VENDOR
ALERT SERVICE
WEB ADDRESS
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Total No. of Sources
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Types of Sources
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Major
Business Info Providers |
User Controls
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Delivery/
Frequency
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Integrate on an
Intranet?
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Archive
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Special
Features
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Pricing
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| FREE SERVICES |
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HOOVERS Alerts
alertwizard.hoovers.com/
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500
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Newswires,
Newspapers,
Web Sites
|
Dow Jones
|
A. Unlimited
B. YES
C. YES
D. YES
|
Email;
Immediate or
Daily
(User configurable) |
NO
|
YES
90 days
|
Wireless delivery
|
FREE
(need to register)
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MSNBC News Alert
http://www.msnbc.com/tools
/newstools/d/news_alert.asp
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25
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Newswires,
Newspapers,
Web Sites
|
Wall Street Jrnl
CNET
Reuters
|
A. Unlimited
B. YES
C. NO
D. NO
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Neither:
Windows pop up on user’s PC w/ alert bell.
Real-time |
NO
|
Varies;
Up to a couple of weeks
|
N.A.
|
FREE
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NET2ONE Net2One
www.net2one.com
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2,700
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Newswires,
Newspapers
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BusinessWeek;
CBS MarketWatch;
Wall Street Journal;
InternetWire |
A. Unlimited
B. YES
C. NO
D. YES |
Email;
Daily |
YES—but costs $4,500
|
YES
2 months
|
Wireless delivery.
Can select a “press briefing” on key industry and subject area |
FREEfor individual subscribers
$4,500 if on Intranet |
NEWSALERT ClipAlert
www.newsalert.com
|
20
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Newswires,
Newspapers
Co. Directrs
Market Res
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Bell & Howell
Other Dow Jones News
|
A. Unlimited
B. YES
C. YES
D. YES |
Both;
Real-time, hourly, every 4 hours,daily
(User configurable) |
NO for free version
|
YES
Varies, usually 90 days
|
Also available:
AlertMe! For tracking stock prices; NewsFolio for related news |
FREE
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YAHOO Alerts
alerts.yahoo.com
|
60
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Newswires,
Newspapers
Web Sites
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Other:
AP Financial
Forbes.com
CNET
Adweek, Brandweek, AP, Reuters |
A. N/A
B. YES
C. YES
D. YES
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Email;
Twice per day
|
NO
|
YES
30 days
|
Can obtain alerts via instant messenger
MyYahoo
Customizable Portal |
FREE
|
| FEE BASED |
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CUSTOMSCOOP
www.customscoop.com
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Over 5,000
|
Newswires,
Newspapers,
Other Trade Journals |
N.A.
|
A. N.A.
B.YES
B.YES
C. NO
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Email;
;
Hourly, twice daily, or daily
|
YES
|
YES
60 days
|
On-demand charts and graphs; spreadsheets; limit search to specific states |
$500; $750;
or $1,000/ mo. Yearly discounts available
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CYBERALERT www.cyberalert.com
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5,400
10,000 +
|
Newswires,
Newspapers,
Web Sites
Usenet,
Market Research |
Source List
Unavailable
|
A. Unlimited
B. YES (w/administrator)
C. YES
D. NO
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Both;
Daily, 7am
|
YES
|
YES
“forever”
|
Very sophisticated search capabilities
|
$395/mo per query
|
DIALOG NEWSEDGE Insight 6.0
Live
www.newsedge.com
|
up to 2,000
up to 2,000 |
Wires
Newspapers
Co. Directrs
Mkt. Research
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Other: Bloomberg, Disclosure, EIU, Financial Times Info,
Quote.com,
S&P |
A.Thousands
B. YES
C. YES
D. YES |
Either
Realtime or Daily;
Via NewsEdge Server/
Realtime |
YES
|
90 days
|
Insight 6.0 “active feeds” are enhanced real-time news packages prompted when refreshed |
Live: $6K setup; from 5 for $29.5K to 5,000 for $2900K.
Insight: 5 for $20K to 7500 for $272K.
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INSITE Alert www.insite2.gale.com
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Approx.
