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DitchCarbon vs Sweep: a comparison for Scope 3 teams
Updated 2 September 2026. This comparison is for teams weighing a specialist supplier emissions data platform against an all-in-one carbon platform. It is factual by design: both products are credible, and the right choice depends on which problem you are solving.
What is Sweep?
Sweep is an all-in-one carbon platform covering Scope 1, Scope 2 and all fifteen Scope 3 categories, including financed emissions, with collaboration features that let different business units own their part of the data collection and reporting outputs for frameworks such as CSRD. If you are evaluating it, Sweep's own documentation is the right source for its current capabilities.
What is DitchCarbon?
DitchCarbon provides verified emissions data for over 2 million organisations, built on primary emissions data wherever it exists, so procurement, sustainability and finance teams can measure and act on supply chain and portfolio emissions from one source. It is a specialist Scope 3 carbon accounting platform: the emphasis is the counterparty data itself, with a source and change history on every figure and coverage gaps shown, not hidden.
How do the two differ?
The honest distinction is the problem each is bought for. Sweep organises enterprise-wide carbon collection and reporting across teams. DitchCarbon is bought for what the supplier and portfolio figures are made of, and for keeping them defensible as companies publish and restate.
| Feature | DitchCarbon | Sweep |
|---|---|---|
| Primary focus | Scope 3 supplier and portfolio emissions data, sourced and kept current | All-in-one carbon platform for Scopes 1, 2, and 3 |
| Data methodology | Disclosed, supplier-specific figures first, with generic factors visible where nothing is published | Hybrid model using spend-based estimates, activity data, and supplier inputs |
| Supplier engagement | Requests prepopulated with what each supplier has already published | Campaign-based data collection and collaboration tools |
| Key strength | Counterparty coverage with a source and change history on every figure | Broad coverage of all 15 Scope 3 categories, including financed emissions |
| Ideal user | Sustainability and procurement teams working on supply chain emissions and supplier engagement | Central sustainability teams needing a single platform for enterprise-wide carbon reporting |
When is Sweep the right choice?
When the job is orchestrating carbon accounting across a whole enterprise: many business units contributing data, all scopes and categories in one place, and reporting produced from one system. If your operating model is a central team coordinating collection from finance, logistics and operations, that is the shape Sweep is built for.
When is DitchCarbon the right choice?
When the data is the problem. If Category 1 or Category 15 carries most of your footprint and the figures behind it are sector averages, the gap is not collection workflow. DitchCarbon starts from what companies have already published, so the disclosed part of a supplier list or portfolio is matched and scored before anyone is asked anything, and the remaining gap is visible and ranked rather than silent.
Can you use both?
Yes, and organisations do. In that pairing DitchCarbon is the counterparty data layer and Sweep organises the enterprise-wide accounting built on it. The wider version of this decision, specialist data layer against all-in-one suite, is set out on our specialist vs suite page.
See the comparison on your own list
The fastest test is your own file: send a sample of your supplier list or portfolio to the coverage check and see how much of it already carries a matched, scored figure.
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