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Free Alternatives to EDINET

Zero-cost replacements grouped by fit, tradeoffs, pricing friction, and platform access. Use this list to test EDINET before paying for another subscription.

Switching from EDINET doesn't have to cost a thing. We've curated 20 free-tier alternatives that cover similar workflows, from APIs & Data Feeds to Regulatory Filings Monitoring and beyond. Each pick below is framed by fit, caveats, and access friction so you can trial replacements without opening your wallet.

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SEC.gov (EDGAR)

Closest replacement

Best for: Anyone needing the official free source for U.S. public-company filings, fund filings, insider forms, 13F reports, XBRL company facts, and bulk EDGAR archives.

SEC.gov (EDGAR) best matches the base workflow on fundamental research, fundamentals data, and financial data API.
SEC.gov (EDGAR) keeps the replacement test in the same free-access lane. Free access caveat: SEC EDGAR APIs are free and require no API key for public investor/research endpoints..

Watch for: Fair-access limits: Automated users must declare a User-Agent and stay within the current 10 requests/second access limit.

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Fiscal.ai

Best audience fit

Best for: Investors who want AI-assisted company research backed by financials, estimates, transcripts, filings, and dashboards.

Fiscal.ai best matches the base workflow on fundamental research, financial data API, and API and market data.
Fiscal.ai keeps the replacement test in the same free-access lane. Free access caveat: signup required and Free terminal access has dashboard, history, event, and AI prompt limits..

Watch for: Free access is limited: The free API is limited to 100 companies, 50 requests per minute, and 250 requests per day. Deeper history, exports, and some datasets require paid plans.

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SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings)

Strong runner-up

Best for: Investors, analysts, and builders needing the primary U.S. source for company, fund, insider, ownership, prospectus, and XBRL filing data.

SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) best matches the base workflow on fundamental research, fundamentals data, and financial data API.
SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) keeps the replacement test in the same free-access lane. Free access caveat: SEC developer resources say company submissions and extracted XBRL data are available via RESTful JSON APIs on data.sec.gov..

Watch for: Fair-access limits apply: Automated access must use a descriptive User-Agent and stay within SEC fair-access guidance, currently 10 requests per second.

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FinancialData.Net

Strong runner-up

Best for: Developers who want prices, fundamentals, statements, options, funds, ESG, calendars, ownership data, and news from one API.

FinancialData.Net best matches the base workflow on fundamental research, fundamentals data, and financial data API.
FinancialData.Net keeps the replacement test in the same free-access lane. Free access caveat: signup required and Free plan lists 300 requests/day..

Watch for: Serious use is paid: The free tier is useful for testing but is capped at 300 requests/day and excludes many higher-value datasets and MCP access.

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SEC.gov (EDGAR)

Analyst pickTested by us

Bottom line: Anyone needing the official free source for U.S. public-company filings, fund filings, insider forms, 13F reports, XBRL company facts, and bulk EDGAR archives.

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Official Sources

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Improved Filings
Insider Data
Institutional Ownership
IPO

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Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Useful when you want to add market monitoring, AI agent data access, and portfolio tracking instead of mirroring the current workflow.
Free-plan limits: SEC EDGAR APIs are free and require no API key for public investor/research endpoints, SEC fair-access guidance states a current maximum access rate of 10 requests/second, and A declared User-Agent is required for automated access.
Fair-access limits: Automated users must declare a User-Agent and stay within the current 10 requests/second access limit.

Price: EDINETFree
SEC.gov (EDGAR)Free
Free tier: Free, no signup
Replacement: Drop-in replacement

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Drop-in replacement

SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings)

Analyst pickTested by us

Bottom line: Investors, analysts, and builders needing the primary U.S. source for company, fund, insider, ownership, prospectus, and XBRL filing data.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
APIs & Data Feeds
Official Sources

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IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
Insider Data
Institutional Ownership

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Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Useful when you want to add stock research, AI agent data access, and portfolio tracking instead of mirroring the current workflow.
Free-plan limits: SEC developer resources say company submissions and extracted XBRL data are available via RESTful JSON APIs on data.sec.gov, SEC fair-access guidance limits automated requests to no more than 10 requests per second, and EDGAR search and company filings are publicly accessible without a paid subscription.
Fair-access limits apply: Automated access must use a descriptive User-Agent and stay within SEC fair-access guidance, currently 10 requests per second.

