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    Dynamo Software

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ADynamo Software is a purpose-built investment management platform that can support the entire private market investment lifecycle. It offers modules for CRM, deal management, investor relations, investor portal, portfolio monitoring, fund accounting, research management, portfolio management, and ESG reporting.N/A

    Fidelity Active Trader Pro

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AActive Trader Pro is Fidelity's customizable trading platform for the desktop and optimized for online trading technology. The solution offers real-time insights, visual snapshots to monitor investments, and trading tools.N/A
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    Dynamo SoftwareFidelity Active Trader Pro
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    Dynamo SoftwareFidelity Active Trader Pro
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—$0 commissions for online US stock, ETF, and option trades. Margin rates among the most competitive in the industry—as low as 4.00%. No minimums to open an account.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    89%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Dynamo SoftwareFidelity Active Trader Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (14 ratings)
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    7.4
    (14 ratings)
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Dynamo SoftwareFidelity Active Trader Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dynamo Software
    I think to organise and view information Dynamo has shown it's capability. However, it's still not a workflow or project management tool. It's a great hub for inhaling and presenting information of magnitude, and it does so well. But there are limitations to how Dynamo can be used to allow interpersonal and teamed type collabs to happen. We know it's not an Asana and not built for that, so it's not a negative feedback, just not the appropriate platform if full fledged proj management and logistics, comms need to be housed somewhere along with the data, It's not within Dynamo for now.
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    Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC)
    Fantastic for the planning and execution of trades, as follows: (1) Offers nearly 50 market filters, including technical, social sentiment, and custom options filters, (2) supports analysis of option market sentiment with volatility and open interest statistics, as well as the day’s biggest trades, (3) functionality to trade equities, ETFs, simple and complex option strategies with extended-hours and directed trading capabilities, (4) capacity to create and save up to 50 orders and place them at the right time, (5) helps manage risk and profit potential with conditional orders, (6) allows placement of a variety of simple and complex multi-leg option orders, (7) provides ability to monitor portfolio with streaming quotes, real-time gain and loss, streaming balances, and streaming order status updates, and (8) allows creation of personalized layouts to see the market and portfolio information that’s important to you Set trade defaults, create shortcuts, and use hotkeys to quickly and efficiently navigate through the platform.
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    Pros
    Dynamo Software
    • Tracking relationships in the CRM and the Web Add-in tool to add new information straight from emails.
    • The flexibility to build out whatever view you would like to see certain data in and the ability to then export information to Excel.
    • The Mail Merge Tool allows us to communicate to over 100 different subsets of our limited partners in different SPVs.
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    Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC)
    • Customizable to display information the way I want to see it.
    • Clean, straightforward interface to let me quickly access information from cursory overview to detailed tax information.
    • Equipped with good security measures.
    • Very user friendly.
    • The software has some nice features, including watch lists, market news, alerts, and real-time balances. The program also displays tax-lot information in real-time. There are advanced options tools as well. Active Trader Pro is able to submit up to 20 orders at once using a multi-order ticket.
    • Active Trader Pro has many available features. Alerts can be set, watch lists can be created, and market news can be followed. Balances are shown in real-time. Each of these elements can be assigned to its own window. Tax-lot info can be shown in real-time as well. A multi-order trading ticket can submit 20 orders at once. Up to 50 orders can be built and saved.
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    Cons
    Dynamo Software
    • Some functionality is clunky: Mailing Campaigns, Passthrough Integration, Dynamo Accounting Complex Transactions. At times it seems functionality is rolled out too soon.
    • Onboarding of new clients for us seems a bit haphazard. We just added a new tenant with CRM, Dynamo Accounting and the Investor Portal and we weren't exactly sure what the state of the new tenant should be based on what was copied over from a prior tenant or how much Dynamo Software time or support we would have to customize the new tenant.
    • At times it seems Dynamo Software's terminology with relationships either isn't intuitive or is repetitive creating additional time/confusion when modifying workspaces, portal set-up, etc.
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    Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC)
    • Basic explanations of what the functionality is for those who do not fully understand how 401ks work
    • Explaining the difference between Roth and traditional 401Ks
    • More availability for 1:1 appointments with employees
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    Usability
    Dynamo Software
    I find it easy to use and very intuitive once you get into the weeds. We also prepared an entire policies and procedures for utilizing it efficiently and not making many human errors. This guide has helped our employees understand how to use it. In addition, the help guides on the Dynamo website are really useful
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    Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC)
    I gave Fidelity Active Trader Pro this usability rating because, in my experience, Fidelity Active Trader Pro is Very user friendly
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dynamo Software
    Main arguments were: pricing as well as the usability. Setting up Dynamo is not difficult. Especially if you don't know what you really want. Dynamo offers out of the box views. Adjusting these is simple. Other competitiors like eFront are very customisable but need to be set up from scratch. Dynamo offered some type of canvas.
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    Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC)
    Highly comparable. thinkorswim was a great platform and Fidelity has achieved competing against it. Ease of learning curve with training and the ability to configure exactly what the user wants to see is a huge plus. The customizations available are a major bonus and Fidelity's overall customer experience is a beacon in the marketplace.
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    Return on Investment
    Dynamo Software
    • creating work flows for new clients
    • can cause issues with to many items in the pipeline
    • Allows us to view funding quickly and efficiently
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    Fidelity Investments (FMR LLC)
    • It shows our workforce we are choosing vendors that are adapting to the modern age.
    • It helps us solve a technological gap related to the workforce that does not have access to desktops or laptops.
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    Dynamo Software Screenshots

    Screenshot of Dynamo Accounting, which is a General Ledger (GL) based platform to manage and automate complex fund administration, and reporting workflows, delivering Excel-powered financial packages, audit-ready outputs, and streamlined financial operations from a single platform.Screenshot of Dynamo Research Management, a platform that centralizes and automates investment research and due diligence workflows for multi-asset class investors.Screenshot of Dynamo Investor Portal, which is a secure, configurable platform that streamlines investor communications, performance reporting, and document management to deliver GP and LP engagement.Screenshot of Dynamo Deal Management, used to streamline GP deal sourcing, pipeline tracking, and due diligence with intuitive workflows, unified data, and intelligent automation.Screenshot of Dynamo Investor Relations, which streamlines fundraising, investor communications, reporting, and relationship tracking in a single system.Screenshot of Dynamo Portfolio Management with embedded DynamoAI delivers intelligent portfolio monitoring, analytics, and workflow automation, empowering investment teams to make faster, data-driven decisions across their portfolios.