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Panjiva

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Panjiva Reviews Summary

Panjiva's reputation is marked by a duality of strong customer service and significant privacy concerns. Many users appreciate the intuitive database and the helpfulness of customer support, praising the platform's utility for market analysis and supplier sourcing. However, a recurring theme is the dissatisfaction regarding the unauthorized publication of personal and proprietary information, leading to accusations of unethical practices. Additionally, some customers express frustration over refund policies and perceived lack of transparency. Overall, while Panjiva offers valuable tools and responsive service, its approach to data privacy remains a critical area for improvement.

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New York
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Domila has been an incredible asset to our company. Over the years we've been able to truly understand the Panjiva product because of her thoughtful yet timely responses. She has gone above and beyond to ensure each new hire is brought up to speed. Lifesaver!

Date of experience: December 12, 2017
Georgia
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This service is a must for companies that want to find new customers already working with the products you sell. The interface is easy to use, and the training answers everything you need to know.

Date of experience: December 12, 2017
New York
1 review
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Panjiva has opened new doors for our supply chain research work. The database is incredibly fast and agile and enables unparalleled insights into industry transactions. We have found that the database allows us to dive deep into specific areas or suppliers of interest by applying filters and search terms in a very intuitive way and allows for custom summaries to be generated with ease. Weve been using the database intensively for well over a year and have had a great experience all around. The breadth and depth of knowledge of the Panjiva team has consistently impressed us whenever weve reached out with any questions. Were very excited to continue to leverage this fantastic tool as new features and country datasets are continuously added on.

Date of experience: December 4, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
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Excellent Overview
November 29, 2017

Kristin was knowledgeable, informative and easy to understand.
She welcomed all questions.
A pleasure!

Date of experience: November 29, 2017
Ohio
1 review
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We switched over to Panjiva a few years back and have been very happy with them. They continue to improve the ease of use, add more data, and are very easy to deal with on any matter.

Date of experience: November 8, 2017
New York
1 review
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Domila
October 26, 2017

She's awesome, great customer service, timely and reliable.
Knowledgeable and driven. She always find a solution to tough questions and follows through.

Date of experience: October 26, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
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Small Company's View
October 25, 2017

We are a small company that specializes in a limited number of chemicals.
Once we have the data provided by Panjiva, which is a year's worth, we don't need to keep close tabs on things for another several months.

Plan to rejoin around the March 2018 timeframe.

Date of experience: October 25, 2017
Pakistan
1 review
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It was great talking to Kristine she answered all my questions she was very professional. It was a pleasure dealing with her

Date of experience: October 19, 2017
TW
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The website is professionally designed and quite easy to use. The added filters provide the necessary sifting off unwanted data, enabling the user to narrow searching for the right kind of clients and also providing modules to save data in a favorite folder for later review.

The brilliant access of enabling export of the information, enables the user to save the filtered search to an excel database and enabling the sales team to follow up to contact client and offer (via email), call (via mobile or landline) and even visit clients (as physical address too is provided)

There is a downside though - since the program access is web based - it is slow - especially to process the criteria chosen... which could go upto over 20K records until extra filtering is used

The credit of points system, reduced as you click on a clients representative telephone number or email id - makes one vary of how to earn more credits when the points are used up... you cant buy more points - so you need to wait for the next month or probably upgrade...

The subscription plans are too costly and can only be justified if business materializes. To achieve this, a lot of hard work and effort is required to collect the data, call or email the clients and then follow up with offers, samples etc...

Some of the telephone numbers and email id may not be correct as the database is supported and updated by 3rd party (for USA D &B) - we need to contact them for further assistance &/or email Panjiva to contact D & B on our behalf

The basic subscription is limited to one user login & the surcharge for additional users is quite steep.

Date of experience: October 17, 2017
Texas
1 review
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Satisfied Client
September 29, 2017

Very helpful, informative team. Panjiva is a useful sales tool. The staff is knowledgable and helpful. I would definitely recommend this product.

Date of experience: September 29, 2017
Canada
1 review
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Great service!
September 27, 2017

My company was evaluating several import stats providers before we chose to go with Panjiva. I made this decision based on the exceptional level of service that was provided when we were evaluating the company and it has only kept up since then. Their online portal is user friendly and logical and their customer service is top notch!

Date of experience: September 26, 2017
Georgia
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I have never used import/export data before panjiva. The spreadsheets and data are easy to follow and understand. Kristin was a delight and willing to answer any questions or confusions with a positive attitude! Their pricing is competitive for the information that you get access to. The company is willing to train you on how to use the data to fit your companies needs. It's an awesome tool to help develop the company further and give them a competitive advantage with data thats up to date.

