GuruFocus is the closest drop-in replacement with overlapping coverage in Data APIs, APIs & SDKs, and Data Visualizations while adding Stock Ideas and Screeners coverage and Global value-investing research platform with historical financial and valuation data, screeners, charts, comparisons, institutional-investor trading histories, executive trading histories, market valuation data, economic indicators, and industry indicators. and Large global coverage footprint: GuruFocus says it serves more than 1 million users worldwide, covers 100,000 stocks in 100 markets, tracks 8,000+ institutional investors’ trading histories, and tracks 15,000+ mutual fund holdings; API documentation separately describes 60,000+ companies across 9 regions. features (category overlap ~80%).
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Free Alternatives to USAspending
Zero-cost replacements ranked by category overlap, pricing, and platform access. Use this list to test USAspending before paying for another subscription.
Switching from USAspending doesn't have to cost a thing. We've curated 20 free-tier alternatives that cover similar workflows, from APIs & SDKs to Data APIs and beyond. Each pick below is ranked by how closely it matches USAspending's category footprint—so you can trial replacements without opening your wallet.
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Every pick keeps a free tier; start with GuruFocus, Portfolio123, and Dune to road-test USAspending workflows without paying up front.
Need mobile access? GuruFocus, FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), and FlightAware bring phone-ready workflows that USAspending lacks.
Round out your stack with new coverage areas like Stock Ideas, Screeners, ETF Screeners, and Top Analysts.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- GuruFocus adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Stock Ideas, Screeners, and ETF Screeners coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include Global value-investing research platform with historical financial and valuation data, screeners, charts, comparisons, institutional-investor trading histories, executive trading histories, market valuation data, economic indicators, and industry indicators., Large global coverage footprint: GuruFocus says it serves more than 1 million users worldwide, covers 100,000 stocks in 100 markets, tracks 8,000+ institutional investors’ trading histories, and tracks 15,000+ mutual fund holdings; API documentation separately describes 60,000+ companies across 9 regions., and All-in-One Screener with 500+ filters across fundamentals, valuation, profitability, growth, dividends, guru holdings, insider trades, predefined value screens, custom filters, saved screens, downloadable results, and portfolio workflow integration..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Other.
Adds coverage: Stock Ideas, Screeners, ETF Screeners, and Top Analysts
Standout features: Global value-investing research platform with historical financial and valuation data, screeners, charts, comparisons, institutional-investor trading histories, executive trading histories, market valuation data, economic indicators, and industry indicators., Large global coverage footprint: GuruFocus says it serves more than 1 million users worldwide, covers 100,000 stocks in 100 markets, tracks 8,000+ institutional investors’ trading histories, and tracks 15,000+ mutual fund holdings; API documentation separately describes 60,000+ companies across 9 regions., All-in-One Screener with 500+ filters across fundamentals, valuation, profitability, growth, dividends, guru holdings, insider trades, predefined value screens, custom filters, saved screens, downloadable results, and portfolio workflow integration., and Screener backtesting for more than 80 countries, with U.S. backtests starting January 1, 2006 and non-U.S. country backtests generally starting January 1, 2016; parameters include stock count, ranking metric, sort order, start/end date, and rebalance frequency.
Shared coverage
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Quant, and Stock Ideas coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include Web‑based quant research terminal for building multifactor ranking systems, stock/ETF screens, and complete rules‑based strategies with no programming, powered by point‑in‑time FactSet data and marketed as free of survivorship and look‑ahead bias., Supports realistic simulations and backtests over roughly 20 years of history for US, Canadian, and European equities, with custom universes, separate buy/sell rules, position sizing, hedging, and “Book of Strategies” to combine and analyze correlated systems., and Stock & ETF coverage uses fundamentals, estimates, corporate actions, plus industry/sector classification, with “over 15,000 current US, Canadian, and European stocks” and many more historical issues..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Other.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Quant, Stock Ideas, and Portfolio
Standout features: Web‑based quant research terminal for building multifactor ranking systems, stock/ETF screens, and complete rules‑based strategies with no programming, powered by point‑in‑time FactSet data and marketed as free of survivorship and look‑ahead bias., Supports realistic simulations and backtests over roughly 20 years of history for US, Canadian, and European equities, with custom universes, separate buy/sell rules, position sizing, hedging, and “Book of Strategies” to combine and analyze correlated systems., Stock & ETF coverage uses fundamentals, estimates, corporate actions, plus industry/sector classification, with “over 15,000 current US, Canadian, and European stocks” and many more historical issues., and AI Factor lets users train machine‑learning factors and plug them into ranking systems and strategies alongside traditional factors, with supporting API endpoints.
