Bloomberg Terminal

Bloomberg Terminal

58 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Bloomberg Terminal	Score8.3 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

Bloomberg Terminal

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Pricing Offerings
Bloomberg Terminal
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Bloomberg Terminal
Considered Both Products	Bloomberg Xavier Brun head of equity at trea am (Financial Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Bloomberg Terminal I select Bloomberg Terminal because of switching costs. I started with ith and learn a new software is not easy. Incentivized Helpful? Joao Dibo Financial Analyst in Finance and Accounting at Perbak Capital Partners (Financial Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Bloomberg Terminal Visible Alpha and AlphaSense are better for fundamental research of publicly listed companies. The Visible Alpha Excel plug-in is easy to use, the financial KPIs are easy to find, and there's a long historical data availability. Whereas the AlphaSense AI functionality is … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Bloomberg Terminal FactSet has a more user friendly interface in my opinion. It's easier from a data management stand point as well. It's also quite a bit cheaper than a Bloomberg Terminal. Still, Bloomberg Terminal is much better for front office trading and portfolio management. And again, the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Bloomberg Terminal Bloomberg Terminal offers the most features and is a one-stop tool Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Bloomberg Terminal 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 … Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
	100% Would buy again 5 Answers
	Delivers good value for the price
	80% Delivers good value for the price 4 Answers
	Happy with the feature set
	100% Happy with the feature set 5 Answers
	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

Bloomberg Terminal

Comparison of Financial Research features of Bloomberg Terminal
Feature	Bloomberg Terminal 6.7 4 Ratings 9% below category average
Private Company Data	4.84 Ratings
Industry-Specific Information	7.84 Ratings
Independent Research Access	6.24 Ratings
M&A Analysis	5.73 Ratings
Supply Chain Data	6.34 Ratings
ESG Data	6.33 Ratings
Credit Ratings Reports	7.33 Ratings
Macroeconomic News	8.73 Ratings
Search Tools	7.34 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Bloomberg Terminal
Likelihood to Recommend	8.3 (5 ratings)
Usability	7.3 (4 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Bloomberg Terminal
Likelihood to Recommend	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. Incentivized Joao Dibo Financial Analyst Read full review
Pros	Bloomberg EMSX Graph port Incentivized Xavier Brun head of equity Read full review
Cons	Bloomberg Limiting data use Cost of Bloomberg Terminal New user on-boarding Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Usability	Bloomberg Easy to use but need to know commands Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Alternatives Considered	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 Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Return on Investment	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. Incentivized Joao Dibo Financial Analyst Read full review
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