S&P Capital IQ vs. D&B Hoovers

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
S&P Capital IQ
Score 7.9 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
D&B Hoovers
Score 8.6 out of 10
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D&B Hoovers delivers sales intelligence data for millions of companies globally.N/A
Pricing
S&P Capital IQD&B Hoovers
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
S&P Capital IQD&B Hoovers
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
S&P Capital IQD&B Hoovers
Considered Both Products
S&P Capital IQ

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D&B Hoovers
Chose D&B Hoovers
It depends upon the situation mostly I prefer D&B Hoovers because of the data relevancy but sometimes it happens Hoovers is not working or is unable to find the details which I required then I move to S&P Capital IQ.
Chose D&B Hoovers
If we talk about company coverage, D&B Hoovers is more exhaustive.
Chose D&B Hoovers
I use Capital IQ almost every day. The whole website is superior to D&B Hoovers in my opinion. I go to Hoovers when I can't find a company there.
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
S&P Capital IQD&B Hoovers
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
S&P Capital IQ
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Ratings
D&B Hoovers
8.2
72 Ratings
8% above category average
Advanced search00 Ratings8.468 Ratings
Identification of new leads00 Ratings8.064 Ratings
List quality00 Ratings7.769 Ratings
List upload/download00 Ratings8.864 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings7.860 Ratings
Load time/data access00 Ratings8.368 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
S&P Capital IQ
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Ratings
D&B Hoovers
8.0
72 Ratings
6% above category average
Contact information00 Ratings6.864 Ratings
Company information00 Ratings8.971 Ratings
Industry information00 Ratings8.270 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
S&P Capital IQ
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Ratings
D&B Hoovers
8.0
69 Ratings
8% above category average
Lead qualification process00 Ratings7.044 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations00 Ratings7.353 Ratings
Salesforce integration00 Ratings8.737 Ratings
Company/business profiles00 Ratings9.065 Ratings
Alerts and reminders00 Ratings8.047 Ratings
Data hygiene00 Ratings7.854 Ratings
Automatic data refresh00 Ratings7.748 Ratings
Tags00 Ratings8.039 Ratings
Filters and segmentation00 Ratings8.252 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
S&P Capital IQ
-
Ratings
D&B Hoovers
8.8
30 Ratings
15% above category average
Sales email templates00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Append emails to records00 Ratings7.630 Ratings
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Lead411
Lead411
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Factiva
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Score 6.8 out of 10
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Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
S&P Capital IQD&B Hoovers
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(7 ratings)
8.8
(77 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(6 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
S&P Capital IQD&B Hoovers
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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Dun & Bradstreet
If you are looking for a data provider with pretty good company profiles Hoovers is a great choice. They are NOT a leader in contact data. If you are looking for the best data provider for contact data, maybe not your best choice, but if you want to be able to be able to analyze all past clients or prospects to develop a "best fit" prospect profile, Hoover could be a useful tool If you are looking for a data provider to get direct phones, direct emails and every employee at a locations this is not the best option
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Pros
S&P Global Inc.
  • Plugins that change and analyze analysis improve it.
  • Capital IQ is user-driven, unlike other market participants, which helps streamline the dashboard and acquire accurate data.
  • Any report or analysis delivers the most in fewest words. In this data-driven world.
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Dun & Bradstreet
  • allows you to search within broad industry categories or very detailed subcategories using a variety of methods (NAICS, SIC, D&B's internal coding system, keywords, etc.)
  • Has a variety of personnel that you can view and sort by level, name, or email availability.
  • Oftentimes emails for C-level personnel cannot be located on the company website or easily found elsewhere online.
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Cons
S&P Global Inc.
  • S&P Capital IQ's add-in slows down my Excel when I incorporate formulas into it.
  • S&P Capital IQ's algorithms don't necessarily look in the footnotes of company filings, which can make for a less robust analysis of financials and multiples than desired.
  • The user interface is not very user-friendly and thus makes maximizing the software's features difficult. It could be more intuitive to use and not so busy (e.g. not so many small icons on one web page). The S&P Capital IQ support team, however, is always available and very helpful.
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Dun & Bradstreet
  • We should be able to "exclude" words from titles or company names
  • Able to access titles and email addresses more easily - not look at list first, select find matching contacts button, then go back to sort to add titles contain and email addresses, etc. This is a two-step process to get what I need.
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Likelihood to Renew
S&P Global Inc.
[It's the] best ever.
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Dun & Bradstreet
Hoover's just isn't compelling for the types of information they provide and the pricing model. But again, this is from the very limited perspective of a below entry level analyst who is just finishing their studies. It is probable that for some segments of industry, Hoover's has vast wealth of pertinent information. For example, when looking into agricultural industries for a consulting firm, I did not save any time with their service because information on factory locations and assets was scant. Using Google earth to view the square footage of the facilities to estimate assets was often more helpful.
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Usability
S&P Global Inc.
No answers on this topic
Dun & Bradstreet
Because it's easy to use
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Reliability and Availability
S&P Global Inc.
No answers on this topic
Dun & Bradstreet
Always available on desktop or mobile.
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Performance
S&P Global Inc.
No answers on this topic
Dun & Bradstreet
Meets our needs
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Support Rating
S&P Global Inc.
No answers on this topic
Dun & Bradstreet
They are terrific at giving instruction/webinars. I am able to call, directly, to an individual and talk to that person. I'm not talking to a robot. They give personal service which is really special.
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Implementation Rating
S&P Global Inc.
No answers on this topic
Dun & Bradstreet
I was not part of the implementation as that stayed with Dev team.
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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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Dun & Bradstreet
The company information provided by D & B hoovers is extremely in-depth and in detail, the accuracy of the information provided gives a very good idea about the prospective company and helps in making cohorts and evaluation fit. As compared to other companies D & B hoovers is not as efficient in detecting buyer intent which other tools like Slintel are very good at. D & B Hoovers gives amazing company info however it can improve on sharing information about buyer intent. Sales Navigator by far provides extremely accurate information with is almost 100% accurate. However, Navigator does not provide buyer intent information.
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Scalability
S&P Global Inc.
No answers on this topic
Dun & Bradstreet
We're a small company with few users, so scalability has not been an issue.
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Return on Investment
S&P Global Inc.
  • We were a boutique investment bank, so it helped multiple people doing their job at the same time instead of waiting for a turn on the Bloomberg terminal.
  • Brought more interactive reports in PDF format to the table.
  • Saved some money, if I have to go basic.
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Dun & Bradstreet
  • Honestly cannot say we really drove any new sales using D&B Hoovers to prospect new companies and leads. We obtained higher data quality with other tools like ZoomInfo and Skrapp.
  • A year long contract that isn't honored on their side due to lack of customer service and poor data quality definitely does not equal ROI.
  • Spent significant time sanitizing and cleansing inaccurate data provided by their service. Since time is money in business, that was a loss in that aspect.
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