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Free Alternatives to SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada)

Zero-cost replacements grouped by fit, tradeoffs, pricing friction, and platform access. Use this list to test SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) before paying for another subscription.

Switching from SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) doesn't have to cost a thing. We've curated 20 free-tier alternatives that cover similar workflows, from Alerts to News and beyond. Each pick below is framed by fit, caveats, and access friction so you can trial replacements without opening your wallet.

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Which Alternative Should You Use?

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

Closest replacement

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

SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) best matches the base workflow on research reports, stock research, and fundamental research.
SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) also has a free plan, so you can try it without paying. Free-plan limits: SEC developer resources say company submissions and extracted XBRL data are available via RESTful JSON APIs on data.sec.gov.

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

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Investing.com

Best workflow fit

Best for: Users looking for one free global market portal for quotes, charts, calendars, news, watchlists, and portfolio tracking.

Investing.com best matches the base workflow on fundamental research, investment news, and market monitoring.
Investing.com also has a free plan, so you can try it without paying. Free-plan limits: Free access is ad-supported and does not include the full InvestingPro research layer.

Watch for: Not a broker or API product: Investing.com does not provide trade execution or a public API. Widgets and RSS are its public integration methods.

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SEC.gov (EDGAR)

Best audience fit

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

SEC.gov (EDGAR) best matches the base workflow on research reports, fundamental research, and market monitoring.
SEC.gov (EDGAR) also has a free plan, so you can try it without paying. Free-plan limits: SEC EDGAR APIs are free and require no API key for public investor/research endpoints.

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

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GuruFocus

Strong runner-up

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

GuruFocus best matches the base workflow on stock research, fundamental research, and screening and idea generation.
GuruFocus also has a free plan, so you can try it without paying. Free-plan limits: Signup required. A free account has limited access.

Watch for: Paid access is region and tier dependent: Annual paid memberships, region add-ons, API plans, and pay-as-you-go API credits.

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

Analyst pickTested by us

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

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
Alerts
Education
Official Sources

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Insider Data
Institutional Ownership
APIs & Data Feeds

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News

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on investment news, market monitoring, and screening and idea generation.
Free-plan limits: SEC developer resources say company submissions and extracted XBRL data are available via RESTful JSON APIs on data.sec.gov. SEC fair-access guidance limits automated requests to no more than 10 requests per second. EDGAR search and company filings are publicly accessible without a paid subscription.
Fair-access limits apply: Automated access must use a descriptive User-Agent and stay within SEC fair-access guidance, currently 10 requests per second.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free onlyno paid tier

Fit: Partial replacement

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Best audience fit

SEC.gov (EDGAR)

Analyst pickTested by us

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

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
Alerts
Official Sources

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Improved Filings
Insider Data
Institutional Ownership
APIs & Data Feeds

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News
Education
Closed-End Funds coverage
Bonds coverage

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on stock research, investment news, and screening and idea generation.
Free-plan limits: SEC EDGAR APIs are free and require no API key for public investor/research endpoints. SEC fair-access guidance states a current maximum access rate of 10 requests/second. A declared User-Agent is required for automated access.
Fair-access limits: Automated users must declare a User-Agent and stay within the current 10 requests/second access limit.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free onlyno paid tier

Fit: Partial replacement

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Partial replacement

IPO Watch (ipowatch.in)

Bottom line: Indian IPO investors checking mainboard and SME dates, GMP estimates, subscription updates, allotment links, listing results, and corporate-action news.

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IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
News
Alerts

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Dividends
Splits
Calendar
New Issues & Calendars

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Education
Official Sources
ETFs coverage

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on screening and idea generation, API and market data, and filings and transcript research.
Free-plan limits: Website is publicly accessible and positions itself as a source for Mainboard and SME IPO information. Google Play describes IPO Watch as a mobile app for GMP, Mainline IPOs, SME IPOs, allotment, reviews, and IPO details. No paid subscription or public API was found on official pages reviewed.
GMP is unofficial: Grey market premium is an informal sentiment indicator and does not guarantee listing performance.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free onlyno paid tier

Fit: Partial replacement

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Stock AnalysisPartial replacementFree • From $6.58/mo billed yearlyFree, no signup

Partial replacement

Stock Analysis

Analyst pickTested by us

Bottom line: Regular investors looking for fast stock and fund research pages, screeners, comparisons, watchlists, and market calendars.

