Trading Economics is the closest drop-in replacement with overlapping coverage in Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, and GDP while adding News and Credit Ratings & Outlooks coverage and Docs advertise indicators (>15,000 data series from official sources) and an economic calendar (~1600 events/month across 150+ countries). and REST API provides direct access to economic indicators plus markets data (FX, stock indexes, government bond yields, commodities) and company financials; includes subscriptions to market quotes and streaming updates (calendar + earnings). features (category overlap ~90%).
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Free Alternatives to FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
Zero-cost replacements ranked by category overlap, pricing, and platform access. Use this list to test FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) before paying for another subscription.
Switching from FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) doesn't have to cost a thing. We've curated 20 free-tier alternatives that cover similar workflows, from Data APIs to Inflation Rates and beyond. Each pick below is ranked by how closely it matches FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)'s category footprint—so you can trial replacements without opening your wallet.
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Every pick keeps a free tier; start with Trading Economics, Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), and GuruFocus to road-test FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) workflows without paying up front.
Round out your stack with new coverage areas like News, Credit Ratings & Outlooks, Dividends, and IPO.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web, Mobile, and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into News, Credit Ratings & Outlooks, and Dividends coverage beyond what FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) offers.
- Standout features include Docs advertise indicators (>15,000 data series from official sources) and an economic calendar (~1600 events/month across 150+ countries)., REST API provides direct access to economic indicators plus markets data (FX, stock indexes, government bond yields, commodities) and company financials; includes subscriptions to market quotes and streaming updates (calendar + earnings)., and API supports JSON/CSV/XML output via the &f= parameter and API-key auth via query param (c=) or Authorization header..
- Pair it with FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Data Visualizations.
Adds coverage: News, Credit Ratings & Outlooks, Dividends, and IPO
Standout features: Docs advertise indicators (>15,000 data series from official sources) and an economic calendar (~1600 events/month across 150+ countries)., REST API provides direct access to economic indicators plus markets data (FX, stock indexes, government bond yields, commodities) and company financials; includes subscriptions to market quotes and streaming updates (calendar + earnings)., API supports JSON/CSV/XML output via the &f= parameter and API-key auth via query param (c=) or Authorization header., and API limits: general limit of 1 request/second; historical endpoints capped at 10,000 rows and economic calendar endpoints capped at 1,000 rows per call.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, News, and Dividends coverage beyond what FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) 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 FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Data Visualizations and Alerts.
Adds coverage: Screeners, News, Dividends, and Splits
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.
Shared coverage
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web, Mobile, and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Stock Ideas, and Stock Comparison coverage beyond what FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) 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 FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need APIs & SDKs and Sheets / Excel Add-ins.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Stock Ideas, Stock Comparison, and Portfolio
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.
Shared coverage
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 FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) 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 FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Data Visualizations and Alerts.
Adds coverage: News, News Sentiment, Market Sentiment, and IPO
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.
Shared coverage
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Yield Curves, Central Bank Watcher, and Blogs coverage beyond what FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) offers.
- Standout features include ECB Data Portal is the ECB’s primary delivery service for official ECB statistics, with data, metadata, publications and dashboards., Free access and free reuse policy for publicly released ECB statistics; optional free ECB Data Portal account enables favourites, saved dashboards and email notifications on updates., and Macro “Main figures” coverage includes inflation (HICP), GDP, and labour market indicators such as unemployment rates (euro area and constituent countries)..
- Pair it with FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need APIs & SDKs and Sheets / Excel Add-ins.
Adds coverage: Yield Curves, Central Bank Watcher, and Blogs
Standout features: ECB Data Portal is the ECB’s primary delivery service for official ECB statistics, with data, metadata, publications and dashboards., Free access and free reuse policy for publicly released ECB statistics; optional free ECB Data Portal account enables favourites, saved dashboards and email notifications on updates., Macro “Main figures” coverage includes inflation (HICP), GDP, and labour market indicators such as unemployment rates (euro area and constituent countries)., and Euro foreign exchange reference rates page provides downloadable files (PDF, CSV, XML, RSS) and time-series downloads.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Yield Curves coverage beyond what FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) offers.
