GuruFocus is the closest drop-in replacement with overlapping coverage in Stock Ideas, Forums, and AI while adding Screeners and Stock Comparison coverage, 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. and 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. features, and a free tier (category overlap ~75%).
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Every pick keeps a free tier; start with GuruFocus, EPSMomentum, and getquin to road-test Variant workflows without paying up front.
Need mobile access? GuruFocus, EPSMomentum, and getquin bring phone-ready workflows that Variant lacks.
Round out your stack with new coverage areas like Screeners, Stock Comparison, Data Visualizations, and Portfolio.
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Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- GuruFocus keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- GuruFocus adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Screeners, Stock Comparison, and Data Visualizations coverage beyond what Variant 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 Variant if you still need Market Sentiment.
Adds coverage: Screeners, 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.
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Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- EPSMomentum keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- EPSMomentum adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Screeners, Data Visualizations, and Money Flow coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Real-time US stock and ETF prices with advanced charting that overlays earnings, EM Scores, timing indicators and key fundamentals in a single view., Proprietary Earnings Momentum (EM) Score and Growth & Acceleration Earnings Matrix that score stocks on multi-quarter revenue, EPS, margins and free cash flow trends to surface true growth leaders., and Stock Scorer that lets you rank screened stocks using your own scoring criteria to identify the best setups for your process..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Forums.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Data Visualizations, Money Flow, and Portfolio
Standout features: Real-time US stock and ETF prices with advanced charting that overlays earnings, EM Scores, timing indicators and key fundamentals in a single view., Proprietary Earnings Momentum (EM) Score and Growth & Acceleration Earnings Matrix that score stocks on multi-quarter revenue, EPS, margins and free cash flow trends to surface true growth leaders., Stock Scorer that lets you rank screened stocks using your own scoring criteria to identify the best setups for your process., and Estimates Revision Score (RS) that tracks changes in Wall Street earnings and sales forecasts to highlight positive and negative revision regimes.
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Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- getquin keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- getquin adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Portfolio, Watchlist, and Investor Holdings coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Real-time portfolio and net-worth tracker that aggregates investments, bank accounts and other assets into a single view, with portfolio performance and breakdowns across assets, brokers and wallets., Supports tracking of many asset classes in one dashboard, including stocks, ETFs, funds, DeFi investments, real estate, angel investments, luxury collectibles, art, commodities and other alternative assets., and Lets users link brokerage and bank accounts via secure API/open-banking connections, while also supporting manual asset entry and PDF-based imports for some brokers such as Trade Republic..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need AI.
Adds coverage: Portfolio, Watchlist, Investor Holdings, and Dividends
Standout features: Real-time portfolio and net-worth tracker that aggregates investments, bank accounts and other assets into a single view, with portfolio performance and breakdowns across assets, brokers and wallets., Supports tracking of many asset classes in one dashboard, including stocks, ETFs, funds, DeFi investments, real estate, angel investments, luxury collectibles, art, commodities and other alternative assets., Lets users link brokerage and bank accounts via secure API/open-banking connections, while also supporting manual asset entry and PDF-based imports for some brokers such as Trade Republic., and Built-in dividend tracker and calendar that shows cumulative payouts, forward dividend forecasts, year-on-year growth rates and dividend yield, plus a personal dividend calendar within the portfolio.
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Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- Smartkarma keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- Smartkarma adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Screeners, Watchlist, and News coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include AI-augmented research hub delivering real-time, actionable insights with direct access to top-ranked analysts., SmartScore Screener covers five factors-Value, Dividend, Growth, Resilience, and Momentum-with filters by country, sector, and market cap., and Relative Value tool highlights HoldCo and share-class pair opportunities, with proprietary Actionability/Investability scores and z-score diagnostics..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Market Sentiment and Forums.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Watchlist, News, and Alerts
Standout features: AI-augmented research hub delivering real-time, actionable insights with direct access to top-ranked analysts., SmartScore Screener covers five factors-Value, Dividend, Growth, Resilience, and Momentum-with filters by country, sector, and market cap., Relative Value tool highlights HoldCo and share-class pair opportunities, with proprietary Actionability/Investability scores and z-score diagnostics., and Personalised watchlists and real-time notifications, with opt-in email alerts when relevant insights are published.
