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Every pick keeps a free tier; start with TradingView, PortfoliosLab, and ETF Insider to road-test Ghostfolio workflows without paying up front.
Round out your stack with new coverage areas like Screeners, ETF Screeners, Options & Derivatives, and Quant.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Cryptos
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and Mobile
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, ETF Screeners, and Options & Derivatives coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include Advanced multi‑asset charting with 20+ chart types, minute‑ and second‑level history, 400+ built‑in indicators, 100K+ community indicators, and 110+ smart drawing tools across web, desktop, and mobile., Comprehensive technical toolset including volume profile and footprint, candlestick pattern recognition, auto chart patterns, Seasonals, and intraday charts based on custom spread formulas., and Cloud‑based alerts for prices, indicators, strategies, drawings, and watchlists, with multi‑condition logic, second‑based triggers, and delivery via browser pop‑ups, email, TradingView apps, and webhooks..
Adds coverage: Screeners, ETF Screeners, Options & Derivatives, and Quant
Standout features: Advanced multi‑asset charting with 20+ chart types, minute‑ and second‑level history, 400+ built‑in indicators, 100K+ community indicators, and 110+ smart drawing tools across web, desktop, and mobile., Comprehensive technical toolset including volume profile and footprint, candlestick pattern recognition, auto chart patterns, Seasonals, and intraday charts based on custom spread formulas., Cloud‑based alerts for prices, indicators, strategies, drawings, and watchlists, with multi‑condition logic, second‑based triggers, and delivery via browser pop‑ups, email, TradingView apps, and webhooks., and Global multi‑asset screeners (stocks, ETFs, bonds, crypto coins, CEX and DEX pairs) with 400+ filter fields, multiple timeframes, auto‑refresh, and data export for external analysis.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Cryptos
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Watchlist, Backtesting, and Correlation coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include Portfolio and instrument analytics suite with 20+ tools for performance, risk and optimization (portfolio analysis, portfolio performance, stock comparison, Sharpe, Sortino, Omega, Martin, VaR, CVaR, volatility models)., Portfolio tracking for both static and transactional portfolios, including lazy model portfolios and public user portfolios, with benchmarking against indices and other portfolios., and Backtesting of portfolios and single instruments with configurable rebalancing and long lookback windows (Free limited to ~10 years, paid plans use 40+ years of data)..
Adds coverage: Watchlist, Backtesting, Correlation, and Risk Metrics
Standout features: Portfolio and instrument analytics suite with 20+ tools for performance, risk and optimization (portfolio analysis, portfolio performance, stock comparison, Sharpe, Sortino, Omega, Martin, VaR, CVaR, volatility models)., Portfolio tracking for both static and transactional portfolios, including lazy model portfolios and public user portfolios, with benchmarking against indices and other portfolios., Backtesting of portfolios and single instruments with configurable rebalancing and long lookback windows (Free limited to ~10 years, paid plans use 40+ years of data)., and Stock, ETF and mutual fund screeners with hundreds of filters across thousands of instruments, recalculated daily.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks and ETFs
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into ETF Screeners, Screeners, and Factor Exposure coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include Interactive web app that visualizes portfolios from the perspective of their underlying assets using a central network diagram and portfolio/assets tabs for drill‑downs., Supports ETFs, mutual funds and stocks as input assets, with full look‑through to all underlying holdings and tools to understand overlap, sector, geographic and market‑cap concentration., and Risk and efficiency analytics including portfolio standard deviation, beta, diversification labels, fund overlap metrics and efficient‑frontier / Sharpe‑ratio views versus major benchmarks..
Adds coverage: ETF Screeners, Screeners, Factor Exposure, and Risk Metrics
Standout features: Interactive web app that visualizes portfolios from the perspective of their underlying assets using a central network diagram and portfolio/assets tabs for drill‑downs., Supports ETFs, mutual funds and stocks as input assets, with full look‑through to all underlying holdings and tools to understand overlap, sector, geographic and market‑cap concentration., Risk and efficiency analytics including portfolio standard deviation, beta, diversification labels, fund overlap metrics and efficient‑frontier / Sharpe‑ratio views versus major benchmarks., and ETF and mutual fund screener that filters products by asset class, geography, theme, provider and sector, alongside performance and information panels.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks and ETFs
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Stock Comparison, and Watchlist coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include Modern web-based research terminal with dashboards, customizable watchlists, portfolio stats, and fundamental charting for 100,000+ global stocks, ETFs, and funds., Deep fundamental coverage: 10–20+ years of annual and 6–40+ quarters of quarterly financials by plan, with ratios, common-size statements, and adjusted metrics., and Rich segment & KPI database across ~2,300 large-cap names, including company-specific business KPIs that are hard to aggregate manually..
