Why teams switch from LSEG
Try it before you talk to anyone
Open every panel on simulated data without an account, and read the price on a page instead of waiting for an account team to quote one.
Lightning fast
Ledington boots significantly quicker than Workspace, panels open as fast as you can type the code, and charts redraw while you drag them.
Everyone starts on the same screen
Publish a layout once and the whole desk works from it, with owner, admin and member roles and an audit log that can't be edited.
Ledington and LSEG Workspace, side by side
| LedingtonLedington | LSEG Workspace | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access and pricing | ||||
| Pricing | Yes: LedingtonPublished on our website | LSEG WorkspaceNot published; generally between $25,000 and $32,000 per user per year | ||
| Try before you buy | Yes: LedingtonDemo straight away, no signup required | Partly: LSEG Workspace30-day trial, after a form and a corporate email address | ||
| Getting started | Yes: LedingtonNo account team to go through | LSEG WorkspaceLicences requested and changed through an account team | ||
| Speed | Yes: LedingtonBoots in seconds and answers every keystroke straight away | Partly: LSEG WorkspaceA desktop install that takes its time to launch and to load a screen | ||
| Where it runs | Yes: LedingtonAny modern browser, or desktop on macOS and Windows | Partly: LSEG WorkspaceWindows and macOS desktop, web and mobile; tablets unsupported on the web | ||
| Interface | ||||
| Finding a function | Yes: LedingtonShort codes for every function, plus search by name | Yes: LSEG WorkspaceA search box that takes names or codes | ||
| Tabs inside panels | Yes: LedingtonStack any panels as tabs | Partly: LSEG WorkspaceApps arranged across workspace tabs | ||
| Pop-out windows | Yes: LedingtonSend any group of tabs to its own window | Yes: LSEG WorkspaceMultiple windows and monitors | ||
| Learning curve | Yes: LedingtonMost people are productive in an afternoon | Partly: LSEG WorkspaceSix to ten hours of training, then a certification exam | ||
| Data and research | ||||
| Equities | Yes: LedingtonQuotes, charts, financials, screener, insiders, 13F | Yes: LSEG WorkspaceFundamentals covering 99% of global market cap | ||
| Estimates | Partly: LedingtonAnalyst estimates coming soon | Yes: LSEG WorkspaceI/B/E/S estimates across 23,000 companies in 90 countries | ||
| Rates and central banks | Yes: LedingtonTreasury curve, SOFR, repo, SOMA, ECB, BoE and BoC | Yes: LSEG WorkspaceGlobal rates coverage | ||
| Bonds | Partly: LedingtonInstitutional bonds data coming soon | Yes: LSEG WorkspaceDeep fixed income coverage, next to LSEG's own venues | ||
| News | Partly: LedingtonCentral bank, regulatory and company news in one feed | Yes: LSEG WorkspaceReuters, with 2,600 journalists in 200 locations | ||
| Source on every panel | Yes: LedingtonEach panel names and links its original source | Partly: LSEG WorkspaceVaries by app | ||
| Teams and treasury | ||||
| Shared layouts and screens | Yes: LedingtonPublish layouts and saved screens to your workspace | Partly: LSEG WorkspaceSharing between individually licensed users | ||
| Roles and audit log | Yes: LedingtonOwner, admin and member roles, with an audit log that can't be edited | Yes: LSEG WorkspaceEntitlement controls and single sign-on, administered by LSEG | ||
| Chat | Partly: LedingtonChat within your organization | Yes: LSEG WorkspaceLSEG Messenger, across 30,000 firms in 180 countries | ||
| Spreadsheets | Partly: LedingtonExport any panel's data to a spreadsheet | Yes: LSEG WorkspaceExcel add-in with formulas that refresh in the sheet | ||
| Cash and treasury | Yes: LedingtonMaturity ladders, money funds and bank deposit exposure | Partly: LSEG WorkspacePortfolio analytics across the platform | ||
Where LSEG is still ahead
LSEG owns Reuters, decades of archive and the venues where fixed income and FX actually trade. If those sit at the centre of your day, Workspace is still the right terminal.
Reuters in the terminal
A newsroom of 2,600 journalists in 200 locations, filing into the same window as the prices.
Depth and history
Estimates, fundamentals, funds and deals across dozens of countries, with price history going back more than a century.
Venues, not just data
FXall, Matching and Tradeweb sit behind the screen, so the terminal is next to real liquidity rather than a quote of it.
Questions from LSEG users
Try the terminal before you sign up
The demo runs on simulated data and needs no account, so you can open every panel and build a layout before you talk to anyone.
In your browser or on your desktop
Use Ledington in any modern browser, or install the desktop app for its own window and an always-on-top mode. Your layouts follow you between them.
Available for macOS and Windows.
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