Fiscal.ai is the closest drop-in replacement with overlapping coverage in Improved Filings, Insider Data, and 13F while adding Stock Ideas and Screeners coverage and Modern web-based research terminal with dashboards, customizable watchlists, portfolio views, and visualizations across global stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, and funds. and Deep fundamentals and segment/KPI coverage, including proprietary KPI feeds for ~2,250+ companies and history depth that scales with plan tier. features (category overlap ~100%).
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Alternatives to SEC.gov (EDGAR)
Curated replacements ranked by category overlap, pricing, and platform access. Use this list to stress-test SEC.gov (EDGAR) against peers before committing to a long-term plan.
Looking for a SEC.gov (EDGAR) replacement? We've profiled 20 alternatives ranked by category overlap, pricing flexibility, and platform access. Whether you need a free option to trial, mobile-ready workflows, or API integrations—this list has you covered. Dive in to find your next tool.
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Free Options18With free tiers
Avg. Overlap70%Category match
Mobile Ready7Native apps
Quick takeaways
Free tiers remain available through Fiscal.ai, SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings), Fintel, TipRanks, GuruFocus, SEC API (sec-api.io), Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), FinancialReports.eu, CapEdge, Quiver Quantitative, FINVIZ, Unusual Whales, AUM 13F, Sharesight, Alpha Vantage, BamSEC, Börsdata, and Changeflow (Trackly) for side-by-side testing.
Need mobile access? TipRanks, GuruFocus, and CapEdge bring phone-ready workflows that SEC.gov (EDGAR) lacks.
Round out your stack with new coverage areas like Stock Ideas, Screeners, Stock Comparison, and Data Visualizations.
Similarity score 1372Category overlap: 100%
Shared coverage
Improved FilingsInsider Data13FAlertsData APIsAPIs & SDKs
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Mutual Funds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Stock Ideas, Screeners, and Stock Comparison coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Modern web-based research terminal with dashboards, customizable watchlists, portfolio views, and visualizations across global stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, and funds., Deep fundamentals and segment/KPI coverage, including proprietary KPI feeds for ~2,250+ companies and history depth that scales with plan tier., and AI Copilot for conversational research plus AI summaries and AI-generated reports, designed to speed up earnings, filings, and peer comparisons..
Adds coverage: Stock Ideas, Screeners, Stock Comparison, and Data Visualizations
Standout features: Modern web-based research terminal with dashboards, customizable watchlists, portfolio views, and visualizations across global stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, and funds., Deep fundamentals and segment/KPI coverage, including proprietary KPI feeds for ~2,250+ companies and history depth that scales with plan tier., AI Copilot for conversational research plus AI summaries and AI-generated reports, designed to speed up earnings, filings, and peer comparisons., and Integrated analyst data (forward estimates, revisions, ratings, and price targets) aligned with standardized and adjusted metrics.
#2 Alternative
Analyst PickHands-on TestedFree Tier
Similarity score 1225Category overlap: 83%
Shared coverage
Insider Data13FAlertsData APIsAPIs & SDKs
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Mutual Funds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Regulatory Filings Monitoring, IPO, and Secondary Offerings coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Full‑Text Search (since 2001) with fielded filters: word/phrase, company/ticker/CIK/person, filing category/types, filed date ranges, ‘principal executive offices in’ and ‘incorporated in’., ‘Latest Filings’ list shows filings as they are submitted (with RSS for any filter; ownership Forms 3/4/5 can be included/excluded/only)., and Company Search with ‘more search options’, plus dedicated searches for Mutual Funds (prospectuses/proxy voting) and Variable Insurance Products..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Improved Filings.
Adds coverage: Regulatory Filings Monitoring, IPO, Secondary Offerings, and 13D/13G
Standout features: Full‑Text Search (since 2001) with fielded filters: word/phrase, company/ticker/CIK/person, filing category/types, filed date ranges, ‘principal executive offices in’ and ‘incorporated in’., ‘Latest Filings’ list shows filings as they are submitted (with RSS for any filter; ownership Forms 3/4/5 can be included/excluded/only)., Company Search with ‘more search options’, plus dedicated searches for Mutual Funds (prospectuses/proxy voting) and Variable Insurance Products., and CIK Lookup & helper datasets (company_tickers*.json) to map tickers↔CIK (company/fund/series/class).