Adds coverage: Screeners, Stock Comparison, Watchlist, and Investor Holdings
Standout features: Modern web-based research terminal with dashboards, customizable watchlists, portfolio stats, and fundamental charting for 100,000+ global stocks, ETFs, and funds., Deep fundamental coverage: 10–20+ years of annual and 6–40+ quarters of quarterly financials by plan, with ratios, common-size statements, and adjusted metrics., Rich segment & KPI database across ~2,300 large-cap names, including company-specific business KPIs that are hard to aggregate manually., and AI Copilot for conversational research, capable of summarizing earnings, screening for ideas, comparing peers, and explaining drivers with citations back to sources.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks and ETFs
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Quant, and Stock Ideas coverage beyond what Ghostfolio 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..
Adds coverage: Screeners, Quant, Stock Ideas, and Watchlist
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
Assets: Stocks and Cryptos
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Backtesting, and Financials coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include Screens 97,000+ stocks (nano-cap to large-cap) with 2,000+ metrics; pricing page lists “History: 23 years” on Bronze., Includes guru-inspired models/screens (Buffett, Graham, Lynch) and provides advice/scores and a price target metric set (plan-dependent)., and Screen builder supports metric conditions and (Silver+) multi-criteria composite ranking; query clauses include Must/Should/Exclude..
Adds coverage: Screeners, Backtesting, Financials, and Valuation Models
Standout features: Screens 97,000+ stocks (nano-cap to large-cap) with 2,000+ metrics; pricing page lists “History: 23 years” on Bronze., Includes guru-inspired models/screens (Buffett, Graham, Lynch) and provides advice/scores and a price target metric set (plan-dependent)., Screen builder supports metric conditions and (Silver+) multi-criteria composite ranking; query clauses include Must/Should/Exclude., and (Silver+) Built-in backtesting of screens with yearly rebalancing; (Gold) adds quarterly and half-yearly rebalancing.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Cryptos
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web, Mobile, and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Risk Metrics, Performance Attribution, and Downloadable Tax Reports coverage beyond what Ghostfolio 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 Ghostfolio if you still need Data Visualizations.
Adds coverage: Risk Metrics, Performance Attribution, Downloadable Tax Reports, and Capital Gains Estimator
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.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks and ETFs
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Risk Metrics and Broker Connectors coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include Auto-generated trade charts with entries and exits, viewable across multiple timeframes down to one minute., TradingView-powered charting with drawing tools, studies, and symbol comparisons (Silver/Gold)., and Supports stocks, ETFs, futures, forex, and options (options enabled on paid tiers)..
Adds coverage: Risk Metrics and Broker Connectors
Standout features: Auto-generated trade charts with entries and exits, viewable across multiple timeframes down to one minute., TradingView-powered charting with drawing tools, studies, and symbol comparisons (Silver/Gold)., Supports stocks, ETFs, futures, forex, and options (options enabled on paid tiers)., and Import trades via CSV/XLSX templates or Broker Sync integrations with daily/near real-time updates.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Cryptos
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and Mobile
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, ETF Screeners, and Stock Comparison coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include Global multi‑asset data terminal covering equities, ETFs, mutual funds, indices, government bond yields, FX, commodities, cryptocurrencies, news, transcripts and global economics in one interface, with financials, margins, consensus estimates and valuation ratios for all global stocks., Combination of live, 15‑minute delayed and end‑of‑day pricing: live/15‑minute delayed US equities & ETFs, 15‑minute delayed Canadian equities, end‑of‑day prices for other equity markets, live FX for ~60 pairs and bitcoin, plus live bond yields for 45 countries and yield curves for 20 countries., and Customizable watchlists, dashboards and macro dashboards with table views, historical graphs and scatter charts so you can monitor price, valuation, technicals, news and macro series in a single workspace..
