Likelihood to Recommend Prior to adopting Cronycle, our research team had a variety of different ways in which they would discover, store and share information. These methods were often inconsistent, with many smaller teams or sub-groups of researchers operating independently of others. In many cases, content that was potentially useful to more than one colleague was not being shared at all. We had thousands of different sources, accessed through varying methods and stored in different locations/systems, and very few colleagues would have had an idea of which sources other team members were using. Furthermore, we became aware as a team that while between us we were pulling in a lot of information, much of what was being discovered was not necessarily being acted upon, or indeed being read by the colleague to whom it was most relevant. We also needed to become more targeted, and indeed more selective, in the information we were seeing, and Cronycle -specifically through the Sources Library, the Feeds, and the tagging and notification functionality - has enabled us to do just this. There has been a genuinely transformative outcome to our information gathering ability, borne out by specific metrics, which Cronycle has also provided us with via the Enterprise account.
Read full review A large part of our work depends on the ability to source quality media content from a breadth of dependable sources globally. This is Factiva's bread and butter: it has a very comprehensive list of 'quality' media sources such as nationals, dailies, business journals and magazines from around the world that are easily mined for the content they hold. If you're thinking about anything other than these 'traditional' media sources then Factiva probably isn't your thing. It doesn't do social media.
Read full review Pros relevant, spot-on content to any of the 80.000 topics they curate. Content curation, quickly assemble insights from a multitude of sources collaborating, commenting, and creating insights around any of the topics you focus on with a team is a breeze, and in one central place. Read full review Factiva offers excellent search builders so that I am able to narrow my search to specific companies or topics very easily. Factiva combines a large number of credible sources into one place and allows me to search all of these sources. Factiva's use of timestamps helps me understand when the news was known by the market which allows me to analyze how (if at all) that particular piece of news impacted the company's stock price. Provides an excellent starting place for learning about a company and/or industry. Read full review Cons For some reason logging on for a few months does not go as easy as usual, because nowadays I need a least two attempts to log in. I think I do only use the core functionality of Cronycle: getting indication info by keywords via multiple sites. Vice versa: if people come to me with a suspected issue, I double-check via Cronycle by entering that issue as search in found results. A low occurrence often indicates the suspected issue likely is not so severe. Read full review The UX leaves room to be desired There are often repetitive entries The functionality can be confusing Read full review Support Rating Any issues with the platform have always been resolved quickly. I have never previously worked with a third party software provider whose support team is as responsive.
Read full review Alternatives Considered Hootsuite publication prep and scheduling is great, better than Cronycl (a manual process) Cronycl management of feeds, filtering creation of topical boards are excellent,
Hootsuite doesn't offer this. Cronycle I find it easier, more attractive, and better filtering than Buffer, though Buffer was slightly better at the publication prep.
Read full review At the time, Factiva was already being used by the company I worked for - they had developed procedures specifically for using Factiva, so there wasn't really an option. I've used Lexis,
Westlaw and Bloomberg exclusively for legal research, so there wasn't really an overlap with Factiva.
Read full review Return on Investment Cronycle is my secret superpower (well, it was until now!) I have landed and retained clients by wowing them with insights their own teams have not previously provided I have aced speaking gigs and secured many more by engaging audiences with insights gained through this tool Read full review ScreenShots