VOL. XCIV, NO. 247

★ FINANCIAL TOOLS & SERVICES DIRECTORY ★

PRICE: 5 CENTS

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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Best Free Institutional Data Tools for Investors

Every product on this page includes a genuinely free tier, so you can plug trusted institutional data software into your workflow without swiping a card.

We filtered our full directory to focus on the 19 free institutional data platforms investors lean on today. Community voting keeps the rankings honest, while editorial picks highlight standout experiences for research, screening, and execution. Use this shortlist to compare pricing limits, supported platforms, and capabilities before graduating to paid upgrades.

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Want the full picture? The main category page covers 22 total institutional data tools, and the broader Find My Moat directory spans more than 259 investing platforms.

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Top 10 picks

10 picks

1
Godel Terminal
Web‑based, command‑line style terminal focused on real‑time quotes, news, options chains, SEC filings, and institutional holders. Built on Nasdaq data for charts/quotes, embeds TradingView for charting, and emphasizes sub‑100 ms delivery of news/wires. Free tier available; Pro is $80/mo (FINRA users +$40/mo surcharge). International equities support has been rolling out since Aug–Sep 2025.
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Pricing: Free, SubscriptionPlatforms: Web
2
BamSEC
A focused research platform for SEC filings and transcripts. The Pro plan adds powerful tools like document search, Excel table downloads, redlines, transcripts, and all-company screening with alerts. Enterprise subscribers get consolidated invoicing, usage reporting, and priority support.
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Pricing: Free, SubscriptionPlatforms: Web
3
CapEdge
A free research platform for US markets that combines filings, transcripts, ownership dashboards, IPO tracking, and ETF exposure tools. Users can set up near real-time filing alerts, search with advanced operators, and export results to CSV/Excel. CapEdge also connects to Deal Roadshow for access to IPO roadshows. There’s no public API; all functionality is delivered through the web app.
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Pricing: FreePlatforms: Web
4
Fiscal.ai
A global equities and funds data platform enhanced with AI-driven summaries and Copilot tools. Features range from screeners and dashboards to analyst estimates, ownership datasets, and filings. Plans are gated by data history, AI prompt limits, event counts, and export access. Enterprise unlocks click-through auditability into source filings and U.S. as-reported views, with exports rolling out internationally. The API provides fundamentals, KPIs, and delayed pricing. SOC 2 Type II certified with a public status page.
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Pricing: Free, SubscriptionPlatforms: Web, Mobile, API
5
Simply Wall St
Equity research and portfolio tracker built around visual stock reports and a proprietary “Snowflake” score. Uses S&P Global Market Intelligence data, with end-of-day pricing and intraday fundamentals/ownership refresh. Premium and Unlimited plans add broker linking (Plaid/SnapTrade), daily sync, more reports, and portfolio/screener limits. Unlimited members also get full Excel/CSV/PDF exports.
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Pricing: Free, SubscriptionPlatforms: Web, Mobile
6
TipRanks
TipRanks is a retail research platform built around analyst rankings, Smart Score ratings, and screening tools. It offers forecasts, portfolios, alerts, and alternative datasets like insider activity and website traffic. Free users get basic access, while Premium and Ultimate tiers add deeper analytics, longer history, Excel/CSV exports, and broker-connected trading via TradeStation.
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Pricing: Free, SubscriptionPlatforms: Web, Mobile
7
Gainify
AI‑assisted stock research platform built on institutional‑grade datasets (S&P Global Market Intelligence as core, plus Finnhub & FMP). Modules include a fundamentals‑first **Stock Screener** (500+ filters), **Earnings Calendar**, **Fundamentals Charting**, **Top Investors** (13F + Congress/insiders with alerts), thematic **Ideas/Trending**, one‑page **Stock Reports**, and a conversational **Gainify AI** that reasons over real‑time market data and analyst estimates. Roadmap lists filings viewer, calculators, alerts on fundamentals, and portfolio sync with major brokers.
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Pricing: Free, SubscriptionPlatforms: Web
8
HedgeFollow
Tracks hedge fund and insider activity from SEC filings (13F/13D/13G/Form 4). Includes a fast insider‑trading tracker (updated ~every 5 minutes), a hedge‑fund trade feed, fund pages with holdings & options reported via 13F, stock pages with ownership/money‑flow charts, ETF activity aggregates (e.g., Bitcoin ETFs), and portfolio tools (builder/balancer) plus a stock screener that blends institutional, insider, and basic technical filters. 13F data has the regulatory ~45‑day reporting lag; no public API or broker sync is advertised.
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Pricing: Free, SubscriptionPlatforms: Web
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InsideArbitrage
Event‑driven research platform by Asif Suria focused on merger arbitrage, insider transactions, spinoffs, buybacks, activists, and related special situations. Premium includes tools like the Merger Arbitrage Tool, CVR database, buyback & spinoff trackers, premium screens (IA Score, cluster buys, ‘double dipper’), ‘Deals‑in‑the‑Works’ and deal calendars. IA Professional adds pro‑only features (e.g., CVR outcomes, activist tracker, reverse‑splits tracker, Insider Performance Score) and multi‑seat licensing.
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Pricing: Free, SubscriptionPlatforms: Web
10
Intrinio
Financial data vendor offering flexible dataset-level subscriptions and bulk one-time downloads. Real-time options require OPRA licensing, though a lighter 'OptionsEdge' product avoids that complexity. Data is delivered via REST, WebSocket, CSV, or integrations like Snowflake, S3, and FTP.
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Pricing: Subscription, One-timePlatforms: Web, API