- Pair it with Ghostfolio if you still need APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: Screeners, ETF Screeners, Stock Comparison, and Money Flow
Standout features: Global multi‑asset data terminal covering equities, ETFs, mutual funds, indices, government bond yields, FX, commodities, cryptocurrencies, news, transcripts and global economics in one interface, with financials, margins, consensus estimates and valuation ratios for all global stocks., Combination of live, 15‑minute delayed and end‑of‑day pricing: live/15‑minute delayed US equities & ETFs, 15‑minute delayed Canadian equities, end‑of‑day prices for other equity markets, live FX for ~60 pairs and bitcoin, plus live bond yields for 45 countries and yield curves for 20 countries., Customizable watchlists, dashboards and macro dashboards with table views, historical graphs and scatter charts so you can monitor price, valuation, technicals, news and macro series in a single workspace., and Equity, ETF and mutual fund screeners with thousands of filter criteria, percentile ranks, description search operators and saved “My Screens” views for repeatable idea generation.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Cryptos
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, News, and Alerts coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include Stock screener with extensive fundamental/technical/news/ETF filters; Elite unlocks additional customizable filters and views., Elite: real-time stock quotes & charts (free is delayed); includes premarket (4:00–9:30 AM) and after-hours (4:00–8:00 PM)., and Multi-layout charting with drawing tools, indicators, and automatic pattern recognition; technical studies are saved automatically..
- Pair it with Ghostfolio if you still need APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: Screeners, News, Alerts, and Calendar
Standout features: Stock screener with extensive fundamental/technical/news/ETF filters; Elite unlocks additional customizable filters and views., Elite: real-time stock quotes & charts (free is delayed); includes premarket (4:00–9:30 AM) and after-hours (4:00–8:00 PM)., Multi-layout charting with drawing tools, indicators, and automatic pattern recognition; technical studies are saved automatically., and ETF analytics with full holdings breakdown (beyond top-10) plus performance & structural metrics, including a treemap composition view.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Cryptos
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and Mobile
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Dividend and Risk Metrics coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include Global coverage of stocks (70+ exchanges), 20,000+ ETFs, and major cryptocurrencies., Performance metrics include Money-Weighted Return (MWR) and Time-Weighted Return (TWR), benchmarked and displayed in your base currency., and Risk analysis with beta and drawdown metrics in the Portfolio Analyzer..
- Pair it with Ghostfolio if you still need APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: Dividend and Risk Metrics
Standout features: Global coverage of stocks (70+ exchanges), 20,000+ ETFs, and major cryptocurrencies., Performance metrics include Money-Weighted Return (MWR) and Time-Weighted Return (TWR), benchmarked and displayed in your base currency., Risk analysis with beta and drawdown metrics in the Portfolio Analyzer., and Automatic dividend tracking with history, estimates, and a dividend calendar/forecast, plus automatic split adjustments.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Cryptos
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and Mobile
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Watchlist, and News coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include Free plan with optional Silver and Gold subscriptions that unlock advanced features and research., Historical price downloads in CSV format are gated to Gold; portfolio and watchlist exports remain free., and Coverage spans 100+ exchanges worldwide, with clear labeling of real-time versus delayed data..
- Pair it with Ghostfolio if you still need APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Watchlist, News, and Alerts
Standout features: Free plan with optional Silver and Gold subscriptions that unlock advanced features and research., Historical price downloads in CSV format are gated to Gold; portfolio and watchlist exports remain free., Coverage spans 100+ exchanges worldwide, with clear labeling of real-time versus delayed data., and Interactive full-screen charts with dozens of technical indicators and extended-hours toggles.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Cryptos
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and Mobile
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Alerts, and Watchlist coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include Tiered pricing: Basic $19.95, Extra $29.95, PRO $49.95. Limits scale by tier (ChartLists: 1/250/500; Custom Scans: 1/200/500; Scheduled Scans: 0/10/25; Price Alerts: 2/200/500; Advanced Alerts: 1/100/250). Auto-refresh every 15s (Basic/Extra) or 5s (PRO)., Real-time data: free US BATS quotes; official real-time add-ons available for NYSE, NASDAQ, TSX/TSX-V, and LSE. Other markets are 15-minute delayed., and Advanced Scan Workbench with custom syntax for daily, weekly, and monthly scans (no intraday scans)..
