S&P Capital IQ vs. D&B Finance Analytics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
S&P Capital IQ
Score 8.2 out of 10
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Capital 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
D&B Finance Analytics
Score 9.3 out of 10
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D&B Finance Analytics is a global credit-to-cash solution that provides Dun & Bradstreet data, analytics, and technology to help improve cash flow, increase operational efficiency, and mitigate risk. This AI-driven solution comprises two platforms – D&B Credit Intelligence and D&B Receivables Intelligence powered by GETPAID – that together help finance teams transform their operations and reduce cost through insight, automation, and enhanced customer experience.N/A
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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S&P Capital IQ
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S&P Capital IQ is great for bringing market data into Excel. It is also fantastic for finding older public market data / screening assets
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S&P Capital IQ is one of the best value products from a cost / benefit perspective. The Excel add in function is also unrivaled. For accessing public company data on demand (both operational and financial) it is a must have. The other tools are great but tend to be more …
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I think Eikon is a close substitute. It doesn't have as many features as S&P Capital IQ, but unless you're working for a bank, hedge fund, or in corporate treasury, you probably won't notice it.

In my opinion, FactSet is another good alternative. It comes with more features …
Chose S&P Capital IQ
Analysis of a wide variety of public firms is a breeze with S&P Capital IQ. Specifically, the program is great for valuing businesses by analysis of comparable businesses and transactions or by uploading corporate financials into Excel for use in a discounted cash flow. …
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bureau van dijk, Bloomberg Terminal and Mergermarket
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It's ease of use and customer support is superior to anything that is in the market. It also seems a lot more accurate than the other tools I have used.
Chose S&P Capital IQ
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 …
Chose S&P Capital IQ
They provide very detailed information, that is industry specific. You cannot find a better provider for bank website data than SNL. The ease of customization on the website program is unparalleled.
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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 …
D&B Finance Analytics
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I would prefer Nexis Diligence + as it is more accurate as far as providing newer results for various points, such as company zoom calls with update financials and regulatory agency filings. Furthermore, I found the UI for Nexis Diligence + and the entire Nexis suit to be for …
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have not used a different company to determine credit worthiness. We have been using D&B Finance Analytics for over 10 years and use them exclusively.
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D&B Finance Analytics provides more direct insights into a companies credit profile and trade patterns
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D&B is no longer stacking up and other companies are out shining them
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We chose to stay with D&B rather than go with a competitor because the reports we get from D&B are comprehensive, customizable, and in-depth. Other companies offer similar options, but D&B is typically more accurate and up-to-date. From the administrative side, D&B is easy to …
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This isn't precisely the software we used, but this is closest of the options presented. We used Experian almost exclusively for small firms not fully represented under D&B, in particular Canadian firms which Experian had a more robust reporting regimen. Customers in Canada …
Chose D&B Finance Analytics
Our organization uses CBC Innovis Credit Reporting to assist in underwriting loans, leases, and grants through its personal credit reports, RiskView, and ID cross checks on business principals. No other products or services have been reviewed or considered recently as a …
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D&B has the most robust trade payment data of any product that we considered. For us, it was between D&B and Creditsafe. D&B not only provided most complete trade payment data, the product was easier to use and had better functionality compared to Creditsafe.
Chose D&B Finance Analytics
I have not used any other products from them. So to me, this program works exactly as intended.
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D&B has been in the industry for a long time which is why it is superior to other business to business credit reporting services.
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I use Hoovers for less detailed financial information. Nexis is much better for relevant news.
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D&B Receivables Intelligence powered by FIS GETPAID
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D&B Finance Analytics stacks up against them because I find this software easier to understand and to work with. It is important to sometimes have a software that is self-explanatory. It is so easy to analyze a customer and gain knowledge of their financial habits without …
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I have to say that in terms of what we use D&B Finance Analytics for, I have not tried to find another company because it works perfectly for what we need. If there's research that we need to do on a company that's broader than let's say their payment records, we have other …
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We use Experian as well for some accounts that aren't on D&B or don't have enough data.
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We do not use any other programs that I'm aware of, all other methods of verifying for us are based on public information and conversations we have with businesses, their references and banking institutions. I think this speaks for itself as we haven't seen the need to use any …
Chose D&B Finance Analytics
Broad database and brand familiarity in the industry.
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DnBi offers different information I could not get with Equifax.
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Our team in Canada uses Equifax instead. However we find that they're often asking us to pull data and reporting from D&B instead. D&B's Finance Analytics data is more detailed, easier to use, and can quickly be saved & shared. This makes is easy and FAST for our business to …
Chose D&B Finance Analytics
Each solution offers similar data in separate segments. The depth or breadth of the data pool differs, but based on the reliability of D&B Finance Analytics multiple solutions could be used for a lower cost.
