Factiva vs Mergermarket
A side-by-side comparison of Factiva and Mergermarket — two options for data & market intelligence. Pricing, features, and honest pros and cons.
Category
Data & Market Intelligence
Data & Market Intelligence
Rating
4.1 / 5
4.2 / 5
Pricing
Enterprise / Custom
Enterprise / Custom
Best for
Reputational diligence and global news screening
Exit planning and acquirer intelligence
Key features
- ~33,000 licensed news sources in 200 countries
- Decades-deep searchable archives
- Adverse-media and reputational screening
- Multi-language coverage and translation
- Alerts, newsletters and API delivery
- Proprietary reporting on pre-announcement deal situations
- Global M&A deal database and league tables
- Acquirer and sector intelligence profiles
- Alerts on companies, sectors and situations
- Analyst commentary and trend reports
Pros
- Licensed premium content unavailable via open search
- Archive depth supports serious background diligence
- Institutional compliance and audit standards
- Genuinely forward-looking versus announcement-based databases
- Human-sourced intelligence software can't replicate
- Strong global coverage including Europe and Asia
Cons
- Expensive relative to open-web monitoring tools
- Search interface has a learning curve
- Priced for banks and PE — steep for a venture fund
- Skews to larger transactions than most VC exits