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11
Monexa
AI‑augmented equity research workstation with company dashboards (financials, estimates, insider trades, dividends, SEC filings, ownership), news with sentiment filters, an equity screener, watchlists, Whale Tracker (institutional portfolios/13F), and Congressional Trading. Pro unlocks AI reports (corporate finance, peer benchmarks, SWOT) and full transcript history/analysis.
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Pricing: Free, SubscriptionPlatforms: Web
12
Quiver Quantitative
Premium unlocks stock screeners, alerts, backtesters for Congress and institutional trades, strategy dashboards, Smart Score/Bull–Bear ratings, customizable watchlists, early access to news/videos, and data export samples. Copytrading is available through partner Quantbase. Premium runs $25/month or $300/year with a free trial (7 days on monthly, 30 days on annual). The Quiver API is sold separately under tiered plans (Hobbyist, Trader, Institution).
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Pricing: Free, SubscriptionPlatforms: Web, Mobile, API
13
Screener.in
India’s go-to platform for stock screening and fundamental analysis. Offers a free Hobby Investor plan and a Premium “Active Investor” plan (₹4,999/year). Premium unlocks extras like CSV downloads, industry filters, multiple watchlists, and higher alert limits (up to 800 stock alerts, 75 screen alerts, 50 phrase alerts). Premium users also get priority email delivery and ₹500 in AI credits. Refund window of 48 hours. The Android app extends full functionality to mobile.
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Pricing: Free, SubscriptionPlatforms: Web, Mobile
14
Stock Unlock
Global stock and ETF research platform with screeners, valuation tools, customizable charts, and portfolio tracking. The free plan comes with meaningful but tight limits—such as two manual portfolios, one 10-ticker watchlist, and capped screener results—while paid tiers unlock the full feature set. Billing is monthly or yearly, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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Pricing: Free, SubscriptionPlatforms: Web
15
Strike.Market
Strike.Market is an alternative-data-focused equity research site that combines traditional fundamentals with unique signals like web traffic, app rankings, job postings, and patents. It’s completely free to use, with optional sign-in for personalized feeds and alerts. The platform also provides embeddable earnings-calendar widgets for websites and blogs.
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Pricing: FreePlatforms: Web
16
Trendlyne
Equity research and portfolio platform with coverage of both India and US markets. Screener alerts, backtests, and data downloads are tiered by plan—for example, screener alerts refresh as often as every 15 minutes on Pro/Pro Plus, backtest limits range from 200 to 1200 per year, and data exports expand from 2,000 rows to unlimited. Excel and Google Sheets integration is available on higher plans, with global access on Pro Plus. Broker sync works with major Indian brokers, and transcripts include AI summaries for faster digestion.
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Pricing: Free, SubscriptionPlatforms: Web, Mobile
17
Valuesider
Free, 13F‑based ‘super‑investor’ explorer with two screeners (holdings & activity), per‑investor portfolios, per‑ticker ownership/activity pages, and basic news feeds. Exports to CSV/XLS/XLSX; provides embeddable charts. Transparent about 13F caveats (delay, options/bonds coverage limits) and split adjustments; includes direct SEC report links for verification.
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Pricing: FreePlatforms: Web
18
WhaleWisdom
Aggregates 13F filings and insider transactions so investors can follow institutional positioning, build watchlists, and backtest crowding strategies.
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Pricing: Free, SubscriptionPlatforms: Web, API
19
Yellowbrick Investing
Aggregates stock pitches and hedge fund holdings into a searchable platform. The free tier gives access to delayed ideas and limited data, while Premium unlocks real-time investor feeds, professional fund portfolios, enhanced filters, investor return stats, and the live Yellowbrick Premium Portfolio with trade alerts. A separate “CEO Watcher Premium” subscription tracks insider activity.
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Pricing: Free, SubscriptionPlatforms: Web

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These are tools I've tried and found to be solid, but not standout. Think of them as passing an initial quality screen: worth exploring, though not all will be exceptional.

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