S&P Capital IQ vs. Data Central

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.

Incentivized

Well suited: 1. We use Data Central to run queries & fetch data. 2. It's an amazing tools where we create multiple profiles with Query & then create multiple job id's for each profile. & then we run the query for the jobs. 3. Its so customizable as we can fetch the data through query for a particular, day, week, month, year. Least Suited: 1. Its very complicated for new users. 2. Data integration with multiple tables is a challenging during any launches. 3. Implementation is very time consuming since it involves large amount of data. 4. The output from the query is stored for maximum of 1 year & can't be retained for more than a year.

Incentivized

• On-demand reliable financial data either through the platform or through the Excel Plug-In
• Great user interface, intuitive to use
• Great help desk function, quick and responsive
• Excellent auditability of financial data with easy traceback to source documents

Incentivized

• We use Data Central to run queries & fetch data.
• It's an amazing tools where we create multiple profiles with Query & then create multiple job id's for each profile. & then we run the query for the jobs
• Its so customizable as we can fetch the data through query for a particular, day, week, month, year.

Incentivized

• The scope and depth of the collected data can be increased.
• The UI with little icons and buttons may be difficult at first but may become intuitive. The UI isn't horrible but might be better.
• Global data coverage, but US and UK markets have the greatest details. MENA and APAC lack.

Incentivized

• Its very complicated for new users
• Data integration with multiple tables is a challenging during any launches
• Implementation is very time consuming since it involves large amount of data
• The output from the query is stored for maximum of 1 year & can't be retained for more than a year

Incentivized

[It's the] best ever.

Incentivized

S&P CIQ Pro has great data, however, the new pro version is currently difficult to use given how slow the data is to process

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

Haven't tried any alternatives to Data Central as what we were looking for was very unique & customizable solutions. So, we went ahead with Data Central only. As we were able to scale our operations & appplications through it.We use Data Central to run queries & fetch data. It's so customizable as we can fetch the data through query for a particular, day, week, month, year.

Incentivized

• S&P Capital IQ contributes to a more comprehensive analysis of companies when making decisions on how best to market them to potential buyers.
• S&P Capital IQ has enabled my company to be more efficient in learning about and valuing companies.
• Due to the quality and reliability of information S&P Capital IQ has, it is saving my company large amounts of time.

Incentivized

• We use Data Central to run queries & fetch data.
• It's an amazing tools where we create multiple profiles with Query & then create multiple job id's for each profile. & then we run the query for the jobs
• Its so customizable as we can fetch the data through query for a particular, day, week, month, year.
• Data integration with multiple tables is a challenging during any launches
• The output from the query is stored for maximum of 1 year & can't be retained for more than a year

Incentivized