- Standout features include ECB online delivery service with interactive charts/dashboards, powerful search & browsing, and access to publications/methodology; includes some national breakdowns and counterpart areas., ECB website states the ECB Data Portal “provides access to all official ECB statistics” and offers data downloads plus comprehensive dataset metadata., and Main-figures topics include ECB interest rates & euro exchange rates, inflation, macro indicators (e.g., GDP and employment/unemployment), and financial market data such as euro area yield curves..
- Pair it with FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Calendar, Alerts, and Sheets / Excel Add-ins.
Adds coverage: Yield Curves
Standout features: ECB online delivery service with interactive charts/dashboards, powerful search & browsing, and access to publications/methodology; includes some national breakdowns and counterpart areas., ECB website states the ECB Data Portal “provides access to all official ECB statistics” and offers data downloads plus comprehensive dataset metadata., Main-figures topics include ECB interest rates & euro exchange rates, inflation, macro indicators (e.g., GDP and employment/unemployment), and financial market data such as euro area yield curves., and Data cart: temporarily store time series while browsing/searching; no account required; emptied after your browser session; max 500 series stored at once.
Shared coverage
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Central Bank Watcher and Yield Curves coverage beyond what FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) offers.
- Standout features include REST API for macro indicators by currency (e.g., `/api/usd/inflation`) returning JSON time-series with `start`/`end` query parameters; indicator docs show an API-key parameter., Indicator catalog includes GDP gr, inflation, trade balance, unemployment/employment metrics, policy & interbank rates, and government bond yields (by currency)., and Point-in-time release handling: homepage claims datasets include the actual announcement timestamp for each economic release to avoid lookahead bias in backtests..
- Pair it with FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Calendar, Alerts, and Sheets / Excel Add-ins.
Adds coverage: Central Bank Watcher and Yield Curves
Standout features: REST API for macro indicators by currency (e.g., `/api/usd/inflation`) returning JSON time-series with `start`/`end` query parameters; indicator docs show an API-key parameter., Indicator catalog includes GDP gr, inflation, trade balance, unemployment/employment metrics, policy & interbank rates, and government bond yields (by currency)., Point-in-time release handling: homepage claims datasets include the actual announcement timestamp for each economic release to avoid lookahead bias in backtests., and Web dashboards for currency pairs (e.g., EUR/USD) with macro vs FX overlays (carry/interest-rate differentials, yield curve metrics/spreads, inflation comparisons) and a "Recent Economic Announcements & FX Impact" table; charts expose Download/Embed/Share actions.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Stock Ideas, and Index Rebalancing coverage beyond what FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) 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 FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, and GDP.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Stock Ideas, Index Rebalancing, and Watchlist
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.
Shared coverage
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web, Mobile, and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Stock Ideas, Top Analysts, and Screeners coverage beyond what FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) 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 FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need GDP, Interest Rates, and Data Visualizations.
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).
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Standout features include Interactive Data Application for national, international, regional, and industry statistics; supports customized charts plus downloads as CSV, spreadsheets, or PDF., Open Data hub with a public data listing file (JSON) and downloadable datasets in CSV, XLS, and/or ZIP formats., and BEA Data API provides programmatic access to published economic statistics and related metadata; requests are made via HTTPS to a single endpoint using HTTP GET + querystring parameters..
- Pair it with FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Unemployment Rates, Interest Rates, and Alerts.
Standout features: Interactive Data Application for national, international, regional, and industry statistics; supports customized charts plus downloads as CSV, spreadsheets, or PDF., Open Data hub with a public data listing file (JSON) and downloadable datasets in CSV, XLS, and/or ZIP formats., BEA Data API provides programmatic access to published economic statistics and related metadata; requests are made via HTTPS to a single endpoint using HTTP GET + querystring parameters., and API returns results in JSON (default) or XML via the ResultFormat parameter; includes CORS headers for browser use and supports optional JSONP for legacy browsers.
Shared coverage
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Quant, and Stock Ideas coverage beyond what FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) offers.