Similarity score 1143Category overlap: 83%
Shared coverage
Improved FilingsInsider Data13FAlertsData APIs
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Mutual Funds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Short Interest, 13D/13G, and Which ETF includes this Stock? coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Official short-interest data sourced from NASDAQ and NYSE on individual ticker pages., Off-exchange and dark pool short volume reported from FINRA feeds., and Comprehensive ownership tracking including 13F, 13D/G, NPORT filings, ETF and mutual fund holders, plus UK disclosure data..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: Short Interest, 13D/13G, Which ETF includes this Stock?, and ETF Holdings
Standout features: Official short-interest data sourced from NASDAQ and NYSE on individual ticker pages., Off-exchange and dark pool short volume reported from FINRA feeds., Comprehensive ownership tracking including 13F, 13D/G, NPORT filings, ETF and mutual fund holders, plus UK disclosure data., and Dedicated “Which ETF holds this stock?” pages showing ETF-level exposure by ticker.
Similarity score 1117Category overlap: 83%
Shared coverage
Insider Data13FAlertsData APIsAPIs & SDKs
Assets: Stocks and ETFs
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- TipRanks adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Stock Ideas, Top Analysts, and Screeners coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Tracks and measures performance of financial experts (analysts, bloggers, hedge funds, and corporate insiders) to help investors evaluate who to trust., Smart Score: proprietary quantitative stock score (1–10) based on 8 factors (analyst ratings, insider transactions, blogger opinions, individual investor sentiment, hedge fund activity, news sentiment, technicals, fundamentals)., and AI Stock Analysis: automated report that analyzes financial statements, earnings call transcripts, SEC 8‑K filings, technical indicators and market sentiment to generate an AI score and price target; includes strengths/risks, peer comparison, and corporate-event summaries..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Improved Filings.
Adds coverage: Stock Ideas, Top Analysts, Screeners, and ETF Screeners
Standout features: Tracks and measures performance of financial experts (analysts, bloggers, hedge funds, and corporate insiders) to help investors evaluate who to trust., Smart Score: proprietary quantitative stock score (1–10) based on 8 factors (analyst ratings, insider transactions, blogger opinions, individual investor sentiment, hedge fund activity, news sentiment, technicals, fundamentals)., AI Stock Analysis: automated report that analyzes financial statements, earnings call transcripts, SEC 8‑K filings, technical indicators and market sentiment to generate an AI score and price target; includes strengths/risks, peer comparison, and corporate-event summaries., and Stock/ETF research workflow includes analyst forecasts/consensus & price targets plus pages/tabs for news/insights, dividends, earnings, ownership, financials, and technical analysis (example: AAPL).
Similarity score 1091Category overlap: 67%
Shared coverage
Insider Data13FAlertsData APIs
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Mutual Funds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- GuruFocus adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Screeners, Stock Ideas, and Stock Comparison coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Global value-investing research platform covering ~100,000 stocks in ~100 markets plus 8,000+ institutional investors and 15,000+ mutual funds holdings, designed to provide historical financial and valuation data for long-term investors., All-in-One Screener offers 500+ fundamental, valuation, profitability, growth, dividend, guru and insider filters, supports custom filters/formulas and screening by regions, countries, exchanges and user portfolios., and Stock pages combine up to 30-year financial statements, valuation ratios, proprietary GF Score (quality, value, growth, momentum and GF value), dividend data, ownership, operating/segment metrics, filings, transcripts, PDF reports and downloadable charts/tables..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Improved Filings and APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Stock Ideas, Stock Comparison, and Data Visualizations
Standout features: Global value-investing research platform covering ~100,000 stocks in ~100 markets plus 8,000+ institutional investors and 15,000+ mutual funds holdings, designed to provide historical financial and valuation data for long-term investors., All-in-One Screener offers 500+ fundamental, valuation, profitability, growth, dividend, guru and insider filters, supports custom filters/formulas and screening by regions, countries, exchanges and user portfolios., Stock pages combine up to 30-year financial statements, valuation ratios, proprietary GF Score (quality, value, growth, momentum and GF value), dividend data, ownership, operating/segment metrics, filings, transcripts, PDF reports and downloadable charts/tables., and Guru and institutional tools track portfolios and trades of thousands of investors, including real-time guru picks, 13F and 13D/13G data for all institutional investors (PremiumPlus+), mutual fund holdings, sector/geographic trends, ETF and options holdings.