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Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- Tijori Finance - Ideas Dashboard keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- Tijori Finance - Ideas Dashboard adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Calendar, Alerts, and Acquisitions coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Curated idea streams such as Promoter Buying, Rating Upgrades, Trending on Social Media, Fund Raises, Capex Announcements, and Corporate Actions (mergers, demergers, buybacks). Fundamental-driven lists include Margin Expansion, Consistent Sales Growth, and Deleveraging., Upcoming results and conference calls are highlighted in a dedicated calendar., and Price and volume alerts with Free plans capped at 5 and Premium allowing unlimited..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Forums and AI.
Adds coverage: Calendar, Alerts, Acquisitions, and Buybacks & Authorizations
Standout features: Curated idea streams such as Promoter Buying, Rating Upgrades, Trending on Social Media, Fund Raises, Capex Announcements, and Corporate Actions (mergers, demergers, buybacks). Fundamental-driven lists include Margin Expansion, Consistent Sales Growth, and Deleveraging., Upcoming results and conference calls are highlighted in a dedicated calendar., Price and volume alerts with Free plans capped at 5 and Premium allowing unlimited., and Stock screener with natural-language and boolean filters; Premium unlocks unlimited query capacity.
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Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- BeyondSPX keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- Expands into Screeners, Stock Comparison, and Data Visualizations coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Coverage and research on roughly 5,000 U.S. stocks, including microcaps, nanocaps, and OTC names, with a stated goal of helping investors “find and understand stocks.”, Semantic / AI-powered stock screener: investors type theses such as “profitable companies with quantum computing exposure” or “stocks benefiting from reshoring trends” and receive matching companies linked to full analysis., and Company pages combine 15‑minute delayed IEX quotes with key valuation multiples, growth and profitability metrics, balance-sheet and cash-flow ratios, financial charts, peer valuation comparisons, and long-form narrative research sections (Growth, Profitability, Competitive Moat, Financial Health, Valuation, Returns to Shareholders)..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Market Sentiment and Forums.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Stock Comparison, Data Visualizations, and Watchlist
Standout features: Coverage and research on roughly 5,000 U.S. stocks, including microcaps, nanocaps, and OTC names, with a stated goal of helping investors “find and understand stocks.”, Semantic / AI-powered stock screener: investors type theses such as “profitable companies with quantum computing exposure” or “stocks benefiting from reshoring trends” and receive matching companies linked to full analysis., Company pages combine 15‑minute delayed IEX quotes with key valuation multiples, growth and profitability metrics, balance-sheet and cash-flow ratios, financial charts, peer valuation comparisons, and long-form narrative research sections (Growth, Profitability, Competitive Moat, Financial Health, Valuation, Returns to Shareholders)., and Category Movers and market heatmap views show top gaining and losing business categories by performance, plus a heatmap where tile size represents market cap and color represents daily performance, backed by a granular business-category taxonomy.
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Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- Value Investors Club (VIC) keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- Standout features include Highly selective membership: applicants must submit a current idea to be considered; only a few hundred active members at any time., Members are required to post at least two ideas per year (up to six) and rate 20 ideas annually to maintain access., and Each idea has its own discussion thread, with members able to mark certain comments as private (visible to members only)..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Market Sentiment and AI.
Standout features: Highly selective membership: applicants must submit a current idea to be considered; only a few hundred active members at any time., Members are required to post at least two ideas per year (up to six) and rate 20 ideas annually to maintain access., Each idea has its own discussion thread, with members able to mark certain comments as private (visible to members only)., and Guest users can browse delayed content: free signup grants access to 45-day-old ideas, while non-logged visitors see ideas after 90 days.
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Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- Earnings Whispers keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- Expands into Calendar, News, and Screeners coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Detailed earnings calendar with implied volatility, average price move data, sentiment heat maps, and multi-view charts., The Whisper Report®: weekly macro, technical, and company-level analysis published ahead of earnings., and Earnings Whisper Grade, a proprietary A+ to F rating that estimates the likelihood of post-earnings drift (PEAD) over 91 days..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Forums and AI.
Adds coverage: Calendar, News, Screeners, and Watchlist
Standout features: Detailed earnings calendar with implied volatility, average price move data, sentiment heat maps, and multi-view charts., The Whisper Report®: weekly macro, technical, and company-level analysis published ahead of earnings., Earnings Whisper Grade, a proprietary A+ to F rating that estimates the likelihood of post-earnings drift (PEAD) over 91 days., and Investor tools include an Earnings Screener, Guidance and Reaction pages, and a Short Report with a focus on short interest.
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Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- ValueSense keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- Expands into Screeners, Data Visualizations, and Quant coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Intrinsic value suite: DCF, Reverse DCF, Earnings Power Value (EPV), Peter Lynch fair value, and relative value calculators., AI-powered earnings overviews that summarize transcripts into structured highlights/visuals., and Global stock screener with 60+ presets, country & exchange filters, heatmap/scatter visualizations, and a backtesting comparison vs S&P 500..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Market Sentiment and Forums.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Data Visualizations, Quant, and Money Flow
Standout features: Intrinsic value suite: DCF, Reverse DCF, Earnings Power Value (EPV), Peter Lynch fair value, and relative value calculators., AI-powered earnings overviews that summarize transcripts into structured highlights/visuals., Global stock screener with 60+ presets, country & exchange filters, heatmap/scatter visualizations, and a backtesting comparison vs S&P 500., and Smart Money Analysis: institutional (13F) and insider transaction tracking, plus options sentiment indicators.
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Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- ApeWisdom keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- Expands into Reddit, Data APIs, and APIs & SDKs coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Trending leaderboards for Reddit tickers (past 24h) showing mentions, 30-day trend, and upvotes; includes subreddit-specific leaderboards., Separate views for Stocks, Cryptos, and an aggregated "All" list; includes a 4chan /biz leaderboard marked as BETA., and Per-ticker pages show last-24h summary metrics (mentions, upvotes, mentioning users), an overall sentiment %, subreddit-specific sentiment (e.g., WSB), and "nearby keywords"..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Forums and AI.
Adds coverage: Reddit, Data APIs, and APIs & SDKs
Standout features: Trending leaderboards for Reddit tickers (past 24h) showing mentions, 30-day trend, and upvotes; includes subreddit-specific leaderboards., Separate views for Stocks, Cryptos, and an aggregated "All" list; includes a 4chan /biz leaderboard marked as BETA., Per-ticker pages show last-24h summary metrics (mentions, upvotes, mentioning users), an overall sentiment %, subreddit-specific sentiment (e.g., WSB), and "nearby keywords"., and Methodology: scans tracked subreddits twice an hour; detects tickers via uppercase or $-prefix; counts multiple mentions in a single post/comment once; only shows tickers listed on "Infinite Marketcap".
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Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate
Why investors switch
- Prospero.ai keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- Prospero.ai adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Screeners, ETF Screeners, and Data Visualizations coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Ten proprietary signals: 5 short-term (Options/Social/Institutional/Dark Pool/Short Pressure) and 5 long-term (Upside/Downside Breakout, Profitability, Growth, Market Similarity)., Short-term Net Options Sentiment updates ~every 2–5 minutes (real‑time orientation)., and Daily Screener & ‘Our Picks’ lists to surface candidates quickly for different horizons (long/short, short‑term/long‑term)..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Forums and AI.
Adds coverage: Screeners, ETF Screeners, Data Visualizations, and Options & Derivatives
Standout features: Ten proprietary signals: 5 short-term (Options/Social/Institutional/Dark Pool/Short Pressure) and 5 long-term (Upside/Downside Breakout, Profitability, Growth, Market Similarity)., Short-term Net Options Sentiment updates ~every 2–5 minutes (real‑time orientation)., Daily Screener & ‘Our Picks’ lists to surface candidates quickly for different horizons (long/short, short‑term/long‑term)., and Mobile apps on iOS and Android with watchlists and in‑app notifications.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- Quartr keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- Quartr adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Financials, Transcripts, and Analyst Forecasts coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Global coverage of investor relations material from over 13,000 public companies across 27 markets, including live and recorded earnings calls, real-time and historical transcripts, filings and reports (e.g., 10-K/10-Q), and high-resolution slide presentations that are fully searchable., Free iOS and Android mobile app for live and recorded earnings calls, real-time searchable transcripts (including offline downloads), analyst consensus estimates, valuation multiples, and revenue segment splits, with no paywall for core qualitative research features., and Personal watchlists and dashboards with real-time updates, tailored earnings calendars, keyword alerts, and notifications when companies, products, or competitors are mentioned or when earnings calls go live; calendars can sync to Outlook, Apple, Google, and other personal calendars..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Stock Ideas, Market Sentiment, and Forums.
Adds coverage: Financials, Transcripts, Analyst Forecasts, and Calendar
Standout features: Global coverage of investor relations material from over 13,000 public companies across 27 markets, including live and recorded earnings calls, real-time and historical transcripts, filings and reports (e.g., 10-K/10-Q), and high-resolution slide presentations that are fully searchable., Free iOS and Android mobile app for live and recorded earnings calls, real-time searchable transcripts (including offline downloads), analyst consensus estimates, valuation multiples, and revenue segment splits, with no paywall for core qualitative research features., Personal watchlists and dashboards with real-time updates, tailored earnings calendars, keyword alerts, and notifications when companies, products, or competitors are mentioned or when earnings calls go live; calendars can sync to Outlook, Apple, Google, and other personal calendars., and Quartr Pro is a desktop/web research platform used by hedge funds, asset managers, equity research and IR teams to search across all transcripts, filings, reports and slides at once, track narrative shifts, and conduct qualitative public-market research with significantly reduced manual document work.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- Simply Wall St keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- Simply Wall St adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Screeners, Data Visualizations, and Portfolio coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Global coverage of over 120,000 listed stocks across ~90 markets, with fundamentals and estimates powered by S&P Global Market Intelligence and analyzed using a documented quantitative model., Company “Snowflake” reports visualize five key dimensions - valuation, future growth, past performance, financial health, and dividends - into a single infographic, with detailed drill‑down sections and methodology explained in the help center and GitHub docs., and Investing Ideas hub with curated themes such as undervalued companies, dividend powerhouses, recent insider buying and sector/thematic lists (AI, nuclear energy, cybersecurity, etc.)..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Market Sentiment, Forums, and AI.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Data Visualizations, Portfolio, and Watchlist
Standout features: Global coverage of over 120,000 listed stocks across ~90 markets, with fundamentals and estimates powered by S&P Global Market Intelligence and analyzed using a documented quantitative model., Company “Snowflake” reports visualize five key dimensions - valuation, future growth, past performance, financial health, and dividends - into a single infographic, with detailed drill‑down sections and methodology explained in the help center and GitHub docs., Investing Ideas hub with curated themes such as undervalued companies, dividend powerhouses, recent insider buying and sector/thematic lists (AI, nuclear energy, cybersecurity, etc.)., and Stock Screener & Alerts lets users filter the global universe by market, industry and dozens of fundamentals (value, growth, income and risk metrics) and set saved screeners with alerts; Free has “Limited” screener access, Premium supports 3 saved screeners, and Unlimited supports 10.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- Stock Analysis keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- Stock Analysis adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Screeners, ETF Screeners, and Top Analysts coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Covers 120,000+ global stocks and funds with quotes, news, financials, forecasts, charts, and statistics, aiming to be “the internet’s best source of free stock data and information for regular investors.”, Global coverage for stocks and ETFs, with 100,000+ tradable symbols across major U.S. exchanges (NASDAQ, NYSE, CBOE, OTC Markets) and many international markets; goal is to list every tradable stock in the world., and Individual stock pages combine real-time or delayed prices, key stats, full financial statements (income, balance sheet, cash flow), ratios, KPIs, dividend history, long price history, interactive technical charts, and company profiles..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Market Sentiment, Forums, and AI.
Adds coverage: Screeners, ETF Screeners, Top Analysts, and Stock Comparison
Standout features: Covers 120,000+ global stocks and funds with quotes, news, financials, forecasts, charts, and statistics, aiming to be “the internet’s best source of free stock data and information for regular investors.”, Global coverage for stocks and ETFs, with 100,000+ tradable symbols across major U.S. exchanges (NASDAQ, NYSE, CBOE, OTC Markets) and many international markets; goal is to list every tradable stock in the world., Individual stock pages combine real-time or delayed prices, key stats, full financial statements (income, balance sheet, cash flow), ratios, KPIs, dividend history, long price history, interactive technical charts, and company profiles., and Three real-time screeners (stocks, ETFs, IPOs) with 200+ indicators and filters, including country, exchange, sector, industry, index membership, dates (e.g., IPO date, ex‑dividend), and performance/valuation metrics; results update live as filters change.
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Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- TipRanks keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- TipRanks adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Top Analysts, Screeners, and ETF Screeners coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Analyst coverage includes forecasts, price targets, recommendations, and Top Analysts leaderboards., Smart Score: a proprietary 1–10 multi-factor equity rating system., and Tracks insider transactions and hedge fund activity, with manager rankings based on filings..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Market Sentiment, Forums, and AI.
Adds coverage: Top Analysts, Screeners, ETF Screeners, and Analyst Forecasts
Standout features: Analyst coverage includes forecasts, price targets, recommendations, and Top Analysts leaderboards., Smart Score: a proprietary 1–10 multi-factor equity rating system., Tracks insider transactions and hedge fund activity, with manager rankings based on filings., and Stock and ETF screeners, technical analysis filters, and stock/ETF comparison tools.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- TradingView keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- TradingView adds mobile access for on-the-go monitoring.
- Expands into Screeners, ETF Screeners, and Data Visualizations coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Advanced multi‑asset charting with 20+ chart types, minute‑ and second‑level history, 400+ built‑in indicators, 100K+ community indicators, and 110+ smart drawing tools across web, desktop, and mobile., Comprehensive technical toolset including volume profile and footprint, candlestick pattern recognition, auto chart patterns, Seasonals, and intraday charts based on custom spread formulas., and Cloud‑based alerts for prices, indicators, strategies, drawings, and watchlists, with multi‑condition logic, second‑based triggers, and delivery via browser pop‑ups, email, TradingView apps, and webhooks..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Stock Ideas, Market Sentiment, and AI.
