Bloomberg Terminal

Overview
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Bloomberg Terminal
Score 8.7 out of 10
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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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Bloomberg Terminal
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Bloomberg Terminal
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I select Bloomberg Terminal because of switching costs. I started with ith and learn a new software is not easy.
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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 …
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Bloomberg Terminal offers the most features and is a one-stop tool
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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 …
Features
Bloomberg Terminal
Financial Research
Comparison of Financial Research features of Product A and Product B
Bloomberg Terminal
6.7
4 Ratings
9% below category average
Private Company Data4.84 Ratings
Industry-Specific Information7.84 Ratings
Independent Research Access6.34 Ratings
M&A Analysis5.73 Ratings
Supply Chain Data6.34 Ratings
ESG Data6.33 Ratings
Credit Ratings Reports7.33 Ratings
Macroeconomic News8.73 Ratings
Search Tools7.34 Ratings
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
S&P Capital IQ
S&P Capital IQ
Score 7.8 out of 10
Enterprises
S&P Capital IQ
S&P Capital IQ
Score 7.8 out of 10
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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.
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Pros
Bloomberg
  • EMSX
  • Graph
  • port
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Cons
Bloomberg
  • Limiting data use
  • Cost of Bloomberg Terminal
  • New user on-boarding
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Usability
Bloomberg
Easy to use but need to know commands
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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
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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.
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