FirstLight: Designed by and for Intelligence Professionals

When you deploy FirstLight as your intelligence platform, you can count on an uncanny level of support. Why? Because we are intelligence professionals as well.

When you need help exploring a topic in more depth, we stand ready and able to help. FirstLight Enterprise Edition™ offers a complete bespoke intelligence backbone for any size organization. FirstLight Team Edition™ caters to analyst teams looking for a platform to coordinate team activities and impacts. FirstLight Virtual Analyst can be added to either edition to operate and manage the platform on your behalf – performing all tasks expected from a member of your own team!

Who Uses FirstLight

Engage your entire organization in the intelligence process

  • Product Managers
  • Sales
  • Marketing
  • R&D
  • Business Development
  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • Corporate Lenders
  • Executives
Greg Ervin

Greg Ervin, Chief Technology Officer

“The greatest challenge in our hyperconnected world is separating signal from noise. That’s the core mission of all Aurora WDC’s software platforms.”

FirstLight™ – Enterprise-Ready Intelligence Operating System

FirstLight offers a complete bespoke intelligence backbone capable of serving any size organization.

  • Build a culture of intelligence within your organization, especially critical when industries move fast and there is simply no way for even the smartest team to keep up
  • Create a positive feedback loop of interactions between your intelligence team and stakeholders throughout the organization
  • Demonstrate your return on investment inside your organization
  • Use real-time engagement metrics to hone your intelligence product quality and delivery

Features & Capabilities

Collection Automation
Stream virtually any secondary source into the system, including tens of thousands of feeds pre-loaded at launch.
Easy Tagging Tools
Have your automated feeds labeled and parsed behind the scenes without manual intervention. Use tags to retrieve and analyze later.
Centralized Repository
Keep all your primary information, newsfeeds, third party reports, and finished intelligence in one spot for easier analysis and retrieval.
Include "Unpublished" Information
Robust primary research capabilities allow you to create projects, manage sources, and track your progress.
Rapid Distribution
Design, create, send, and monitor your customized deliverables directly from the system.
Measure Your Results
Need unbiased feedback? Track who is opening your emails and what they’re reading for better precision on what to deliver next.
Team Edition™
Enterprise Edition™
Virtual Analyst™

Cloud-Based

Yes
Yes + API access

Yes + Virtual Analyst

Data Streams

Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited

Power Users

5
Unlimited
Unlimited (View Only)

Analyst Guided Setup

Yes
Yes
Yes

Data Sources

Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited

Unlimited Dashboards

Analyst
Analyst and Stakeholder
Stakeholder

Workflows

User-Defined
Customized
Handled by Virtual Analyst

Newsletter

Unlimited
Unlimited
Handled by Virtual Analyst

Usage Metrics

Yes
Yes
Yes

Knowledge Base

Yes
Yes
Yes

Support

Phone or Email
Phone or Email
Managed by Virtual Analyst

Intelligence Services

Available (via Aurora GPS)
Available (via Aurora GPS)
Available (via Aurora GPS)

Billing

Quarterly or Annual
Quarterly or Annual
Quarterly or Annual

EXCELLENT

“FirstLight is truly a competitive advantage for our team. It is an integral tool we use every day whether it’s to keep informed or to assist in analysis and help disseminate insight to key decision makers.”

Verified Reviewer – Senior Manager (Retail)

Get Started Today

Book a private, confidential demo with our FirstLight team to ensure we can customize the platform to your organization’s unique intelligence needs.