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Bloomberg Terminal vs. The Q4 Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bloomberg Terminal
Score 8.3 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
The Q4 Platform
Score 7.9 out of 10
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Q4 Inc. is a provider of IR Ops software offering access to their proprietary investor data, purpose-built to remove obstacles between public companies and their investors. Q4 gives investor relations leaders, C-Suite Executives and their teams tools to attract, manage, and understand investors.N/A
Pricing
Bloomberg TerminalThe Q4 Platform
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bloomberg TerminalThe Q4 Platform
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Bloomberg TerminalThe Q4 Platform
Financial Research
Comparison of Financial Research features of Product A and Product B
Bloomberg Terminal
6.7
4 Ratings
10% below category average
The Q4 Platform
-
Ratings
Private Company Data4.84 Ratings00 Ratings
Industry-Specific Information7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
Independent Research Access6.34 Ratings00 Ratings
M&A Analysis5.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain Data6.34 Ratings00 Ratings
ESG Data6.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit Ratings Reports7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Macroeconomic News8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Search Tools7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Bloomberg TerminalThe Q4 Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(5 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bloomberg TerminalThe Q4 Platform
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.
JD
Joao Dibo
Financial Analyst
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Q4, Inc
This is one of two providers to go with if you are considering an investor relations website. We evaluated both of them and landed on Q4 Desktop due to their reputation of solid customer service. The additional CRM software is a nice to have as there are many other solutions you may have access to before you make that product your main go to.
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Anonymous
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Pros
Bloomberg
  • EMSX
  • Graph
  • port
XB
Xavier Brun
head of equity
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Q4, Inc
  • easy to use
  • comprehensive database access
  • good looking ux/ui
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Anonymous
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Cons
Bloomberg
  • Limiting data use
  • Cost of Bloomberg Terminal
  • New user on-boarding
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Anonymous
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Q4, Inc
  • speed of platform
  • lacking mobile app
  • pricing structure is fragmented
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Anonymous
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Usability
Bloomberg
Easy to use but need to know commands
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Anonymous
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Q4, Inc
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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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Anonymous
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Q4, Inc
Q4 Desktop had the highest market share and good customer references.
Verified User
Anonymous
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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.
JD
Joao Dibo
Financial Analyst
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Q4, Inc
  • reduced engineering time for website maintenance (2 hours per release)
  • reduced collaboration time with marketing team
  • automatic press release postings
Verified User
Anonymous
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