Similarity score 1079Category overlap: 67%
Shared coverage
Insider Data13FData APIsAPIs & SDKs
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Mutual Funds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Regulatory Filings Monitoring, 13D/13G, and Financials coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Comprehensive API endpoints: query, full-text search, real-time streaming via WebSocket, download/PDF generator, XBRL-to-JSON conversion, and section extractors for 10-K/10-Q/8-K filings., Specialized form coverage including ADV, insider filings (Forms 3/4/5), 13F, 13D/G, Form 144, IPO registrations (S-1, 424B4), crowdfunding (Form C, Form D), Reg A filings, and fund reports (N-PORT, N-PX, N-CEN)., and Datasets include executive compensation, directors and board members, audit fees, subsidiaries, and public float/outstanding shares..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Improved Filings and Alerts.
Adds coverage: Regulatory Filings Monitoring, 13D/13G, Financials, and Management Compensation
Standout features: Comprehensive API endpoints: query, full-text search, real-time streaming via WebSocket, download/PDF generator, XBRL-to-JSON conversion, and section extractors for 10-K/10-Q/8-K filings., Specialized form coverage including ADV, insider filings (Forms 3/4/5), 13F, 13D/G, Form 144, IPO registrations (S-1, 424B4), crowdfunding (Form C, Form D), Reg A filings, and fund reports (N-PORT, N-PX, N-CEN)., Datasets include executive compensation, directors and board members, audit fees, subsidiaries, and public float/outstanding shares., and Historical coverage back to 1993 with support for all 400+ EDGAR form types; new filings made available within ~300 ms of posting.
Similarity score 1065Category overlap: 67%
Shared coverage
Insider Data13FData APIsAPIs & SDKs
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Mutual Funds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, News, and Calendar coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Multi‑asset data coverage via a single API: equities, ETFs, mutual funds, indexes, forex, crypto, commodities, macroeconomic indicators, ESG and ownership datasets, organized into Market Data, Fundamental & Company Data, News & Calendar Data, Advanced Data, Ownership and Other Markets., Real‑time quotes plus intraday (1‑minute, 5‑minute, 30‑minute, 1‑hour) and end‑of‑day historical bars for stocks and other assets; Premium and Ultimate tiers add intraday chart endpoints, technical indicators and up to 30+ years of history, with Ultimate including 1‑minute intraday charting and full historical access., and Fundamental statement APIs with audited, standardized and as‑reported income statements, balance sheets and cash‑flow statements (annual, quarterly and TTM), plus key metrics, ratios, financial scores, enterprise values and product/geographic segment revenue breakdowns..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Improved Filings and Alerts.
Adds coverage: Screeners, News, Calendar, and Dividends
Standout features: Multi‑asset data coverage via a single API: equities, ETFs, mutual funds, indexes, forex, crypto, commodities, macroeconomic indicators, ESG and ownership datasets, organized into Market Data, Fundamental & Company Data, News & Calendar Data, Advanced Data, Ownership and Other Markets., Real‑time quotes plus intraday (1‑minute, 5‑minute, 30‑minute, 1‑hour) and end‑of‑day historical bars for stocks and other assets; Premium and Ultimate tiers add intraday chart endpoints, technical indicators and up to 30+ years of history, with Ultimate including 1‑minute intraday charting and full historical access., Fundamental statement APIs with audited, standardized and as‑reported income statements, balance sheets and cash‑flow statements (annual, quarterly and TTM), plus key metrics, ratios, financial scores, enterprise values and product/geographic segment revenue breakdowns., and Built‑in valuation and advanced metrics including DCF models, owner earnings and other formula‑based indicators documented in the Financial Formulas section, with a Custom DCF Calculator and Advanced Market Metrics (e.g., sector performance, technical indicators) available on higher‑tier plans.
