What Tendata is
Tendata is a Shanghai-based trade data vendor whose iTrader platform targets export sales teams: find overseas buyers, monitor competitors, build lead lists. Its marketing claims customs and trade data from 80+ countries. Like most enterprise trade data vendors, it does not publish pricing — plans are quoted after a demo.
Why look for a Tendata alternative
Three recurring reasons. First, pricing opacity: without published plans you cannot budget, compare or avoid a sales cycle. Second, data provenance: an 80-country claim mixes true declaration-level customs records with aggregated statistics and mirrored data — depth varies sharply by country, so ask which sources are shipment-level for your lanes. Third, workflow fit: Tendata is built around outbound lead generation; if you need research-grade shipment records — verifying a supplier, quantifying a competitor's import volumes — a records-first platform fits better.
Five alternatives worth comparing
Stsx — declaration-level RF & KZ customs data with free unlimited search and a flat $1,990/year Pro. Every record carries HS code, weight and declared value, so claims are verifiable. ImportGenius — published pricing from $229/month, deep US bill of lading archive, 21+ countries at enterprise tier. Panjiva (S&P Global) — the enterprise benchmark for global coverage and entity resolution, quote-priced. ImportYeti — free US supplier search. 52wmb — budget Chinese option for occasional lookups.
If your goal is specifically finding buyers in Russia or Kazakhstan — a lane Tendata markets to Chinese exporters — declaration-level import data shows you who actually imports your product category, at what volumes and values, rather than scraped contact lists.
How to validate any trade data vendor
Run the same audit regardless of vendor: search a supplier or buyer you already know well and check the records against reality. Confirm the data is declaration-level (HS codes, declared values, dates) rather than aggregated. Ask about update cadence per country. And prefer vendors where a free tier lets you run this audit before a contract — that single step filters the market fast.