ZAF Tools vs Daloopa
Daloopa and ZAF Tools solve different problems and are easy to confuse because both promise to save an analyst time on data entry. Daloopa maintains a database of public-company financials, scraped and cleaned from SEC filings, earnings decks and investor presentations, and pushes that data into a model with a live link back to the source. ZAF Tools does the opposite kind of work: it takes a private target's trial balance — a document that exists nowhere else, in no database — and builds the financial due diligence analysis around it: mapped statements, Quality of Earnings, the EBITDA bridge, working capital and net debt. If your job is public-company modelling or equity research, Daloopa's database is the product. If your job is diligence on a private acquisition target, there is no database to subscribe to, and that is where ZAF Tools fits.
A maintained database of public-company historicals with a source link on every cell, updated automatically around earnings releases. Strong for equity research, public comps and any model that needs to stay current without an analyst re-keying numbers every quarter.
Private-company FDD from a raw trial balance and data-room documents, where no database exists. AI mapping, statement build, Quality of Earnings, EBITDA bridge and working capital analysis, all inside Excel with a live tie-out to the source TB.
Feature by feature
| Dimension | ZAF Tools | Daloopa |
|---|---|---|
| Data source | Client TB, GL, data-room PDFs | Public filings database |
| Use case | M&A due diligence | Equity research, public comps |
| QoE, bridge, NWC | Yes | No |
| AI commentary | Yes | No |
| Pricing | From $29 per month | Enterprise |
Competitor information is based on public documentation and reviews as of September 2026 and may change. Corrections welcome at abhishek.bhandari@zaftool.com.
Not really competitors, and teams that do both public-market work and private-company diligence often use both: Daloopa to keep public comps current without manual re-entry, ZAF Tools to run the FDD analysis on the private target itself. If you're choosing between them for the same task, the question is simple — is the target public (Daloopa) or private (ZAF Tools)?
Questions about Daloopa
Is Daloopa a due diligence tool?
Not directly. Daloopa supplies public-company financial data with source links; it doesn't run Quality of Earnings, EBITDA bridge or working capital analysis on a private target's trial balance the way ZAF Tools does.
Can I use Daloopa data inside a ZAF Tools databook?
ZAF Tools is built around a trial balance import, not a public-filings feed, so the two don't integrate directly today. Some deal teams use Daloopa separately for public comps alongside a ZAF Tools FDD workbook.
Does ZAF Tools cover public companies?
ZAF Tools works from a trial balance or general ledger, so it applies to any entity with one — including a public company's subsidiary in a carve-out deal — but it isn't built as a public-filings database the way Daloopa is.
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