Shared coverage
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into On-chain Analytics, DEX / DeFi, and Wallet / Address Monitoring coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include Web-based onchain analytics studio to query decoded blockchain data with SQL and build interactive dashboards across EVM and non‑EVM chains., Analytics Hub surfaces include a query editor, visualization builder, dashboards, Dune AI, upload-data flows, search and alerts so analysts can go from raw onchain tables to shareable insights in one place., and Dashboards support multiple visualization types plus markdown/text widgets where you can embed images or GIFs, lay out tiles, and add widgets directly from the query editor..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Other.
Adds coverage: On-chain Analytics, DEX / DeFi, Wallet / Address Monitoring, and NFT Markets
Standout features: Web-based onchain analytics studio to query decoded blockchain data with SQL and build interactive dashboards across EVM and non‑EVM chains., Analytics Hub surfaces include a query editor, visualization builder, dashboards, Dune AI, upload-data flows, search and alerts so analysts can go from raw onchain tables to shareable insights in one place., Dashboards support multiple visualization types plus markdown/text widgets where you can embed images or GIFs, lay out tiles, and add widgets directly from the query editor., and Alerts run on scheduled queries and can deliver notifications by email or via webhooks (including Slack) whenever the query executes, making it easier to monitor custom onchain conditions.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, and GDP coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include 800,000+ economic data series from 100+ sources, covering topics such as GDP, prices/inflation, employment, exchange rates, and interest rates., Browse and track data via categories, releases, sources, and tags; series pages show metadata like units/frequency and “last updated / next release” fields., and Graphing and sharing options include embeddable graphs and graph-image links..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Videos and Other.
Adds coverage: Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, GDP, and Interest Rates
Standout features: 800,000+ economic data series from 100+ sources, covering topics such as GDP, prices/inflation, employment, exchange rates, and interest rates., Browse and track data via categories, releases, sources, and tags; series pages show metadata like units/frequency and “last updated / next release” fields., Graphing and sharing options include embeddable graphs and graph-image links., and Economic release calendar with scheduled release dates/times (US Central Time) and a data-provider caveat for availability.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Central Bank Watcher, Calendar, and Alerts coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include Home page “What’s New” feed includes an RSS link and publishes downloadable releases (commonly PDF and XLSX)., BOJ Time-Series Data Search enables searching, downloading, and graph drawing for ~200,000 long-term BOJ time-series data items., and BOJ launched an API service for BOJ Time-Series Data Search on February 18, 2026, with statistical time-series access in formats including JSON and CSV..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Videos and Other.
Adds coverage: Central Bank Watcher, Calendar, Alerts, and Interest Rates
Standout features: Home page “What’s New” feed includes an RSS link and publishes downloadable releases (commonly PDF and XLSX)., BOJ Time-Series Data Search enables searching, downloading, and graph drawing for ~200,000 long-term BOJ time-series data items., BOJ launched an API service for BOJ Time-Series Data Search on February 18, 2026, with statistical time-series access in formats including JSON and CSV., and Time-Series Data Search supports finding series by statistics category, keyword/name of series, or exact series codes; selection can include up to 250 series; users can save the list of selected series codes.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Stock Ideas, and Index Rebalancing coverage beyond what USAspending 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 USAspending if you still need Videos and Other.