Thanks!

Date of experience: September 25, 2017
Italy
1 review
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Clear and Perfect! Thanks
September 15, 2017

Very helpful thank you very much! Kristin has been very clear and quick in order to train me in the proper way.
Thanks again
Enrico sola

Date of experience: September 15, 2017
Kansas
1 review
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I am new to import/export data that Panjiva offers. After comparing their software to their competitors including Piers and Datamyne, I am happy with the choice we made to purchase Panjiva. Not only were they competitive with pricing, but their software offered so much more in terms of "available data". Their software is also quick with no lag time like their competition. Not only is the software great, but the training is incredible. If you are new to this material, it may take really great training to understand what it is you are looking at. With that said, Panjiva offers incredible supplemental training with an assigned trainer who is always there to help with any questions throughout your access period. Michael Guritz is incredible. He really made all this overwhelming data make sense and was very patient, polite, and thorough with his explanation. I must say with great software and Awesome customer support, this is the way to go for data software! Thanks Mike for making this experience smooth and easy! You really are doing a great job for Panjiva! I look forward to working with you for a long time to come! We are happy to be part of the Panjiva Family! Thank you!

Date of experience: July 25, 2017
Florida
1 review
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I have now taking a couple of classes with Hilary and one with Domila and Kristin and everyone of them have been extremely patient and helpful. They all have a great attitude and know their craft and teach it well.

I thank them all, as indirectly they are all part of my success in finding new opportunities.

Date of experience: June 22, 2017
Mexico
1 review
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Good enough
May 12, 2017

I think the data information could be displayed in a report more efficiently even when you are aout of your downloaded lines, just by dowloading them directly in the computer.

Could be also great to filter the results of your searchs on the topic whatever is your own interest, like having filters like in excel.

Could be great if we can handle the report online and get a summary of the report by eacch filter if we want.

After we download the report we have to work a lot more to format, additions, filtering and at the time the report comes out it is very late and we have to rush database.

Date of experience: May 12, 2017
Josh G. — Panjiva Rep
over a year old

Raymundo, thank you for the feedback! Would you be willing to spend 15 minutes talking with our team? I'd like to learn from your experiences, so that we can make the Panjiva product better. If you're willing, please email me at [email protected].

Josh Green
CEO, Panjiva

Canada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Know your rights
April 22, 2017

Hello everyone under PIPEDA office of privacy commissioner. You can file a complaint against Panjiva to take your information down. How unprofessional of panjiva to expose people's privacy to the world. Do you know your identity can be stolen through panjiva's selfishness?

Date of experience: April 22, 2017
Josh G. — Panjiva Rep
over a year old

Hi, Anonymous. Though the information we receive is a matter of public record in the United States, we have no interest in publishing personal information. Please contact our team ([email protected]) or me directly ([email protected]) to have your information removed.

Josh Green
CEO, Panjiva

Canada
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Disappointed
April 22, 2017

Panjiva I am angry with your company. Do you know you violate people's privacy by exposing people? If someone is being protected from a murderer do you know you would play a role in someone's death? Stop posting people information on the Internet. Guys I emailed the company asking for my information be removed they played me no mind. Only after my lawyer got involved it was taken down in less than 13 hours. Shame on you Panjiva not professional. BAD BUSINESS.

Date of experience: April 21, 2017
Josh G. — Panjiva Rep
over a year old

Moses, I'm very sorry to hear about your experience. Though the information we receive is a matter of public record in the United States, we have no interest in publishing personal information. Can you contact me personally ([email protected]) to tell me exactly what happened when you contacted our team? I want to ensure that privacy requests are handled right away.

Josh Green
CEO, Panjiva

Mexico
1 review
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Hilary help me a lot when it comes how to do smart list and to know how to search more shipments and companies, She was very good explaining about how works that specificly button.

She is so smart and good at her job.

I congratulated her for al the help that she give me

Date of experience: April 4, 2017
Canada
1 review
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Customer information
March 31, 2017

Why is it okay to put out peoples name and address for the world wide web to see. Including bill of sale this is a breach of confidentiality. No one is told that this will happen but I can assure you my work is a big company and I have a big mouth and will be telling anyone and the companies here that you put the information on line for everyone to see. Panji does not care about customer confidentiality

Date of experience: March 31, 2017
Josh G. — Panjiva Rep
over a year old

Lori, all of our information comes from public sources. For instance, the U.S. government is required by law to make bills of lading public. We believe that we provide a valuable public service by organizing this information and making the business of global trade more transparent. That said, we have no interest in personal information (and believe personal information should be kept private!). If your personal information is on Panjiva, please email our team ([email protected]), and we'll remove it. - Josh Green, CEO