Likelihood to Recommend Cap IQ is well suited for analyzing security pricing and valuation, tracking stock performance over time, looking up comparable transactions, and analyzing valuations on an industry basis. The service is also well suited for charting and data analysis purposes.
Read full review Prior to adopting Cronycle, our research team had a variety of different ways in which they would discover, store and share information. These methods were often inconsistent, with many smaller teams or sub-groups of researchers operating independently of others. In many cases, content that was potentially useful to more than one colleague was not being shared at all. We had thousands of different sources, accessed through varying methods and stored in different locations/systems, and very few colleagues would have had an idea of which sources other team members were using. Furthermore, we became aware as a team that while between us we were pulling in a lot of information, much of what was being discovered was not necessarily being acted upon, or indeed being read by the colleague to whom it was most relevant. We also needed to become more targeted, and indeed more selective, in the information we were seeing, and Cronycle -specifically through the Sources Library, the Feeds, and the tagging and notification functionality - has enabled us to do just this. There has been a genuinely transformative outcome to our information gathering ability, borne out by specific metrics, which Cronycle has also provided us with via the Enterprise account.
Read full review Pros Plugins that change and analyze analysis improve it. Capital IQ is user-driven, unlike other market participants, which helps streamline the dashboard and acquire accurate data. Any report or analysis delivers the most in fewest words. In this data-driven world. Read full review relevant, spot-on content to any of the 80.000 topics they curate. Content curation, quickly assemble insights from a multitude of sources collaborating, commenting, and creating insights around any of the topics you focus on with a team is a breeze, and in one central place. Read full review Cons S&P Capital IQ's add-in slows down my Excel when I incorporate formulas into it. S&P Capital IQ's algorithms don't necessarily look in the footnotes of company filings, which can make for a less robust analysis of financials and multiples than desired. The user interface is not very user-friendly and thus makes maximizing the software's features difficult. It could be more intuitive to use and not so busy (e.g. not so many small icons on one web page). The S&P Capital IQ support team, however, is always available and very helpful. Read full review For some reason logging on for a few months does not go as easy as usual, because nowadays I need a least two attempts to log in. I think I do only use the core functionality of Cronycle: getting indication info by keywords via multiple sites. Vice versa: if people come to me with a suspected issue, I double-check via Cronycle by entering that issue as search in found results. A low occurrence often indicates the suspected issue likely is not so severe. Read full review Likelihood to Renew [It's the] best ever.
Read full review Support Rating Any issues with the platform have always been resolved quickly. I have never previously worked with a third party software provider whose support team is as responsive.
Read full review Alternatives Considered We had Capital IQ in addition to Bloomberg. It was much easier for a new person to use Capital IQ than Bloomberg. The ease of use was a huge selling point for us. Yahoo finance on the other hand is free, but you cannot gather all the data you may need in one location like you can in Capital IQ.
Read full review Hootsuite publication prep and scheduling is great, better than Cronycl (a manual process) Cronycl management of feeds, filtering creation of topical boards are excellent,
Hootsuite doesn't offer this. Cronycle I find it easier, more attractive, and better filtering than Buffer, though Buffer was slightly better at the publication prep.
Read full review Return on Investment We were a boutique investment bank, so it helped multiple people doing their job at the same time instead of waiting for a turn on the Bloomberg terminal. Brought more interactive reports in PDF format to the table. Saved some money, if I have to go basic. Read full review Cronycle is my secret superpower (well, it was until now!) I have landed and retained clients by wowing them with insights their own teams have not previously provided I have aced speaking gigs and secured many more by engaging audiences with insights gained through this tool Read full review ScreenShots