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: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Interest Rates, Inflation Rates, and GDP coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include ECB online delivery service with interactive charts/dashboards, powerful search & browsing, and access to publications/methodology; includes some national breakdowns and counterpart areas., ECB website states the ECB Data Portal “provides access to all official ECB statistics” and offers data downloads plus comprehensive dataset metadata., and Main-figures topics include ECB interest rates & euro exchange rates, inflation, macro indicators (e.g., GDP and employment/unemployment), and financial market data such as euro area yield curves..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Videos and Other.
Adds coverage: Interest Rates, Inflation Rates, GDP, and Unemployment Rates
Standout features: ECB online delivery service with interactive charts/dashboards, powerful search & browsing, and access to publications/methodology; includes some national breakdowns and counterpart areas., ECB website states the ECB Data Portal “provides access to all official ECB statistics” and offers data downloads plus comprehensive dataset metadata., Main-figures topics include ECB interest rates & euro exchange rates, inflation, macro indicators (e.g., GDP and employment/unemployment), and financial market data such as euro area yield curves., and Dataset listing notes a 4 February 2026 HICP methodology change: the current Indices of Consumer Prices (ICP) dataset was discontinued/replaced by a new HICP dataset to reflect Eurostat changes.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- FlightAware adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Alerts and Satellite / Geospatial coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include Live flight tracking and flight-status pages with dedicated views for cancellations and delays, plus the signature MiseryMap® for U.S. air traffic disruptions., Premium subscriptions unlock unlimited flight alerts and access to three, five, or eight months of historical flight data., and AeroAPI (v4) provides RESTful access to current and historical flight data with JSON responses, API key authentication, and OpenAPI 3.1 documentation..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Videos and Other.
Adds coverage: Alerts and Satellite / Geospatial
Standout features: Live flight tracking and flight-status pages with dedicated views for cancellations and delays, plus the signature MiseryMap® for U.S. air traffic disruptions., Premium subscriptions unlock unlimited flight alerts and access to three, five, or eight months of historical flight data., AeroAPI (v4) provides RESTful access to current and historical flight data with JSON responses, API key authentication, and OpenAPI 3.1 documentation., and AeroAPI Personal has per-query usage fees and no monthly minimum; Standard has a $100/month minimum and 5 result sets/second; Premium has a $1,000/month minimum, 100 result sets/second, Foresight/Aireon options, phone support, and a 99.5% uptime guarantee.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Listen Notes adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Alerts and Education coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include Podcast API v2: search, directory, insights, transcripts on higher tiers, official client libraries, OpenAPI spec, and mock server for keyless testing., Pricing tiers with concrete quotas: FREE (300 req/mo), PRO (base fee with 5k req/mo included + tiered overages), ENTERPRISE (annual contract, larger quotas, relaxed caching/no-logo)., and Plan-based search result caps & rate limits: FREE up to 30 results/query (2 req/s, 20 req/min); PRO up to 300 results/query (medium rate limit); ENTERPRISE up to 10,000 results/query (high rate limit)..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Data Visualizations and Videos.
Adds coverage: Alerts and Education
Standout features: Podcast API v2: search, directory, insights, transcripts on higher tiers, official client libraries, OpenAPI spec, and mock server for keyless testing., Pricing tiers with concrete quotas: FREE (300 req/mo), PRO (base fee with 5k req/mo included + tiered overages), ENTERPRISE (annual contract, larger quotas, relaxed caching/no-logo)., Plan-based search result caps & rate limits: FREE up to 30 results/query (2 req/s, 20 req/min); PRO up to 300 results/query (medium rate limit); ENTERPRISE up to 10,000 results/query (high rate limit)., and Advanced fields & endpoints on higher tiers: transcripts, batch fetch, RSS/large image, email, latest_episode_id, Listen Score & Global Rank.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Stock Ideas, Screeners, and Stock Comparison coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include KPI Forecasting Suite: forward-looking company KPI forecasts, forecast revisions, margin-of-error ranges, confidence levels, and comparisons versus analyst consensus for the forward quarters., Alternative-data KPI dashboards that combine search, downloads, web traffic, social activity, consensus estimates, and other signals into unified time-series forecasting models., and Consumer Interest Trackers and Consumer Usage Trackers that combine Google Search, mobile app usage, website traffic, TikTok hashtag views, Reddit activity, Wikipedia page views, Amazon Search, and other demand-side signals..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Videos and Other.
