TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

S&P Capital IQ vs. Morningstar Direct

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    S&P Capital IQ

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ACapital 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

    Morningstar Direct

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMorningstar headquartered in Chicago offers Morningstar Direct, an investment portfolio managment application focusing on financial and risk analysis.N/A
    Pricing
    S&P Capital IQMorningstar Direct
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    S&P Capital IQMorningstar Direct
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    S&P Capital IQMorningstar Direct
    Financial Research
    Comparison of Financial Research features of S&P Capital IQ and Morningstar Direct
    Feature
    S&P Capital IQ
    6.4
    3 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Morningstar Direct
    -
    Ratings
    Private Company Data6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Industry-Specific Information7.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Independent Research Access8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    M&A Analysis5.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain Data5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    ESG Data5.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit Ratings Reports7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Macroeconomic News6.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search Tools6.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    S&P Capital IQMorningstar Direct
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    S&P Capital IQMorningstar Direct
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Morningstar
    Morningstar Direct is great for classifying funds in order of performance and has a huge database to check against. Pretty much every category you can imagine is covered. It is best for research and analyzing before making big decisions. The interface is fairly clean and relatively simple to use.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    S&P Global Inc.
    • On-demand reliable financial data either through the platform or through the Excel Plug-In
    • Great user interface, intuitive to use
    • Great help desk function, quick and responsive
    • Excellent auditability of financial data with easy traceback to source documents
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Morningstar
    • Best for research.
    • Analyst reporting is fantastic.
    • The ability to look at a wide variety of assets is great.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    S&P Global Inc.
    • The scope and depth of the collected data can be increased.
    • The UI with little icons and buttons may be difficult at first but may become intuitive. The UI isn't horrible but might be better.
    • Global data coverage, but US and UK markets have the greatest details. MENA and APAC lack.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Morningstar
    • The system is sometimes slow.
    • Glitchy and sometimes hard to use.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    S&P Global Inc.
    [It's the] best ever.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Morningstar
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    S&P Global Inc.
    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
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Morningstar
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Morningstar
    Morningstar is slightly more buggy and laggy. But includes far more data and is more trusted.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    S&P Global Inc.
    • S&P Capital IQ contributes to a more comprehensive analysis of companies when making decisions on how best to market them to potential buyers.
    • S&P Capital IQ has enabled my company to be more efficient in learning about and valuing companies.
    • Due to the quality and reliability of information S&P Capital IQ has, it is saving my company large amounts of time.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Morningstar
    • Returns not yet realised.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots