FactSet Workstation is a desktop research and analytics platform giving investment professionals access to real-time news and quotes, company and portfolio analytics, multi-company comparisons, industry analysis, securities screening, and predictive risk measurements. Users build customized workspaces, run alpha tests, value fixed-income portfolios, and produce client reports backed by FactSet's data and modeling tools.

The platform integrates over 800 data sources and 850 independent providers across asset classes, and serves portfolio managers, equity and credit analysts, investment bankers, sell-side research, and corporate finance teams. FactSet competes head-to-head with Bloomberg Terminal and S&P Capital IQ Pro on the institutional research desk.