Adds coverage: Stock Ideas, Screeners, Stock Comparison, and Quant
Standout features: KPI Forecasting Suite: forward-looking company KPI forecasts, forecast revisions, margin-of-error ranges, confidence levels, and comparisons versus analyst consensus for the forward quarters., Alternative-data KPI dashboards that combine search, downloads, web traffic, social activity, consensus estimates, and other signals into unified time-series forecasting models., Consumer Interest Trackers and Consumer Usage Trackers that combine Google Search, mobile app usage, website traffic, TikTok hashtag views, Reddit activity, Wikipedia page views, Amazon Search, and other demand-side signals., and Exploding Trends discovery workflow for rising consumer keywords, hashtags, websites, and search topics, with related public-company and private-company mappings.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Wayback Machine (Internet Archive) adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Citations & Source Pinning coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include On‑demand archiving via Save Page Now (SPN2) with POST/GET; options include capture_outlinks, capture_all, capture_screenshot, custom UA/cookies, and conditional capture (if_not_archived_within)., Snapshot discovery: Availability API (/wayback/v1/available) returns the closest archived capture to a URL/time; CDX Server API lists/filters captures; Memento TimeGate/TimeMap endpoints enable time‑based content negotiation., and Operational endpoints: user status (remaining/active SPN sessions) and system status (overload/OK) for SPN2..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Data Visualizations and Videos.
Adds coverage: Citations & Source Pinning
Standout features: On‑demand archiving via Save Page Now (SPN2) with POST/GET; options include capture_outlinks, capture_all, capture_screenshot, custom UA/cookies, and conditional capture (if_not_archived_within)., Snapshot discovery: Availability API (/wayback/v1/available) returns the closest archived capture to a URL/time; CDX Server API lists/filters captures; Memento TimeGate/TimeMap endpoints enable time‑based content negotiation., Operational endpoints: user status (remaining/active SPN sessions) and system status (overload/OK) for SPN2., and Mobile & extensions: official iOS/Android apps and browser extensions (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) for quick saving and lookup.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into App & Website Traffic and Sheets / Excel Add-ins coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include Website traffic and engagement analytics, including keyword research, referral sources, and a free traffic checker tool., API V5 beta available in REST and Batch modes: REST delivers on-demand JSON responses, while Batch handles large reports for data warehouses and historical research., and Webhook support for subscribing to daily or monthly data releases, with options to manage subscriptions directly..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Videos and Other.
Adds coverage: App & Website Traffic and Sheets / Excel Add-ins
Standout features: Website traffic and engagement analytics, including keyword research, referral sources, and a free traffic checker tool., API V5 beta available in REST and Batch modes: REST delivers on-demand JSON responses, while Batch handles large reports for data warehouses and historical research., Webhook support for subscribing to daily or monthly data releases, with options to manage subscriptions directly., and Data Exporter for no-code bulk exports, including scheduled email delivery and CSV downloads.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into GDP, Inflation Rates, and Calendar coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include Interactive Data Application for national, international, regional, and industry statistics; supports customized charts plus downloads as CSV, spreadsheets, or PDF., Open Data hub with a public data listing file (JSON) and downloadable datasets in CSV, XLS, and/or ZIP formats., and BEA Data API provides programmatic access to published economic statistics and related metadata; requests are made via HTTPS to a single endpoint using HTTP GET + querystring parameters..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Videos and Other.
