Factiva vs. Web of Science

Factiva

27 Reviews and Ratings

Web of Science

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Factiva	Score5.1 out of 10	N/A	Factiva from Dow Jones is a data service that helps companies identify opportunities, accelerate decisions and manage a business's reputation, that includes global news and data accessible via the Dow Jones' research platform, on mobile devices or integrated via advanced feeds and APIs.	N/A
Web of Science	N/A	N/A	The Web of Science is a publisher-independent global citation database, a research engine that delivers to a user's library with publication and citation data for discovery, access and assessment. The Web of Science Core Collection content is selective and the vendor boasts indexing that is uniquely consistent. Its independent editorial process aims to ensure journal quality, and its indexing supports what the vendor boasts is an unparalleled data structure. Every article and all cited…	N/A

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Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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User Ratings
	Factiva	Web of Science
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (5 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Data Sharing and Collaboration	2.0 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Data Sources	9.0 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Factiva	Web of Science
Likelihood to Recommend	Dow Jones 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 Jeremy Cowles Senior Strategist Read full review	Clarivate No answers on this topic
Pros	Dow Jones 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 Verified User Read full review	Clarivate No answers on this topic
Cons	Dow Jones The UX leaves room to be desired There are often repetitive entries The functionality can be confusing Incentivized Jacob Batchelor Reporter Read full review	Clarivate No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Dow Jones 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 Verified User Read full review	Clarivate No answers on this topic
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