★ THE COMMUNITY-RANKED INVESTING TOOL LEADERBOARD ★
VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
Live community ranking · Top 32 videos tools
Best Videos Tools for Investing
The videos platforms investors trust most, ranked by the people who actually use them.
Every tool here earns its place through community votes and light editorial curation. We score 32 vetted videos platforms inside a directory of more than 361 investing tools, so the strongest research, data, and execution options rise to the top for this workflow. Use this page to compare pricing, platforms, and decision signals side by side, then open any tool for the full breakdown.
Community-ranked · Live vote totals · Not financial advice
Top 10 Tools
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10X EBITDA - Hedge Fund Presentations is a free archive of value-investing, activist, and hedge-fund pitch decks for people who want to study how professional investors build stock theses. It is best treated as an educational idea and case-study library, not as a live market-data product, screener, portfolio tool, or source of current investment recommendations.
Best forResearch reports · Fundamental research · Stock research · Investment research workspaceWatch-outsStatic educational archiveNo freshness guarantee0Category votesFree, no signupPricing FreePlatforms - 2
Damodaran Online is Aswath Damodaran's free NYU Stern valuation resource for investors, students, and analysts who need downloadable datasets, valuation models, equity risk premiums, country risk premiums, betas, multiples, and corporate-finance teaching material. It is a trusted manual research library, not a polished stock terminal, screener, alert product, or real-time data feed.
Best forValuation modeling · Fair value research · Fundamentals data · Research reports · Historical market dataWatch-outsAcademic resource, not softwareUpdate cadence varies0Category votesFree, no signupPricing FreePlatforms - 3
GuruFocus is a value-investing research platform for investors who want global fundamentals, valuation tools, GF Score, GF Value, stock/ETF/bond screeners, backtesting, guru and institutional holdings, insider trades, portfolio tracking, spreadsheet add-ins, and data/API access. It is strongest for fundamental and value-oriented research rather than brokerage execution.
Best forStock research · Stock screening · Valuation modeling · Investor holdings research · Strategy backtestingWatch-outsPaid access is region and tier dependentAdvanced API access is separate0Category votesFree with signupPricing Free • From $549/yrPlatforms - 4
Investing.com is a global market portal for investors who want quotes, charts, financial news, an economic calendar, watchlists, alerts, portfolio tracking, screeners, and mobile market monitoring in one place. The free site is strongest as a broad market dashboard, while InvestingPro adds the paid research layer with AI tools, stock ideas, fair value estimates, Health Scores, ProTips, and deeper fundamentals.
Best forMarket monitoring · Investment news · Stock screening · Charting · Portfolio trackingWatch-outsNot a broker or API productData latency varies0Category votesFree, no signupPricing Free • From $13.99/moPlatforms - 5
Portfolio123 is a rules-based quant research and portfolio-management platform for investors who want stock and ETF screeners, ranking systems, factor research, realistic backtests, strategy simulations, portfolio tracking, broker connectivity, and API/DataMiner access. It is strongest for systematic investors who want point-in-time research workflows without building everything from code.
Best forQuant research · Factor screening · Strategy backtesting · Portfolio tracking · Financial data APIWatch-outsAdvanced research is paidAPI and DataMiner excluded from the Research trial0Category votesFree with signupPricing Free • From $25/moPlatforms - 6
Simply Wall St is a visual stock analysis and portfolio platform for long-term investors who prefer guided fundamental summaries over raw data tables. It is best known for its Snowflake-style company reports, global stock ideas, fair value views, dividend analysis, portfolio diagnostics, broker imports, and easy-to-scan visual research.