Adds coverage: GDP, Inflation Rates, and Calendar
Standout features: Interactive Data Application for national, international, regional, and industry statistics; supports customized charts plus downloads as CSV, spreadsheets, or PDF., Open Data hub with a public data listing file (JSON) and downloadable datasets in CSV, XLS, and/or ZIP formats., BEA Data API provides programmatic access to published economic statistics and related metadata; requests are made via HTTPS to a single endpoint using HTTP GET + querystring parameters., and API returns results in JSON (default) or XML via the ResultFormat parameter; includes CORS headers for browser use and supports optional JSONP for legacy browsers.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Regulatory Filings Monitoring coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include Interactive explorer to filter, chart trends over time, map by geography, and read consented narratives., Programmatic access via the Consumer Complaint Database Search API; results available as JSON, CSV, XLS, or XLSX., and Daily refresh cadence; recent trends can exclude still-pending complaints because companies generally have 15 days to respond before publication eligibility..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Videos and Other.
Adds coverage: Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Standout features: Interactive explorer to filter, chart trends over time, map by geography, and read consented narratives., Programmatic access via the Consumer Complaint Database Search API; results available as JSON, CSV, XLS, or XLSX., Daily refresh cadence; recent trends can exclude still-pending complaints because companies generally have 15 days to respond before publication eligibility., and The complaint process can allow up to 60 days for final company response handling in more complex cases, so downstream analysis should treat the newest periods as incomplete.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Regulatory Filings Monitoring coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include Three core datasets each year: General Payments, Research Payments, and Ownership/Investment Interests., Web search/explorer with filtering and charts; program year downloads available from the portal., and Open Data API (ODA) for programmatic access with filtering, querying, and aggregation (SoQL‑style)..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Videos and Other.
Adds coverage: Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Standout features: Three core datasets each year: General Payments, Research Payments, and Ownership/Investment Interests., Web search/explorer with filtering and charts; program year downloads available from the portal., Open Data API (ODA) for programmatic access with filtering, querying, and aggregation (SoQL‑style)., and Publication cadence: initial annual publication on/around June 30 for the prior year, plus refresh publication after the calendar-year-end review/re-attestation cycle.
Shared coverage
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Perplexity Finance adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Screeners, Watchlist, and News coverage beyond what USAspending 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 USAspending if you still need Videos and Other.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Watchlist, News, and Calendar
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.
Shared coverage
Assets: Other
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Alerts, Webhooks, and Regulatory Filings Monitoring coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include Monitor any website or selected area for visual, text or HTML/code changes, with AI that flags important changes and sends highlighted before/after screenshots in each alert., Flexible scheduling and thresholds: free plan minimum check interval is 60 minutes; paid plans can run more frequent checks, and platform materials cite sub-hourly intervals as frequent as five minutes., and Advanced monitoring controls, including screen type (area, full page, mobile or page fold), configurable wait times, proxies, scroll/click/type actions and xPath/selector targeting for tricky elements..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Data Visualizations and Videos.
Adds coverage: Alerts, Webhooks, Regulatory Filings Monitoring, and Blogs
Standout features: Monitor any website or selected area for visual, text or HTML/code changes, with AI that flags important changes and sends highlighted before/after screenshots in each alert., Flexible scheduling and thresholds: free plan minimum check interval is 60 minutes; paid plans can run more frequent checks, and platform materials cite sub-hourly intervals as frequent as five minutes., Advanced monitoring controls, including screen type (area, full page, mobile or page fold), configurable wait times, proxies, scroll/click/type actions and xPath/selector targeting for tricky elements., and Multi‑channel notifications delivered to email and SMS by default, with optional Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, Discord, Google Sheets and more via Visualping for Business integrations.
Shared coverage
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into ETF Screeners, Screeners, and Factor Exposure coverage beyond what USAspending 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..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Videos and Other.
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
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Stock Ideas, Screeners, and Stock Comparison coverage beyond what USAspending 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 USAspending if you still need Videos and Other.
