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Alpha Spread vs Visible Alpha comparison

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

Quick takeaways

Alpha Spread adds Screeners, Stock Ideas, Valuation Models, Transcripts, Watchlist, Portfolio, Alerts, and News coverage that Visible Alpha skips.

Visible Alpha includes Analyst Recommendations, Data Visualizations, Data APIs, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Blogs, and Playbooks & Case Studies categories that Alpha Spread omits.

Alpha Spread has a free tier, while Visible Alpha requires a paid plan.

In depth comparison

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Alpha Spread

alphaspread.com

Stock‑valuation platform centered on intrinsic value. Combines DCF and relative valuation into a scenario range (bear/base/bull), adds Wall Street estimates/targets, profitability & solvency scoring, a flexible screener (with alerts), watchlists, an investment journal, curated news, and side‑by‑side comparisons. Enterprise plan advertises API access (currently limited/waitlisted), with public self‑serve tiers Free, Premium, and Unlimited.

Platforms

WebAPI

Pricing

FreeSubscription

Quick highlights

  • Automatic intrinsic value from two methods (DCF + relative valuation) with bear/base/bull range; “valuation history” views.
  • Manual DCF with sensitivity analysis; separate discount‑rate (CAPM/WACC) calculator.
  • Stock screener with valuation, Wall St targets/estimates, profitability, solvency, dividend safety/shareholder yield; prebuilt screens (e.g., Magic Formula) and email screener alerts.
  • Watchlists plus targeted alerts: price/valuation thresholds, analyst price‑target changes, and insider activity.
  • Analyst section with price targets and forward estimates; earnings‑calls section; AI assistant for natural‑language summaries/questions.

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Visible Alpha

visiblealpha.com

Granular, line‑item consensus from full sell‑side models (7,000+ companies; 250+ contributing brokers) with VA Actuals historicals, Excel add‑in, and enterprise delivery via API/Data Feed/Snowflake. Now part of S&P Global Market Intelligence and available as an add‑on within S&P Capital IQ Pro. Includes modules like Target Price & Ratings and a Line Item Monitor for alerts and revision analysis.

Platforms

WebDesktopAPI

Pricing

Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Deep, line‑item consensus built from full working sell‑side models; 7,000+ companies, 250+ contributing brokers, 1M+ consensus line items; 170+ industries covered.
  • VA Actuals: stitched historical fundamentals not always disclosed in filings, integrated with forward estimates for seamless time series.
  • Excel Add‑in with real‑time updating of figures, pre‑built templates, and one‑click tear‑sheets/export from the web app.
  • Target Price & Ratings: consensus rating distributions, target prices and valuation context with an ‘Open Entitlements’ contributor‑visibility framework.
  • Company & Line Item Monitor: alerting on threshold changes, dispersion, trend and revision analysis at the metric level.

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Where they differ

Alpha Spread

Distinct strengths include:

ScreenersStock IdeasValuation ModelsTranscriptsWatchlistPortfolioAlertsNews
  • Automatic intrinsic value from two methods (DCF + relative valuation) with bear/base/bull range; “valuation history” views.
  • Manual DCF with sensitivity analysis; separate discount‑rate (CAPM/WACC) calculator.
  • Stock screener with valuation, Wall St targets/estimates, profitability, solvency, dividend safety/shareholder yield; prebuilt screens (e.g., Magic Formula) and email screener alerts.
  • Watchlists plus targeted alerts: price/valuation thresholds, analyst price‑target changes, and insider activity.

Visible Alpha

Distinct strengths include:

Analyst RecommendationsData VisualizationsData APIsSheets / Excel Add-insBlogsPlaybooks & Case Studies
  • Deep, line‑item consensus built from full working sell‑side models; 7,000+ companies, 250+ contributing brokers, 1M+ consensus line items; 170+ industries covered.
  • VA Actuals: stitched historical fundamentals not always disclosed in filings, integrated with forward estimates for seamless time series.
  • Excel Add‑in with real‑time updating of figures, pre‑built templates, and one‑click tear‑sheets/export from the web app.
  • Target Price & Ratings: consensus rating distributions, target prices and valuation context with an ‘Open Entitlements’ contributor‑visibility framework.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeAlpha SpreadVisible Alpha
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Stock Comparison, Financials, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Forecasts, APIs & SDKs

Unique: Screeners, Stock Ideas, Valuation Models, Transcripts, Watchlist, Portfolio, Alerts, News

Shared: Stock Comparison, Financials, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Forecasts, APIs & SDKs

Unique: Analyst Recommendations, Data Visualizations, Data APIs, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Blogs, Playbooks & Case Studies

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks

Stocks

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web, API

Web, Desktop, API

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free, Subscription

Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Automatic intrinsic value from two methods (DCF + relative valuation) with bear/base/bull range; “valuation history” views.
  • Manual DCF with sensitivity analysis; separate discount‑rate (CAPM/WACC) calculator.
  • Stock screener with valuation, Wall St targets/estimates, profitability, solvency, dividend safety/shareholder yield; prebuilt screens (e.g., Magic Formula) and email screener alerts.
  • Watchlists plus targeted alerts: price/valuation thresholds, analyst price‑target changes, and insider activity.
  • Analyst section with price targets and forward estimates; earnings‑calls section; AI assistant for natural‑language summaries/questions.
  • Stock comparison for side‑by‑side analysis; curated market news stream; investment journal for notes.

Unique

  • Deep, line‑item consensus built from full working sell‑side models; 7,000+ companies, 250+ contributing brokers, 1M+ consensus line items; 170+ industries covered.
  • VA Actuals: stitched historical fundamentals not always disclosed in filings, integrated with forward estimates for seamless time series.
  • Excel Add‑in with real‑time updating of figures, pre‑built templates, and one‑click tear‑sheets/export from the web app.
  • Target Price & Ratings: consensus rating distributions, target prices and valuation context with an ‘Open Entitlements’ contributor‑visibility framework.
  • Company & Line Item Monitor: alerting on threshold changes, dispersion, trend and revision analysis at the metric level.
  • Enterprise data delivery: REST API for ad‑hoc queries, file‑based data feeds (S3/SFTP), and Snowflake data shares; feeds/cloud updated throughout the day.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do Alpha Spread and Visible Alpha both support?

Both platforms cover Stock Comparison, Financials, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Forecasts, and APIs & SDKs workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Which tool offers a free plan?

Alpha Spread offers a free entry point, while Visible Alpha requires a paid subscription. Review the pricing table to see how the paid tiers compare.

How can you access Alpha Spread and Visible Alpha?

Both Alpha Spread and Visible Alpha prioritize web or desktop access. Investors wanting a mobile-first workflow may need to rely on responsive web views.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

Alpha Spread differentiates itself with Automatic intrinsic value from two methods (DCF + relative valuation) with bear/base/bull range; “valuation history” views., Manual DCF with sensitivity analysis; separate discount‑rate (CAPM/WACC) calculator., and Stock screener with valuation, Wall St targets/estimates, profitability, solvency, dividend safety/shareholder yield; prebuilt screens (e.g., Magic Formula) and email screener alerts., whereas Visible Alpha stands out for Deep, line‑item consensus built from full working sell‑side models; 7,000+ companies, 250+ contributing brokers, 1M+ consensus line items; 170+ industries covered., VA Actuals: stitched historical fundamentals not always disclosed in filings, integrated with forward estimates for seamless time series., and Excel Add‑in with real‑time updating of figures, pre‑built templates, and one‑click tear‑sheets/export from the web app..

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