Best forVisual stock research · Long-term portfolio tracking · Stock screening · Dividend analysis · Fair value researchWatch-outsFree plan has report and portfolio limitsResearch model is opinionated0Category votesFree with signupPricing Free • From $120/yrPlatforms - 7
TradingView is a chart-first market analysis platform for traders who want powerful charts, screeners, alerts, Pine Script, paper trading, and broker-connected trading across many asset classes. It is strongest when technical analysis, custom indicators, strategy testing, watchlists, and real-time market monitoring are part of the same workflow. The free Basic plan is useful for trying the product, but active users usually run into limits on charts, indicators, alerts, watchlists, and historical bars. Some real-time exchange data is sold separately.
Best forCharting · Technical analysis · Paper trading · Alerts · Broker-connected tradingWatch-outsReal-time market data can require add-onsFree plan has tight chart and alert limits0Category votesFree with signupPricing Free • From $12.95/moPlatforms - 8
Bloomberg Europe is the Bloomberg.com regional news hub and mobile-app experience for readers who want global business journalism, European market coverage, market snapshots, watchlists, alerts, Bloomberg TV and radio, podcasts, newsletters, and Bloomberg Businessweek access. It is strongest as a premium media subscription for investors and analysts, but it is not Bloomberg Terminal and does not provide professional terminal entitlements, execution, or institutional data workflows.
Best forInvestment news · Market monitoring · Portfolio watchlists · Alerts · Research reportsWatch-outsMedia subscription, not Bloomberg TerminalPricing varies by region and promotion0Category votesFree, no signupPricing Free • From $9.99/moPlatforms - 9
Bridgewater Associates is a global macro investment manager whose public website is mainly useful as a free research and insights source, not as a self-serve investing product. It is strongest for readers studying institutional macro thinking, Daily Observations, whitepapers, videos, Pure Alpha, All Weather, risk parity, inflation, monetary policy, debt cycles, and systematic investing, but most investors cannot directly access Bridgewater mandates through the site.
Best forResearch reports · Investment news · Market monitoringWatch-outsNot available to most retail investorsResearch surface, not software0Category votesFree, no signupPricing Other, FreePlatforms - 10
CEO.CA is a Canadian small-cap investor community and market-data platform for traders and investors following TSX, TSXV, and CSE issuers. It is strongest for ticker chat rooms, watchlists, real-time news, SEDI insider filings, private placements, audience analytics, mobile access, and paid Level II market depth, but community posts are not research and Pro pricing depends on which Canadian exchanges you need.
Best forMarket monitoring · Alerts · Insider and institutional tracking · Investment news · Portfolio watchlistsWatch-outsCanadian small-cap biasPaid market depth is exchange-specific0Category votesFree with signupPricing Free • Paid plans availablePlatforms
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Chaikin Analytics is a Power Gauge-centered investment research platform with stock and ETF ratings, market insights, newsletters, model portfolios, tactical publications, money-flow ideas, and research products. It is useful for investors who want a blend of fundamental, technical, and money-flow signals, but pricing and entitlements vary by publication and are not summarized in a simple public table.
Best forQuant ratings · Stock research · Technical analysis · Market monitoring · Portfolio watchlistsWatch-outsProduct pricing is not transparent on the products pagePublication-led workflow0Category votesPaid onlyPricing Contact for pricingPlatforms - 12
Charles Schwab is a major U.S. brokerage with commission-free online stock and ETF trading, broad account types, research tools, screeners, tax workflows, and the thinkorswim platform suite for active traders. It is strongest for investors who want one regulated brokerage relationship for long-term investing, options, futures, forex, paper trading, alerts, market data, and developer-authorized Trader API workflows. Many core tools are free with an approved account. Schwab is a broker, not an open market-data API or generic portfolio app.
Best forBrokerage trading · Paper trading · Broker-connected trading · Market monitoring · Financial data APIWatch-outsAdvanced products need approvalAPI access is not open data0Category votesPaid onlyPricing Transaction-priced · Fees vary by offer and jurisdictionPlatforms - 13
ChartMill is a browser-based stock screener, charting, ratings, alerts, and research platform for self-directed traders and investors screening U.S., Canadian, and European stocks and some ETFs. It is strongest for repeatable technical and fundamental screen workflows, swing-trading ideas, watchlists, alerts, market dashboards, ChartMill ratings, and strategy templates, but paid access does not turn it into a real-time broker or full portfolio accounting system.