- Standout features include Web‑based quant research terminal for building multifactor ranking systems, stock/ETF screens, and complete rules‑based strategies with no programming, powered by point‑in‑time FactSet data and marketed as free of survivorship and look‑ahead bias., Supports realistic simulations and backtests over roughly 20 years of history for US, Canadian, and European equities, with custom universes, separate buy/sell rules, position sizing, hedging, and “Book of Strategies” to combine and analyze correlated systems., and Stock & ETF coverage uses fundamentals, estimates, corporate actions, plus industry/sector classification, with “over 15,000 current US, Canadian, and European stocks” and many more historical issues..
- Pair it with FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Inflation Rates, Calendar, and Alerts.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Quant, Stock Ideas, and Portfolio
Standout features: Web‑based quant research terminal for building multifactor ranking systems, stock/ETF screens, and complete rules‑based strategies with no programming, powered by point‑in‑time FactSet data and marketed as free of survivorship and look‑ahead bias., Supports realistic simulations and backtests over roughly 20 years of history for US, Canadian, and European equities, with custom universes, separate buy/sell rules, position sizing, hedging, and “Book of Strategies” to combine and analyze correlated systems., Stock & ETF coverage uses fundamentals, estimates, corporate actions, plus industry/sector classification, with “over 15,000 current US, Canadian, and European stocks” and many more historical issues., and AI Factor lets users train machine‑learning factors and plug them into ranking systems and strategies alongside traditional factors, with supporting API endpoints.
Shared coverage
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and Mobile
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into News, Central Bank Watcher, and Education coverage beyond what FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) offers.
- Standout features include Live voice squawk + real‑time text headlines (market‑moving news)., Real‑time economic calendar with global data/events., and Event triggers & newsroom chat (Pro/Elite)..
- Pair it with FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Data Visualizations, Data APIs, and APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: News, Central Bank Watcher, Education, and Blogs
Standout features: Live voice squawk + real‑time text headlines (market‑moving news)., Real‑time economic calendar with global data/events., Event triggers & newsroom chat (Pro/Elite)., and Customisable regional filters (20+ countries) for calendars.
Shared coverage
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into ETF Screeners, ETF Comparison, and Which ETF includes this Stock? coverage beyond what FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) offers.
- Standout features include Global macro and market database with more than 40 million data points across 100+ countries and coverage of 48+ asset fundamentals., ETF toolkit includes a screener, comparator, and reverse lookup to see which ETFs include a given stock., and Toolbox features include 20 arithmetic operators, 8 analytical templates, correlation charts, and basic quantitative backtesting..
- Pair it with FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Unemployment Rates, Alerts, and APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: ETF Screeners, ETF Comparison, Which ETF includes this Stock?, and PMI / ISM
Standout features: Global macro and market database with more than 40 million data points across 100+ countries and coverage of 48+ asset fundamentals., ETF toolkit includes a screener, comparator, and reverse lookup to see which ETFs include a given stock., Toolbox features include 20 arithmetic operators, 8 analytical templates, correlation charts, and basic quantitative backtesting., and Economic Calendar with Google/Apple Calendar sync (available to annual-plan subscribers).
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Central Bank Watcher, Yield Curves, and Housing & Construction coverage beyond what FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) offers.
- Standout features include Markets Data Dashboard: one stop for Desk operations and reference rates (repos/RRP, Treasury & Agency MBS operations, liquidity swaps, SOMA holdings, Primary Dealer Statistics)., Reference rates administered by NY Fed: EFFR, OBFR, SOFR (plus BGCR/TGCR/Tri‑party GC), with stated daily publication times., and SOFR Averages (30/90/180‑day) & SOFR Index (index = 1.00000000 on April 2, 2018) with methodology notes..
- Pair it with FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Unemployment Rates, GDP, and Data Visualizations.
