VOL. XCIV, NO. 247

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Tool Comparison

Addepar vs Interactive Brokers comparison

Compare pricing, supported platforms, categories, and standout capabilities to decide which tool fits your workflow.

Quick takeaways

Addepar adds Wealth Management, Portfolio Accounting / Book of Record, Client & Investor Reporting, Alternatives / Capital Calls & Distributions, Householding & Multi-Entity, Client Portal & Mobile App, Fee Billing & Invoicing, Rebalancing & Trading, Model Portfolios & Sleeves, Data Visualizations, Tax Lots / Lot Optimization, and Broker Connectors coverage that Interactive Brokers skips.

Interactive Brokers includes Brokerage, Paper Trading, Advanced Order Types, Smart/Direct Routing, Order Book / Level II, Watchlist, Risk Metrics (VaR/ES/Drawdown), Scenario & Stress Tests, Performance Attribution, and Options & Derivatives categories that Addepar omits.

In depth comparison

Addepar

addepar.com

Enterprise multi-product wealth & investment management platform used by RIAs, family offices, private banks and institutions to aggregate multi-asset, multi-entity portfolios and deliver portfolio accounting, analytics, trading, reporting and client portal experiences on a single data model. Capabilities such as Addepar Trading, Navigator, Alts Data Management, and premium market/benchmark feeds are licensed as separate modules or data packages, and the open API is available only to firms with an active Addepar subscription. Included vs premium market data feeds (e.g., ICE Pricing vs Private Fund Benchmarks) are explicitly labeled in the Integration Center.[0,7,8,9,10,11]

Platforms

WebMobileAPI

Pricing

Subscription

Quick highlights

Multi-product web and data platform for wealth managers, family offices, private banks and institutions, aggregating “every ownable asset” across 50+ markets worldwide into a single source of truth for even the most complex portfolios.
Comprehensive, customizable portfolio reporting and dashboards that can combine any asset class or currency, with drag-and-drop templates, firm-branded layouts and client-ready visualizations for different stakeholder audiences.[1,15]
Data aggregation from custodians such as Fidelity and Schwab plus leading market data providers, with the option to manually manage holdings so private investments like real estate and private equity can be viewed alongside publicly traded securities.
Broad multi-asset security model supporting stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, closed-end funds, currencies, real estate, private funds, hedge funds, options, futures, digital assets and generic custom assets via rich model types.
Integrated market-data feeds including ICE end-of-day pricing for global equities, mutual funds, ETFs and related security types, plus FX rates, reference data, benchmarks, constituents and other datasets—some included with Addepar and others licensed as premium feeds.[9,10]

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Interactive Brokers

interactivebrokers.co.uk

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A global, multi-asset direct-access broker with coverage across 160 markets in 36 countries and 28 currencies. Crypto trading and some services vary by region (IBKR Crypto is powered by Paxos or Zero Hash where supported). Client APIs include the Client Portal Web API and TWS API; retail users authenticate via the local Client Portal Gateway, while OAuth2 applies to approved web integrations.

Platforms

WebMobileDesktopAPI

Pricing

Other

Quick highlights

Single universal account providing access to around 160 markets across 36 countries and 28 currencies.
More than 100 order types and algos, including Bracket, OCO, and OCA, with either SMART routing or direct exchange routing.
Market depth (Level II) and full order book views via Trader Workstation (TWS).
Advanced options analytics with Greeks, implied volatility curves, and a 3D volatility surface viewer.
Risk Navigator for real-time portfolio risk, Value-at-Risk, and what-if scenario analysis.

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Where they differ

Addepar

Distinct strengths include:

Wealth Management Portfolio Accounting / Book of Record Client & Investor Reporting Alternatives / Capital Calls & Distributions Householding & Multi-Entity Client Portal & Mobile App Fee Billing & Invoicing Rebalancing & Trading

Multi-product web and data platform for wealth managers, family offices, private banks and institutions, aggregating “every ownable asset” across 50+ markets worldwide into a single source of truth for even the most complex portfolios.
Comprehensive, customizable portfolio reporting and dashboards that can combine any asset class or currency, with drag-and-drop templates, firm-branded layouts and client-ready visualizations for different stakeholder audiences.[1,15]
Data aggregation from custodians such as Fidelity and Schwab plus leading market data providers, with the option to manually manage holdings so private investments like real estate and private equity can be viewed alongside publicly traded securities.
Broad multi-asset security model supporting stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, closed-end funds, currencies, real estate, private funds, hedge funds, options, futures, digital assets and generic custom assets via rich model types.