Similarity score 997Category overlap: 67%
Shared coverage
Improved FilingsInsider DataAlertsData APIs
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Mutual Funds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Regulatory Filings Monitoring, IPO, and Screeners coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Real‑time filings ingestion (<5 min typical) with continuous 30‑minute source refresh; 4.5M+ filings from 16,645 companies across 44 markets., Programmatic access to filings, company metadata, languages, countries, filing types, sources; Markdown extraction endpoint for filing text., and Watchlist & email alerts the moment a tracked company files; ‘Live Filings Feed’ UI (30‑minute update cycle)..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need 13F and APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: Regulatory Filings Monitoring, IPO, Screeners, and AI Filings Summary
Standout features: Real‑time filings ingestion (<5 min typical) with continuous 30‑minute source refresh; 4.5M+ filings from 16,645 companies across 44 markets., Programmatic access to filings, company metadata, languages, countries, filing types, sources; Markdown extraction endpoint for filing text., Watchlist & email alerts the moment a tracked company files; ‘Live Filings Feed’ UI (30‑minute update cycle)., and Insider trades browser and country drill‑downs; IPO/exchange/index reference sections.
#9 Alternative
Similarity score 971Category overlap: 83%
Shared coverage
Improved FilingsInsider Data13FData APIsAPIs & SDKs
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Financials, Screeners, and Analyst Forecasts coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Simple REST API designed for “AI financial agents, portfolio management tools, stock analysis platforms, quantitative trading algorithms,” with endpoints for financial statements, stock prices, segmented financials, insider trades, institutional ownership, SEC filings, crypto prices, news, and more., Market coverage for equities: “Complete US public company data” with “100% coverage” of US publicly-traded companies (30,000+ tickers), including active and delisted stocks; non-US markets not yet available., and Stock prices endpoint supports minute/day/week/month/year intervals and pulls prices from verified exchanges like NASDAQ, NYSE, and AMEX (useful for charting/backtesting workflows)..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Alerts.
Adds coverage: Financials, Screeners, Analyst Forecasts, and Institutional Data
Standout features: Simple REST API designed for “AI financial agents, portfolio management tools, stock analysis platforms, quantitative trading algorithms,” with endpoints for financial statements, stock prices, segmented financials, insider trades, institutional ownership, SEC filings, crypto prices, news, and more., Market coverage for equities: “Complete US public company data” with “100% coverage” of US publicly-traded companies (30,000+ tickers), including active and delisted stocks; non-US markets not yet available., Stock prices endpoint supports minute/day/week/month/year intervals and pulls prices from verified exchanges like NASDAQ, NYSE, and AMEX (useful for charting/backtesting workflows)., and Stock Screener endpoint screens stocks by applying multiple fundamental filters (field/operator/value) across available financial metrics.
Similarity score 963Category overlap: 67%
Shared coverage
Improved FilingsInsider Data13FAlerts
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Funds
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- CapEdge adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Screeners, Stock Comparison, and Data Visualizations coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Web-based research platform focused on US equity capital markets that lets users instantly search SEC EDGAR filings and earnings transcripts, monitor IPOs, and track investor holdings across time; navigation exposes Earnings, IPOs, Transcripts, Investor Holdings and an EDGAR Filing Screener from the homepage., Advanced EDGAR filing search supports natural-language and keyword queries, filters by ticker, company name, filing type, and date, plus Filing Analysis views that show which companies mention a theme and how its popularity changes over time. Power users can use AND/OR/NOT boolean operators, with search history saved for later reuse., and Improved filing reader for most SEC forms (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 6-K, S-1, F-1, S-4, 20-F, 40-F, DEF 14A, etc.) including similar-filing navigation, customizable font and size, side table-of-contents, and advanced content analysis such as sentiment scores, readability measures, and lists of new and removed words across successive filings..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Data APIs and APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Stock Comparison, Data Visualizations, and Financials
Standout features: Web-based research platform focused on US equity capital markets that lets users instantly search SEC EDGAR filings and earnings transcripts, monitor IPOs, and track investor holdings across time; navigation exposes Earnings, IPOs, Transcripts, Investor Holdings and an EDGAR Filing Screener from the homepage., Advanced EDGAR filing search supports natural-language and keyword queries, filters by ticker, company name, filing type, and date, plus Filing Analysis views that show which companies mention a theme and how its popularity changes over time. Power users can use AND/OR/NOT boolean operators, with search history saved for later reuse., Improved filing reader for most SEC forms (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 6-K, S-1, F-1, S-4, 20-F, 40-F, DEF 14A, etc.) including similar-filing navigation, customizable font and size, side table-of-contents, and advanced content analysis such as sentiment scores, readability measures, and lists of new and removed words across successive filings., and Diff viewer for financial filings highlights changes between successive 10-K/10-Q documents, coloring removed text in one color and new text in another, and attempting to align similar data-table rows across filings to make numeric changes easier to spot.
