Benzinga vs Reuters comparison

Benzinga focuses on News, Alerts, and News Sentiment while Reuters specializes in News, Alerts, and Watchlist. They overlap in 4 categories, so choose based on your preferred workflow and pricing.

Good news—both Benzinga and Reuters offer free plans. You can try each platform without commitment and only pay when you need premium features.

Benzinga provides API access for programmatic data retrieval and custom integrations. Reuters doesn't currently offer an API, so you'll need to use their web interface.

Choose Benzinga if you need Benzinga Pro newsfeed for active traders with customizable filters, real-time notifications, and a price sentiment engine; includes “Why Is It Moving” (WIIM) one-sentence explanations., and Alerts: browser/desktop notifications, sound alerts, and email notifications; alerts can be customized by tool (e.g., Newsfeed, Signals, Watchlists).. Go with Reuters if Comprehensive business and markets coverage through dedicated sections on stocks, rates and bonds, currencies, and commodities., and Company profile pages include charts, financial statements, and key ratios, clearly marked as sourced from LSEG (Refinitiv). better fits how you invest.

Both cover Stocks, and Futures. Benzinga also includes Options, and Cryptos. Reuters adds coverage for ETFs, Bonds, Commodities, and Currencies.

Benzinga offers real-time data feeds, which is essential for active traders. Reuters uses delayed or end-of-day data, which works fine for longer-term investors who don't need up-to-the-second quotes.

Benzinga supports data exports to CSV. Reuters has more limited export options.

Benzinga is built with active traders in mind, offering features like real-time data and technical analysis. Reuters is better suited for buy-and-hold investors focused on fundamentals.

Benzinga includes a stock screener for finding investment ideas. Reuters focuses on other analytical tools.