes agent infrastructure |
| Sources and coverage | SEC and European filings, transcripts, FactSet, S&P Capital IQ, PitchBook, EMMA and firm storage | The 2024 announcement named SEC filings, transcripts, sell-side research and news |
| Citations and verification | A Source Documents column appears in Matrix samples | The 2024 announcement described source-linked findings; the current site does not say |
| API and MCP | Headless Hebbia API and MCP server announced October 1, 2026 | Not mentioned on the homepage |
| Limits | Enterprise contracts; limits set by agreement | Current product scope unclear |
| Best for | Investors and bankers running document-heavy diligence across many companies | Teams that want to confirm a source-linked research assistant is still offered |
An established enterprise platform
Hebbia is an enterprise AI platform for finance and legal work. Its public pages list SEC and European filings, earnings transcripts, Preqin, FactSet, S&P Capital IQ, PitchBook and EMMA. It also connects to SharePoint, OneDrive, Box and Snowflake. Its Matrix grid compares many companies across the same questions.
Hebbia's blog reports that it launched Max on July 30, 2026 and Matrix 2.0 on August 26, 2026. It announced a headless API and MCP server on October 1, 2026, which the company says makes Matrix and Projects available inside tools such as Claude and ChatGPT.
Brightwave's product history
Brightwave launched in 2024 as an AI financial research assistant. Its 2024 Series A announcement cited four times revenue growth since its seed round. Its 2024 materials described source-linked findings and chat with primary sources.
Its homepage now calls the company an agent infrastructure business. The page does not mention financial research, citations, pricing or an API. Those 2024 features may not be part of the current product.
How to decide
If you need a documented enterprise platform with a grid, filings and named data connectors, Hebbia's public pages give you more to check. If your interest is the 2024 Brightwave research assistant, confirm that it still exists before you plan a pilot.
Neither company publishes prices. A third-party profile of Hebbia estimates its cost is roughly in line with an annual Bloomberg Terminal subscription. That estimate is not a vendor figure. Ask both vendors for a sample output on the same question.
Choose Hebbia or Brightwave?
- You compare many companies in one grid with source documents.
- You need FactSet, Capital IQ or PitchBook connections.
- You want a headless API or MCP server for financial research.
- You want to confirm whether its source-linked research assistant is still offered.
- You want a smaller vendor and can accept an uncertain product scope.
- You are looking at agent infrastructure for your own tools.
Where Hyperresearch fits
Hyperresearch is neither a grid platform nor an agent infrastructure product. It writes a sourced report from open-web and public data. Neither Hebbia nor Brightwave appears in the DRACO run, so no shared score exists.
Questions & answers
Is Hebbia better than Brightwave for investors?
Hebbia's public pages describe the platform investors use for filings and comparisons. Brightwave's current homepage does not describe investor research. Hebbia is the clearer choice today.
Does Brightwave publish pricing?
No. Its public materials show no prices. Its CEO declined to share pricing in 2024 coverage.
Sources for this entry
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