# Lexis, Nexis® vs Factiva Comparison | | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.1 out of 5 | 4.3 out of 5 | 4.1 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 132 | 44 | 71 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Small-Business (62.8% of reviews) | Mid-Market (34.1% of reviews) | Enterprise (52.9% of reviews) | | **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | No pricing available | --- ## Top Pros & Cons ### Lexis **Not enough data** ### Nexis® Pros: - Ease of Use (13 reviews) - Comprehensive Database (6 reviews) Cons: - Lack of Information (5 reviews) - Login Issues (2 reviews) ### Factiva Pros: - Comprehensive Data (3 reviews) - Ease of Use (3 reviews) Cons: - Complexity (2 reviews) - Inefficient Search Functionality (2 reviews) --- ## Ratings Comparison | Rating | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 8.6 (116 reviews) | 8.4 (40 reviews) | 8.3 (54 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 8.1 (118 reviews) | 8.0 (40 reviews) | 8.4 (55 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | 8.3 (8 reviews) | 8.5 (13 reviews) | 8.1 (23 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | 9.3 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 7.9 (19 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 8.7 (101 reviews) | 8.3 (36 reviews) | 7.9 (50 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 9.5 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 7.8 (21 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 7.8 (116 reviews) | 7.3 (39 reviews) | 7.6 (49 reviews) | --- ## Pricing ### Lexis #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial Yes ### Nexis® #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial Yes ### Factiva #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial Yes --- ## Features Comparison By Category ### Sales Intelligence | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Lexis** | N/A | N/A | | **Nexis®** | N/A | N/A | | **Factiva** | 8.2/10 | 14 | #### Data Availability | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Contact Data Availability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.4 (9 reviews) | | **Company Data Availability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (10 reviews) | | **Industry Research Availability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (10 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Technographic Data Availability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Data Accuracy | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Contact Data Accuracy** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.0 (10 reviews) | | **Company Data Accuracy** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (10 reviews) | | **Technographic Data Accuracy** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Agentic AI - Sales Intelligence | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Platform | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Internationalization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (12 reviews) | | **User, Role, and Access Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.2 (12 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Performance and Reliability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (11 reviews) | | **Reporting/Dashboards** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.2 (10 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Mobile User Support** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.2 (10 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **APIs** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (10 reviews) | #### Features | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Lead Builder** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.8 (9 reviews) | | **Integration to CRM/Marketing Automation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (8 reviews) | | **Data Cleaning/Enrichment** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (8 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Data Segmentation/Filtering** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (9 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Search** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.0 (10 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **News/People Alerts** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.2 (10 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Connections** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.7 (8 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Reporting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (9 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Messaging** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.6 (7 reviews) ✓ Verified | ### Business Activity Monitoring | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Lexis** | N/A | N/A | | **Nexis®** | N/A | N/A | | **Factiva** | 7.3/10 | 24 | #### Risk | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Internal** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.2 (17 reviews) | | **External** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.8 (17 reviews) | | **Compliance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.7 (17 reviews) | #### Recovery | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Disaster Recovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.8 (10 reviews) | | **Business Recovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.1 (15 reviews) | | **Contingency Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.3 (15 reviews) | #### Agentic AI - Business Activity Monitoring | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Competitive Intelligence | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Lexis** | N/A | N/A | | **Nexis®** | N/A | N/A | | **Factiva** | N/A | N/A | #### Platform Basics | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Centralized Platform** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Web Tracking** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Agentic AI - Competitive Intelligence | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Platform Data | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Product Details** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Customer Feedback & Reviews** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Channel Acquisition** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Platform Content | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Battlecards** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Platform Reporting | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Customizable Dashboard** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Benchmark Reporting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Media