Each has grown to be a large company in and of themselves. They all take data they receive and resell it in various formats. On one level, yes. Research information would all look the same and hopefully be formatted in a dissectible fashion allowing for programmatic extraction of key financial data values. The problem is the software.
Many applications exist to screen, query or search for financial data.
These characteristics are useful for research and exploratory activities, but are not useful for today's fast pace and instant knowledge requirements. Any type of advantage gained is to the gatherer. You need to be alerted. And you only want to be alerted on things in which you have an interest. The ideal solution is a company experienced in software development and financial services to broker the information transfer from sell side to buy side.