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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bloomberg Terminal

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASitting 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

    YCharts

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AYCharts is an investment research platform from the company of the same name in Chicago, that drives smarter investments and better client communications, serving a client base of more than 5,000 RIAs, financial planners, and asset managers who oversee more than $750 billion in assets. YCharts helps investing professionals demonstrate their value to clients and prospects with tools that enhance client engagements and simplify often complex financial topics using visuals.N/A
    Pricing
    Bloomberg TerminalYCharts
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Bloomberg TerminalYCharts
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Bloomberg TerminalYCharts
    Considered Both Products
    Bloomberg
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Bloomberg TerminalYCharts
    Financial Research
    Comparison of Financial Research features of Bloomberg Terminal and YCharts
    Feature
    Bloomberg Terminal
    6.7
    4 Ratings
    9% below category average
    YCharts
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    31% above category average
    Private Company Data4.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Information7.84 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Independent Research Access6.24 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    M&A Analysis5.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain Data6.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    ESG Data6.33 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Credit Ratings Reports7.33 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Macroeconomic News8.73 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Search Tools7.24 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Bloomberg TerminalYCharts
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    S&P Capital IQ
    Score7.5 out of 10
    S&P Capital IQ
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    S&P Capital IQ
    Score7.5 out of 10
    S&P Capital IQ
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Bloomberg TerminalYCharts
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Bloomberg TerminalYCharts
    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
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    YCharts
    I use YCharts to perform my client reviews. It helps me demonstrate the performance and decision making process. It helps me show the deep dive of investment selection, and clients can see the thought process that goes into investment decision making.
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    Pros
    Bloomberg
    • EMSX
    • Graph
    • port
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    YCharts
    • Reporting
    • Investment research
    • Review capabilities with clients
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    Cons
    Bloomberg
    • Limiting data use
    • Cost of Bloomberg Terminal
    • New user on-boarding
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    YCharts
    • Sandbox approach to models
    • Branding
    • Alacart reports
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Bloomberg
    Easy to use but need to know commands
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    YCharts
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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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    YCharts
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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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    YCharts
    • Shows the high caliber of research by my firm
    • User interface is great
    • Research is amazing
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