- Pair it with Ghostfolio if you still need APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Alerts, Watchlist, and Calendar
Standout features: Tiered pricing: Basic $19.95, Extra $29.95, PRO $49.95. Limits scale by tier (ChartLists: 1/250/500; Custom Scans: 1/200/500; Scheduled Scans: 0/10/25; Price Alerts: 2/200/500; Advanced Alerts: 1/100/250). Auto-refresh every 15s (Basic/Extra) or 5s (PRO)., Real-time data: free US BATS quotes; official real-time add-ons available for NYSE, NASDAQ, TSX/TSX-V, and LSE. Other markets are 15-minute delayed., Advanced Scan Workbench with custom syntax for daily, weekly, and monthly scans (no intraday scans)., and Price and advanced alerts deliver via email, SMS, and in-platform notifications. The alert engine checks conditions every 3–5 minutes during market hours.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks, Cryptos, and Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Stock Ideas, and Index Rebalancing coverage beyond what Ghostfolio 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 Ghostfolio if you still need Portfolio.
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
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Cryptos
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Custom Dashboards, and Data APIs coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include REST API and Python client with JSON-serializable endpoints; local API deployment supported., Wide coverage across equities, ETFs, options, fixed income, macroeconomics, news, transcripts, and regulatory filings., and Command-line interface (successor to the legacy OpenBB Terminal) plus Python workflows..
- Pair it with Ghostfolio if you still need Portfolio.
Adds coverage: Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Custom Dashboards, Data APIs, and News
Standout features: REST API and Python client with JSON-serializable endpoints; local API deployment supported., Wide coverage across equities, ETFs, options, fixed income, macroeconomics, news, transcripts, and regulatory filings., Command-line interface (successor to the legacy OpenBB Terminal) plus Python workflows., and Workspace dashboards and apps with customizable widgets; unlimited dashboards on the Community tier.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks and ETFs
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web, Mobile, and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Stock Ideas, and Stock Comparison coverage beyond what Ghostfolio 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 Ghostfolio if you still need APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Stock Ideas, Stock Comparison, and Investor Holdings
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
Assets: Stocks and ETFs
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web, Mobile, and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Options & Derivatives, and Paper Trading coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include Live options flow across all US options exchanges, with a status indicator so you know the feed is healthy., Dark-pool tape plus ‘Dark Pool Levels’ to surface recent prints and ticker-specific liquidity zones., and Options and stock screeners with filters for premium, volume, open interest, IV rank, and common technicals..
- Pair it with Ghostfolio if you still need Data Visualizations.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Options & Derivatives, Paper Trading, and Dark Pool & Off-Exchange
Standout features: Live options flow across all US options exchanges, with a status indicator so you know the feed is healthy., Dark-pool tape plus ‘Dark Pool Levels’ to surface recent prints and ticker-specific liquidity zones., Options and stock screeners with filters for premium, volume, open interest, IV rank, and common technicals., and Options Profit Calculator to model multi-leg strategies, Greeks, and payoff P/L.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Cryptos
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and Mobile
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Brokerage, Copy/Social Trading, and Paper Trading coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include Commission-free trading on U.S. stocks and ETFs; crypto trades incur a 1% fee; $0 withdrawal fee (minimum withdrawal $30)., Options trading in the U.S. with no commissions and no contract fees, offered via the eToro Options app., and CopyTrader™ allows users to mirror the trades of other investors in real time; copying is free, with a $200 minimum..
- Pair it with Ghostfolio if you still need APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: Brokerage, Copy/Social Trading, Paper Trading, and Advanced Order Types
Standout features: Commission-free trading on U.S. stocks and ETFs; crypto trades incur a 1% fee; $0 withdrawal fee (minimum withdrawal $30)., Options trading in the U.S. with no commissions and no contract fees, offered via the eToro Options app., CopyTrader™ allows users to mirror the trades of other investors in real time; copying is free, with a $200 minimum., and Smart Portfolios group assets thematically and are managed by eToro’s Investment Team; they rebalance regularly, require a $500 minimum, and carry no management fees.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks, ETFs, and Cryptos
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Watchlist, News, and Stock Comparison coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include Custom watchlists to follow securities and markets, with tailored news feeds for tracked symbols., Simple portfolio tools: add holdings with quantity, cost basis, and date; convert watchlists to portfolios; experiment with simulated “playground” portfolios; switch portfolio currency., and Performance tracking with one-day and total returns, plus portfolio value charts. Comparisons are based on time-weighted rate of return (TWR)..
- Pair it with Ghostfolio if you still need APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: Watchlist, News, Stock Comparison, and Financials
Standout features: Custom watchlists to follow securities and markets, with tailored news feeds for tracked symbols., Simple portfolio tools: add holdings with quantity, cost basis, and date; convert watchlists to portfolios; experiment with simulated “playground” portfolios; switch portfolio currency., Performance tracking with one-day and total returns, plus portfolio value charts. Comparisons are based on time-weighted rate of return (TWR)., and Interactive charts, quotes, and aggregated financial news across global markets.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks and ETFs
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web, Mobile, and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Stock Ideas, and Money Flow coverage beyond what Ghostfolio offers.
