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Tool Comparison
CapEdge vs MarketWatch comparison
Compare pricing, supported platforms, categories, and standout capabilities to decide which tool fits your workflow.
CapEdge
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MarketWatch
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Comparison highlights
- Tool score: the chart below shows community vote sentiment over the last 8 weeks. Use it as a signal, not a verdict.
- Overlap: both cover Screeners, Data Visualizations, and Financials and 8 other categories.
- Coverage tilt: CapEdge has 11 categories you won't get in MarketWatch; MarketWatch has 7 unique categories.
- Pricing: CapEdge is Free; MarketWatch is Free, Subscription.
Category leaders
- Screeners: not enough category votes yet to call a leader.
- Watchlist: MarketWatch is tagged for this workflow; CapEdge has no category votes yet.
- News: not enough category votes yet to call a leader.
- Data Visualizations: not enough category votes yet to call a leader.
Vote sentiment comparison
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Side-by-side metrics
| Attribute | CapEdge | MarketWatch |
|---|---|---|
Asset types Supported asset classes and universes | Stocks, ETFs, Bonds, Funds | Stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Options, Futures, Commodities, Currencies, Cryptos, Bonds |
Experience levels Who each product is built for | Intermediate, Advanced | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced |
Platforms Where you can access the product | Web, Mobile | Web, Mobile |
Pricing High-level pricing models | Free | Free, Subscription |
Tested Verified by hands-on testing inside Find My Moat | Yes | Yes |
Editor pick Featured inside curated shortlists | Highlighted | Standard listing |
Coverage overlap
Shared categories
Categories where both tools offer overlapping coverage.
CapEdge strengths
Categories covered by CapEdge but not MarketWatch.
MarketWatch strengths
Categories covered by MarketWatch but not CapEdge.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which workflows do CapEdge and MarketWatch both support?
Both platforms cover Screeners, Data Visualizations, Financials, Insider Data, Short Interest, ETF Overview, ETF Holdings, News, Alerts, Calendar, and IPO workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.
Do CapEdge and MarketWatch require subscriptions?
Both CapEdge and MarketWatch keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.
How can you access CapEdge and MarketWatch?
Both CapEdge and MarketWatch 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?
CapEdge differentiates itself with Web-based research platform focused on US equity capital markets that lets users instantly search SEC EDGAR filings and earnings transcripts, monitor IPOs, and track investor holdings across time; navigation exposes Earnings, IPOs, Transcripts, Investor Holdings and an EDGAR Filing Screener from the homepage., Advanced EDGAR filing search supports natural-language and keyword queries, filters by ticker, company name, filing type, and date, plus Filing Analysis views that show which companies mention a theme and how its popularity changes over time. Power users can use AND/OR/NOT boolean operators, with search history saved for later reuse., and Improved filing reader for most SEC forms (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 6-K, S-1, F-1, S-4, 20-F, 40-F, DEF 14A, etc.) including similar-filing navigation, customizable font and size, side table-of-contents, and advanced content analysis such as sentiment scores, readability measures, and lists of new and removed words across successive filings., whereas MarketWatch stands out for Market data hub with stock and market screeners, mutual fund research, fund comparison, and multi-quote lookup tools., Personal watchlists available free with an account; syncs across web and mobile apps with customizable price and news alerts., and Comprehensive event calendars, including U.S. economic releases, corporate earnings, IPO schedules, and options-expiration dates..
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Curation & Accuracy
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