Adds coverage: Stock Ideas, Screeners, Stock Comparison, and Portfolio
Standout features: Modern web-based research terminal with dashboards, customizable watchlists, portfolio views, and visualizations across global stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, and funds., Deep fundamentals and segment/KPI coverage, including proprietary KPI feeds for ~2,250+ companies and history depth that scales with plan tier., AI Copilot for conversational research plus AI summaries and AI-generated reports, designed to speed up earnings, filings, and peer comparisons., and Integrated analyst data (forward estimates, revisions, ratings, and price targets) aligned with standardized and adjusted metrics.
Shared coverage
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
Platforms: Web and API
Pricing: Free
Why investors switch
- Expands into Screeners, Backtesting, and Financials coverage beyond what USAspending offers.
- Standout features include Screens 100,000+ stocks (nano-cap to large-cap) across all continents with 2,000+ metrics; pricing page lists “History: 25 years. 35 years on US.” 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..
- Pair it with USAspending if you still need Videos and Other.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Backtesting, Financials, and Valuation Models
Standout features: Screens 100,000+ stocks (nano-cap to large-cap) across all continents with 2,000+ metrics; pricing page lists “History: 25 years. 35 years on US.” 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.
Coverage Snapshot
Where alternatives already align
Most shared categories across the top matches.
New angles introduced
Categories the alternatives add beyond USAspending.
Free Access & Pricing
Free options
All 20
20 vetted picks keep a permanent free tier so you can validate workflows before upgrading.
Mobile ready
6/20
6 alternatives bring native mobile access.
API availability
19/20
19 of the shortlisted tools expose API endpoints for automation-heavy workflows.
Quality checks
5 starred / 6 tested
5 tools are flagged as analyst picks; 6 have been hands-on tested.
Avg. coverage overlap
65%
Average percentage of categories shared with the base tool.
Free Alternatives FAQ
What are the best free alternatives to USAspending?
Start with GuruFocus, Portfolio123, and Dune to replicate USAspending 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 USAspending workflows stay covered on the free plan?
Expect solid overlap across Data APIs, APIs & SDKs, Data Visualizations, Videos, and Other, so core USAspending workflows can move over without a paid upgrade.
What extra coverage do the free alternatives add?
Stock Ideas, Screeners, ETF Screeners, Top Analysts, Stock Comparison, ETF Comparison, Quant, Backtesting, Correlation, Portfolio, Watchlist, Investor Holdings, US Government Trades, News, Alerts, Calendar, Special Situations, IPO, Delisted, Acquisitions, Spin-offs, Dividends, Splits, Commitment of Traders (COT), Yield Curves, Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, GDP, Interest Rates, Financials, Scores, Flags, Valuation Models, Improved Filings, Transcripts, Insider Data, Institutional Data, Short Interest, 13D/13G, 13F, Options, ETF Overview, ETF Holdings, Fund Holdings, Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Recommendations, Analyst Price Targets, AI, AI Chat, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Broker Connectors, Education, Blogs, Forums, Newsletters, Custom Dashboards, Stock Handbook, Dividend, Consumer Sentiment, Housing & Construction, On-chain Analytics, DEX / DeFi, Wallet / Address Monitoring, NFT Markets, Webhooks, Central Bank Watcher, Index Rebalancing, Buybacks & Authorizations, Satellite / Geospatial, News Sentiment, Market Sentiment, Reddit, Earnings Calls Sentiment, App & Website Traffic, Employee/Consumer Reviews, AI Earnings Summary, Citations & Source Pinning, Regulatory Filings Monitoring, Factor Exposure, Risk Metrics, ETF Performance, ETF Overlap, AI Business Summary, AI Filings Summary, and AI Report show up most often as bonus coverage beyond the base platform, giving you room to experiment before upgrading.
Where might I still rely on USAspending?
Other, Videos, and Data Visualizations remain strengths for USAspending. Keep it handy for those tasks or plan for a paid upgrade if they matter.
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