Similarity score 957Category overlap: 67%
Shared coverage
Insider Data13FAlertsData APIs
Assets: Stocks and ETFs
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Quiver Quantitative adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Screeners, Watchlist, and Backtesting coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Alternative data dashboards spanning Congress trading, insider activity, government contracts, lobbying, app ratings, Google Trends, U.S. patents, ETF and institutional holdings, and more., Congress Trading dashboard parses public disclosures, tracks post-trade performance, and shows cumulative returns by individual politicians., and Institutional Holdings (13F) dashboard, with a backtesting tool for premium users to evaluate fund-level positioning over time..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Improved Filings and APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Watchlist, Backtesting, and US Government Trades
Standout features: Alternative data dashboards spanning Congress trading, insider activity, government contracts, lobbying, app ratings, Google Trends, U.S. patents, ETF and institutional holdings, and more., Congress Trading dashboard parses public disclosures, tracks post-trade performance, and shows cumulative returns by individual politicians., Institutional Holdings (13F) dashboard, with a backtesting tool for premium users to evaluate fund-level positioning over time., and Premium adds advanced tools like stock screeners, alerts, institutional and congressional backtesters, Smart Score/Bull–Bear metrics, watchlists, exportable data samples, and early access to curated content. Pricing is $25/month or $300/year, with free trials (7 or 30 days).
Similarity score 931Category overlap: 67%
Shared coverage
Insider Data13FAlertsAPIs & SDKs
Assets: Stocks and ETFs
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, ETF Screeners, and Stock Comparison coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Stock screener combining fundamental + technical filters with multiple result views (e.g., table/charts/snapshots) and configurable presets., Maps (heat maps) and groups/sector views; Elite includes real-time Maps/Groups data (Free is delayed)., and Elite includes real-time quotes & charts (including premarket and after-hours); Free account is delayed..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Improved Filings and Data APIs.
Adds coverage: Screeners, ETF Screeners, Stock Comparison, and Data Visualizations
Standout features: Stock screener combining fundamental + technical filters with multiple result views (e.g., table/charts/snapshots) and configurable presets., Maps (heat maps) and groups/sector views; Elite includes real-time Maps/Groups data (Free is delayed)., Elite includes real-time quotes & charts (including premarket and after-hours); Free account is delayed., and Elite charting: intraday charts plus multi-layout charts with technical studies saved automatically.
Similarity score 931Category overlap: 67%
Shared coverage
Insider DataAlertsData APIsAPIs & SDKs
Assets: Stocks and ETFs
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Unusual Whales adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Options & Derivatives, Money Flow, and Screeners coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Options flow tool: tracks options trades (docs: “every options trade placed across the entire US stock exchange”) and displays trade details across options exchanges; includes filters, configurable columns, sorting, and saved trades., Multi-leg tagging in the flow feed; multileg icon can open a pop-up that preloads the Options Profit Calculator with a P/L profile for the trade., and Mobile apps (iOS/Android) provide abridged access to Alerts, Flow (incl. Events feed for trading halts/unhalts + IPOs), Stocks (volume deviation alerts), News, and Dark Pools..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Improved Filings and 13F.