Price: EDINETFree
SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings)Free
Free tier: Free, no signup
Replacement: Drop-in replacement

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Drop-in replacement

Find and update company information (Companies House)

Bottom line: Investors and researchers checking UK company filings, officers, PSCs, filing history, and official register records.

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Official Sources

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Alerts
Free search and viewing of company information including registered details, officers, filing history, document images, mortgage charges, and insolvency data.
Follow companies and receive email alerts when new filings are accepted, with direct links to the filing history.
Order certified copies and certificates for a fee; Companies House published an updated fee schedule effective February 1, 2026.

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Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on fundamentals data and insider and institutional tracking.
Free-plan limits: Public web search and company records are free, API access is free for public Companies House data, and Developer/API use requires setup, and certified documents may have fees.
Register data, not investment analytics: Companies House provides filings and company records. Users must perform their own financial analysis and normalization.

Price: EDINETFree
Find and update company information (Companies House)Free
Free tier: Free, no signup
Replacement: Drop-in replacement

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CFPB Consumer Complaint DatabasePartial replacementFreeFree, no signup

Partial replacement

CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Bottom line: Analysts researching consumer-finance companies, banks, lenders, credit bureaus, fintechs, and product/service complaint trends from an official U.S. regulatory source.

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Official Sources

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Data Visualizations
Interactive explorer to filter, chart trends over time, map by geography, and read consented narratives.
The API provides complaint search, complaint-detail, and suggestion endpoints. Search results are available as JSON or CSV.
Daily refresh cadence; recent trends can exclude still-pending complaints because companies generally have 15 days to respond before publication eligibility.

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Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on fundamentals data, insider and institutional tracking, and research reports.
Free-plan limits: The full published dataset is available as a compressed CSV file, Filtered CSV exports are limited to 100,000 complaints. CFPB retired filtered JSON exports in July 2026, and The REST API returns JSON search results and supports CSV export.
Complaints are not verified outcomes: Complaint records reflect consumer submissions and company response metadata, not adjudicated wrongdoing or investment conclusions.

Price: EDINETFree
CFPB Consumer Complaint DatabaseFree
Free tier: Free, no signup
Replacement: Partial replacement

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Open Payments (CMS)Partial replacementFreeFree, no signup

Partial replacement

Open Payments (CMS)

Bottom line: Healthcare, pharma, medtech, and policy analysts needing official U.S. payment, ownership, and research-payment data between manufacturers/GPOs and covered healthcare recipients.

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Official Sources

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Data Visualizations
Each program year has General Payments, Research Payments, and Ownership or Investment Interests datasets.
Web search/explorer with filtering and charts; program year downloads available from the portal.
The Open Data API supports filtering, structured queries, aggregation, and SQL queries against dataset resources.

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Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on fundamentals data, insider and institutional tracking, and research reports.
Free-plan limits: Program Year 2025 data is available through the search tool, dataset downloads, and API, CMS says full datasets for the previous program year are published on or before June 30 and refreshed in January, and Detailed data from 2019 through 2025 is in the search tool. Data from 2013 through 2018 is archived.
Annual publication cadence: CMS publishes the previous program year annually and refreshes after review cycles, so the data is not a real-time payment feed.

Price: EDINETFree
Open Payments (CMS)Free
Free tier: Free, no signup
Replacement: Partial replacement

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)Partial replacementFreeFree, no signup

Partial replacement

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Bottom line: Researchers who need official US inflation, employment, unemployment, wage, productivity, occupation, or workplace statistics.

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Official Sources

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Macro Data
Calendar
News
The Public Data API returns historical time series as JSON or Excel files.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on fundamentals data and insider and institutional tracking.
Free-plan limits: BLS Public Data API v1 is open for public use without registration, BLS API v2 registration is free and requires email and organization name; keys must be renewed at least annually, and BLS documents 500 daily queries, 50 series/query, and 20 years/query for registered v2 users versus lower unregistered limits.
Registered API needed for higher limits: Version 1 works without registration. Version 2 requires a free key for higher limits, calculations, annual averages, and selected series descriptions.

