FactSet Workstation

FactSet Workstation

47 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
FactSet Workstation	Score8.2 out of 10	N/A	The FactSet Workstation is a dynamic platform designed to empower financial professionals with seamless data access, advanced analytics, and technology. Integrating over 800 data sources across asset classes and markets, it consolidates crucial insights and elevates decision-making. Its AI-powered tools include smart search and chat features. The workstation simplifies complex workflows, enabling users to uncover insights quickly and improve collaboration. From research and portfolio…	N/A

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	FactSet Workstation
Considered Both Products	FactSet Verified User Chose FactSet Workstation PitchBook is better for private company data and getting contacts. It is also more useful for capital raises and data AlphaSense is great for more targeted searches which FactSet is very bad at. FactSet often makes it hard to do searches and then once you get to a specific … Incentivized Helpful? Avishek Kumar General Manager in Product Management at HCL Technologies (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose FactSet Workstation Global Data, AlphaSense, Hoovers, S&P, etc. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose FactSet Workstation FactSet offers the most comprehensive info on industry-specific accounts. We don't currently have plans to leave. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose FactSet Workstation Bloomberg has more info/data than FactSet Workstation which I pointed out earlier. To be fair, I believe Bloomberg is more expensive. Refinitiv - I have used Thomson Reuters Eikon in the past and I did not like the inflexible interface, FactSet Workstation is much more … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose FactSet Workstation As mentioned, believe it is a much stronger offering that CapIQ. Bloomberg is a better tool for credit and the messaging features, but cost prohibitive. We found that for research tasks FactSet Workstation is more than a good enough option, although we do supplement with a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose FactSet Workstation Bloomberg has the most data / content but is too expensive, while Eikon has the least. FactSet Workstation and Capital IQ were comparable in price but FactSet Workstation had broader data coverage. Incentivized Helpful? Joseph Sroka Chief Investment Officer in Professional Services at NovaPoint Capital (Financial Services, 1-10 employees) Chose FactSet Workstation FactSet has a much more robust platform with better excel integration. I used Eikon for many years. Once Thomson Reuters sold it to LSEG, the service went downhill. I am happy I made the switch to FactSet Incentivized Helpful? John DArco Portfolio Manager at Valley National Bank (Investment Management, 1001-5000 employees) Chose FactSet Workstation Product is magnitudes more affordable and provides 80% of the functionality that Bloomberg has and is working to build out the remaining. The workstation is more user friendly than bloomberg but still not perfect. Not as robust as a Bloomberg Terminal and doesn't have the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose FactSet Workstation Bloomberg was very difficult to use, DOS like Incentivized Helpful? Jonathan Wellum Financial Analyst in Finance and Accounting at ROCKLINC Investment Partners Inc. (Investment Management, 1-10 employees) Chose FactSet Workstation While FactSet Workstation certainly stacks up in terms of quantity of data with other providers, the quality is top-notch. I can directly see the source of each line item on a financial statement which gives me confidence what I see is factual data directly from the companies I … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose FactSet Workstation Bloomberg does a much better job at alerts and proprietary news coverage. Charting is also much more intuitive with Bloomberg. It's also very easy to trade directly through Bloomberg instead of using an OMS. FactSet's pricing is more competitive than Bloomberg and FactSet is … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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Features

FactSet Workstation

Comparison of Financial Research features of FactSet Workstation
Feature	FactSet Workstation 4.2 1 Ratings
Private Company Data	1.01 Ratings
Industry-Specific Information	3.01 Ratings
Independent Research Access	5.01 Ratings
M&A Analysis	6.01 Ratings
Macroeconomic News	5.01 Ratings
Search Tools	5.01 Ratings

User Ratings
	FactSet Workstation
Likelihood to Recommend	6.0 (5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	6.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	7.0 (1 ratings)