Adds coverage: Options & Derivatives, Money Flow, Screeners, and Options P&L
Standout features: Options flow tool: tracks options trades (docs: “every options trade placed across the entire US stock exchange”) and displays trade details across options exchanges; includes filters, configurable columns, sorting, and saved trades., Multi-leg tagging in the flow feed; multileg icon can open a pop-up that preloads the Options Profit Calculator with a P/L profile for the trade., Mobile apps (iOS/Android) provide abridged access to Alerts, Flow (incl. Events feed for trading halts/unhalts + IPOs), Stocks (volume deviation alerts), News, and Dark Pools., and Alerts are available via website, mobile app, and Discord; docs describe free alerts as delayed vs premium (premium users receive all alerts with zero delay; free users receive only free alerts with ~5–12 minute delay).
Similarity score 923Category overlap: 67%
Shared coverage
Improved FilingsInsider Data13FAlerts
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Funds
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into 13D/13G, Watchlist, and Data Visualizations coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Analyze asset managers using public filings and drill into EDGAR, IAPD, and CAFR source data., Filter/browse by fund type (Private Equity, Hedge Fund, Real Estate) plus tags, location, and AUM size., and Firm pages aggregate AUM history, AUM breakdowns, and Form 13F holdings (with sector views) and link to EDGAR filings (e.g., 13F-HR, SC 13G, Forms D/3/4)..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Data APIs and APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: 13D/13G, Watchlist, and Data Visualizations
Standout features: Analyze asset managers using public filings and drill into EDGAR, IAPD, and CAFR source data., Filter/browse by fund type (Private Equity, Hedge Fund, Real Estate) plus tags, location, and AUM size., Firm pages aggregate AUM history, AUM breakdowns, and Form 13F holdings (with sector views) and link to EDGAR filings (e.g., 13F-HR, SC 13G, Forms D/3/4)., and Latest EDGAR filings feed with filing-type filters (e.g., Form D, 8-K, 10-Q, 10-K, insider forms).
Similarity score 922Category overlap: 50%
Shared coverage
AlertsData APIsAPIs & SDKs
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Mutual Funds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Sharesight adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Portfolio, Risk Metrics, and Performance Attribution coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Global multi‑asset portfolio and dividend tracker that automatically tracks price, performance and dividends for 700k+ stocks, ETFs, funds and crypto across 60+ markets, with support for cash accounts and property in one view., Connects to 200+ brokers and finance apps (including Trading 212, Hargreaves Lansdown and Interactive Brokers) so trades can be imported directly, or via CSV/manual workflows when brokers are unsupported., and Rich reporting suite for performance and risk, including performance, multi‑period, diversity, exposure, contribution analysis and drawdown risk reports, plus benchmarking against indices or individual securities..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Improved Filings, Insider Data, and 13F.
Adds coverage: Portfolio, Risk Metrics, Performance Attribution, and Downloadable Tax Reports
Standout features: Global multi‑asset portfolio and dividend tracker that automatically tracks price, performance and dividends for 700k+ stocks, ETFs, funds and crypto across 60+ markets, with support for cash accounts and property in one view., Connects to 200+ brokers and finance apps (including Trading 212, Hargreaves Lansdown and Interactive Brokers) so trades can be imported directly, or via CSV/manual workflows when brokers are unsupported., Rich reporting suite for performance and risk, including performance, multi‑period, diversity, exposure, contribution analysis and drawdown risk reports, plus benchmarking against indices or individual securities., and Tax‑aware reporting with CGT, unrealised CGT, taxable income, traders tax and other country‑specific reports, driven by each portfolio’s tax residency setting.
Similarity score 918Category overlap: 50%
Shared coverage
Insider DataData APIsAPIs & SDKs
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Mutual Funds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into News, News Sentiment, and Market Sentiment coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Cloud-native REST APIs for realtime and historical financial data across global stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, FX, cryptocurrencies, commodities, technical indicators and macroeconomic indicators in a single unified portfolio of endpoints., Global equity time series APIs (daily, weekly, monthly and intraday 1–60 minute bars) with 20+ years of history, optional split/dividend-adjusted prices, and support for extended trading hours where available., and US options data APIs providing realtime and historical option chains with 15+ years of history, full market/volume coverage, and optional Greeks and implied volatility fields in JSON or CSV..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Improved Filings, 13F, and Alerts.
