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DeepVest (formerly Benjamin AI) vs QuantConnect comparison

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

Quick takeaways

DeepVest (formerly Benjamin AI) adds Financials, Screeners, News, Regulatory Filings Monitoring, Data Visualizations, Risk Metrics (VaR/ES/Drawdown), Scenario & Stress Tests, Portfolio, and Correlation coverage that QuantConnect skips.

QuantConnect includes Paper Trading, Auto-Trading & Bots, Options & Derivatives, and APIs & SDKs categories that DeepVest (formerly Benjamin AI) omits.

QuantConnect keeps a free entry point that DeepVest (formerly Benjamin AI) lacks.

In depth comparison

DeepVest (formerly Benjamin AI) logo

DeepVest (formerly Benjamin AI)

deepvest.ai

AI‑powered investment assistant with agent orchestration. Pro focuses on multi‑asset research, strategy/event backtesting, portfolio optimization & risk analysis, factor/ETF studies, macro relationships, SEC filing analysis, and real‑time news/data search. Premium adds compliance traceability and large historical download quotas; Enterprise offers custom data sources, function tool‑calling, and integrations.

Platforms

Web

Pricing

Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Multi‑asset analysis across equities, ETFs, crypto, FX and commodities.
  • Strategy backtesting plus event backtesting around specific announcements.
  • Portfolio optimization (mean‑variance, risk parity, hierarchical) and risk metrics (drawdown, beta, correlation).
  • Advanced stock screening and financial statement breakdowns.
  • Macro analysis (cross‑asset/indicator relationships) and scenario analysis (e.g., rate shocks).

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QuantConnect

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QuantConnect runs on the open-source LEAN engine, giving quants and systematic traders a unified workflow from research to backtesting to live deployment. You can run everything locally or in the cloud. Historical data down to tick and second resolution is available on paid tiers, and live-trading notifications scale by plan (from a handful per hour to thousands). Some broker and data feeds—like Trading Technologies futures or premium vendors—are only unlocked at higher tiers.

Platforms

WebDesktopAPI

Pricing

FreeSubscription

Quick highlights

  • Seamless environment that connects research, backtests, and live trading on institutional-grade co-located servers.
  • Powered by the open-source LEAN engine (Python 3.11 and C#), with the flexibility to run locally or in the cloud.
  • Multi-asset coverage across equities, ETFs, options, futures, FX, and crypto, with a long list of broker and data integrations including Interactive Brokers, Schwab, TradeStation, Tastytrade, Alpaca, OANDA, Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, and Bloomberg EMSX.
  • Robust options support with Greeks, implied volatility, and helpers for building multi-leg strategies such as iron condors.
  • Generates detailed backtest reports you can download as PDFs and raw results exportable as CSV or JSON.

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Where they differ

DeepVest (formerly Benjamin AI)

Distinct strengths include:

FinancialsScreenersNewsRegulatory Filings MonitoringData VisualizationsRisk Metrics (VaR/ES/Drawdown)Scenario & Stress TestsPortfolio
  • Multi‑asset analysis across equities, ETFs, crypto, FX and commodities.
  • Strategy backtesting plus event backtesting around specific announcements.
  • Portfolio optimization (mean‑variance, risk parity, hierarchical) and risk metrics (drawdown, beta, correlation).
  • Advanced stock screening and financial statement breakdowns.

QuantConnect

Distinct strengths include:

Paper TradingAuto-Trading & BotsOptions & DerivativesAPIs & SDKs
  • Seamless environment that connects research, backtests, and live trading on institutional-grade co-located servers.
  • Powered by the open-source LEAN engine (Python 3.11 and C#), with the flexibility to run locally or in the cloud.
  • Multi-asset coverage across equities, ETFs, options, futures, FX, and crypto, with a long list of broker and data integrations including Interactive Brokers, Schwab, TradeStation, Tastytrade, Alpaca, OANDA, Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, and Bloomberg EMSX.
  • Robust options support with Greeks, implied volatility, and helpers for building multi-leg strategies such as iron condors.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeDeepVest (formerly Benjamin AI)QuantConnect
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Quant, Backtesting

Unique: Financials, Screeners, News, Regulatory Filings Monitoring, Data Visualizations, Risk Metrics (VaR/ES/Drawdown), Scenario & Stress Tests, Portfolio, Correlation

Shared: Quant, Backtesting

Unique: Paper Trading, Auto-Trading & Bots, Options & Derivatives, APIs & SDKs

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks, ETFs, Commodities, Currencies, Cryptos

Stocks, ETFs, Options, Futures, Currencies, Cryptos

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web

Web, Desktop, API

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Subscription

Free, Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Multi‑asset analysis across equities, ETFs, crypto, FX and commodities.
  • Strategy backtesting plus event backtesting around specific announcements.
  • Portfolio optimization (mean‑variance, risk parity, hierarchical) and risk metrics (drawdown, beta, correlation).
  • Advanced stock screening and financial statement breakdowns.
  • Macro analysis (cross‑asset/indicator relationships) and scenario analysis (e.g., rate shocks).
  • SEC filings intelligence (search & analysis) and real‑time market news aggregation.

Unique

  • Seamless environment that connects research, backtests, and live trading on institutional-grade co-located servers.
  • Powered by the open-source LEAN engine (Python 3.11 and C#), with the flexibility to run locally or in the cloud.
  • Multi-asset coverage across equities, ETFs, options, futures, FX, and crypto, with a long list of broker and data integrations including Interactive Brokers, Schwab, TradeStation, Tastytrade, Alpaca, OANDA, Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, and Bloomberg EMSX.
  • Robust options support with Greeks, implied volatility, and helpers for building multi-leg strategies such as iron condors.
  • Generates detailed backtest reports you can download as PDFs and raw results exportable as CSV or JSON.
  • Cloud API and Lean CLI for managing projects, running backtests, deploying live strategies, and pulling reports programmatically.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do DeepVest (formerly Benjamin AI) and QuantConnect both support?

Both platforms cover Quant, and Backtesting workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Which tool offers a free plan?

QuantConnect offers a free entry point, while DeepVest (formerly Benjamin AI) requires a paid subscription. Review the pricing table to see how the paid tiers compare.

How can you access DeepVest (formerly Benjamin AI) and QuantConnect?

Both DeepVest (formerly Benjamin AI) and QuantConnect 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?

DeepVest (formerly Benjamin AI) differentiates itself with Multi‑asset analysis across equities, ETFs, crypto, FX and commodities., Strategy backtesting plus event backtesting around specific announcements., and Portfolio optimization (mean‑variance, risk parity, hierarchical) and risk metrics (drawdown, beta, correlation)., whereas QuantConnect stands out for Seamless environment that connects research, backtests, and live trading on institutional-grade co-located servers., Powered by the open-source LEAN engine (Python 3.11 and C#), with the flexibility to run locally or in the cloud., and Multi-asset coverage across equities, ETFs, options, futures, FX, and crypto, with a long list of broker and data integrations including Interactive Brokers, Schwab, TradeStation, Tastytrade, Alpaca, OANDA, Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, and Bloomberg EMSX..

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