Price: EDINETFree
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)Free
Free tier: Free, no signup
Replacement: Partial replacement

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BIS Data PortalPartial replacementFreeFree, no signup

Partial replacement

BIS Data Portal

Bottom line: Macro analysts and builders needing official BIS statistics on international banking, debt securities, credit, liquidity, derivatives, property prices, exchange rates, and central bank data.

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Official Sources

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Data Visualizations
Calendar
Macro Data
Global financial time series for banking, debt securities, credit, liquidity, derivatives, property prices, consumer prices, exchange rates, central banks, and payments.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on fundamentals data, insider and institutional tracking, and research reports.
Free-plan limits: BIS states statistics can be freely exported if terms and citation guidelines are followed, BIS provides an SDMX RESTful API for statistics access, and The BIS may monitor API usage and limit or suspend IP access.
Terms restrict commercial reuse: BIS permits unrestricted use only under attribution and non-misleading-use conditions, including limits on charging specifically for BIS statistics in commercial products.

Price: EDINETFree
BIS Data PortalFree
Free tier: Free, no signup
Replacement: Partial replacement

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SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada)Partial replacementFreeFree, no signup

Partial replacement

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada)

Bottom line: Investors and analysts needing official Canadian issuer filings, investment fund documents, prospectuses, material changes, reporting issuer lists, cease-trade orders, and disciplined-list checks.

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Official Sources

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IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
News
Alerts

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APIs & Data Feeds
Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on fundamentals data, financial data API, and insider and institutional tracking.
Free-plan limits: SEDAR+ offers public search for issuer information in Canada's capital markets, CSA describes SEDAR+ as the system for filing, disclosure, and search in Canada's capital markets, and Public document search and profile search are accessible without a paid subscription.
Canada-only regulatory scope: SEDAR+ is the Canadian public filings system, not a global filings database or U.S. EDGAR replacement.

Price: EDINETFree
SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada)Free
Free tier: Free, no signup
Replacement: Partial replacement

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Bank of Japan (BOJ)Partial replacementFreeFree, no signup

Partial replacement

Bank of Japan (BOJ)

Bottom line: Analysts and developers who need official Japanese monetary-policy releases, schedules, and BOJ time series.

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APIs & Data Feeds
Official Sources

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Macro Data
Calendar
Alerts
Data Visualizations

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on fundamentals data and insider and institutional tracking.
Free-plan limits: BOJ Time-Series Data Search and API are public and free, with JSON and CSV access and Email notifications are optional for newly uploaded website information.
Official data source, not an investor app: The BOJ provides statistics, releases, calendars, charts, and APIs, but no screener, portfolio analytics, broker connection, or investment recommendations.

Price: EDINETFree
Bank of Japan (BOJ)Free
Free tier: Free, no signup
Replacement: Partial replacement

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PCAOB AuditorSearchDrop-in replacementFreeFree, no signup

Drop-in replacement

PCAOB AuditorSearch

Bottom line: Investors, audit committees, and analysts checking engagement partners and firms for U.S. public-company audits.

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Public database of engagement partners and audit firms participating in audits of U.S. public companies.
Search by issuer name, CIK, ticker, audit-firm name, PCAOB ID, country, engagement partner, or filing date range.
Find the engagement partner on a specific audit and see other participating audit firms, including their location and extent of participation.
Registered firms submit a Form AP for each audit report issued for a public company. AuditorSearch uses those filings.

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APIs & Data Feeds
Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on fundamentals data and insider and institutional tracking.
Free-plan limits: Free public PCAOB database, Daily-updated CSV bulk download is available, and Ticker data is not included in the current download.
Audit metadata only: AuditorSearch identifies engagement partners and firms. It does not provide financial statements, valuation, or audit-quality scores.

