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.
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PitchBook
Score8.5 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
PitchBook is a resource for data, research, and insights spanning the global capital markets. Founded in 2007 and acquired by Morningstar in 2016, PitchBook's data on the private and public markets helps business professionals discover and execute opportunities.
I think Eikon is a close substitute. It doesn't have as many features as S&P Capital IQ, but unless you're working for a bank, hedge fund, or in corporate treasury, you probably won't notice it.
In my opinion, FactSet is another good alternative. It comes with more features …
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While Bloomberg has a much more comprehensive view of the markets and typically has more up-to-date information in terms of overall news, Cap IQ is easier to integrate into existing financial models, and the formula builder included with the Excel plugin makes it easy to pull …
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I think that CapIQ was a better tool for equity research, but the interface is quite clunky / archaic relative to PitchBook
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Compared the FactSet: PitchBook is far superior in providing private company data. On the excel tool front, we use Factset far more often due to the formulas and public company data availability AlphaSense: we use PitchBook as our first source when looking for private company …
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I think PitchBook is the best for private markets compared to these platforms. These platforms may surpass PitchBook for public markets work.
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A bit more robust for public company data - mostly used CapIQ when in banking. Especially the CapIQ excel plug in. As a VC, I need private company data and Pitchbook is better at that
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Pitchbook has the most exhaustive coverage of private market data, and that makes it uniquely differentiated against any other data sources mentioned above. As for public data, I dont think it is any unique compared to AlphaSense or CapIQ
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Products mentioned have similar but different use cases. First off, PB has better private company data than both of these (for now). I use CapIQ for public company data which PB lacks in many regards. I could see Alpha Sense taking priority over PB as the data offered on that …
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Senior Consultant in Marketing at Plante Moran (Management Consulting, 1001-5000 employees)
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Response specific to my line of work - The other sources we have don't carry in-depth tech market information. As such, PitchBook is my go-to source. Further, it also carries information about organizations providing services in various service lines and industry verticals …
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Preqin has better market data, but PitchBook is better for looking at individual funds.
I think the key thing is both are lacking in the data quality, and I would rather have no data than poor data.
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Commercialization Fellow at JHTV (Education Management, 51-200 employees)
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PitchBook is one of the best. More usable than Bloomberg Terminal though it has less information. It is similar to Crunchbase. CB Insights and AngelList have more lists of prominent companies in a field/specific search space.
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Far ahead of all competitors on private companies. Far behind S&P and Fact set on public company data
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Pitchbook had data that was easier to digest and more complete
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Associate in Professional Services at EY-Parthenon (Management Consulting, 10,001+ employees)
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Pitchbook is superior to both CapIQ and Hoovers as they provide correct and relevant information. Revenues available in capital IQ are outdated most of the times and D&B has modelled revenues which are long way off the mark a lot of times. While D&B is better for SMBs, …
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PitchBook excels at private company data and has significantly improved its coverage of investors and funds. It is generally more easy to navigate and information is updated frequently. It is not nearly as strong with public, credit or market data including access to news and …
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• Preqin has up to date and largely reliable fund performance information. The information like this on PitchBook is unusuable. I don't trust it in the slightest. If more sources were offered I might consider taking a closer look at it. • CapIQ is the home base for all public …
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PitchBook has the most accurate and complete data. CB Insights platform loads slightly more quickly and is a little more intuitive, but lacks data integrity. Tracxn is not easy to use, but offers some data on a lot of international and small, non-VC or PE-backed companies. …
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Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives + Corporate Venture Capital in Corporate at JLL Technologies (Computer Software, 10,001+ employees)
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PitchBook is truly a best in class financial research and diligence hub that provides accurate and relevant background research needed prior to performance any venture capital, private equity and M&A transactions. It is a thorough database that stands out among its peers, with …
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PitchBook is more focused on private company statistics such as capital raised, industry focus, investor base analysis, and overall market activity. PitchBook has more robust capabilities in terms of allowing users to manipulate private markets data, but does not have the same …
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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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PitchBook is excellent for building a rolodex of contacts, especially for firms which may be newer and lacking an established reputation within their given industry. I have used it as a tool to identify groups which may be interested in equity investments in one-off real estate deals, though the platform more prominently features groups which are more interested in programmatic/JV fund structures. PitchBook can also be useful as a tool for identifying industry trends, as it tends to capture creation of new funds and their investment appetites at any given time.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
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It would be nice to have the best parts of the deal tab merged into the general information tab for a company.
If possible, gather more information on certain executives. There are use cases where our clients want us to research candidates who may not have much information on LinkedIn or RocketReach.
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I think its a great platform as is. Its usable and we get most of the information as and when we need. I don't like the landing page after login, so I don't like to go to PitchBook every day to review daily updates on the industry. It's way too cluttered and requires MFA every time
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The overall support for PitchBook is about average. It is not excellent for two primary reasons. First, PitchBook can run slow from time to time, and I cannot copy and paste from the Chrome extension. I have found neither of those issues to be a function of the computer I am using. However, the PitchBook support team has proved helpful on several occasions.
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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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I also use SignalNFX, but it doesn't exist in the dropbox. Signal is a much more practical tool when it comes to a preliminary search, and when it comes to connecting with the right person. It scrapes your gmail history and linkedin to find who you're really connected to and figures out how to leverage that to get an intro. Sales NAVIGATOR is better for massive outbound, but not very relevant otherwise. PitchBook's real value is in the database. It won't help you reach out, but it sure will find you every single VC firm that could ever invest in your company.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. TR verified that a representative sample of customers was invited. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
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