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IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
News
Alerts
Education

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Stock Ideas
Screeners
ETF Screeners
Top Analysts

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Official Sources
Bonds coverage
Real Estate coverage

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on research reports, investment news, and market monitoring.
Free-plan limits: Free access is ad-supported. Free exports and financial history are limited compared with Pro and Unlimited. Free accounts allow 10 active alerts. Brokerage sync, full ETF holdings, and advanced analyst filtering require paid plans.
No public API: Stock Analysis does not currently offer API access.

Cost

Free, no signup

$6.58/moto go paid, billed yearly

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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Investing.comBest workflow fitFree • From $18.95/moFree, no signup

Best workflow fit

Investing.com

Analyst pickTested by us

Bottom line: Users looking for one free global market portal for quotes, charts, calendars, news, watchlists, and portfolio tracking.

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IPO
News
Alerts
Education

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Stock Ideas
Screeners
Stock Comparison
Data Visualizations

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
Official Sources
Mutual Funds coverage

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on research reports and stock research.
Free-plan limits: Free access is ad-supported and does not include the full InvestingPro research layer. Free WarrenAI access is limited to 10 lifetime messages and requires an account; paid plans include 50 or 500 credits per month. ProPicks, premium reports, and deeper datasets are plan-gated.
Not a broker or API product: Investing.com does not provide trade execution or a public API. Widgets and RSS are its public integration methods.

Cost

Free, no signup

$18.95/moto go paid

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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13F InsightPartial replacementFree • From $29/moFree, no signup

Partial replacement

13F Insight

Bottom line: Ask plain-English questions about 13F filings instead of working through spreadsheets by hand.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
News
Alerts
Education

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Data Visualizations
Watchlist
Institutional Ownership
Insider Data

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IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
Official Sources
Mutual Funds coverage

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on research reports, investment news, and screening and idea generation.
Free-plan limits: Two AI questions are free without signup. Free account raises usage to five questions per day. Free accounts include 3 email alerts, 5 watchlist items, 1 year of holdings history, and 100 API calls per day.
13F filings are stale by design: The AI reads real 13F filings, but those filings are quarterly, delayed, and incomplete views of manager exposure.

Cost

Free, no signup

$29/moto go paid

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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InsideArbitragePartial replacementFree • From $100/mo billed yearlyFree, no signup

Partial replacement

InsideArbitrage

Bottom line: Investors who follow mergers, insider buying, spinoffs, buybacks, CVRs, tender offers and activists.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
News
Alerts

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Calendar
Dividends
Splits
Insider Data

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IPO
Education
Official Sources
Mutual Funds coverage

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on research reports, API and market data, and options and trading workflows.
Free-plan limits: Premium monthly is advertised at $150/month. Premium annual is advertised at $1,200/year. Premium checkout requires payment. Public articles and selected data pages do not require it.
Paid-only serious workflow: Premium costs $150 per month or $1,200 per year. Many screens, tools, newsletters and tracked-deal features require a subscription.

Cost

Free, no signup

$100/moto go paid, billed yearly

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX)Partial replacementFree • Paid plans availableFree, no signup

Partial replacement

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX)

Bottom line: Investors and analysts needing official Hong Kong listed-company announcements, filings, corporate calendars, and exchange market data.

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IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
News
Alerts
Official Sources

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Calendar
Dividends
Splits
Order Book / Level II

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Education
Mutual Funds coverage
Closed-End Funds coverage

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on stock research and screening and idea generation.
Free-plan limits: HKEXnews and public exchange pages are free. Public quote data is delayed. Real-time, historical, tick, and order-book data require licensed market-data services.
Public quotes are delayed: Public website quotes are delayed by at least 15 minutes. Real-time and deeper feeds require paid licenses.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free • Paid plans available

Fit: Partial replacement

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MarketWatchPartial replacementFree • Paid plans availableFree, no signup

Partial replacement

MarketWatch

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Bottom line: Retail investors looking for mainstream market news, quote pages, watchlists, calendars, screeners, and BigCharts in one site.

