Product / Comparison
The modern alternative to legacy clinical trial databases
Weighing Clarivate Cortellis, Citeline Trialtrove, GlobalData, or AdisInsight? Here is an honest, side-by-side look at how TrialForge compares on database size, China depth, AI access, and price, checked against each provider's own pages.
- 740,000+ trials
- Refreshed daily
- Source-traceable
- Deep China coverage
At a glance
Every competitor cell is checked against the provider's own live pages.
| Feature | TrialForge | Clarivate Cortellis | Citeline Trialtrove | GlobalData | AdisInsight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Database size | 740,000+ | 689,000+1 | Unclear2 | 455,000+3 | Not publicly stated |
| Scope | Global | Global | Global | Global | Global |
| Data refresh | Daily | Unclear | Unclear | Daily | Daily |
| China coverage | BioPharma and academic registries | Academic only4 | Unclear | Unclear | Academic only5 |
| In-app AI | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LLM connectors | Claude + ChatGPT | No | No | No | Claude only6 |
| API and data feed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | A fraction of peer pricing | Six figures / yr7,8,9 | Six figures / yr9,10 | $30k to $80k / yr9,10,11 | Not found |
Why teams use TrialForge
Confidence that is affordable
TrialForge pairs modern data labeling with a transparent design. We leverage classic secondary-data mappings supplemented with LLM-native methods. The result is an alternative to legacy clinical trial data vendors that is affordable enough that it can also be used as a supplement to your existing data stream for additional confidence.
Source-traceable
Every field links directly back to its trial's registry page, so you can check any data point against the primary source rather than take it on faith.
AI-native
TrialForge is built for AI workflows. It connects natively to both Claude and ChatGPT through dedicated connectors, and it includes in-app AI, so you can query the trial data in plain language wherever you work.
The only publicly confirmed China Biopharma coverage
TrialForge is the only clinical trial data provider with publicly confirmed coverage of China's CDE (NMPA) regulatory registry, where leading pharma, international and Chinese, list trials in China. Does your database cover the latest trials coming out of China? Do not guess, be sure. Ask us for a sample of TrialForge's China coverage, and read our blog.
A modern alternative to Cortellis, Trialtrove, GlobalData, and AdisInsight
Questions teams ask us
Sources
- Clarivate, Cortellis Clinical Trials Intelligence (Cortellis database size.)
- Citeline, Clinical Planning (states ~190,000 trials beyond ClinicalTrials.gov; Citeline does not publish a single reconciled total.)
- GlobalData, Pharmaceutical Intelligence (GlobalData database size.)
- Clarivate, Cortellis Labs Clinical API (registry list: ChiCTR present, no CDE.)
- AdisInsight, clinical trial registries covered (ChiCTR present, no CDE.)
- AdisInsight, MCP connector (Claude setup only.)
- SalesMotion, Citeline alternatives (Cortellis pricing posture.)
- Clarivate, Q4/FY2025 results (Life Sciences and Healthcare segment $389.8M, implied ARPU ~$130k.)
- RepVue (crowd-sourced sales compensation and deal size (Clarivate, Citeline, GlobalData).)
- SalesMotion, Clarivate alternatives (Citeline six figures annually; GlobalData $30K to $80K+/year.)
- GlobalData, 2025 Annual Report (blended average client value ~$62.5k.)
Figures are self-reported by each provider (size, refresh, China, AI) and current as of July 2026, not independently audited. Vendors do not publish list prices; pricing figures are triangulated estimates from the sources above.