Fintel is the closest drop-in replacement with overlapping coverage in Screeners, News, and Data APIs while adding Short Interest and Insider Data coverage and Official short-interest data sourced from NASDAQ and NYSE on individual ticker pages. and Off-exchange and dark pool short volume reported from FINRA feeds. features (category overlap ~80%).
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Zero-cost replacements ranked by category overlap, pricing, and platform access. Use this list to test OTC Markets before paying for another subscription.
Switching from OTC Markets doesn't have to cost a thing. We've curated 20 free-tier alternatives that cover similar workflows, from News to Screeners and beyond. Each pick below is ranked by how closely it matches OTC Markets's category footprint—so you can trial replacements without opening your wallet.
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Free Options20With free tiers
Avg. Overlap59%Category match
Mobile Ready11Native apps
Quick takeaways
Every pick keeps a free tier; start with Fintel, Fiscal.ai, and Börsdata to road-test OTC Markets workflows without paying up front.
Need mobile access? TradingView, GuruFocus, and TipRanks bring phone-ready workflows that OTC Markets lacks.
Round out your stack with new coverage areas like Short Interest, Insider Data, 13F, and 13D/13G.
Similarity score 960Category overlap: 80%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNewsData APIsImproved Filings
Assets: Stocks and Bonds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Short Interest, Insider Data, and 13F coverage beyond what OTC Markets offers.
- Standout features include Official short-interest data sourced from NASDAQ and NYSE on individual ticker pages., Off-exchange and dark pool short volume reported from FINRA feeds., and Comprehensive ownership tracking including 13F, 13D/G, NPORT filings, ETF and mutual fund holders, plus UK disclosure data..
- Pair it with OTC Markets if you still need Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Short Interest, Insider Data, 13F, and 13D/13G
Standout features: Official short-interest data sourced from NASDAQ and NYSE on individual ticker pages., Off-exchange and dark pool short volume reported from FINRA feeds., Comprehensive ownership tracking including 13F, 13D/G, NPORT filings, ETF and mutual fund holders, plus UK disclosure data., and Dedicated “Which ETF holds this stock?” pages showing ETF-level exposure by ticker.
Similarity score 922Category overlap: 80%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNewsData APIsImproved Filings
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Stock Ideas, Stock Comparison, and Data Visualizations coverage beyond what OTC Markets 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 OTC Markets if you still need Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Stock Ideas, Stock Comparison, Data Visualizations, 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.
Similarity score 900Category overlap: 80%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNewsData APIsImproved Filings
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Stock Ideas, Data Visualizations, and Index Rebalancing coverage beyond what OTC Markets 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 OTC Markets if you still need Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Stock Ideas, Data Visualizations, 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.
Similarity score 834Category overlap: 60%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNewsData APIs
Assets: Stocks and Bonds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into APIs & SDKs, Calendar, and News Sentiment coverage beyond what OTC Markets offers.
- Standout features include Personal-use pricing: Free ($0), EOD All World ($19.99/mo), EOD+Intraday All World Extended ($29.99/mo), Fundamentals Data Feed ($59.99/mo), All‑In‑One ($99.99/mo)., Commercial-use pricing: Internal Use ($399/mo) and Enterprise ($2499/mo) are listed, plus a Custom plan (quote)., and Rate limits & quotas: minute request limit is 1000 requests/min; paid plans default to 100,000 daily “API calls” (with different endpoints consuming different call amounts)..
- Pair it with OTC Markets if you still need Improved Filings and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: APIs & SDKs, Calendar, News Sentiment, and Dividends
Standout features: Personal-use pricing: Free ($0), EOD All World ($19.99/mo), EOD+Intraday All World Extended ($29.99/mo), Fundamentals Data Feed ($59.99/mo), All‑In‑One ($99.99/mo)., Commercial-use pricing: Internal Use ($399/mo) and Enterprise ($2499/mo) are listed, plus a Custom plan (quote)., Rate limits & quotas: minute request limit is 1000 requests/min; paid plans default to 100,000 daily “API calls” (with different endpoints consuming different call amounts)., and Tick Data API (US equities): available in All‑In‑One, or “by request” as an additional package; dataset begins 2008‑01‑01; consumes 10 API calls/request.
