S&P Capital IQ vs. CB Insights

Best in class tool to source financial data from public companies. Great integration with Excel. Must-have tool for anyone performing financial analysis on a regular basis. Easy to use interface with excellent product support to answer questions about functionality and capabilities. Tool has continued to grow in features over the years and expect to continue in the future.

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Transparency - we were reading a lot of hype about Bitcoin, and it was in every market sector. Those of us who remember 2001, were alarmed. But digging through to find the truth was a challenge. CB Insights provided regular, extensive data every week, more often at the peak. We are certain our own analysis was correct based on that and stopped worrying that we might have missed a market opportunity.

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• S&P Capital IQ's blackline tool allows for the effortless comparison of changes in company filings over time.
• The screening tool when searching for comparable companies and/or transactions is very comprehensive and customizable.
• It allows users to customize their dashboards and tearsheets in any number of ways.

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• Data Driven Strategies
• Predicting competitors possible Strategy
• Track Competitors

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• Sources. In Bloomberg, when you click on a figure anywhere it leads you to the source. That is a great feature, as in finance everything has to be backed with the original source.
• Cannot always find the needed information, the menu is too complex.

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• Pre and post money valuation data.
• Estimates on revenue and number of clients.

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[It's the] best ever.

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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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Very responsive and eager to maintain client relationships.

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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 relevant financial data as well as update it based on a specific time frame.

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PitchBook has better cap table data for tracking investors.

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• The breadth and depth of the company's financial data set are what sets it apart as the finest in the industry.
• Having the ability to pay the monthly fee online is a major benefit. Neither is it very high, but I wouldn't characterize it as low, either. It's quite economical.
• Data quality and accuracy are what set it apart from competitors.

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• Positive in both volume and detail of the most relevant information upon which to make key strategic decisions.
• It's not an inexpensive service, but worth the price given the accuracy, timeliness and criticality of the information they are able to provide.
• Strategy - strategy - strategy! There's no way anyone could gather that much intelligence in just one stop with any other service.

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