Best forStock screening · Technical screening · Charting · Stock research · Portfolio alertsWatch-outsDelayed market dataNot a broker or portfolio system0Category votesFree, no signupPricing Free • Paid plans availablePlatforms - 14
Dune is a crypto and onchain analytics platform for SQL dashboards, decoded blockchain data, APIs, alerts, uploads, teams, and AI-agent workflows. It is useful when you want to build or automate custom onchain analysis across many blockchains rather than consume a fixed market-data screen.
Best forMarket data API · Financial data API · AI agent data access · Market monitoring · Historical market dataWatch-outsCredits control cost and scaleSQL/onchain skill required0Category votesFree with signupPricing Free • From $75/moPlatforms - 15
EPSMomentum is a U.S. stock and ETF analytics platform for earnings momentum, estimate revisions, PEAD drift, timing signals, scanners, AI analysis, and market dashboards. It is useful when earnings acceleration and entry-timing discipline are central to your research process.
Best forStock screening · Quant ratings · Technical analysis · AI research workspace · AlertsWatch-outsUS stocks and ETFs focusProprietary signals require trust0Category votesFree with signupPricing Free • From $9.99/moPlatforms - 16
ETF Action is an ETF analytics platform for advisors, asset managers, and ETF-focused investors who need classification, look-through holdings, overlap, flows, model portfolios, 13F screening, exports, and enterprise data workflows. It is useful when ETF research and model construction need more depth than a free quote page.
Best forETF screening · Portfolio analytics · Portfolio tracking · Factor screening · Fund researchWatch-outsPaid tiers drive the product valueAdvisor/ETF specialist focus0Category votesFree with signupPricing Free • From $29/moPlatforms - 17
ETF.com is an ETF media and research site with a U.S. ETF screener, comparison tools, fund flows, holdings search, watchlists, Portfolio Builder, launches, closures, and ETF education. It is useful when you want ETF discovery plus editorial context from a known ETF-focused brand.
Best forETF screening · Fund research · Investment news · Portfolio watchlists · Market monitoringWatch-outsU.S. ETF emphasisSubscription unlocks depth0Category votesFree with signupPricing Free • From $6/moPlatforms - 18
In Practise is a qualitative investment research library built around executive interviews, transcripts, surveys, and company learning journeys for long-term fundamental investors. It is useful when you want business-model context, operating detail, customer or competitor insight, and management-level perspective to complement filings, earnings transcripts, and valuation work. The free plan gives a limited way to sample the library, while full access and private interview workflows are paid and sales-led.
Best forResearch reports · Fundamental research · Investment research workspace · Stock research · Investment newsWatch-outsPaid pricing is contact-basedQualitative research, not market data0Category votesFree with signupPricing Free • Contact for pricingPlatforms - 19
InsideArbitrage is a paid event-driven investing research platform for merger arbitrage, insider transactions, spinoffs, buybacks, CVRs, tender offers, activist campaigns, and other special situations. It combines screens, trackers, calendars, deal updates, newsletters, and portfolio/watchlist workflows for investors who actively follow corporate events. It is not a broad fundamentals terminal, broker, portfolio accounting system, or public market-data API.
Best forStock research · Market monitoring · Insider and institutional tracking · Investment news · Research reportsWatch-outsPaid-only serious workflowEvent-driven scope0Category votesPaid onlyPricing From $100/moPlatforms - 20
Khan Academy Economics & Finance is a free education hub for learning economics, finance, capital markets, financial literacy, personal finance, and basic investing concepts before using more advanced investment tools. It is best for beginners, students, educators, and product onboarding paths where users need clear lessons, videos, articles, and practice exercises without a paywall. It does not provide market data, screeners, portfolios, analyst research, trading, or professional investment credentials.