Adds coverage: News, News Sentiment, Market Sentiment, and Calendar
Standout features: Cloud-native REST APIs for realtime and historical financial data across global stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, FX, cryptocurrencies, commodities, technical indicators and macroeconomic indicators in a single unified portfolio of endpoints., Global equity time series APIs (daily, weekly, monthly and intraday 1–60 minute bars) with 20+ years of history, optional split/dividend-adjusted prices, and support for extended trading hours where available., US options data APIs providing realtime and historical option chains with 15+ years of history, full market/volume coverage, and optional Greeks and implied volatility fields in JSON or CSV., and Fundamental data suite covering company overview, income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, dividends, splits, shares outstanding, ETF profile & holdings, listing/delisting status, earnings history, earnings estimates, and earnings/IPO calendars.
Similarity score 891Category overlap: 67%
Shared coverage
Improved FilingsInsider Data13FAlerts
Assets: Stocks and Funds
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Stock Ideas, and Diff View coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Specialized web platform for working with SEC filings and earnings transcripts, marketed as making “financial research easier” for thousands of subscribers including major investment banks and buy-side firms., Covers all SEC filings submitted electronically via EDGAR from 1994 onward in their original, unmodified form, with new filings typically processed within a minute or two of being filed (and by end of day for confidential filings that later become public). Browsing filings does not require a subscription, but premium features are limited to active subscribers., and All-company screening tools let you instantly search across millions of documents for any term, using filters like industry, market cap, document type and Watch List, plus advanced operators (exact phrases, boolean logic, proximity / distance between words) and email alerts for new matches..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Data APIs and APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Stock Ideas, Diff View, and Transcripts
Standout features: Specialized web platform for working with SEC filings and earnings transcripts, marketed as making “financial research easier” for thousands of subscribers including major investment banks and buy-side firms., Covers all SEC filings submitted electronically via EDGAR from 1994 onward in their original, unmodified form, with new filings typically processed within a minute or two of being filed (and by end of day for confidential filings that later become public). Browsing filings does not require a subscription, but premium features are limited to active subscribers., All-company screening tools let you instantly search across millions of documents for any term, using filters like industry, market cap, document type and Watch List, plus advanced operators (exact phrases, boolean logic, proximity / distance between words) and email alerts for new matches., and Company-level Document Search shows every mention of a term across a single issuer’s filings and transcripts, with result categorization and an “intuitive workflow” for jumping straight from search hits to the underlying documents without manual Ctrl+F scans.
#18 Alternative
Similarity score 877Category overlap: 67%
Shared coverage
Insider DataAlertsData APIsAPIs & SDKs
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Benzinga adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into News, News Sentiment, and Calendar coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Benzinga Pro newsfeed for active traders with customizable filters, real-time notifications, and a price sentiment engine; includes “Why Is It Moving” (WIIM) one-sentence explanations., Alerts: browser/desktop notifications, sound alerts, and email notifications; alerts can be customized by tool (e.g., Newsfeed, Signals, Watchlists)., and Calendar tool surfaces market events such as dividends, earnings, guidance, IPOs, M&A, SEC filings, secondary offerings, and splits..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Improved Filings and 13F.
Adds coverage: News, News Sentiment, Calendar, and Screeners
Standout features: Benzinga Pro newsfeed for active traders with customizable filters, real-time notifications, and a price sentiment engine; includes “Why Is It Moving” (WIIM) one-sentence explanations., Alerts: browser/desktop notifications, sound alerts, and email notifications; alerts can be customized by tool (e.g., Newsfeed, Signals, Watchlists)., Calendar tool surfaces market events such as dividends, earnings, guidance, IPOs, M&A, SEC filings, secondary offerings, and splits., and Signals tool provides real-time alerts for price/volume events such as price spikes, block trades, halt/resume, opening gaps, and highs/lows; option-activity signals are a paid add-on.