Price: EDINETFree
PCAOB AuditorSearchFree
Free tier: Free, no signup
Replacement: Drop-in replacement

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FinancialReports.euPartial replacementFree • Contact for pricingFree, no signup

Partial replacement

FinancialReports.eu

Bottom line: Teams building internal research, monitoring or AI workflows from public-company filings.

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Improved Filings
IPO
Insider Data
Screeners

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Official Sources
Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on fundamentals data and insider and institutional tracking.
Free-plan limits: The web index is free to browse, A free account includes 500 API credits each month. Request types consume between 1 and 40 credits, and Pay-as-you-go use requires a card after the free credit allowance and has no monthly minimum.
Self-serve limits: Pay-as-you-go access has a two-year history window, per-endpoint rate limits, daily controls and a $1,000 monthly ceiling. Deeper history and larger workloads require an enterprise agreement.

Price: EDINETFree
FinancialReports.euFree • Contact for pricing
Free tier: Free, no signup
Replacement: Partial replacement

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SentiSensePartial replacementFree • From $15/moFree with signup

Partial replacement

SentiSense

Bottom line: Active investors and developers looking for market data, news clustering, social sentiment, institutional flow, insider trades, and AI analysis in one beta workspace.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
APIs & Data Feeds

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Stock Ideas
Screeners
Data Visualizations
Quant

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Official Sources
Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on fundamentals data and research reports.
Free-plan limits: Signup required, Free plan includes 1,000 API requests/month and limited market-intelligence access, and PRO is listed at $15/month or $144/year with unlimited monthly API and MCP calls at up to 300 requests per minute.
Beta product with plan limits: Free and PRO quotas are now published, but the product remains young and users should verify endpoint-level access before depending on it in production.

Price: EDINETFree
SentiSenseFree • From $15/mo
Free tier: Free with signup
Replacement: Partial replacement

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Financial Modeling Prep (FMP)Partial replacementFree • From $264/yrFree with signup

Partial replacement

Financial Modeling Prep (FMP)

Tested by us

Bottom line: Developers and analysts needing REST/WebSocket market data, fundamentals, calendars, transcripts, ownership, ESG, and macro datasets.

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APIs & Data Feeds

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Screeners
News
Calendar
Dividends

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Official Sources
Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on insider and institutional tracking and research reports.
Free-plan limits: Signup required, Basic plan is limited to 250 API calls per day, and Free tier has end-of-day timeframe, around 5 years of history, and limited bandwidth.
Free sandbox is limited: The Basic plan is capped at 250 API calls per day, end-of-day timeframe, and around 5 years of history.

Price: EDINETFree
Financial Modeling Prep (FMP)Free • From $264/yr
Free tier: Free with signup
Replacement: Partial replacement

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FinancialData.NetPartial replacementFree • From $29/moFree with signup

Partial replacement

FinancialData.Net

Bottom line: Developers who want prices, fundamentals, statements, options, funds, ESG, calendars, ownership data, and news from one API.

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Sheets / Excel Add-ins
Quant
News
Calendar

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Official Sources
Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on research reports.
Free-plan limits: Signup required, Free plan lists 300 requests/day, and Professional is $149/month or $1,299/year and includes MCP server plus internal commercial use.
Serious use is paid: The free tier is useful for testing but is capped at 300 requests/day and excludes many higher-value datasets and MCP access.

Price: EDINETFree
FinancialData.NetFree • From $29/mo
Free tier: Free with signup
Replacement: Partial replacement

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Fiscal.aiBest audience fitFree • From $39/moFree with signup

Best audience fit

Fiscal.ai

Analyst pickTested by us

Bottom line: Investors who want AI-assisted company research backed by financials, estimates, transcripts, filings, and dashboards.

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APIs & Data Feeds

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Stock Ideas
Screeners
Stock Comparison
Data Visualizations

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Official Sources
Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on fundamentals data, insider and institutional tracking, and research reports.
Free-plan limits: Signup required, Free terminal access has dashboard, history, event, and AI prompt limits, and Free API access covers 100 companies, 50 requests per minute, and 250 requests per day.
Free access is limited: The free API is limited to 100 companies, 50 requests per minute, and 250 requests per day. Deeper history, exports, and some datasets require paid plans.