Similarity score 818Category overlap: 60%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNewsOrder Book / Level II
Assets: Stocks and Bonds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- TradingView adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Data Visualizations, Quant, and Stock Ideas coverage beyond what OTC Markets offers.
- Standout features include Markets covered include stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, bonds, FX, futures, and indices., Supercharts with multi-chart layouts, custom intervals (incl. seconds and range bars), and more charts-per-tab on higher tiers (up to 16 on Ultimate)., and Technical analysis toolkit with 400+ built-in indicators/strategies, 100,000+ public indicators, and 110+ drawing tools..
- Pair it with OTC Markets if you still need Data APIs and Improved Filings.
Adds coverage: Data Visualizations, Quant, Stock Ideas, and Watchlist
Standout features: Markets covered include stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, bonds, FX, futures, and indices., Supercharts with multi-chart layouts, custom intervals (incl. seconds and range bars), and more charts-per-tab on higher tiers (up to 16 on Ultimate)., Technical analysis toolkit with 400+ built-in indicators/strategies, 100,000+ public indicators, and 110+ drawing tools., and Cloud-based alerts (price/drawings/Pine scripts) with delivery via browser/email/apps/webhooks; Premium & Ultimate support open-ended (non-expiring) alerts.
Similarity score 786Category overlap: 60%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNewsData APIs
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- GuruFocus adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Stock Ideas, Stock Comparison, and Data Visualizations coverage beyond what OTC Markets 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 OTC Markets if you still need Improved Filings and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Stock Ideas, Stock Comparison, Data Visualizations, 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.
Similarity score 786Category overlap: 60%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNewsData APIs
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- TipRanks adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Stock Ideas, Top Analysts, and ETF Screeners coverage beyond what OTC Markets 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 OTC Markets if you still need Improved Filings and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Stock Ideas, Top Analysts, ETF Screeners, and Stock Comparison
Standout features: Tracks and measures performance of financial experts (analysts, bloggers, hedge funds, and corporate insiders) to help investors evaluate who to trust., Smart Score: proprietary quantitative stock score (1–10) based on 8 factors (analyst ratings, insider transactions, blogger opinions, individual investor sentiment, hedge fund activity, news sentiment, technicals, fundamentals)., AI Stock Analysis: automated report that analyzes financial statements, earnings call transcripts, SEC 8‑K filings, technical indicators and market sentiment to generate an AI score and price target; includes strengths/risks, peer comparison, and corporate-event summaries., and Stock/ETF research workflow includes analyst forecasts/consensus & price targets plus pages/tabs for news/insights, dividends, earnings, ownership, financials, and technical analysis (example: AAPL).
Similarity score 774Category overlap: 60%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNewsData APIs
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Financials, Transcripts, and Sheets / Excel Add-ins coverage beyond what OTC Markets offers.
- Standout features include Company pages combine business summaries with 30+ years of financial statements and earnings call transcripts., Tiered access: Free plan gives US annuals only; Individual unlocks global coverage, quarterly and TTM data, plus Excel export; Professional adds unlimited exports, a personal-use API connection, and the Excel plugin; Enterprise allows multi-user access, unlimited API bandwidth, and commercial usage rights., and Earnings call transcripts are provided for US companies, available via the site and through API endpoints..
- Pair it with OTC Markets if you still need Improved Filings and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Financials, Transcripts, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, and Splits
Standout features: Company pages combine business summaries with 30+ years of financial statements and earnings call transcripts., Tiered access: Free plan gives US annuals only; Individual unlocks global coverage, quarterly and TTM data, plus Excel export; Professional adds unlimited exports, a personal-use API connection, and the Excel plugin; Enterprise allows multi-user access, unlimited API bandwidth, and commercial usage rights., Earnings call transcripts are provided for US companies, available via the site and through API endpoints., and Powerful stock screener with filters for exchange, industry, revenue, market cap, operating margin, and more. Saved searches and export features included.