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IPO
News
Alerts

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Calendar
Screeners
Data Visualizations
Watchlist

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
Education
Official Sources

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on research reports and stock research.
Free-plan limits: Premium articles and newsletters require subscription. Quote pages are still available at no additional cost. Intro offers renew at higher standard rates.
Subscription is mainly for journalism: The subscription covers news. Quote pages remain available without a subscription.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free • Paid plans available

Fit: Partial replacement

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IPOScoopPartial replacementFree • Contact for pricingFree, no signup

Partial replacement

IPOScoop

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Bottom line: IPO-focused investors looking for calendars, pricings, SCOOP Ratings, quiet-period dates, lock-up dates, and IPO commentary in one place.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
News

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Calendar
Scores

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Alerts
Education
Official Sources
ETFs coverage

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on screening and idea generation, portfolio tracking, and macro and fund research.
Free-plan limits: Free site sections include IPO Calendar, Pricings, Last 100, Last 12 Months, and IPO Buzz. First-time subscribers get a 30-day free trial; paid access is listed at $19.95/month or $199.50/year. Corporate XML data feed is contact-for-fees.
U.S. IPO niche: The product is useful for U.S. IPO monitoring, but not for global equity screening, valuation, portfolio tracking, or secondary-market research depth.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free • Contact for pricing

Fit: Partial replacement

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CapEdgePartial replacementFreeFree with signup

Partial replacement

CapEdge

Analyst pickTested by us

Bottom line: Investors looking for a free SEC filings, transcripts, ownership, IPO, and alert workflow.

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IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
News
Alerts

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Screeners
Stock Comparison
Data Visualizations
Financials

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Education
Official Sources
Mutual Funds coverage

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on stock research, investment news, and market monitoring.
Free-plan limits: Signup required. CapEdge markets the product as 100% free. Free registration unlocks all data and features.
Account needed for full access: You can browse some tables without signing in. A free account opens the rest of CapEdge's research and account tools.

Cost: Free with signup; Free onlyno paid tier

Fit: Partial replacement

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Yahoo FinancePartial replacementFree • From $7.95/mo billed yearlyFree with signup

Partial replacement

Yahoo Finance

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Bottom line: Investors who want free quotes, news, watchlists, portfolios, charts, and basic research in one product.

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IPO
News
Alerts

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Calendar
Portfolio
Watchlist
Stock Ideas

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
Education
Official Sources

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on research reports, stock research, and API and market data.
Free-plan limits: Signup required. Free account/sign-in may be required for some portfolio and watchlist features. Premium portfolio analytics, research, screeners, and longer downloadable history are paid.
Data is informational, not trading-grade: Yahoo says all finance data is informational and not intended for trading or investing purposes.

Cost

Free with signup

$7.95/moto go paid, billed yearly

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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Special Situations DigestPartial replacementFree • From $25/mo billed yearlyFree with signup

Partial replacement

Special Situations Digest

Bottom line: Portfolio managers, analysts, family offices, and independent investors seeking special situations across more than 25 markets.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
News
Alerts

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Stock Ideas
Screeners
Calendar
Newsletters

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IPO
Education
Official Sources
ETFs coverage

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on API and market data and options and trading workflows.
Free-plan limits: Signup required. Free readers get the first 10 situations in each issue and access to the free archive. Pro costs $39 per month or $300 per year.
Triage, not diligence: The product is for idea generation and triage. Users still need to verify filings, valuation, legal terms, liquidity, timing, and downside risk.

Cost

Free with signup

$25/moto go paid, billed yearly

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Fit: Partial replacement

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Stock RoverPartial replacementFree • From $34/moFree with signup

Partial replacement

Stock Rover

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Bottom line: Individual investors looking for North American stock, ETF, and fund screening.

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News
Alerts
Education

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Stock Ideas
Screeners
ETF Screeners
Stock Comparison

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
Official Sources

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on stock research, investment news, and market monitoring.
Free-plan limits: Signup required. New signups can test Stock Rover through a 14-day free trial with no credit card required. Free plan has monthly limits for Stock Scores and Research Reports.
North America-focused coverage: U.S. and Canadian exchange support plus OTC boards.