Adds coverage: Central Bank Watcher, Yield Curves, Housing & Construction, and Newsletters
Standout features: Markets Data Dashboard: one stop for Desk operations and reference rates (repos/RRP, Treasury & Agency MBS operations, liquidity swaps, SOMA holdings, Primary Dealer Statistics)., Reference rates administered by NY Fed: EFFR, OBFR, SOFR (plus BGCR/TGCR/Tri‑party GC), with stated daily publication times., SOFR Averages (30/90/180‑day) & SOFR Index (index = 1.00000000 on April 2, 2018) with methodology notes., and Primary Dealer Statistics: weekly time series (positions, transactions, financing, fails) back to Jan 28, 1998; updated Thursdays ~4:15 p.m. ET; exportable for automated use.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Standout features include Programmatic access to nearly 16,000 time-series indicators across 45+ databases, with many series spanning over 50 years., Indicators API requires no key and supports both JSON and XML responses with flexible query styles., and Query capacity includes up to 60 indicators per call, subject to URL length limits..
- Pair it with FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Data Visualizations, Calendar, and Alerts.
Standout features: Programmatic access to nearly 16,000 time-series indicators across 45+ databases, with many series spanning over 50 years., Indicators API requires no key and supports both JSON and XML responses with flexible query styles., Query capacity includes up to 60 indicators per call, subject to URL length limits., and DataBank offers one-click downloads in Excel, CSV, TXT, and SDMX, along with embeddable charts, maps, and tables.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Real Yields and Financials coverage beyond what FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) offers.
- Standout features include Clean charts + tabular views with ‘By month’ / ‘By year’ toggles for each series., S&P 500 valuation dashboards: PE, Shiller CAPE (with FAQ), price‑to‑sales, price‑to‑book, earnings yield., and Macro breadth: CPI & inflation rate; GDP (real & nominal), growth rates, real GDP per‑capita; US Treasury tenors (1M–30Y) and real yields..
- Pair it with FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Unemployment Rates, Calendar, and Alerts.
Adds coverage: Real Yields and Financials
Standout features: Clean charts + tabular views with ‘By month’ / ‘By year’ toggles for each series., S&P 500 valuation dashboards: PE, Shiller CAPE (with FAQ), price‑to‑sales, price‑to‑book, earnings yield., Macro breadth: CPI & inflation rate; GDP (real & nominal), growth rates, real GDP per‑capita; US Treasury tenors (1M–30Y) and real yields., and On‑page source disclosure and methodology notes (e.g., monthly averages for S&P price series; CAPE construction).
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Central Bank Watcher coverage beyond what FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) offers.
- Standout features include Home page “What’s New” feed includes an RSS link and publishes downloadable releases (commonly PDF and XLSX)., BOJ Time-Series Data Search enables searching, downloading, and graph drawing for ~200,000 long-term BOJ time-series data items., and Time-Series Data Search supports finding series by statistics category, keyword/name of series, or exact series codes; selection can include up to 250 series; users can save the list of selected series codes..
- Pair it with FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Unemployment Rates, GDP, and Data APIs.
Adds coverage: Central Bank Watcher
Standout features: Home page “What’s New” feed includes an RSS link and publishes downloadable releases (commonly PDF and XLSX)., BOJ Time-Series Data Search enables searching, downloading, and graph drawing for ~200,000 long-term BOJ time-series data items., Time-Series Data Search supports finding series by statistics category, keyword/name of series, or exact series codes; selection can include up to 250 series; users can save the list of selected series codes., and Time-Series Data Search includes “Key figures at a glance” graphs (e.g., Interest Rates, FX, Money Stock) and supports drawing graphs using time-series data from the site.
Shared coverage
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 FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) 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..
- Pair it with FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, and GDP.
Adds coverage: Stock Ideas, Screeners, Stock Comparison, and Portfolio
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.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Standout features include Global BIS macro‑financial time series across topics such as international banking, debt securities, credit, global liquidity, derivatives, property prices, consumer prices, exchange rates, central bank statistics and payment statistics., Search time series across all topics, refine with filters, and explore data sets by country/topic/key characteristics., and Chart and table exploration: list/table/chart views, custom interactive charts, and display of time series breaks where present..
- Pair it with FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Unemployment Rates, GDP, and Alerts.