Best forStock research · Fundamental research · Options data · Fund researchWatch-outsEducation onlyNo investment certification0Category votesFree, no signupPricing FreePlatforms - 21
LIQN (Liquidation Nation) is a factor-first market intelligence workspace for reading which themes and behaviors are working across 5,000+ stocks, what regime surrounds them, and what may move them next. Its unusual mix spans live factor maps, classified net/gross flows, short-interest context, historical analysis, crowd and podcast intelligence, factor news, event-to-factor exposure mapping, thesis prompts, and custom baskets.
Best forMarket monitoring · Market maps · Quant research · Factor screening · AI research workspaceWatch-outsRoadmap features are not current capabilitiesContext is not a trade signal0Category votesFree with signupPricing FreePlatforms - 22
LuxAlgo is a TradingView-focused technical-analysis suite for traders who want packaged indicators, price-action overlays, screeners, alerts, oscillator tools, calculators, and AI-assisted backtesting. It is built for chart-based workflows across stocks, ETFs, futures, commodities, currencies, and crypto. It serves as a technical-analysis and strategy-exploration layer, not as a broker, fundamentals platform, portfolio accounting system, or proof that a backtest will work live.
Best forTechnical analysis · Technical screening · Strategy backtesting · Charting · AlertsWatch-outsTechnical analysis onlyTradingView dependency0Category votesFree, card requiredPricing Free • From $39.99/moPlatforms - 23
MarketSurge is Investor’s Business Daily’s premium stock research, screening, charting, ratings, alerts, and idea-list platform for IBD-style growth and swing traders. It carries the MarketSmith lineage and emphasizes pattern recognition, buy zones, sell signals, IBD ratings, curated growth lists, earnings lines, forward estimates, institutional demand, and Dow Jones news. It is expensive and methodology-specific, so it fits users committed to IBD/CANSLIM workflows better than casual investors or users seeking broker execution, tax-aware portfolio tracking, or broad factor research.
Best forStock screening · Technical analysis · Technical screening · Stock research · Portfolio alertsWatch-outsPremium price pointMethodology-specific fit0Category votesFree trial onlyPricing From $24.95 per unitPlatforms - 24
Orion Advisor Tech is enterprise infrastructure for RIAs and wealth firms that need portfolio accounting, billing, reporting, tax-aware trading, CRM, planning, compliance, risk analytics, client portals, APIs, and data infrastructure under one operating stack. Public stack pricing starts in the five figures per year and module access depends on the selected Orion Stack or standalone products. It is not a self-serve portfolio tracker, consumer research app, discount broker, or low-cost tool for individual investors.
Best forAdvisor client reporting · Portfolio tracking · Portfolio analytics · Broker-connected trading · Portfolio alertsWatch-outsAdvisor-firm product, not retailHigh annual starting cost0Category votesPaid onlyPricing From $275/moPlatforms - 25
RetailRoadshow is a NetRoadshow-operated portal for viewing SEC-compliant electronic roadshow videos and prospectus materials for registered public offerings, primarily IPOs. It is useful for hearing issuer management presentations during active offerings, but access depends on availability, registration, and sometimes deal-specific entry codes.
Best forResearch reports · Stock research · Investment news · Market monitoring · Fundamental researchWatch-outsAccess depends on active offeringsRegistration or entry code may be required0Category votesFree with signupPricing FreePlatforms - 26
Smartkarma is a premium investment intelligence platform for professional investors, asset managers, banks, and accredited/private investors who need independent research, specialist analysts, data tools, watchlists, and real-time alerts. A Preview Pass provides limited discovery, while Pro is documented at USD 10,950/year per user and Premium/Data or Plus access can require request or onboarding workflows. It is not a retail stock screener, broker, portfolio accounting system, or low-cost news site.