Similarity score 772Category overlap: 60%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNewsData APIs
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- ORTEX adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Short Interest, Insider Data, and Quant coverage beyond what OTC Markets offers.
- Standout features include Short interest and lending analytics including utilization, cost to borrow, shares on loan, and percentage of free float on loan, with intraday and real-time estimates from a large pool of lenders and brokers., Official U.S. exchange-reported short interest (bi-monthly) and European flagged shorts, alongside lending-based estimates., and Options coverage with unusual activity and flow detection; OPRA-sourced data gated by user agreement to OPRA terms..
- Pair it with OTC Markets if you still need Improved Filings and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Short Interest, Insider Data, Quant, and Data Visualizations
Standout features: Short interest and lending analytics including utilization, cost to borrow, shares on loan, and percentage of free float on loan, with intraday and real-time estimates from a large pool of lenders and brokers., Official U.S. exchange-reported short interest (bi-monthly) and European flagged shorts, alongside lending-based estimates., Options coverage with unusual activity and flow detection; OPRA-sourced data gated by user agreement to OPRA terms., and Alpha trading signals across themes like Short Squeeze, EPS, RSI, MACD, and Company Events, each with back-tested stats and intraday updates.
Similarity score 772Category overlap: 60%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNewsData APIs
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Quiver Quantitative adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Watchlist, Backtesting, and US Government Trades coverage beyond what OTC Markets offers.
- Standout features include Alternative data dashboards spanning Congress trading, insider activity, government contracts, lobbying, app ratings, Google Trends, U.S. patents, ETF and institutional holdings, and more., Congress Trading dashboard parses public disclosures, tracks post-trade performance, and shows cumulative returns by individual politicians., and Institutional Holdings (13F) dashboard, with a backtesting tool for premium users to evaluate fund-level positioning over time..
- Pair it with OTC Markets if you still need Improved Filings and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Watchlist, Backtesting, US Government Trades, and Investor Holdings
Standout features: Alternative data dashboards spanning Congress trading, insider activity, government contracts, lobbying, app ratings, Google Trends, U.S. patents, ETF and institutional holdings, and more., Congress Trading dashboard parses public disclosures, tracks post-trade performance, and shows cumulative returns by individual politicians., Institutional Holdings (13F) dashboard, with a backtesting tool for premium users to evaluate fund-level positioning over time., and Premium adds advanced tools like stock screeners, alerts, institutional and congressional backtesters, Smart Score/Bull–Bear metrics, watchlists, exportable data samples, and early access to curated content. Pricing is $25/month or $300/year, with free trials (7 or 30 days).
Similarity score 760Category overlap: 60%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNewsImproved Filings
Assets: Stocks and Bonds
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- CapEdge adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Stock Comparison, Data Visualizations, and Financials coverage beyond what OTC Markets offers.
- Standout features include Web-based research platform focused on US equity capital markets that lets users instantly search SEC EDGAR filings and earnings transcripts, monitor IPOs, and track investor holdings across time; navigation exposes Earnings, IPOs, Transcripts, Investor Holdings and an EDGAR Filing Screener from the homepage., Advanced EDGAR filing search supports natural-language and keyword queries, filters by ticker, company name, filing type, and date, plus Filing Analysis views that show which companies mention a theme and how its popularity changes over time. Power users can use AND/OR/NOT boolean operators, with search history saved for later reuse., and Improved filing reader for most SEC forms (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 6-K, S-1, F-1, S-4, 20-F, 40-F, DEF 14A, etc.) including similar-filing navigation, customizable font and size, side table-of-contents, and advanced content analysis such as sentiment scores, readability measures, and lists of new and removed words across successive filings..