- Standout features include Real-time US stock and ETF prices with advanced charting that overlays earnings, EM Scores, timing indicators and key fundamentals in a single view., Proprietary Earnings Momentum (EM) Score and Growth & Acceleration Earnings Matrix that score stocks on multi-quarter revenue, EPS, margins and free cash flow trends to surface true growth leaders., and Stock Scorer that lets you rank screened stocks using your own scoring criteria to identify the best setups for your process..
- Pair it with Ghostfolio if you still need APIs & SDKs.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Stock Ideas, Money Flow, and Watchlist
Standout features: Real-time US stock and ETF prices with advanced charting that overlays earnings, EM Scores, timing indicators and key fundamentals in a single view., Proprietary Earnings Momentum (EM) Score and Growth & Acceleration Earnings Matrix that score stocks on multi-quarter revenue, EPS, margins and free cash flow trends to surface true growth leaders., Stock Scorer that lets you rank screened stocks using your own scoring criteria to identify the best setups for your process., and Estimates Revision Score (RS) that tracks changes in Wall Street earnings and sales forecasts to highlight positive and negative revision regimes.
Coverage Snapshot
Where alternatives already align
Most shared categories across the top matches.
New angles introduced
Categories the alternatives add beyond Ghostfolio.
Free Access & Pricing
Free options
All 20
20 vetted picks keep a permanent free tier so you can validate workflows before upgrading.
Mobile ready
10/20
10 matches support mobile alongside Ghostfolio.
API availability
12/20
12 of the shortlisted tools expose API endpoints for automation-heavy workflows.
Quality checks
11 starred / 12 tested
11 tools are flagged as analyst picks; 12 have been hands-on tested.
Avg. coverage overlap
78%
Average percentage of categories shared with the base tool.
Free Alternatives FAQ
What are the best free alternatives to Ghostfolio?
Start with TradingView, PortfoliosLab, and ETF Insider to replicate Ghostfolio 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 Ghostfolio workflows stay covered on the free plan?
Expect solid overlap across Portfolio, Data Visualizations, and APIs & SDKs, so core Ghostfolio workflows can move over without a paid upgrade.
What extra coverage do the free alternatives add?
Screeners, ETF Screeners, Options & Derivatives, Quant, Watchlist, Backtesting, Paper Trading, Advanced Order Types, News, Alerts, Calendar, Yield Curves, Housing & Construction, Inflation Rates, Financials, Valuation Models, Dividends, ETF Overview, ETF Performance, ETF Fundamentals, On-chain Analytics, DEX / DeFi, Webhooks, Broker Connectors, Education, Videos, Blogs, Forums, Correlation, Risk Metrics, Factor Exposure, Stock Comparison, ETF Comparison, Data APIs, ETF Holdings, ETF Overlap, Investor Holdings, ETF Valuation, Insider Data, Institutional Data, 13F, Improved Filings, Transcripts, Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Recommendations, Analyst Price Targets, Splits, AI, AI Chat, AI Business Summary, AI Earnings Summary, AI Filings Summary, AI Report, Newsletters, Stock Ideas, GDP, Interest Rates, Unemployment Rates, Consumer Sentiment, Scores, Performance Attribution, Downloadable Tax Reports, Capital Gains Estimator, Dividend Tax / ADR Withholding, Dividend, Compounding Calculator, Wealth Management, Client & Investor Reporting, Client Portal & Mobile App, Money Flow, Custom Dashboards, Options, Index Rebalancing, Short Interest, Buybacks & Authorizations, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, IPO, Commitment of Traders (COT), Dark Pool & Off-Exchange, Regulatory Filings Monitoring, US Government Trades, Special Situations, Spin-offs, Acquisitions, Delisted, 13D/13G, Stock Handbook, Brokerage, Copy/Social Trading, News Sentiment, and Market Sentiment show up most often as bonus coverage beyond the base platform, giving you room to experiment before upgrading.
Where might I still rely on Ghostfolio?
Data Visualizations, APIs & SDKs, and Portfolio remain strengths for Ghostfolio. Keep it handy for those tasks or plan for a paid upgrade if they matter.
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