Cost

Free with signup

$34/moto go paid

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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KoyfinPartial replacementFree • From $39/mo billed yearlyFree with signup

Partial replacement

Koyfin

Analyst pickTested by us

Bottom line: Investors who want dashboards, charts, screeners, portfolios, news, and alerts in a web and mobile workspace.

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News
Alerts

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Screeners
ETF Screeners
Data Visualizations
Custom Dashboards

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
Education

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on research reports, stock research, and investment news.
Free-plan limits: Signup required. Free plan includes limited watchlists, screens, dashboards, alerts, portfolios, financials, and estimates history. New accounts receive a seven-day trial and then downgrade to Free without a charge.
No public API: Koyfin does not provide user-facing data access through an API.

Cost

Free with signup

$39/moto go paid, billed yearly

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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Fiscal.aiPartial replacementFree • From $39/moFree with signup

Partial replacement

Fiscal.ai

Analyst pickTested by us

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

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News
Alerts
Education

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Stock Ideas
Screeners
Stock Comparison
Data Visualizations

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
Official Sources

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

Cost

Free with signup

$39/moto go paid

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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GuruFocusPartial replacementFree • From $45.75/mo billed yearlyFree with signup

Partial replacement

GuruFocus

Analyst pickTested by us

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

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IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
News
Alerts
Education

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Stock Ideas
Screeners
ETF Screeners
Top Analysts

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Official Sources
Closed-End Funds coverage
Real Estate coverage

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

Cost

Free with signup

$45.75/moto go paid, billed yearly

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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Alpha VantagePartial replacementFree • From $49.99/moFree with signup

Partial replacement

Alpha Vantage

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

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IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
News
Education

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APIs & Data Feeds
News Sentiment
Market Sentiment
Calendar

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Alerts
Official Sources
Closed-End Funds coverage

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

Cost

Free with signup

$49.99/moto go paid

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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TipRanksPartial replacementFree • Contact for pricingFree with signup

Partial replacement

TipRanks

Analyst pickTested by us

Bottom line: Retail investors looking for analyst consensus, expert rankings, Smart Score, news sentiment, and stock ideas.

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IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
News
Alerts
Education

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Stock Ideas
Top Analysts
Screeners
ETF Screeners

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Official Sources
Mutual Funds coverage
Closed-End Funds coverage

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on research reports, investment news, and market monitoring.
Free-plan limits: Signup required. Free/Basic MCP OAuth quota is 10 tool calls per month. Free API-key tier is limited to 10 requests per minute and 50 requests per month.
Best tools are paid: Premium and Ultimate gate Smart Portfolio, Smart Score, expert/insider/hedge-fund tools, exports, and higher MCP quotas.

Cost: Free with signup; Free • Contact for pricing

Fit: Partial replacement

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TrendlynePartial replacementFree • Paid plans availableFree with signup

Partial replacement

Trendlyne

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Bottom line: Indian investors looking for one product for screeners, DVM scores, analyst forecasts, alerts, portfolios, broker sync, and options tools.

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IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
News
Alerts

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Screeners
Analyst Forecasts
Analyst Ratings & Price Targets
Data Visualizations

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Education
Official Sources
ETFs coverage

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Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on research reports, stock research, and investment news.
Free-plan limits: Signup required. Free plan exists; the current page lists GuruQ at INR 390/month and Pro Global at INR 1,500/month. Pro Plus is marked +INR 2,000/month without a standalone charge. Annual page displays GuruQ INR 1,890 and StratQ INR 5,900 with promo-code labels, Pro Global INR 8,900, and Pro Plus Global as +INR 11,900/year; verify current checkout terms before purchase.
Plan matrix is complex: India-only, global, SmartOptions, Excel Connect, alert frequency, backtest limits, and download limits vary materially by tier.

