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BamSEC vs. Bloomberg Terminal

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BamSEC
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
BamSEC is a financial research tool designed to transform how the user can work with SEC filings and earnings transcripts.
$828
per year
Bloomberg Terminal
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Sitting on the desks of 325,000 of the world’s most influential decision makers, the Bloomberg Terminal is a modern icon of financial markets. Launched in 1981, long before PCs and the internet became ubiquitous, the Bloomberg Terminal connected market participants to data, analytics and information-delivery service.N/A
Pricing
BamSECBloomberg Terminal
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BamSECBloomberg Terminal
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
BamSECBloomberg Terminal
Financial Research
Comparison of Financial Research features of Product A and Product B
BamSEC
-
Ratings
Bloomberg Terminal
6.7
4 Ratings
9% below category average
Private Company Data00 Ratings4.84 Ratings
Industry-Specific Information00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
Independent Research Access00 Ratings6.34 Ratings
M&A Analysis00 Ratings5.73 Ratings
Supply Chain Data00 Ratings6.34 Ratings
ESG Data00 Ratings6.33 Ratings
Credit Ratings Reports00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
Macroeconomic News00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
Search Tools00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
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Score 7.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
BamSECBloomberg Terminal
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.3
(5 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
BamSECBloomberg Terminal
Likelihood to Recommend
BamSEC
other than being essentially unusable on mobile/tablet, BamSec is second to none when it comes to efficiently searching through filings and transcripts. really like how it pre-sorts all a company's documents into PRs, 8-Ks, proxies, trancripts, 10-K/-Q, et cetera we also like that you can use screening function that enables searches across multiple companies or company lists
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Bloomberg
Well-suited as a monitoring tool for market prices, economic indicators, and news. Less appropriate for fundamental research and analysis. Other tools, such as AlphaSense and Visible Alpha, are better/more user-friendly for research usage or manipulation of financial statements, either because the platform itself is easier to use or because the Excel add-in function is simpler, less confusing.
JD
Joao Dibo
Financial Analyst
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Pros
BamSEC
  • comparing similar tables across different SEC filings
  • custom and general email alerts
  • ability to pay for expert interviews
  • ability to download raw pdf
  • speed of updates
  • highlighting capabilities
  • can create a public link to share snippets
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Bloomberg
  • EMSX
  • Graph
  • port
XB
Xavier Brun
head of equity
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Cons
BamSEC
  • mobile website is unusable
  • there is no mobile app
  • note-taking can be finicky
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Anonymous
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Bloomberg
  • Limiting data use
  • Cost of Bloomberg Terminal
  • New user on-boarding
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Anonymous
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Usability
BamSEC
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Bloomberg
Easy to use but need to know commands
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Alternatives Considered
BamSEC
not even comparable. Koyfin would take much much longer to feed new filings than BamSec the only place this beats BamSec is the mobile website, i really hope BamSec can get their act together on that front
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Anonymous
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Bloomberg
While there are a lot of competitive services in the marketplace, each good in its own right, the Bloomberg Terminal is considered the top product. It has key fast information and can help individuals make fast decisions. It also has a top-tier support desk that can answer questions for you and teach you functionality to apply to your role
Verified User
Anonymous
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Return on Investment
BamSEC
  • efficiency of research
  • ROI
  • no need to proactively look after setting alerts
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Bloomberg
  • The terminal is an important part of our research process. We use the supply chain function for example when researching new companies.
  • The terminal allows us to have a quick overview of past performance for stocks during earnings season (ERN function).
  • The terminal is very good at synthesizing the main industry indicators in the Bloomberg Intelligence functions for each industry.
JD
Joao Dibo
Financial Analyst
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