Bloomberg, LSEG Workspace, and FactSet run $15–30k per seat per year. Godel covers the daily equity workflow — quotes, filings, financials, news, options chains — starting at $996/yr in a browser.
Legacy terminals were built for everything: trading, messaging, portfolio systems, fixed income, FX, research, and analytics. But many teams primarily use them for a much narrower daily workflow.
*Godel is designed for the first category — not the second.
Bloomberg, LSEG, and FactSet evolved into massive all-in-one systems — but many firms still pay full-seat pricing for lightweight usage.
| Bloomberg | LSEG | FactSet | Godel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real-time quotes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SEC filings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Financials | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lightweight screening | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Options chains | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Browser-native | ✕ | Partial | Partial | ✓ |
| Onboarding | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Minutes |
| IB chat | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Annual cost / seat | ~$27k | ~$22k | $12–24k | Starting at $996 |
Designed around the Bloomberg-style commands most analysts already know — without recreating the complexity of a legacy terminal ecosystem.
Honest about the trade. Some legacy-terminal features are on the roadmap; others are Bloomberg-only workflows we don't replicate.
*Most firms keep a few Bloomberg seats for IB-chat and rates desks — and modernize the rest of the team on Godel.
Godel gives analysts immediate market context around prices, filings, and news — without paying for thousands of functions a single person never opens.
Research workflows without per-advisor terminal overhead.
Bloomberg for the PM, Godel for analysts — same data, starting at $996/seat.
Skip the per-seat Bloomberg commitment for lean investment teams.
Fast workflows for analyst-heavy organizations on a research budget.
We'll walk through which seats your team uses heavily vs. lightly, and where starting at $996/seat covers the daily workflow.