Aylien vs. Factiva

Depends on the scenario. Overall it's a decent platform and gives me the features I'm needing for a great price.

Incentivized

A large part of our work depends on the ability to source quality media content from a breadth of dependable sources globally. This is Factiva's bread and butter: it has a very comprehensive list of 'quality' media sources such as nationals, dailies, business journals and magazines from around the world that are easily mined for the content they hold. If you're thinking about anything other than these 'traditional' media sources then Factiva probably isn't your thing. It doesn't do social media.

Incentivized

• The API is easy to use.
• The documentation is clear to use.
• Customer support was also great at giving me a quick response.

Incentivized

• Factiva offers excellent search builders so that I am able to narrow my search to specific companies or topics very easily.
• Factiva combines a large number of credible sources into one place and allows me to search all of these sources.
• Factiva's use of timestamps helps me understand when the news was known by the market which allows me to analyze how (if at all) that particular piece of news impacted the company's stock price.
• Provides an excellent starting place for learning about a company and/or industry.

Incentivized

• The news articles some times are not very relevant about the search query.
• The API responds with articles that are sourced from paid websites that cant is opened.
• It has problems sometimes with getting the right related stories, and the distribution of older media is not the best it could be.

Incentivized

• The UX leaves room to be desired
• There are often repetitive entries
• The functionality can be confusing

Incentivized

At the time, Factiva was already being used by the company I worked for - they had developed procedures specifically for using Factiva, so there wasn't really an option. I've used Lexis, Westlaw and Bloomberg exclusively for legal research, so there wasn't really an overlap with Factiva.

Incentivized

• Proposal tools increase efficiency across our sales platform.
• The timeliness in their customer support has increased our sales velocity.
• Changed our process by allowing us to focus on providing value more than validation.

Incentivized