- Pair it with OTC Markets if you still need Data APIs and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Stock Comparison, Data Visualizations, Financials, and Diff View
Standout features: Web-based research platform focused on US equity capital markets that lets users instantly search SEC EDGAR filings and earnings transcripts, monitor IPOs, and track investor holdings across time; navigation exposes Earnings, IPOs, Transcripts, Investor Holdings and an EDGAR Filing Screener from the homepage., Advanced EDGAR filing search supports natural-language and keyword queries, filters by ticker, company name, filing type, and date, plus Filing Analysis views that show which companies mention a theme and how its popularity changes over time. Power users can use AND/OR/NOT boolean operators, with search history saved for later reuse., Improved filing reader for most SEC forms (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 6-K, S-1, F-1, S-4, 20-F, 40-F, DEF 14A, etc.) including similar-filing navigation, customizable font and size, side table-of-contents, and advanced content analysis such as sentiment scores, readability measures, and lists of new and removed words across successive filings., and Diff viewer for financial filings highlights changes between successive 10-K/10-Q documents, coloring removed text in one color and new text in another, and attempting to align similar data-table rows across filings to make numeric changes easier to spot.
Similarity score 760Category overlap: 60%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNewsData APIs
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Calendar, Dividends, and Splits coverage beyond what OTC Markets 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 OTC Markets if you still need Improved Filings and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Calendar, Dividends, Splits, and IPO
Standout features: Multi‑asset data coverage via a single API: equities, ETFs, mutual funds, indexes, forex, crypto, commodities, macroeconomic indicators, ESG and ownership datasets, organized into Market Data, Fundamental & Company Data, News & Calendar Data, Advanced Data, Ownership and Other Markets., Real‑time quotes plus intraday (1‑minute, 5‑minute, 30‑minute, 1‑hour) and end‑of‑day historical bars for stocks and other assets; Premium and Ultimate tiers add intraday chart endpoints, technical indicators and up to 30+ years of history, with Ultimate including 1‑minute intraday charting and full historical access., Fundamental statement APIs with audited, standardized and as‑reported income statements, balance sheets and cash‑flow statements (annual, quarterly and TTM), plus key metrics, ratios, financial scores, enterprise values and product/geographic segment revenue breakdowns., and Built‑in valuation and advanced metrics including DCF models, owner earnings and other formula‑based indicators documented in the Financial Formulas section, with a Custom DCF Calculator and Advanced Market Metrics (e.g., sector performance, technical indicators) available on higher‑tier plans.
Similarity score 758Category overlap: 60%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNewsImproved Filings
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Perplexity Finance adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Watchlist, Data Visualizations, and Calendar coverage beyond what OTC Markets offers.
- Standout features include Upgraded price charts with volume bars, OHLCV tooltips, candlestick/area toggle, compare overlays, SMA indicator, and custom date ranges., Real-time newswire feeds for equities and markets, with headline → full story and related coverage., and Watchlist tab includes an AI-generated briefing across a user’s watchlist using price data and web news..
- Pair it with OTC Markets if you still need Data APIs and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Watchlist, Data Visualizations, Calendar, and Analyst Forecasts
Standout features: Upgraded price charts with volume bars, OHLCV tooltips, candlestick/area toggle, compare overlays, SMA indicator, and custom date ranges., Real-time newswire feeds for equities and markets, with headline → full story and related coverage., Watchlist tab includes an AI-generated briefing across a user’s watchlist using price data and web news., and Natural-language stock screener (“type what you want”) with filters/columns/sorting; screener coverage includes US and Indian equities.
Similarity score 752Category overlap: 60%
Shared coverage
ScreenersData APIsImproved Filings
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Regulatory Filings Monitoring, IPO, and Insider Data coverage beyond what OTC Markets offers.