Monitoring | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Lexis** | N/A | N/A | | **Nexis®** | N/A | N/A | | **Factiva** | 8.5/10 | 11 | #### Media Channels | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Broadcast Media** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.0 (8 reviews) | | **Print Media** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (9 reviews) | | **Online Media** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.3 (10 reviews) | #### Geographic Coverage | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Local Media** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (10 reviews) | | **National Media** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (11 reviews) | | **International Media** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (10 reviews) | #### Reporting | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Keyword Targeting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (11 reviews) | | **Custom Feeds and Alerts** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.1 (11 reviews) | | **Custom Reports** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (10 reviews) | | **Dashboards** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (10 reviews) | #### Agentic AI - Media Monitoring | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Generative AI | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **AI Text Generation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.7 (5 reviews) | | **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.3 (5 reviews) | ### Market Intelligence | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Lexis** | N/A | N/A | | **Nexis®** | N/A | N/A | | **Factiva** | 7.4/10 | 13 | #### Data collection | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Natural Language Processing (NLP)** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.9 (8 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Data Sources** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.2 (12 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Custom Research Sources** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.9 (12 reviews) | | **Lead Enrichment** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.8 (10 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Advanced Data Collection** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.7 (10 reviews) ✓ Verified | #### Segment Trending | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Web** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.0 (11 reviews) | | **Social** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.7 (10 reviews) | | **Benchmarks** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.3 (11 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Finance ** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.7 (11 reviews) | #### Analysis | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Custom Dashboards** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.2 (10 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Reports** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.9 (12 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Integrations** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.0 (9 reviews) ✓ Verified | #### Platform | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Search** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.8 (12 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **User, Role, And Access Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.3 (11 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Mobile User Support** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.9 (9 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Alerts** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.4 (12 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Collaboration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.3 (11 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Compliance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.0 (10 reviews) ✓ Verified | #### Agentic AI - Market Intelligence | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Legal Research | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Lexis** | N/A | N/A | | **Nexis®** | N/A | N/A | | **Factiva** | N/A | N/A | #### Generative AI | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **AI Text Generation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Agentic AI - Legal Research | Feature | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | --- ## Categories **Unique to Lexis (1):** [Legal Research Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/legal-research) **Unique to Nexis® (3):** [Legal Research Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/legal-research), [Business Activity Monitoring Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/business-activity-monitoring), [Competitive Intelligence Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/competitive-intelligence) **Unique to Factiva (4):** [Market Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/market-intelligence), [Media Monitoring Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/media-monitoring), [Sales Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/sales-intelligence), [Business Activity Monitoring Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/business-activity-monitoring) --- ## Reviewer Demographics ### By Company Size | Segment | Lexis | Nexis® | Factiva | |---|---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 62.8% | 31.8% | 19.1% | | **Mid-Market** | 29.5% | 34.1% | 27.9% | | **Enterprise** | 7.8% | 34.1% | 52.9% | ### By Industry #### Lexis - **Law Practice:** 51.5% - **Legal Services:** 23.8% - **Higher Education:** 7.7% - **Government Administration:** 3.1% - **Education Management:** 1.5% - **Entertainment:** 1.5% - **Non-Profit Organization Management:** 1.5% - **Banking:** 0.8% - **Broadcast Media:** 0.8% - **Financial Services:** 0.8% - **Other:** 6.9% #### Nexis® - **Higher Education:** 27.3% - **Security and Investigations:** 9.1% - **Fund-Raising:** 9.1% - **Law Practice:** 9.1% - **Legal Services:** 6.8% - **Political Organization:** 4.5% - **Accounting:** 2.3% - **Alternative Medicine:** 2.3% - **Banking:** 2.3% - **Broadcast Media:** 2.3% - **Other:** 25.0% #### Factiva - **Public Relations and Communications:** 13.2% - **Market Research:** 10.3% - **Research:** 5.9% - **Financial Services:** 5.9% - **Investment Banking:** 5.9% - **Banking:** 4.4% - **Capital Markets:** 4.4% - **Pharmaceuticals:** 4.4% - **Management Consulting:** 4.4% - **Information Technology and Services:** 4.4% - **Other:** 36.8% --- ## Alternatives ### Alternatives to Lexis - 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