Best tools for Desktop

Charles Schwab

Charles Schwab combines a U.S. brokerage, research, screeners, tax workflows, thinkorswim, paper trading, alerts, market data, and Trader API access. It suits investors who want one regulated account for long-term investing and active trading. It is a broker, not an open market-data API.

Delta by eToro

Delta by eToro is a read-only tracker for stocks, ETFs, funds, crypto, NFTs, forex, commodities, indices, brokers, exchanges, and wallets. Use it to see several accounts in one place. It adds visibility, not another trading venue.

Diffchecker

Diffchecker compares text, Word files, PDFs, Excel files, images, folders, and API responses. It is useful for spotting changes in filings, research drafts, models, contracts, or disclosures. It does not supply the financial data being compared.

E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley

E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley covers taxable, retirement, custodial, trust, estate, and business accounts. It offers $0 online U.S.-listed stock and ETF trades, Power E*TRADE, options, mutual funds, bonds, research, selected fractional securities, and tax or transfer support. Its standard cash sweep pays 0.01% APY below $500,000.

Fidelity (Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC)

Fidelity combines a U.S. brokerage, research, mobile and active-trader apps, options, bonds, mutual funds, fractional shares, and a separate crypto account. It has no public trading API, and several products and data services have separate fees.

Financial Modeling Prep (FMP)

Financial Modeling Prep provides API and spreadsheet access to market data, fundamentals, news, calendars, transcripts, ownership, and macroeconomic data. The free Basic tier is an end-of-day test plan. Real-time, global, transcript, 13F, intraday, and bulk access require paid plans. Display or redistribution requires a separate commercial agreement.

FinancialData.Net

FinancialData.Net provides market data, fundamentals, ownership, options, funds, ESG, calendars, and news through REST, Excel, and MCP interfaces. It covers stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, futures, crypto, foreign exchange, commodities, OTC securities, and indexes. The free plan is limited, and the homepage security claims are not supported by a public audit report.

Kubera

Kubera is a paid balance-sheet and portfolio tracker for households, founders, expats, advisors, and family offices. It aggregates banks, brokers, crypto, real estate, private equity, alternatives, documents, beneficiaries, and currencies, with scenarios, estate handoff, advisor portals, and an API. It is reporting software, not a broker, tax engine, or rebalancer.

Markets.com

Markets.com is a global CFD broker with web, mobile, desktop, MetaTrader, TradingView, and social or copy trading across supported products and jurisdictions. It is an execution service, so availability, protections, and costs vary by country. A free account does not remove spreads, swaps, FX, taxes, or other charges.

MarketXLS

MarketXLS puts market data, options, portfolio analytics, screens, and templates inside Excel. It covers stocks, ETFs, options, funds, crypto, forex, fundamentals, FRED, ETF holdings, and broker order tickets. It is personal-use spreadsheet software, not a redistributable data API; real-time coverage and exchange access are tiered.

Merrill Edge

Merrill Edge is Bank of America's self-directed brokerage with $0 online stock and ETF commissions, options, funds, bonds, retirement accounts, research, MarketPro, and linked banking. Its standard cash sweep pays 0.01% below $1 million.

Monex Securities

Monex Securities serves Japan residents with Japanese and U.S. stocks, ETFs, funds, bonds, and derivatives. Domestic per-order fees range from ¥55 to ¥1,070; U.S. stock and ETF trades cost 0.495% up to $22, and One Share supports eligible Japanese odd lots.

MSN Money

MSN Money is a free Microsoft finance portal for market news, quotes, watchlists, company pages, earnings calendars, funds, and basic personal finance. It is for casual monitoring and beginner research, not professional analytics or trading.

OpenBB

OpenBB combines an open-source data layer with a hosted Workspace for dashboards, AI research, agents, and teams. It connects your providers, internal data, widgets, and MCP tools rather than supplying production market data itself. Community, Lite, and Pro cover different collaboration and enterprise needs.

Optuma

Optuma Desktop offers a full professional Relative Rotation Graph workflow with custom universes, history, comparisons, scans, scripting, and intraday support on higher tiers. It is powerful and expensive, and its current desktop product requires Windows.

QuantConnect

QuantConnect uses the open-source LEAN engine for research, backtesting, cloud deployment, broker connections, and live algorithmic trading. It is for technical Python and C# users building systematic strategies, not a simple charting app.

Quicken (Simplifi & Classic)

Quicken connects investment tracking to household budgeting, tax, retirement, and account aggregation. Simplifi handles web and mobile monitoring and projections; Classic adds deeper desktop accounting, tax lots, gains, Portfolio Analyzer, X-Ray, and reporting. It is for U.S. and Canadian households, not brokerage or professional research.

rotki

rotki is a privacy-focused, self-hosted portfolio and accounting tool. It combines exchange and blockchain activity, onchain decoding, balances, history, profit and loss, and tax reports without putting transaction history in a hosted tax service.

ShareScope

ShareScope combines stock and fund research, screens, charts, news, alerts, and portfolio management, with a UK focus and additional U.S., Canadian, and European coverage. ShareScope Pro adds real-time LSE Level 2.

StreamXLS

StreamXLS puts Interactive Brokers quotes, balances, positions, P&L, and open orders into Windows Excel through RTD. It can stage an order ticket for manual review in TWS, but it does not transmit trades, provide market-data entitlements, support Mac or browser Excel, or replace IBKR.

TC2000

TC2000 provides charts, screening, alerts, paper trading, options analysis, and brokerage trading for U.S. stocks, ETFs, and options. The anonymous free version is limited; paid plans and optional data feeds add real-time workflows.

TradeLog

TradeLog is Windows trade-accounting software for U.S. active traders who need wash-sale handling, proceeds reconciliation, Form 8949, Sections 1256 and 475 reports, and tax-lot adjustments. It does not file a return, give tax advice, execute trades, or cover every digital-asset case.

Trading Economics

Trading Economics provides indicators, calendars, forecasts, market data, company financials, news, ratings, and events through web, REST, WebSocket, spreadsheet, BI, and AI integrations. It is data infrastructure for dashboards and pipelines, not a broker or adviser. Plans control streaming, limits, and commercial rights.

Visible Alpha

Visible Alpha provides model-derived estimates, company KPIs, consensus, historical actuals, and research tools. Access is licensed through S&P Global. It is not a retail screener or open API.

Wealthfolio

Wealthfolio is a local-first portfolio tracker for holdings, performance, dividends, net worth, and imports. It suits investors who want privacy and manual control, not brokerage execution, a market terminal, or a hosted tax service.

Webull

Webull provides web, mobile, and desktop trading for stocks, ETFs, options, fractional shares, paper trading, charts, and order tools. Separate Webull services cover futures, crypto, and advice. It does not provide full tax accounting or a professional data terminal.

WhaleWisdom

WhaleWisdom organizes institutional 13F, 13D/G, and other ownership filings into fund pages, holdings, changes, screens, alerts, and data exports. It is useful for studying disclosed institutional portfolios, but the filings are delayed and incomplete.

Wisesheets

Wisesheets brings financial statements, ratios, prices, estimates, dividends, and other market data into Google Sheets and Excel. It suits spreadsheet-heavy research and models, not brokerage execution, a full terminal, or unrestricted redistribution.

YCharts

YCharts is a professional charting and reporting platform for market data, fundamentals, economics, portfolios, comparisons, and client-ready visuals. It suits advisors and analysts building repeatable research or reports, not retail brokerage execution.