Adds coverage: Screeners, ETF Screeners, Data Visualizations, and Options & Derivatives
Standout features: Advanced multi‑asset charting with 20+ chart types, minute‑ and second‑level history, 400+ built‑in indicators, 100K+ community indicators, and 110+ smart drawing tools across web, desktop, and mobile., Comprehensive technical toolset including volume profile and footprint, candlestick pattern recognition, auto chart patterns, Seasonals, and intraday charts based on custom spread formulas., Cloud‑based alerts for prices, indicators, strategies, drawings, and watchlists, with multi‑condition logic, second‑based triggers, and delivery via browser pop‑ups, email, TradingView apps, and webhooks., and Global multi‑asset screeners (stocks, ETFs, bonds, crypto coins, CEX and DEX pairs) with 400+ filter fields, multiple timeframes, auto‑refresh, and data export for external analysis.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Pricing: Other
Why investors switch
- Alpha Vantage keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- Expands into Data APIs, News, and News Sentiment coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Cloud-native REST APIs for realtime and historical financial data across global stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, FX, cryptocurrencies, commodities, technical indicators and macroeconomic indicators in a single unified portfolio of endpoints., Global equity time series APIs (daily, weekly, monthly and intraday 1–60 minute bars) with 20+ years of history, optional split/dividend-adjusted prices, and support for extended trading hours where available., and US options data APIs providing realtime and historical option chains with 15+ years of history, full market/volume coverage, and optional Greeks and implied volatility fields in JSON or CSV..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Stock Ideas, Forums, and AI.
Adds coverage: Data APIs, News, News Sentiment, and Calendar
Standout features: Cloud-native REST APIs for realtime and historical financial data across global stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, FX, cryptocurrencies, commodities, technical indicators and macroeconomic indicators in a single unified portfolio of endpoints., Global equity time series APIs (daily, weekly, monthly and intraday 1–60 minute bars) with 20+ years of history, optional split/dividend-adjusted prices, and support for extended trading hours where available., US options data APIs providing realtime and historical option chains with 15+ years of history, full market/volume coverage, and optional Greeks and implied volatility fields in JSON or CSV., and Fundamental data suite covering company overview, income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, dividends, splits, shares outstanding, ETF profile & holdings, listing/delisting status, earnings history, earnings estimates, and earnings/IPO calendars.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- BamSEC keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- Expands into Screeners, Improved Filings, and Diff View coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Specialized web platform for working with SEC filings and earnings transcripts, marketed as making “financial research easier” for thousands of subscribers including major investment banks and buy-side firms., Covers all SEC filings submitted electronically via EDGAR from 1994 onward in their original, unmodified form, with new filings typically processed within a minute or two of being filed (and by end of day for confidential filings that later become public). Browsing filings does not require a subscription, but premium features are limited to active subscribers., and All-company screening tools let you instantly search across millions of documents for any term, using filters like industry, market cap, document type and Watch List, plus advanced operators (exact phrases, boolean logic, proximity / distance between words) and email alerts for new matches..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Market Sentiment, Forums, and AI.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Improved Filings, Diff View, and Transcripts
Standout features: Specialized web platform for working with SEC filings and earnings transcripts, marketed as making “financial research easier” for thousands of subscribers including major investment banks and buy-side firms., Covers all SEC filings submitted electronically via EDGAR from 1994 onward in their original, unmodified form, with new filings typically processed within a minute or two of being filed (and by end of day for confidential filings that later become public). Browsing filings does not require a subscription, but premium features are limited to active subscribers., All-company screening tools let you instantly search across millions of documents for any term, using filters like industry, market cap, document type and Watch List, plus advanced operators (exact phrases, boolean logic, proximity / distance between words) and email alerts for new matches., and Company-level Document Search shows every mention of a term across a single issuer’s filings and transcripts, with result categorization and an “intuitive workflow” for jumping straight from search hits to the underlying documents without manual Ctrl+F scans.
Shared coverage
Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- Dividend Watch keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- Expands into Portfolio, Watchlist, and Dividends coverage beyond what Variant offers.
- Standout features include Simple web-based tracker that shows past, current, and future dividend income for each holding and portfolio, helping long-term investors see exactly what their portfolio is paying them., Dividend & DRIP reinvestment tracking: mark dividends as reinvested and instantly see the impact on portfolio income, yield on cost, and value without maintaining spreadsheets., and Comprehensive portfolio calendar that aggregates earnings reports, dividend declarations, ex-dividend dates, and pay dates into a monthly view alongside a portfolio news timeline..
