CapEdge vs Unusual Whales comparison

CapEdge focuses on Screeners, Stock Comparison, and Data Visualizations while Unusual Whales specializes in Options & Derivatives, Money Flow, and Screeners. They overlap in 5 categories, so choose based on your preferred workflow and pricing.

Good news—both CapEdge and Unusual Whales offer free plans. You can try each platform without commitment and only pay when you need premium features.

Unusual Whales provides API access for programmatic data retrieval and custom integrations. CapEdge doesn't currently offer an API, so you'll need to use their web interface.

Choose CapEdge if you need 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., and 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.. Go with Unusual Whales if Options flow tool: tracks options trades (docs: “every options trade placed across the entire US stock exchange”) and displays trade details across options exchanges; includes filters, configurable columns, sorting, and saved trades., and Multi-leg tagging in the flow feed; multileg icon can open a pop-up that preloads the Options Profit Calculator with a P/L profile for the trade. better fits how you invest.

Both cover Stocks, and ETFs. CapEdge also includes Bonds, and Funds. Unusual Whales adds coverage for Options, and Cryptos.

Yes, both platforms provide real-time market data. This makes either suitable for active trading strategies where timing matters.

CapEdge supports data exports to CSV, and Excel. Unusual Whales has more limited export options.

Unusual Whales is built with active traders in mind, offering features like real-time data and technical analysis. CapEdge is better suited for buy-and-hold investors focused on fundamentals.

Both CapEdge and Unusual Whales include stock screeners. Try each to see which filtering options and interface you prefer.