Similarity score 877Category overlap: 67%
Shared coverage
Improved FilingsInsider DataData APIsAPIs & SDKs
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Stock Ideas, and Data Visualizations coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include Web-based analytics terminal for equity investors with company data for ~1 700 Nordic and 16 000+ global companies, 20 years of history, thousands of ratios, technical analysis, strategies, screener, MFN news and API/Excel plug-in., Complete financials (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow) with long annual, quarterly and rolling 12‑month history and visual comparison against sector peers., and Advanced stock screener with several thousand KPIs, mini charts, saved filters and watchlists, plus intraday price‑performance KPIs for multiple short-term horizons in the UI..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need 13F and Alerts.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Stock Ideas, Data Visualizations, and Index Rebalancing
Standout features: Web-based analytics terminal for equity investors with company data for ~1 700 Nordic and 16 000+ global companies, 20 years of history, thousands of ratios, technical analysis, strategies, screener, MFN news and API/Excel plug-in., Complete financials (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow) with long annual, quarterly and rolling 12‑month history and visual comparison against sector peers., Advanced stock screener with several thousand KPIs, mini charts, saved filters and watchlists, plus intraday price‑performance KPIs for multiple short-term horizons in the UI., and Built-in quantitative strategies such as Magic Formula, Graham, Dividend, F-Score and Net-nets leveraging the historical ratio database for stock idea generation.
Similarity score 877Category overlap: 67%
Shared coverage
Insider Data13FAlertsAPIs & SDKs
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into News, Regulatory Filings Monitoring, and Transcripts coverage beyond what SEC.gov (EDGAR) offers.
- Standout features include AI / natural-language setup: paste a URL and describe what you care about; no manual configuration required., AI-generated summaries and relevance filtering to reduce noisy/irrelevant page-change alerts., and Investment-focused monitoring: positioned as optimized for SEC filings and corporate disclosures with materiality filtering and “within minutes” alerts..
- Pair it with SEC.gov (EDGAR) if you still need Improved Filings and Data APIs.
Adds coverage: News, Regulatory Filings Monitoring, Transcripts, and AI
Standout features: AI / natural-language setup: paste a URL and describe what you care about; no manual configuration required., AI-generated summaries and relevance filtering to reduce noisy/irrelevant page-change alerts., Investment-focused monitoring: positioned as optimized for SEC filings and corporate disclosures with materiality filtering and “within minutes” alerts., and SEC coverage described as supporting monitoring across EDGAR filing types (e.g., 8-K, 10-K, 10-Q, Form 4, 13F, proxy statements, S-1, and more).
Coverage Snapshot
Where alternatives already align
Most shared categories across the top matches.
Insider Data×19Alerts×15Data APIs×1513F×14APIs & SDKs×13Improved Filings×8
New angles introduced
Categories the alternatives add beyond SEC.gov (EDGAR).
News+15Screeners+14Financials+12Calendar+10IPO+10Institutional Data+9Watchlist+9Dividends+8
Access & Pricing
Free options
18/20
18 of 20 alternatives keep a free tier for trials.
Mobile ready
7/20
7 alternatives bring native mobile access.
API availability
16/20
16 of the shortlisted tools expose API endpoints for automation-heavy workflows.
Quality checks
9 starred / 12 tested
9 tools are flagged as analyst picks; 12 have been hands-on tested.
Avg. coverage overlap
70%
Average percentage of categories shared with the base tool.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best alternatives to SEC.gov (EDGAR)?
SEC.gov (EDGAR) users most often consider Fiscal.ai, SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings), and Fintel as their go-to alternatives.
Which alternatives keep a free tier?
Fiscal.ai, SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings), Fintel, TipRanks, GuruFocus, SEC API (sec-api.io), Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), FinancialReports.eu, CapEdge, Quiver Quantitative, FINVIZ, Unusual Whales, AUM 13F, Sharesight, Alpha Vantage, BamSEC, Börsdata, and Changeflow (Trackly) offer a free plan or trial option, making them easy to test before committing to a paid subscription.
Which workflows do the top SEC.gov (EDGAR) alternatives cover?
Expect deep coverage across 13F, Alerts, APIs & SDKs, Data APIs, Improved Filings, and Insider Data, so you can port most SEC.gov (EDGAR) workflows without much friction.
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