- Pair it with Variant if you still need Market Sentiment, Forums, and AI.
Adds coverage: Portfolio, Watchlist, Dividends, and Calendar
Standout features: Simple web-based tracker that shows past, current, and future dividend income for each holding and portfolio, helping long-term investors see exactly what their portfolio is paying them., Dividend & DRIP reinvestment tracking: mark dividends as reinvested and instantly see the impact on portfolio income, yield on cost, and value without maintaining spreadsheets., Comprehensive portfolio calendar that aggregates earnings reports, dividend declarations, ex-dividend dates, and pay dates into a monthly view alongside a portfolio news timeline., and 12‑month forward dividend income prediction with status labels for each payment ("Estimated", "Confirmed", "Paid") so investors can plan upcoming cash flow more precisely.
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Assets: Stocks
Experience: Intermediate and Advanced
Platforms: Web
Why investors switch
- Fey keeps a free tier, so you can replicate Variant workflows without upgrading.
- Expands into Screeners, Portfolio, and Watchlist coverage beyond what Variant 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 Variant if you still need Stock Ideas, Market Sentiment, and Forums.
Adds coverage: Screeners, Portfolio, Watchlist, and News
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.
Coverage Snapshot
Where alternatives already align
Most shared categories across the top matches.
New angles introduced
Categories the alternatives add beyond Variant.
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
5/20
5 of the shortlisted tools expose API endpoints for automation-heavy workflows.
Quality checks
9 starred / 12 tested
9 tools are flagged as analyst picks; 12 have been hands-on tested.
Avg. coverage overlap
45%
Average percentage of categories shared with the base tool.
Free Alternatives FAQ
What are the best free alternatives to Variant?
Start with GuruFocus, EPSMomentum, and getquin to replicate Variant 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 Variant workflows stay covered on the free plan?
Expect solid overlap across Stock Ideas, Forums, AI, and Market Sentiment, so core Variant workflows can move over without a paid upgrade.
What extra coverage do the free alternatives add?
Screeners, Stock Comparison, Data Visualizations, Portfolio, Investor Holdings, US Government Trades, Backtesting, News, Alerts, Calendar, Data APIs, Special Situations, IPO, Spin-offs, Acquisitions, Delisted, Dividends, GDP, Interest Rates, Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, Commitment of Traders (COT), Yield Curves, Financials, Scores, Valuation Models, Insider Data, Institutional Data, Short Interest, 13F, 13D/13G, ETF Overview, ETF Holdings, Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Recommendations, Transcripts, AI Chat, Education, Videos, Blogs, Newsletters, Stock Handbook, Money Flow, Watchlist, News Sentiment, Dark Pool & Off-Exchange, AI Report, Custom Dashboards, Dividend, Broker Connectors, Retirement Calculator, Buybacks & Authorizations, Options & Derivatives, Management Guidance, Quant, Research Templates, Shared Workspaces, AI Earnings Summary, Reddit, APIs & SDKs, ETF Screeners, Notes & Highlights, Citations & Source Pinning, Webhooks, Management Performance, Management Compensation, Top Analysts, ETF Comparison, Splits, ETF Performance, ETF Fundamentals, Fund Overview, Fund Performance, Fund Holdings, Flags, App & Website Traffic, Which ETF includes this Stock?, Paper Trading, Advanced Order Types, Housing & Construction, On-chain Analytics, DEX / DeFi, Retail Sales, Options, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Improved Filings, Diff View, AI Filings Summary, and Factor Exposure show up most often as bonus coverage beyond the base platform, giving you room to experiment before upgrading.
Where might I still rely on Variant?
Market Sentiment, Forums, AI, and Stock Ideas remain strengths for Variant. Keep it handy for those tasks or plan for a paid upgrade if they matter.
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