Best forResearch reports · Investment research workspace · AI research workspace · Stock research · Market monitoringWatch-outsProfessional price pointEligibility and onboarding apply0Category votesFree with signupPricing Free • Paid plans availablePlatforms - 27
Stock Rover is a web-based stock, ETF, fund, and portfolio research platform for investors who want 800+ financial metrics, 20 years of historical fundamentals, deep portfolio analytics, dividend tracking, automated DCF-driven intrinsic value and Margin of Safety tools, printable research reports, stock ratings, broker-linked portfolios, and alerts. It is strongest for North American fundamental research and portfolio management, not for trade execution or full strategy backtesting.
Best forStock screening · ETF screening · Portfolio analytics · Fundamental research · Research reportsWatch-outsNorth America-focused coverageFull strategy backtesting is not a formal feature0Category votesFree with signupPricing Free • From $34/moPlatforms - 28
Stock Spinoff Investing is a niche research site and paid newsletter for investors focused on spin-offs and related special situations. Its free value is the upcoming and completed spin-off calendar; SSI Premium adds roughly one new idea per month, weekly updates, live monthly video Q&A, Discord access, and historical newsletters. It is not a broad stock research terminal, portfolio construction tool, broker, public API, or substitute for filing review and independent valuation.
Best forStock research · Investment news · Research reports · Fundamental research · Market monitoringWatch-outsNarrow strategy scopeNewsletter ideas are not diligence0Category votesFree, no signupPricing Free • From $58.08/moPlatforms - 29
The Motley Fool is a long-running investing publisher and stock-picking membership business for retail investors who want plain-English market commentary, education, watchlists, portfolios, and curated stock recommendations. It is strongest for users who prefer monthly recommendation services and model-portfolio style guidance over raw data, APIs, or custom valuation tooling. Free articles, podcasts, and market pages sit alongside paid tiers such as Stock Advisor, Epic, Epic Plus, Fool Portfolios, and Fool One. It is not a broker, institutional research terminal, tax tool, or personalized portfolio manager.
Best forStock research · Stock screening · Investment news · Research reports · Portfolio watchlistsWatch-outsRecommendation service, not a full research terminalPricing jumps sharply by tier0Category votesFree with signupPricing Free • From $16.58/moPlatforms - 30
Tickeron is an AI-driven trading and investing platform for screeners, AI stock signals, pattern detection, paper trading, AI Robots, and short-horizon trade ideas across stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, crypto, and forex. It is useful for active idea generation and testing, but its signals and robots are not guaranteed returns, brokerage availability varies, and pricing should be checked at checkout.
Best forAI research workspace · Strategy backtesting · Technical analysis · Paper trading · AlertsWatch-outsComplex pricing surfaceTrading signals need risk controls0Category votesFree, card requiredPricing Free • From $5/moPlatforms - 31
USAspending is the official U.S. federal spending open-data portal for awards, recipients, agencies, federal accounts, contracts, grants, loans, and other spending records. It helps investors and builders research government exposure and contractor trends, but it is not a securities dataset, ticker map, market-data feed, company fundamentals provider, or investment-advice tool.
Best forFinancial data API · Historical market data · Market monitoring · AI agent data access · Fundamental researchWatch-outsNot a securities datasetSource cadences vary0Category votesFree, no signupPricing FreePlatforms - 32
Validea is a factor and guru-strategy research site with stock and ETF model portfolios, guru analysis, factor reports, stock and ETF screeners, trend following, market valuation, portfolio correlation, strategy/ETF matching, alerts, videos, and newsletters. It is useful for systematic idea generation, but model returns are not actual trading results and paid plan pricing is not cleanly published on the reviewed pages.
Best forQuant research · Factor screening · Stock screening · ETF screening · Strategy backtestingWatch-outsModel returns are not live account returnsPricing is not surfaced on the public homepage0Category votesFree, no signupPricing Free • Contact for pricingPlatforms
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