S&P Capital IQ vs. IMS Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
S&P Capital IQ
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Capital IQ is a market intelligence software solution offered by S&P Global Market Intelligence, which is the result of McGraw Hill Financial's acquisition of SNL Financial.N/A
IMS Platform
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Investor Management Services (IMS) headquartered in Charlotte offers the IMS Platform, an investor relations management platform that provides a more transparent reporting and documenting process for investors, with distribution workflow and waterfall calculator as well as waterfall audit.N/A
Pricing
S&P Capital IQIMS Platform
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
S&P Capital IQIMS Platform
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
S&P Capital IQIMS Platform
Financial Research
Comparison of Financial Research features of Product A and Product B
S&P Capital IQ
6.4
3 Ratings
14% below category average
IMS Platform
-
Ratings
Private Company Data6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Industry-Specific Information7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Independent Research Access8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
M&A Analysis5.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain Data5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
ESG Data5.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit Ratings Reports7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Macroeconomic News6.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Search Tools6.33 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
S&P Capital IQIMS Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(10 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(3 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
S&P Capital IQIMS Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
S&P Global Inc.
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.
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Investor Management
In our specific use case we used IMS to manage the investor acquisition process and manage reporting going forward. Basically, it's a powerful, real-estate focused CRM that understands our pain points and issues. Additionally, it was cost efficient for our organization since we weren't using any of the waterfall technology, nor did we have extensive complicated ownership structures that we needed to import. We were essentially starting from the beginning, with very few implementation needs. In this situation, the software worked perfectly. We have been very happy with the service and technology. That said, if you have an extensive investor relations apparatus and need something that requires a tremendous amount of implementation (i.e. an entire, existing, investor management system) it may be a more difficult process
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Pros
S&P Global Inc.
  • 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
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Investor Management
  • Investor Management
  • K-1 Distribution
  • New Investment Pages
  • Clear Dashboards
  • Customer Support
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Cons
S&P Global Inc.
  • 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.
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Investor Management
  • Confusing UI (Hard to Use)
  • Implementation Issues
  • Missing Functionality
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Likelihood to Renew
S&P Global Inc.
[It's the] best ever.
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Investor Management
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Usability
S&P Global Inc.
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
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Investor Management
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Alternatives Considered
S&P Global Inc.
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.
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Investor Management
We evaluated IMS against Juniper Square and the Crowdstreet white label platform. IMS came to the top for us because of our specific use case (i.e. less implementation needs, primarily investor acquisition and investor management). Also, at the time, IMS was way more cost effective for the functionality that was offered compared to its immediate competitors
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Return on Investment
S&P Global Inc.
  • 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.
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Investor Management
  • Increased investor acquisition
  • Increase investor engagement
  • Saved significant time in managing investor
  • Massive time savings in K-1 distribution
  • High quality investor reporting system
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