2,500 current sources
|
Newswires,
Market Research,
Other Trade Journals
|
Gale Group
|
A. Unlimited
B. YES
C. YES
D. YES
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Both;
Once per day
|
NO
|
YES
5 years
|
Specializes in information from top industry trade journals; can suspend alerts
|
For subscribers; Pricing based on # of users and avg. # of documents downloaded monthly |
INLUMEN Alerts www.inlumen.com
|
Up to 1,100
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Newswires
Newspapers
|
S&P, Briefing.com
MarketGuide
KnightRidder |
A. Unlimited
B. YES
C. YES
D. YES |
Either;
User-Configurable* |
YES
|
VARIES
Up to 3 months
|
Can include internal information
|
Varies;
Typically
$4,000/
month |
LUCE www.luceonline.com
First Alert
(Electronic Clipping)
CyberClipping
(Internet Monitoring)
|
4,000+
5,000+ news sites + 63,000 newsgroups
|
Newswires, and 4,000 print pubs
Newswires
Newspapers,
Web Sites
Discussion Groups
|
Bell & Howell
Other AP, Knight Ridder, more
NONE
|
A. Unlimited
B. YES
C. YES
D. YES
A. Unlimited
B. YES
C. YES
D. NO
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Both;
Real-time
Email;
1/day
|
YES
YES
|
YES
30 days
NO
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Duplicate filtering system
Client can request news web sites to be added
|
$245-$345/mo per user plus clipping charged++
$320/mo for up to 3 searches; no clip charges; $85/mo for ea. Addl search. |
MOREOVER CI-Alert
www.moreover.com
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Over 3,000
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Newswires
Newspapers
Web Sites
Market Res.
|
NONE
|
A. Unlimited
B. YES
C. YES
D. YES
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Either;
Continually
|
YES
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NO
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Can monitor “virtually any additional online source by customer request” |
Begins at
$4,000/
month
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NET CONTENT IntelliSearch
www.netcontentinc.com
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2,400
3,000 +
|
Wires,
Newspapers
Co. Directrs
Mkt. Research
|
Bell & Howell
Other:
Zacks
|
A. Unlimited
B. YES
C. YES
D. YES
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Both;
Daily,
M-F
|
YES
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YES
1 year
|
PowerPublisher option at $495/mo lets client send groups of articles to a Web site news page or email list. |
$29.95/mo for single user access
Group discounts available
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PR NEWSWIRE eWatch
www.ewatch.com
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4,700
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Wires,
Newspapers
Web Sites
Disc. Groups
Forums |
No
|
A. Unlimited
B. YES
C. YES
D. YES
|
BOTH
Realtime or
1/day
|
YES
|
YES
6 months
|
Human analyst scans content for relevancy
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$3,900/yr for 5 users/ seats and five folders per seat |
RIVALEYE SearchAlerts
http://www.northernlight.com/enterprise/rivaleye.html
(This is a combination pof the former Northern Light and SageMaker NewsMachine.)
|
7,000+
|
Wires
Newspapers
Web Sites
(for Enterprise Customers)
Co. Directrs,
Mkt. Research |
Gale Group
Bell & Howell
|
A. Unlimited
B. YES
C. YES
D. YES
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Email;
Daily or Weekly
|
YES
(“Enterprise
Accounts”
|
YES
back to 1995
|
Extensive, sophisticated search options
Includes Investext, MarkIntel |
(Abstracts and Alerts Free—)
Pay Per View for Fulltext or Unlimited Flat Fee |
YELLOWBRIX IndustryBrief
www.yellowbrix.com
|
2,500
|
Wires,
Newspapers,
Web Sites
Co. Directrs,
Market Research |
Bell & Howell
Other: S&P
|
A. 22
B. YES
C. YES
D. YES
|
Both
In the morning
|
YES
|
YES
6 months
|
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Starts at $1,500/mo for up to 80,000 alerts per mo.
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WEBCLIPPING.COM www.webclipping.com
|
20,000 online pubs;
62,000 wire feeds;
70,000 message boards |
Wires,
Newspapers,
Web Sites
Disc. Groups,
Other Web Journals
|
NONE
|
A. Unlimited
B. NO
C. YES
D. NO
|
WEB SITE
Realtime for wires and message boards;
Other: daily
|
YES
|
NO
|
AI Technology
Duplicate
Removals;
Coverage of Online Publications
|
$250/
$500/
$1000 per month based on number of filters and other factors |
Alert: flat rate, multiple users and multiple viewing pricing starts at $1,025 per month with annual contract.
