Backstop vs. FactSet

Backstop

3 Reviews and Ratings

FactSet

43 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Backstop	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	Backstop Solutions Group in Chicago provides cloud-based technology supporting hedge funds. These applications include tools for investment research and analytics, accounting, a financial services specific CRM, and investor relations and document sharing tools, as well as investment portfolio management and due diligence tracking.	N/A
FactSet	Score 7.9 out of 10	N/A	FactSet is a provider of financial data and analytic applications for investment management and investment banking professionals.	N/A

Pricing

Backstop

FactSet

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Backstop	FactSet
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Backstop	FactSet
Top Pros	Pro Provide us Pro Make better decisions Pro Portfolio management	Pro Easy to customize Pro Easy to run Pro Easy to generate
Top Cons	Minus Mobile version Minus Mobile devices Minus Little difficult	Minus Setting up Minus Sized companies Minus Quite slow

Best Alternatives
	Backstop	FactSet
Small Businesses	Creatio Score 9.1 out of 10	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	Creatio Score 9.1 out of 10	S&P Capital IQ Score 7.8 out of 10
Enterprises	Creatio Score 9.1 out of 10	S&P Capital IQ Score 7.8 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Backstop	FactSet
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (3 ratings)	9.4 (4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Backstop	FactSet
Likelihood to Recommend	Backstop Solutions Group Backstop makes planning and selecting the portfolio efficiently. There is a candid assistance in matters of resource utilization. Moreso, Backstop has a cost accounting notion, which makes the company control the expenses they make. Finally, Backstop has classical research procedures where analysis and decisions arrive after extensive assistance and evaluations. Incentivized wilson bruno Logistics Supervisor Read full review	FactSet Integration with MS Powerpoint is one of my first recommendations, it is an advance to be able to integrate FactSet with other products to be able to expand the capacity of accounting departments. The scalability of FactSet is amazing and is related to its integration plugins. The ROI achieved through FactSet also continues to motivate me to recommend it. Incentivized Jesica Danie Moore Senior Account Manager Read full review
Pros	Backstop Solutions Group Storage of notes from calls and meetings. Tracking portfolio holding balances, transactions, and IRRs/MOICs. Allowing flexibility for client-defined uses. Incentivized Sean Carr, CFA Director Read full review	FactSet curating outside in intelligence enabling account plans target addressable market estimation competitors tracking value proposition pitching RFP deal support Incentivized AK Avishek Kumar General Manager Read full review
Cons	Backstop Solutions Group Poor communication procedures Lack of specific OS support No mobile version for Backstop Incentivized wilson bruno Logistics Supervisor Read full review	FactSet Faster load time API integration Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Backstop Solutions Group No answers on this topic	FactSet The technical support motivates us to continue using FactSet, we will not stop using the advantages that this software offers us. Incentivized Vee Larsen Temmel Accountant Read full review
Support Rating	Backstop Solutions Group Backstop support is fantastic. They always pick up the phone without a wait and are highly knowledgeable, I rarely need more than 5 minutes to fix an issue. Incentivized Sean Carr, CFA Director Read full review	FactSet I think the data delivery could be improved, but it's a good data set. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Backstop Solutions Group I have not used or evaluated any Backstop competitors. Freestone already used Backstop when I started. Incentivized Sean Carr, CFA Director Read full review	FactSet Global Data, AlphaSense, Hoovers, S&P, etc. Incentivized AK Avishek Kumar General Manager Read full review
Return on Investment	Backstop Solutions Group Business ends up profiting The chances of investing in the wrong projects don't exist The analytical assistance from Backstop increases more investment plans Incentivized wilson bruno Logistics Supervisor Read full review	FactSet High quality sales pitches stress tested competitive revenue models outside in views for all selling and marketing stakeholders Incentivized AK Avishek Kumar General Manager Read full review
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