Price: EDINETFree
Fiscal.aiFree • From $39/mo
Free tier: Free with signup
Replacement: Partial replacement

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GuruFocusPartial replacementFree • From $549/yrFree with signup

Partial replacement

GuruFocus

Analyst pickTested by us

Bottom line: Value investors looking for long historical fundamentals, GF Score, GF Value, and guru/institutional holdings.

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Stock Ideas
Screeners
ETF Screeners
Top Analysts

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Official Sources
Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on fundamentals data, insider and institutional tracking, and research reports.
Free-plan limits: Signup required, A free account has limited access, and Free members have limited portfolio capacity.
Paid access is region and tier dependent: Annual paid memberships, region add-ons, API plans, and pay-as-you-go API credits.

Price: EDINETFree
GuruFocusFree • From $549/yr
Free tier: Free with signup
Replacement: Partial replacement

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Alpha VantagePartial replacementFree • From $49.99/moFree with signup

Partial replacement

Alpha Vantage

Tested by us

Bottom line: Developers and students looking for a simple API key for market, fundamentals, macro, FX, crypto, commodity, and options data.

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News
News Sentiment
Market Sentiment
Calendar

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Official Sources
Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on insider and institutional tracking and research reports.
Free-plan limits: Signup required, Free key is limited to 25 API requests per day, and Personal premium plans run from $49.99 to $249.99 monthly or $499 to $2,499 yearly.
Free quota is small: A standard free limit of 25 API requests per day.

Price: EDINETFree
Alpha VantageFree • From $49.99/mo
Free tier: Free with signup
Replacement: Partial replacement

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Changeflow (Trackly)Partial replacementFree • From $1188/yrFree with signup

Partial replacement

Changeflow (Trackly)

Bottom line: Compliance, regulatory, and investment research teams monitoring filings, agency pages, policies, competitor pages, PDFs, RSS feeds, and API endpoints.

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APIs & Data Feeds

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Alerts
News
Insider Data
Institutional Ownership

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Official Sources
Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on fundamentals data, financial data API, and insider and institutional tracking.
Free-plan limits: Signup required, Every plan has a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, and Professional is listed at $99/month billed annually; Business is listed at $249/month billed annually.
API requires Business or Enterprise: Professional does not include API access. API and webhooks are included on Business and Enterprise plans.

Price: EDINETFree
Changeflow (Trackly)Free • From $1188/yr
Free tier: Free with signup
Replacement: Partial replacement

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CalcbenchPartial replacementFree • From $6000/yrFree with signup

Partial replacement

Calcbench

Bottom line: Accounting research that needs traceable SEC filing numbers, footnotes, disclosures, redlines, Excel workflows, and API access.

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APIs & Data Feeds

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Financials
Improved Filings
Diff View
Stock Comparison

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Official Sources
Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on insider and institutional tracking.
Free-plan limits: Signup required, Calcbench public pages advertise a free Basic tier and a two-week Premium trial, and Pricing lists Basic as free, Premium at $6,000 per user yearly, and Professional at $12,000 per user yearly.
SEC-centered coverage: Calcbench centers on SEC-reporting companies and EDGAR disclosures, not global market data.

Price: EDINETFree
CalcbenchFree • From $6000/yr
Free tier: Free with signup
Replacement: Partial replacement

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SEC API (sec-api.io)Partial replacementFree • From $55/moFree trial only

Partial replacement

SEC API (sec-api.io)

Analyst pickTested by us

Bottom line: Developers, quants, and compliance teams that need fast SEC/EDGAR search, streaming, XBRL conversion, section extraction, and specialized regulatory datasets.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
APIs & Data Feeds

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Insider Data
Institutional Ownership
Financials
Management Compensation

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Official Sources
Search and retrieve filings by EDINET Code, Stock Code, Corporate Number, document type, keyword, and filing date.

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Useful when you want to add market monitoring, AI agent data access, and screening and idea generation instead of mirroring the current workflow.
Free-plan limits: Signup required, Trial-only access, and Free tier covers the first 100 API calls.
Free tier is only a starter: The free tier covers the first 100 API calls, so real applications need a paid subscription quickly.

