Very powerful tool that is great at pulling financial information and research. Also very easy to integrate with Microsoft excel so you can write dynamic formulae Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI/UX is very bland and I would like to see an overhaul here. Also formulas sometimes take too long to refresh Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best thing about SP Capital IQ is the excel plugin and using it for public financial statements and modeling. It is straightforward to use and set up- making discounted cash flow modelling a breeze. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The user interface is not very good. Outdated, hard to navigate and learn how to use. Often got many errors when it came to screeners. Another downfall is the private company information. Not updated often, hard to find, contacts are very out of date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SNL offers a huge amount of information at your fingertips. You can read articles, follow the latest news, and grab industry statistics as necessary. You can also subscribe to digests that cover various topics of interest. Clearly, they focused on providing as much information as possible upon landing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's not the best user experience. It feels like overwhelming at times. At times, the information presented does not relevant, but they may be purely due to the choices or options that I have chosen. Often, I end up ignoring the majority of what's presented to me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Strong financial data, news feed, custom dashboards with charts and graphs. A go to source for anyone watching industry or market trends. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Limited contact info for people working within target organizations. News of new company formations can also be delayed. When creating timely alerts for sales people timeliness is key. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The S&P Capital IQ Platform aggregates a vast amount of data from a huge number of sources and presents it in a logical and usable format. Links are provided for source data and the application allows interactive charting and data downloads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Navigating the platform can be complicated at times, mostly owing to the huge amount of data available. Data errors are found occasionally, but S&P's quality improvement team fixes these issues quickly when they're pointed out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The platform is organized and everything is downloadable and very intuitive. Contains information about almost every company in the planet. It can be accessed remotely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some information like comparable transactions are not good and not exactly comparable transactions. Does not have a lot of research reports and is very expensive to run Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

-Best database of private companies in existence

-Great source of investor information, key professionals, and ownership information

-Good database to use for putting together buyer lists at both the company and key professional level Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

-User interface could use a facelift to make the interface look fresher and more intuitive

-Given the volume of private company data included in the system, there can be an issue of running into stale data that is no longer accurate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The user interface is intuitive and the platform provides access to unique information unlike the other competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is very slow and the customer feedback and grievance resolving services are very poor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My favorite part of capital iq was the excel plug in it made it so much easier to work on the financials of companies along with updating the figures in real time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I disliked that sometimes the server would just stop working and you would have to go re log on but it does indicate that you must log in again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like the most is how comprehensive and timely the industry coverage is. There is almost most of up to data company data as well as any upcoming events/ conference calls and so on. The Research reports are also very well written and comprehensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Search function could be better. Interface is not very intuitive. I tried contacting support several times asking for specific data and never got a response back. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.