Features
S&P Capital IQD&B Finance Analytics
Financial Research
Comparison of Financial Research features of Product A and Product B
S&P Capital IQ
6.4
Ratings
10% below category average
D&B Finance Analytics
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Ratings
Private Company Data6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Industry-Specific Information7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Independent Research Access8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
M&A Analysis5.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain Data5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
ESG Data5.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit Ratings Reports7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Macroeconomic News6.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Search Tools6.30 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
S&P Capital IQD&B Finance Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
7.1
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9.1
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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6.9
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Usability
7.0
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8.1
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Availability
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8.2
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Performance
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7.3
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Support Rating
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8.9
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Online Training
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4.5
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Implementation Rating
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8.1
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Configurability
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7.7
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Ease of integration
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8.2
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Product Scalability
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2.7
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Vendor post-sale
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9.1
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Vendor pre-sale
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8.2
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User Testimonials
S&P Capital IQD&B Finance Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
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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D&B provides insight into the viability of a customer who is looking for open terms and large orders on credit. It helps us determine the risk when lending to customers with whom we don't have much history. It's also helpful to see what types of liens/lawsuits they have pending at a given time.
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Pros
  • 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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  • Custom Scores
  • Finding Companies through Search or Advanced Search. It's got an easy search bar. And then for example, we have companies all over the world that come to us. And so we can just choose the country, for example, and then write the name in there and it'll bring up a lot of different companies that maybe are exactly that name or close to that name. And when we see what we believe to be the actual company, we can click on it and then know whether they are credit worthy.
  • Great UX on the website - fast and easy to use. The speed with which it operates is really terrific and very important for us because we usually have to make that decision right away.
  • Using something as objective as a numerical score simplifies decisions about offering credit. We have to make a decision usually on whether to offer credit to an advertiser quickly. So what's wonderful about the process is that we don't have to be searching around on Google or any kind of review site and then try to discern whether they're credit worthy. We simply open up the D&B Finance Analytics tool.
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Cons
  • 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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  • organization of pdf of reports; it seems to be a little complex and hard to read with s much data and charts/colors included
  • easier access via links to the definitions of the various metrics DNB uses. For example, what exactly is the Paydex and how do I use it/think about it
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Likelihood to Renew
[It's the] best ever.
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D&B Finance Analytics reports have just about everything. You can see a full company profile including legal forms, history records, employee count, years in business, paydex scores, delinquency scores, viability ratings, state of incorporations, naics codes, CEO or business owner names, etc. There is a lot that pulls up in this report
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Usability
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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I would you rate the D&B Finance Analytics's overall usability a 9 because it is super easy to use. The only reason for a 9 is there are a lot of features that I didn't realize were there and was not sure how to actually use them or what kind of information I could get
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Reliability and Availability
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I've never had any issues with the availability of D&B. Whenever I've needed to run a report on a company, it has always been available
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Performance
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5--PAGES TEND TO LOAD SLOWLY MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. IT IS A PROBLEM I NOTICE MORE OFTEN WHEN THERE ARE EXTREMELY LARGE CORPORATE LINKAGES
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Support Rating
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This is a great resource for us on the sales and accounting side of our company. The graphs and ratings based on Paydex, Failure Score, and Delinquency Score are so useful. This tool has endless ways to help a company be protected against things that can be damaging to their financial situation.
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Online Training
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The online training was worth it. We did an online training with our team and an account rep from D&B. They walked us through the entire interface and answered all of our questions.
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Implementation Rating
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Skipping question, I was not involved in implementation.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Our team in Canada uses Equifax instead. However we find that they're often asking us to pull data and reporting from D&B instead. D&B's Finance Analytics data is more detailed, easier to use, and can quickly be saved & shared. This makes is easy and FAST for our business to make more informed decisions. D&B blows the competition away even from an international perspective.
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Scalability
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AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, WE ONLY USE IT TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ON CREDIT. NO OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE ACCESS TO PROGRAM OTHER THAN ACCOUNTING
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • Reducing risk by pointing out potential issues at the outset
  • Hard quantification of certain metrics, in particular the Paydex stat, as well as failure and delinquency likelihood.
  • Assists with lowering DSO (sorry, no hard figures available) by letting us know when there is a potential issue from the beginning, or when we update our records.
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ScreenShots

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Screenshot of where to manage credit customersScreenshot of the interface to manage an overall risk portfolioScreenshot of where to manage collections and ARScreenshot of where to accept online payments with a customer portal