Dividend Watch vs Portfolio123 comparison

Dividend Watch focuses on Portfolio, Watchlist, and Dividends while Portfolio123 specializes in Screeners, Data Visualizations, and Quant. They overlap in 9 categories, so choose based on your preferred workflow and pricing.

Good news—both Dividend Watch and Portfolio123 offer free plans. You can try each platform without commitment and only pay when you need premium features.

Portfolio123 provides API access for programmatic data retrieval and custom integrations. Dividend Watch doesn't currently offer an API, so you'll need to use their web interface.

Choose Dividend Watch if you need Simple web-based tracker that shows past, current, and future dividend income for each holding and portfolio, helping long-term investors see exactly what their portfolio is paying them., and Dividend & DRIP reinvestment tracking: mark dividends as reinvested and instantly see the impact on portfolio income, yield on cost, and value without maintaining spreadsheets.. Go with Portfolio123 if Web‑based quant research terminal for building multifactor ranking systems, stock/ETF screens, and complete rules‑based strategies with no programming, powered by point‑in‑time FactSet data and marketed as free of survivorship and look‑ahead bias., and Supports realistic simulations and backtests over roughly 20 years of history for US, Canadian, and European equities, with custom universes, separate buy/sell rules, position sizing, hedging, and “Book of Strategies” to combine and analyze correlated systems. better fits how you invest.

Both cover Stocks, and ETFs. Portfolio123 adds coverage for Closed-End Funds.

Portfolio123 offers real-time data feeds, which is essential for active traders. Dividend Watch uses delayed or end-of-day data, which works fine for longer-term investors who don't need up-to-the-second quotes.

Dividend Watch supports data exports to CSV. Portfolio123 has more limited export options.

Portfolio123 connects with brokers for portfolio syncing. Dividend Watch requires manual portfolio entry or data import.

Both Dividend Watch and Portfolio123 include stock screeners. Try each to see which filtering options and interface you prefer.

Both platforms include portfolio tracking, so you can monitor your holdings, performance, and allocation in one place.