Factiva vs. Sumdata.me

A large part of our work depends on the ability to source quality media content from a breadth of dependable sources globally. This is Factiva's bread and butter: it has a very comprehensive list of 'quality' media sources such as nationals, dailies, business journals and magazines from around the world that are easily mined for the content they hold. If you're thinking about anything other than these 'traditional' media sources then Factiva probably isn't your thing. It doesn't do social media.

Incentivized

Easy to use, easy to start, very budget - wise, especially for micro and small business

• Factiva offers excellent search builders so that I am able to narrow my search to specific companies or topics very easily.
• Factiva combines a large number of credible sources into one place and allows me to search all of these sources.
• Factiva's use of timestamps helps me understand when the news was known by the market which allows me to analyze how (if at all) that particular piece of news impacted the company's stock price.
• Provides an excellent starting place for learning about a company and/or industry.

Incentivized

• Discover similar business to your existing customers data base
• Show business information and comparison based on location, industry, and many more factors
• They showing the contact person in the business and way to connect

• The UX leaves room to be desired
• There are often repetitive entries
• The functionality can be confusing

Incentivized

• I think it will be helpful to get more "live" data
• I am waiting to see the future marketplace feature

it really helped me in getting engaged with new potential customers and also increased my conversion rate

At the time, Factiva was already being used by the company I worked for - they had developed procedures specifically for using Factiva, so there wasn't really an option. I've used Lexis, Westlaw and Bloomberg exclusively for legal research, so there wasn't really an overlap with Factiva.

Incentivized

It is more beneficial to small businesses and much easier to use. In the micro/small business market, it is all about connecting the right people with their specific needs and communicate in person with potential customers, and in this, SumData.me specialize

• Positive, for the low cost for user, I discovered much more customers than before