Interactive Brokers

Distinct strengths include:

Brokerage Paper Trading Advanced Order Types Smart/Direct Routing Order Book / Level II Watchlist Risk Metrics (VaR/ES/Drawdown)Scenario & Stress Tests

Single universal account providing access to around 160 markets across 36 countries and 28 currencies.
More than 100 order types and algos, including Bracket, OCO, and OCA, with either SMART routing or direct exchange routing.
Market depth (Level II) and full order book views via Trader Workstation (TWS).
Advanced options analytics with Greeks, implied volatility curves, and a 3D volatility surface viewer.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

Attribute	Addepar	Interactive Brokers
Categories Which research workflows each platform targets	Shared: Portfolio, Data APIs, APIs & SDKs Unique: Wealth Management, Portfolio Accounting / Book of Record, Client & Investor Reporting, Alternatives / Capital Calls & Distributions, Householding & Multi-Entity, Client Portal & Mobile App, Fee Billing & Invoicing, Rebalancing & Trading, Model Portfolios & Sleeves, Data Visualizations, Tax Lots / Lot Optimization, Broker Connectors	Shared: Portfolio, Data APIs, APIs & SDKs Unique: Brokerage, Paper Trading, Advanced Order Types, Smart/Direct Routing, Order Book / Level II, Watchlist, Risk Metrics (VaR/ES/Drawdown), Scenario & Stress Tests, Performance Attribution, Options & Derivatives
Asset types Supported asset classes and universes	Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Closed-End Funds, Funds, Currencies, Private Funds, Real Estate, Options, Futures, Cryptos	Stocks, ETFs, Options, Futures, Bonds, Mutual Funds, Currencies, Commodities, Cryptos
Experience levels Who each product is built for	Intermediate, Advanced	Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Platforms Where you can access the product	Web, Mobile, API	Web, Mobile, Desktop, API
Pricing High-level pricing models	Subscription	Other
Key features Core capabilities called out by each vendor	Unique Multi-product web and data platform for wealth managers, family offices, private banks and institutions, aggregating “every ownable asset” across 50+ markets worldwide into a single source of truth for even the most complex portfolios. Comprehensive, customizable portfolio reporting and dashboards that can combine any asset class or currency, with drag-and-drop templates, firm-branded layouts and client-ready visualizations for different stakeholder audiences.[1,15] Data aggregation from custodians such as Fidelity and Schwab plus leading market data providers, with the option to manually manage holdings so private investments like real estate and private equity can be viewed alongside publicly traded securities. Broad multi-asset security model supporting stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, closed-end funds, currencies, real estate, private funds, hedge funds, options, futures, digital assets and generic custom assets via rich model types. Integrated market-data feeds including ICE end-of-day pricing for global equities, mutual funds, ETFs and related security types, plus FX rates, reference data, benchmarks, constituents and other datasets—some included with Addepar and others licensed as premium feeds.[9,10] Portfolio trading and rebalancing (Addepar Trading) uses aggregated Addepar data to align portfolios to target models and rebalance across accounts, households or entire books of business, with a drift-monitoring widget now available directly in dashboards for Trading clients.[0,13]	Unique Single universal account providing access to around 160 markets across 36 countries and 28 currencies. More than 100 order types and algos, including Bracket, OCO, and OCA, with either SMART routing or direct exchange routing. Market depth (Level II) and full order book views via Trader Workstation (TWS). Advanced options analytics with Greeks, implied volatility curves, and a 3D volatility surface viewer. Risk Navigator for real-time portfolio risk, Value-at-Risk, and what-if scenario analysis. Portfolio Rebalancer tool to realign or target allocation weights across accounts.
Tested Verified by hands-on testing inside Find My Moat	Not yet	Yes
Editor pick Featured inside curated shortlists	Standard listing	Highlighted

Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do Addepar and Interactive Brokers both support?

Both platforms cover Portfolio, Data APIs, and APIs & SDKs workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do Addepar and Interactive Brokers require subscriptions?

Neither platform maintains a free tier. Budget for a subscription to unlock the research coverage highlighted in this comparison.

How can you access Addepar and Interactive Brokers?

Both Addepar and Interactive Brokers support web and mobile access, making it easy to keep tabs on research away from the desk.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

Addepar differentiates itself with Multi-product web and data platform for wealth managers, family offices, private banks and institutions, aggregating “every ownable asset” across 50+ markets worldwide into a single source of truth for even the most complex portfolios., Comprehensive, customizable portfolio reporting and dashboards that can combine any asset class or currency, with drag-and-drop templates, firm-branded layouts and client-ready visualizations for different stakeholder audiences.[1,15], and Data aggregation from custodians such as Fidelity and Schwab plus leading market data providers, with the option to manually manage holdings so private investments like real estate and private equity can be viewed alongside publicly traded securities., whereas Interactive Brokers stands out for Single universal account providing access to around 160 markets across 36 countries and 28 currencies., More than 100 order types and algos, including Bracket, OCO, and OCA, with either SMART routing or direct exchange routing., and Market depth (Level II) and full order book views via Trader Workstation (TWS)..

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