- Standout features include Real‑time filings ingestion (<5 min typical) with continuous 30‑minute source refresh; 4.5M+ filings from 16,645 companies across 44 markets., Programmatic access to filings, company metadata, languages, countries, filing types, sources; Markdown extraction endpoint for filing text., and Watchlist & email alerts the moment a tracked company files; ‘Live Filings Feed’ UI (30‑minute update cycle)..
- Pair it with OTC Markets if you still need News and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Regulatory Filings Monitoring, IPO, Insider Data, and Alerts
Standout features: Real‑time filings ingestion (<5 min typical) with continuous 30‑minute source refresh; 4.5M+ filings from 16,645 companies across 44 markets., Programmatic access to filings, company metadata, languages, countries, filing types, sources; Markdown extraction endpoint for filing text., Watchlist & email alerts the moment a tracked company files; ‘Live Filings Feed’ UI (30‑minute update cycle)., and Insider trades browser and country drill‑downs; IPO/exchange/index reference sections.
Similarity score 746Category overlap: 60%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNewsImproved Filings
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Expands into Portfolio, Watchlist, and Alerts coverage beyond what OTC Markets offers.
- Standout features include Finder (NLQ): type ideas like “undervalued tech with insider buying” or “Nancy Pelosi portfolio”; Fey turns this into an editable screen in ~2s (“Like ChatGPT meets Bloomberg”)., Earnings ‘at the speed of now’: instant press releases with **AI‑generated summaries** (~0.8s), live calls in‑app, transcripts and transcript summaries., and Filings ‘Analyze’: **on‑demand AI summaries** of 10‑K/10‑Q with structured sections (revenue, strengths, challenges, risks) to read filings in ~2 minutes..
- Pair it with OTC Markets if you still need Data APIs and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Portfolio, Watchlist, Alerts, and Calendar
Standout features: Finder (NLQ): type ideas like “undervalued tech with insider buying” or “Nancy Pelosi portfolio”; Fey turns this into an editable screen in ~2s (“Like ChatGPT meets Bloomberg”)., Earnings ‘at the speed of now’: instant press releases with **AI‑generated summaries** (~0.8s), live calls in‑app, transcripts and transcript summaries., Filings ‘Analyze’: **on‑demand AI summaries** of 10‑K/10‑Q with structured sections (revenue, strengths, challenges, risks) to read filings in ~2 minutes., and Portfolio ‘Analyze with AI’ (one click): benchmarks holdings, highlights **factor tilts** driving returns, flags strengths/risks, scans for **mis‑pricings** (forecasts, price targets, valuation spreads), and prioritizes headlines that could actually move your P&L.
Similarity score 746Category overlap: 60%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNewsData APIs
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Unusual Whales adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Options & Derivatives, Money Flow, and Options P&L coverage beyond what OTC Markets offers.
- Standout features include Options flow tool: tracks options trades (docs: “every options trade placed across the entire US stock exchange”) and displays trade details across options exchanges; includes filters, configurable columns, sorting, and saved trades., Multi-leg tagging in the flow feed; multileg icon can open a pop-up that preloads the Options Profit Calculator with a P/L profile for the trade., and Mobile apps (iOS/Android) provide abridged access to Alerts, Flow (incl. Events feed for trading halts/unhalts + IPOs), Stocks (volume deviation alerts), News, and Dark Pools..
- Pair it with OTC Markets if you still need Improved Filings and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Options & Derivatives, Money Flow, Options P&L, and Alerts
Standout features: Options flow tool: tracks options trades (docs: “every options trade placed across the entire US stock exchange”) and displays trade details across options exchanges; includes filters, configurable columns, sorting, and saved trades., Multi-leg tagging in the flow feed; multileg icon can open a pop-up that preloads the Options Profit Calculator with a P/L profile for the trade., Mobile apps (iOS/Android) provide abridged access to Alerts, Flow (incl. Events feed for trading halts/unhalts + IPOs), Stocks (volume deviation alerts), News, and Dark Pools., and Alerts are available via website, mobile app, and Discord; docs describe free alerts as delayed vs premium (premium users receive all alerts with zero delay; free users receive only free alerts with ~5–12 minute delay).
