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Dividend.watch vs ETF Research Center comparison

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

Quick takeaways

Dividend.watch adds Dividends, Calendar, Screeners, and Dividend coverage that ETF Research Center skips.

ETF Research Center includes ETF Screeners, ETF Comparison, ETF Overview, ETF Performance, ETF Fundamentals, ETF Valuation, ETF Factors, ETF Holdings, ETF Overlap, Which ETF includes this Stock?, Money Flow, Backtesting, and Data Visualizations categories that Dividend.watch omits.

ETF Research Center keeps a free entry point that Dividend.watch lacks.

Dividend.watch ships a mobile app. ETF Research Center is web/desktop only.

In depth comparison

Dividend.watch logo

Dividend.watch

dividend.watch

Editor’s pick Hands-on review

A dedicated portfolio tracker built for dividend investors. It helps you monitor holdings, forecast income, and keep tabs on payout schedules. The platform also provides a proprietary Dividend Safety Score and has partnered with Questrade, offering subscribers a discount. Pricing tiers are not fully detailed on public pages.

Platforms

WebMobile

Pricing

Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Portfolio tracker tailored to dividend investing, with clear visualization of past, present, and projected income.
  • Dividend Safety Score that evaluates the reliability and quality of company payouts.
  • Calendar view of ex-dividend and payment dates, with alerts for upcoming events.
  • Built-in calculator and screener to explore dividend opportunities.
  • Native mobile app available, providing tracking and alerts on the go.

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ETF Research Center

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Hands-on review

ETF Research Center, powered by AltaVista Research, offers deep ETF analytics. The free plan provides access to basic screeners and watchlists, while paid tiers unlock fundamentals and valuations, complete exportable holdings for many issuers, PDF tear sheets, portfolio builder features (2 portfolios on Individual vs. 40 on Professional), and customizable PDF portfolio reports. Paid plans start with a one-month free trial.

Platforms

Web

Pricing

FreeSubscription

Quick highlights

  • Equity Power Screener to filter ETFs by performance, technical indicators (beta, volatility, RSI), fundamentals, valuations, and ratings (advanced criteria gated to premium plans).
  • Fund Finder with multi-tab views across general, equity, and fixed income metrics; many criteria reserved for Individual and Professional tiers.
  • Fund Overlap tool showing pairwise overlap of holdings and top differences, plus a Portfolio Builder that generates overlap matrices against benchmarks.
  • Stock Locator to find all ETFs holding a specific stock, showing weights and shares; the full list is available with a free account.
  • Total Cost of Ownership comparison that factors in expense ratios, spreads, and commissions, adjustable for user-defined holding period and assumptions.

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Where they differ

Dividend.watch

Distinct strengths include:

DividendsCalendarScreenersDividend
  • Portfolio tracker tailored to dividend investing, with clear visualization of past, present, and projected income.
  • Dividend Safety Score that evaluates the reliability and quality of company payouts.
  • Calendar view of ex-dividend and payment dates, with alerts for upcoming events.
  • Built-in calculator and screener to explore dividend opportunities.

ETF Research Center

Distinct strengths include:

ETF ScreenersETF ComparisonETF OverviewETF PerformanceETF FundamentalsETF ValuationETF FactorsETF Holdings
  • Equity Power Screener to filter ETFs by performance, technical indicators (beta, volatility, RSI), fundamentals, valuations, and ratings (advanced criteria gated to premium plans).
  • Fund Finder with multi-tab views across general, equity, and fixed income metrics; many criteria reserved for Individual and Professional tiers.
  • Fund Overlap tool showing pairwise overlap of holdings and top differences, plus a Portfolio Builder that generates overlap matrices against benchmarks.
  • Stock Locator to find all ETFs holding a specific stock, showing weights and shares; the full list is available with a free account.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeDividend.watchETF Research Center
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Portfolio, Watchlist

Unique: Dividends, Calendar, Screeners, Dividend

Shared: Portfolio, Watchlist

Unique: ETF Screeners, ETF Comparison, ETF Overview, ETF Performance, ETF Fundamentals, ETF Valuation, ETF Factors, ETF Holdings, ETF Overlap, Which ETF includes this Stock?, Money Flow, Backtesting, Data Visualizations

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks, ETFs

ETFs

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web, Mobile

Web

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Subscription

Free, Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Portfolio tracker tailored to dividend investing, with clear visualization of past, present, and projected income.
  • Dividend Safety Score that evaluates the reliability and quality of company payouts.
  • Calendar view of ex-dividend and payment dates, with alerts for upcoming events.
  • Built-in calculator and screener to explore dividend opportunities.
  • Native mobile app available, providing tracking and alerts on the go.

Unique

  • Equity Power Screener to filter ETFs by performance, technical indicators (beta, volatility, RSI), fundamentals, valuations, and ratings (advanced criteria gated to premium plans).
  • Fund Finder with multi-tab views across general, equity, and fixed income metrics; many criteria reserved for Individual and Professional tiers.
  • Fund Overlap tool showing pairwise overlap of holdings and top differences, plus a Portfolio Builder that generates overlap matrices against benchmarks.
  • Stock Locator to find all ETFs holding a specific stock, showing weights and shares; the full list is available with a free account.
  • Total Cost of Ownership comparison that factors in expense ratios, spreads, and commissions, adjustable for user-defined holding period and assumptions.
  • Portfolio Builder lets users create, test, and monitor ETF portfolios. Features include allocation views, overlap analysis, fundamentals aggregation, backtesting, and ZoomLens holdings drill-downs. Professional subscribers can also generate customizable PDF portfolio reports.
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Verified by hands-on testing inside Find My Moat

Yes

Yes

Editor pick

Featured inside curated shortlists

Highlighted

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do Dividend.watch and ETF Research Center both support?

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

Which tool offers a free plan?

ETF Research Center offers a free entry point, while Dividend.watch requires a paid subscription. Review the pricing table to see how the paid tiers compare.

Which tool has mobile access?

Dividend.watch ships a dedicated mobile experience, while ETF Research Center focuses on web or desktop access.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

Dividend.watch differentiates itself with Portfolio tracker tailored to dividend investing, with clear visualization of past, present, and projected income., Dividend Safety Score that evaluates the reliability and quality of company payouts., and Calendar view of ex-dividend and payment dates, with alerts for upcoming events., whereas ETF Research Center stands out for Equity Power Screener to filter ETFs by performance, technical indicators (beta, volatility, RSI), fundamentals, valuations, and ratings (advanced criteria gated to premium plans)., Fund Finder with multi-tab views across general, equity, and fixed income metrics; many criteria reserved for Individual and Professional tiers., and Fund Overlap tool showing pairwise overlap of holdings and top differences, plus a Portfolio Builder that generates overlap matrices against benchmarks..

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Curation & Accuracy

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