Data Axle Reference Solutions

What do you like best?

The best thing about referenceUSA is that it is available through my county library. It is a really fantastic business database allowing me to create custom searches and even save them to refer back to later. They even have some really cool additional features like heat mapping and charts that you can use if you want to. Its really great that you can search by nearly any custom field that they include on the company profiles. It allows you to be very specific and precise on your searches.

What do you dislike?

I can't really say I dislike anything about it, however, it would be nice to be able to sort and filter through some of the lists using certain fields. You also can not use this as a resoucre to find valid email addresses, but, you can definitely look up enough information about the company to be able to get solid contact information and almost all the items you might need for company research.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Always check with your local library to see if you can use the service through them under their research databases.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

One thing that I have been needing for my role/job is the ability to look up the square footage of a business location. ReferenceUSA allows me to do this and its the only place I have been able to find where this information is accurate and accessible. Budget was also very important to me and this is a very budget friendly solution for company research/databases.