Similarity score 684Category overlap: 40%
Shared coverage
NewsData APIs
Assets: Stocks and Bonds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Trading Economics adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into GDP, Inflation Rates, and Unemployment Rates coverage beyond what OTC Markets 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 OTC Markets if you still need Screeners, Improved Filings, and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: GDP, Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, and Interest Rates
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.
Similarity score 670Category overlap: 40%
Shared coverage
NewsData APIs
Assets: Stocks and Bonds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- BizToc adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Market Sentiment, Reddit, and APIs & SDKs coverage beyond what OTC Markets offers.
- Standout features include Single-page news hub; homepage includes a Markets snapshot (major indices, 10Y yield, oil, gold, Bitcoin) and a Fear & Greed score., Real-time “Wire” feed: chronological updates from the “top 100 U.S. business news sites.”, and Custom news grid configurator: drag to rearrange source boxes, hide boxes, and “Reset To Default Grid” (desktop configuration recommended)..
- Pair it with OTC Markets if you still need Screeners, Improved Filings, and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Market Sentiment, Reddit, and APIs & SDKs
Standout features: Single-page news hub; homepage includes a Markets snapshot (major indices, 10Y yield, oil, gold, Bitcoin) and a Fear & Greed score., Real-time “Wire” feed: chronological updates from the “top 100 U.S. business news sites.”, Custom news grid configurator: drag to rearrange source boxes, hide boxes, and “Reset To Default Grid” (desktop configuration recommended)., and “Imagery” (NewsWall) view: “The Latest News in Pictures.”
Similarity score 670Category overlap: 40%
Shared coverage
ScreenersNews
Assets: Stocks and Bonds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Pricing: Free and Subscription
Why investors switch
- Koyfin adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into ETF Screeners, Data Visualizations, and Custom Dashboards coverage beyond what OTC Markets offers.
- Standout features include Web platform plus iOS & Android mobile apps; watchlists/portfolios sync with the web app., Multi-asset coverage spanning global equities and multiple macro/market datasets (e.g., ETFs, bond yields/curves, FX, commodities, crypto), with news and transcripts., and Advanced graphing with 100+ indicators/series (fundamentals, technicals, valuation, estimates/ratings), templates, total-return charts, scatter charts, and share/embed + downloads..
- Pair it with OTC Markets if you still need Data APIs, Improved Filings, and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: ETF Screeners, Data Visualizations, Custom Dashboards, and Correlation
Standout features: Web platform plus iOS & Android mobile apps; watchlists/portfolios sync with the web app., Multi-asset coverage spanning global equities and multiple macro/market datasets (e.g., ETFs, bond yields/curves, FX, commodities, crypto), with news and transcripts., Advanced graphing with 100+ indicators/series (fundamentals, technicals, valuation, estimates/ratings), templates, total-return charts, scatter charts, and share/embed + downloads., and Financial Analysis pages: highlights from income/balance sheet/cash-flow plus customizable Financial Analysis templates (paid tiers).
#20 Alternative
Analyst PickHands-on TestedFree Tier
Similarity score 668Category overlap: 40%
Shared coverage
NewsData APIs
Assets: Stocks and Bonds
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Regulatory Filings Monitoring, IPO, and Secondary Offerings coverage beyond what OTC Markets offers.
- Standout features include Full‑Text Search (since 2001) with fielded filters: word/phrase, company/ticker/CIK/person, filing category/types, filed date ranges, ‘principal executive offices in’ and ‘incorporated in’., ‘Latest Filings’ list shows filings as they are submitted (with RSS for any filter; ownership Forms 3/4/5 can be included/excluded/only)., and Company Search with ‘more search options’, plus dedicated searches for Mutual Funds (prospectuses/proxy voting) and Variable Insurance Products..
- Pair it with OTC Markets if you still need Screeners, Improved Filings, and Order Book / Level II.