Cost: Free with signup; Free • Paid plans available

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What This Shortlist Tells You

SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) is the closest drop-in replacement with overlapping coverage in Regulatory Filings Monitoring, IPO, and Corporate Actions & Special Situations while adding Insider Data and Institutional Ownership coverage and Full-Text Search covers electronic filings and attachments since 2001. Filters include terms, company, ticker, CIK, person, form, filing category, date, office location, and incorporation location. and Latest Filings lists submissions in real time. Its RSS feed can filter by company, CIK, form, and ownership Forms 3, 4 and 5. features (workflow overlap ~86%).

Every pick keeps a free tier; start with SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings), GuruFocus, and Stock Analysis to road-test SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) workflows without paying up front.

Need mobile access? GuruFocus, Stock Analysis, and Investing.com bring phone-ready workflows that SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) lacks.

Round out your stack with new coverage areas like Insider Data, Institutional Ownership, APIs & Data Feeds, and Stock Ideas.

Coverage Snapshot

Where alternatives already align

Most shared categories across the top matches.

Alerts×18 News×18 IPO×14 Corporate Actions & Special Situations×13 Education×9 Regulatory Filings Monitoring×6 Official Sources×3

New angles introduced

Categories the alternatives add beyond SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada).

Calendar+17 Data Visualizations+14 Insider Data+14 Screeners+13 Dividends+12 Financials+12 Watchlist+12 Institutional Ownership+11

Free Access & Pricing

Free to start

All 20

All 20 have a standing free tier, not a trial.

Paid plans from

$6.58/mo

Stock Analysis is the cheapest listed monthly upgrade. No comparable monthly price is listed for SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada).

Mobile app

12 of 20

12 add a mobile app that SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) lacks.

API access

7 of 20

7 expose an API or data feed, usually on a paid plan.

Hands-on tested

15 of 20

15 tested hands-on. 9 are analyst picks.

Coverage overlap

58%

Average share of SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) categories each alternative covers.

Free Alternatives FAQ

What are the best free alternatives to SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada)?

SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings), GuruFocus, and Stock Analysis cover the most SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) workflows without a paid plan, in that order.

Do these picks stay permanently free?

Yes. Every tool listed has a standing free tier, not a trial. Expect caps on exports, seats, or history once you use it heavily.

Which SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) workflows stay covered on the free plan?

The free plans cover Regulatory Filings Monitoring, IPO, Corporate Actions & Special Situations, Alerts, Education, Official Sources, and News. Core SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) workflows in those areas do not need a paid upgrade.

What extra coverage do the free alternatives add?

The free alternatives add Insider Data, Institutional Ownership, APIs & Data Feeds, Stock Ideas, Screeners, ETF Screeners, Top Analysts, Stock Comparison, ETF Comparison, Data Visualizations, Quant, Backtesting, Correlation, Portfolio, Watchlist, US Government Trades, Calendar, Dividends, Splits, Macro Data, Yield Curves, Credit Ratings & Outlooks, Financials, Scores, Flags, Valuation Models, Improved Filings, Transcripts, Short Interest, Options, ETF Analysis, Fund Analysis, Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Ratings & Price Targets, AI Research, AI Chat, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Broker Connectors, Blogs, Videos, Forums, Newsletters, Custom Dashboards, Stock Handbook, Risk Metrics, Which ETF includes this Stock?, Compounding Calculator, Market Sentiment, CDS Spreads, Order Book / Level II, Performance Attribution, Bulls Say Bear Say, News Sentiment, Guidance / Pre-announcements, Options P&L, Retirement Calculator, Diff View, Filing Sentiment, Monte Carlo, Notes & Highlights, Paper Trading, New Issues & Calendars, Advisor Operations, ESG Ratings, Webhooks, and Playbooks & Case Studies, which SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) does not cover.

Where might I still rely on SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada)?

News, Regulatory Filings Monitoring, Official Sources, Corporate Actions & Special Situations, Education, Alerts, and IPO stay with SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada). Keep it for those tasks, or budget for a paid plan elsewhere if they matter.

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Curation & Accuracy

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

Details change. Pricing, features, and availability may be incomplete or out of date. Treat listings as a starting point and verify on the provider’s site before making decisions. If you spot an error or a gap, send a quick note and I’ll adjust.