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Northdata vs Bloomberg Terminal
Last updated October 2026
Looking for a European alternative to Bloomberg Terminal? Here's how Northdata compares, on EU hosting, GDPR and what it does.
Our pick for a European buyer: Northdata. We weight data residency, GDPR and EU jurisdiction above everything else — that is the constraint this directory exists to solve.
What it is
German business intelligence platform for European company data
Provides real-time market data, news, analytics, and trading tools for financial professionals.
Headquarters
🇩🇪 DE
🇺🇸 US · 1981
EU data residency
Yes, for all customers
not established
DSGVO / GDPR
Yes
Yes
Certifications
No
ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II
Price from
€500/mo
No
Free plan
No
No
Open Source
No
No
Integrations
BetterCo, plugnpl.ai, Dealfront, Google Sheets (via Apps Script)
Excel, Java, C/C++, .NET, Perl +2
Where each one wins
Northdata
Bloomberg Terminal
Strengths
- +Comprehensive and real-time financial data
- +Powerful analytics and research tools
- +Trusted by institutional investors and traders
Limitations
- −High cost of subscription
- −Steep learning curve for new users
- −Limited transparency in pricing
Data residency & compliance
Northdata
Bloomberg Terminal
EU data residency
Yes, for all customers
not established
Transfer mechanism
Not required — data stays in the EU
not established
Sub-processors
not established
not established
Certifications
No
ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II
Pricing
Northdata
- M Level €500 per month (excl. VAT) per monthData API only · Limited to 1,000 requests per month · First 5,000 requests per month free
- L Level €750 per month (excl. VAT) per monthData API with Persons included · First 5,000 requests per month free
- XL Level €1,000 per month (excl. VAT) per monthData API with Persons, Deep Data (Finance/Marketing/Tech) · Includes Academic Institutions · First 5,000 requests per month free
- XXL Level €1,500 per month (excl. VAT) per monthData API with Persons, Deep Data, Ownership & Flags · First 5,000 requests per month free
- Quarterly Exports (M package) €2,250 per quarter per country per quarter per countryJSON export of complete database · Minimum contract duration: 12 months
- Quarterly Exports (Tax Havens) €7,950 per quarter per quarterCovers Cyprus, Guernsey, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco · Minimum contract duration: 12 months
- Start-Up Package On request per monthIncludes Premium Services license · Available only to start-ups
Pricing for Premium Services is not publicly listed. Tiered per-request fees apply beyond the first 5,000 free requests per month.
Bloomberg Terminal
No published pricing we could verify.
Pricing is not publicly disclosed; reported figures vary by source and are not officially confirmed.
Features
Northdata
- Search Engine & Online Research
- Company and person search across 26 European countries, Company history, legal status, and legal form information, Financial indicators (revenue, earnings, assets, liabilities, equity, ownership concentration), Performance indicators (employee count, patents, trademarks, funding activity)
- Data Services (API & Exports)
- Data API with tiered per-request fees (€0.10, €0.07, €0.05), Widget API for network graphs, timelines, and publication tables, Quarterly JSON exports of the complete database, CSV format exports
- Premium Services
- Advanced research capabilities for professionals, Data visualization tools, API access for integration into other applications, Printing services
Bloomberg Terminal
- Market Data & Valuation
- Real-time market data feeds, Evaluated pricing (BVAL), Pricing curves and analytics
- News & Research
- Bloomberg News integration, Research and analysis tools, Customizable news alerts
- Trading & Execution
- Order management, Execution tools, Trade analytics
- Communication & Collaboration
- Instant messaging, Secure chat, Collaboration tools
- Compliance & Archiving
- Electronic communications archiving, Trade data reconstruction, Voice data analysis