Standout features: Global BIS macro‑financial time series across topics such as international banking, debt securities, credit, global liquidity, derivatives, property prices, consumer prices, exchange rates, central bank statistics and payment statistics., Search time series across all topics, refine with filters, and explore data sets by country/topic/key characteristics., Chart and table exploration: list/table/chart views, custom interactive charts, and display of time series breaks where present., and Export selected time series as Excel or CSV (up to 4,500 series per export) and generate code snippets (Matlab/Python/R) to fetch data via the BIS SDMX RESTful API.
Shared coverage
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Dividends, Stock Ideas, and Screeners coverage beyond what FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) offers.
- Standout features include 21 alert types across price, technical (MA crosses, RSI), volume, fundamentals (P/E & forward P/E), dividends (ex‑date/payment), and time‑based reminders., Minute‑by‑minute monitoring during regular, pre‑market, and after‑hours sessions; notifications within seconds when conditions are met., and AI analysis that generates long‑form equity write‑ups and suggests 2–5 ‘smart alerts’ you can one‑click activate..
- Pair it with FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) if you still need Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, and GDP.
Adds coverage: Dividends, Stock Ideas, Screeners, and Watchlist
Standout features: 21 alert types across price, technical (MA crosses, RSI), volume, fundamentals (P/E & forward P/E), dividends (ex‑date/payment), and time‑based reminders., Minute‑by‑minute monitoring during regular, pre‑market, and after‑hours sessions; notifications within seconds when conditions are met., AI analysis that generates long‑form equity write‑ups and suggests 2–5 ‘smart alerts’ you can one‑click activate., and Intelligent watchlist that runs daily AI screens on tracked symbols and refreshes alert signals automatically.
Coverage Snapshot
Where alternatives already align
Most shared categories across the top matches.
New angles introduced
Categories the alternatives add beyond FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data).
Free Access & Pricing
Free options
All 20
20 vetted picks keep a permanent free tier so you can validate workflows before upgrading.
Mobile ready
4/20
4 matches support mobile alongside FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data).
API availability
17/20
17 of the shortlisted tools expose API endpoints for automation-heavy workflows.
Quality checks
4 starred / 7 tested
4 tools are flagged as analyst picks; 7 have been hands-on tested.
Avg. coverage overlap
74%
Average percentage of categories shared with the base tool.
Free Alternatives FAQ
What are the best free alternatives to FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)?
Start with Trading Economics, Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), and GuruFocus to replicate FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) 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 FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) workflows stay covered on the free plan?
Expect solid overlap across Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, GDP, Interest Rates, Calendar, Alerts, Data APIs, APIs & SDKs, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, and Data Visualizations, so core FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) workflows can move over without a paid upgrade.
What extra coverage do the free alternatives add?
News, Credit Ratings & Outlooks, Dividends, IPO, Splits, Financials, Screeners, Commitment of Traders (COT), Scores, ESG Ratings, Valuation Models, ETF Overview, ETF Holdings, ETF Fundamentals, Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Recommendations, Analyst Price Targets, Transcripts, 13F, Insider Data, Institutional Data, Stock Ideas, Stock Comparison, Portfolio, Investor Holdings, US Government Trades, Backtesting, Special Situations, Spin-offs, Acquisitions, Delisted, Yield Curves, Short Interest, 13D/13G, AI, AI Chat, Education, Videos, Blogs, Forums, Newsletters, Stock Handbook, News Sentiment, Market Sentiment, Retail Sales, Options & Derivatives, Options, Central Bank Watcher, Index Rebalancing, Watchlist, Buybacks & Authorizations, Improved Filings, Top Analysts, ETF Screeners, ETF Comparison, Bulls Say Bear Say, AI Report, Options P&L, Compounding Calculator, Retirement Calculator, Quant, Correlation, Consumer Sentiment, Housing & Construction, Broker Connectors, Which ETF includes this Stock?, PMI / ISM, AI Earnings Summary, Real Yields, ETF Performance, AI Business Summary, AI Filings Summary, Webhooks, and Playbooks & Case Studies show up most often as bonus coverage beyond the base platform, giving you room to experiment before upgrading.
Where might I still rely on FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)?
Data Visualizations, Alerts, APIs & SDKs, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Calendar, Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, GDP, Interest Rates, and Data APIs remain strengths for FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data). Keep it handy for those tasks or plan for a paid upgrade if they matter.
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