Factiva
Factiva is a paid Dow Jones business intelligence and research platform for professionals across industries.
What Factiva is
Factiva is a paid Dow Jones business intelligence and research platform for professionals across industries. It combines news content, research tools, and company profiles, including journalism from thousands of influential sources. The announced experience includes natural-language search, personalized and trending news modules, and tailored recommendations. Factiva is available on the web and iOS, with APIs for extracting publication content and retrieving extraction results. Its Snapshots API collection requires a valid Dow Jones user key. The Factiva Salesforce app places company news and data on account pages and supports sharing within an organization. Its Radar feature highlights selling opportunities and risk factors, while alerts and company lists track topics and competitors. The Salesforce listing also mentions access to the Factiva mobile app. Registration is intended for corporate accounts and requests corporate account information. Pricing is on request through Dow Jones.
Good
- News, research tools, and company profiles together
- Natural-language search and personalized news modules
- Web and iOS access
- Salesforce account-page integration
- Snapshots API for publication extraction
Watch out
- Paid pricing is available only on request
- Snapshots API requires a Dow Jones user key
- Registration targets corporate accounts
- Commercial access uses a sales representative
Who it suits
It suits professionals and corporate teams doing business research, news monitoring, and company analysis. Salesforce users may value the account-page integration and sales-focused Radar features.
Verdict
Factiva combines broad business content with search, alerts, Salesforce workflows, and API access. Its corporate-oriented registration and request-based pricing make it more suitable for organizational buyers.
Plans and prices
From Factiva's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Factiva | Priced on request | No public price shown; commercial access is described through a Dow Jones sales representative |
The facts
Each one read from Factiva's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access limit
- The Snapshots API collection requires a valid Dow Jones user key.checked 11 Oct 2026
- APIs
- Factiva offers Snapshots API operations for extracting publication content and retrieving extraction results.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Dow Jones describes Factiva as a research tool for professionals across industries.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Content
- Dow Jones says the Factiva experience includes trusted journalism from thousands of influential sources.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Mobile access
- The Salesforce app listing says customers can access the Factiva mobile app.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Natural-language queries
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Personalization
- The announced experience includes personalized and trending news modules and tailored content recommendations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Factiva is a business intelligence and research platform with news content, research tools and company profiles.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Refresh frequency
- real-timechecked 21 Sep 2026
- Salesforce integration
- The Factiva Salesforce app embeds company news and data into Salesforce account pages and supports sharing content within the organization.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Sales workflow
- The Salesforce app's Radar feature highlights selling opportunities and risk factors, while customized alerts and company lists track topics and competitors.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Search
- The announced product experience includes enhanced natural language search capabilities.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Subscription access
- Factiva's registration page is for corporate accounts and asks users for corporate account information.checked 11 Oct 2026
Alternatives to Factiva
- 1
Nexis Newsdesk
AndroidiOSWeb6.7 - 2
Cision
AndroidiOSWebAPI6.6 - 3
Isentia
AndroidiOSWeb6.5 - 4
Signal AI
WebAPI6.2 - 5
6.1 - 66.1