Price: EDINETFree
SEC API (sec-api.io)Free • From $55/mo
Free tier: Free trial only
Replacement: Partial replacement

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What This Shortlist Tells You

SEC.gov (EDGAR) is the closest drop-in replacement with overlapping coverage in Regulatory Filings Monitoring, APIs & Data Feeds, and Official Sources while adding Improved Filings and Insider Data coverage and Search Filings provides free public access to EDGAR documents and search tools including Company Search, Full Text Search, Latest Filings, Mutual Fund Search, Variable Insurance Products Search, CIK Lookup, SIC lookup, EDGAR RSS feeds, and Search Assistance tutorials. and EDGAR Full-Text Search covers the full text of electronic filings since 2001, including exhibits/attachments, and filters by keyword/phrase, ticker, company name, CIK, individual/reporter name, filing category/type, filing date, location of principal executive office, and state/country of incorporation. features (workflow overlap ~100%).

Every pick keeps a free tier; start with SEC.gov (EDGAR), SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings), and FinancialData.Net to road-test EDINET workflows without paying up front.

Need mobile access? GuruFocus bring phone-ready workflows that EDINET lacks.

Round out your stack with new coverage areas like Improved Filings, Insider Data, Institutional Ownership, and IPO.

Coverage Snapshot

Where alternatives already align

Most shared categories across the top matches.

APIs & Data Feeds×18Regulatory Filings Monitoring×12Official Sources×10

New angles introduced

Categories the alternatives add beyond EDINET.

Insider Data+11Alerts+9Calendar+9Institutional Ownership+9IPO+9News+9Financials+8Data Visualizations+7

Free Access & Pricing

Free options

All 20

20 vetted picks keep a permanent free tier so you can validate workflows before upgrading.

Mobile ready

1/20

1 alternatives bring native mobile access.

API availability

18/20

18 of the shortlisted tools expose API endpoints for automation-heavy workflows.

Quality checks

5 starred / 7 tested

5 tools are flagged as analyst picks; 7 have been hands-on tested.

Avg. coverage overlap

68%

Average percentage of categories shared with the base tool.

Free Alternatives FAQ

What are the best free alternatives to EDINET?

Start with SEC.gov (EDGAR), SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings), and FinancialData.Net to replicate EDINET workflows without paying for a subscription.

Do these picks stay permanently free?

Yes. Each platform listed keeps a standing free tier with no credit card required -- though export limits or seat caps may apply if you scale usage.

Which EDINET workflows stay covered on the free plan?

Expect solid overlap across Regulatory Filings Monitoring, APIs & Data Feeds, and Official Sources, so core EDINET workflows can move over without a paid upgrade.

What extra coverage do the free alternatives add?

Improved Filings, Insider Data, Institutional Ownership, IPO, Corporate Actions & Special Situations, Alerts, Education, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Quant, News, Calendar, Splits, Dividends, Short Interest, Macro Data, Financials, Scores, ESG Ratings, US Government Trades, ETF Analysis, Fund Analysis, Options, Management Compensation, Stock Ideas, Screeners, Data Visualizations, Watchlist, News Sentiment, Market Sentiment, Reddit, Analyst Ratings & Price Targets, AI Research, Yield Curves, Transcripts, Valuation Models, Analyst Forecasts, Stock Comparison, Portfolio, AI Chat, Webhooks, Blogs, Newsletters, ETF Screeners, Top Analysts, ETF Comparison, Backtesting, Correlation, Credit Ratings & Outlooks, Flags, Broker Connectors, Videos, Forums, Custom Dashboards, Stock Handbook, and Diff View show up most often as bonus coverage beyond the base platform, giving you room to experiment before upgrading.

Where might I still rely on EDINET?

Official Sources, Regulatory Filings Monitoring, and APIs & Data Feeds remain strengths for EDINET. Keep it handy for those tasks or plan for a paid upgrade if they matter.

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Curation & Accuracy

This directory blends AI‑assisted discovery with human curation. Entries are reviewed, edited, and organized with the goal of expanding coverage and sharpening quality over time. Your feedback helps steer improvements (because no single human can capture everything all at once).

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