Adds coverage: Regulatory Filings Monitoring, IPO, Secondary Offerings, and Insider Data
Standout features: Full‑Text Search (since 2001) with fielded filters: word/phrase, company/ticker/CIK/person, filing category/types, filed date ranges, ‘principal executive offices in’ and ‘incorporated in’., ‘Latest Filings’ list shows filings as they are submitted (with RSS for any filter; ownership Forms 3/4/5 can be included/excluded/only)., Company Search with ‘more search options’, plus dedicated searches for Mutual Funds (prospectuses/proxy voting) and Variable Insurance Products., and CIK Lookup & helper datasets (company_tickers*.json) to map tickers↔CIK (company/fund/series/class).
Coverage Snapshot
Where alternatives already align
Most shared categories across the top matches.
News×19Screeners×17Data APIs×15Improved Filings×7Order Book / Level II×1
New angles introduced
Categories the alternatives add beyond OTC Markets.
Calendar+14Insider Data+14Alerts+13Watchlist+10APIs & SDKs+9Financials+913F+8Data Visualizations+8
Free Access & Pricing
Free options
All 20
20 vetted picks keep a permanent free tier so you can validate workflows before upgrading.
Mobile ready
11/20
11 alternatives bring native mobile access.
API availability
15/20
15 of the shortlisted tools expose API endpoints for automation-heavy workflows.
Quality checks
12 starred / 16 tested
12 tools are flagged as analyst picks; 16 have been hands-on tested.
Avg. coverage overlap
59%
Average percentage of categories shared with the base tool.
Free Alternatives FAQ
What are the best free alternatives to OTC Markets?
Start with Fintel, Fiscal.ai, and Börsdata to replicate OTC Markets 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 OTC Markets workflows stay covered on the free plan?
Expect solid overlap across Screeners, News, Data APIs, Improved Filings, and Order Book / Level II, so core OTC Markets workflows can move over without a paid upgrade.
What extra coverage do the free alternatives add?
Short Interest, Insider Data, 13F, 13D/13G, Which ETF includes this Stock?, ETF Holdings, Options, Portfolio, Watchlist, Alerts, Dark Pool & Off-Exchange, Dividend, Stock Ideas, Stock Comparison, Data Visualizations, Investor Holdings, ETF Overview, ETF Performance, Calendar, Splits, Financials, Valuation Models, Dividends, Transcripts, Institutional Data, AI, AI Chat, AI Business Summary, AI Filings Summary, AI Earnings Summary, AI Report, Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Recommendations, Analyst Price Targets, APIs & SDKs, Webhooks, Blogs, Newsletters, Education, Index Rebalancing, Buybacks & Authorizations, Interest Rates, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, News Sentiment, Delisted, IPO, Options & Derivatives, ESG Ratings, Quant, Backtesting, Correlation, Yield Curves, Paper Trading, Broker Connectors, US Government Trades, Special Situations, Spin-offs, Acquisitions, GDP, Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, Commitment of Traders (COT), Scores, Videos, Forums, Stock Handbook, Top Analysts, ETF Screeners, ETF Comparison, Bulls Say Bear Say, Options P&L, Compounding Calculator, Retirement Calculator, Money Flow, Reddit, Patents / USPTO, Diff View, Filing Sentiment, Secondary Offerings, ETF Fundamentals, Regulatory Filings Monitoring, Factor Exposure, Credit Ratings & Outlooks, Market Sentiment, Custom Dashboards, ETF Valuation, Fund Overview, Fund Performance, Fund Holdings, Client & Investor Reporting, Model Portfolios & Sleeves, and Householding & Multi-Entity show up most often as bonus coverage beyond the base platform, giving you room to experiment before upgrading.
Where might I still rely on OTC Markets?
Order Book / Level II, Improved Filings, Data APIs, News, and Screeners remain strengths for OTC Markets. Keep it handy for those tasks or plan for a paid upgrade if they matter.
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