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ETF Central vs Trackinsight comparison

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

Quick takeaways

ETF Central adds Money Flow, Videos, and Courses & Certs coverage that Trackinsight skips.

Trackinsight includes ETF Factors, Portfolio, Backtesting, Factor Exposure, Data APIs, ESG Ratings, and Blogs categories that ETF Central omits.

In depth comparison

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ETF Central

etfcentral.com

Free, NYSE‑partnered portal by Trackinsight for U.S. ETFs (~3,000). Features include a taxonomy‑driven ETF screener, side‑by‑side comparison (performance/liquidity/risk/exposure/holdings), ‘Segments on the move’ (flows & performance), a personal Watchlist with one‑click Excel export, timely news (incl. VettaFi bylines), the ETF U education library, podcasts, and a path to the ETF Institute (CETF). No public API or trading/execution.

Platforms

Web

Pricing

Free

Quick highlights

  • ETF Screener with Trackinsight’s Thematic Taxonomy presets and filters.
  • Compare ETFs side‑by‑side across performance, liquidity, risk, exposure, holdings.
  • Segments dashboard showing movers by performance and fund flows with time toggles.
  • Watchlist: track up to 100 ETFs, customize 27 columns, and export to Excel.
  • Latest ETF news stream (includes VettaFi authors), plus a dedicated Podcasts page.

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Trackinsight

trackinsight.com

Global ETF research & data platform for screening, comparing and analyzing ETFs worldwide. Free Essentials accounts support the core screener, comparison tools and personal lists, while ETF Portfolio Insights, enterprise workflows and ETF Data Services/API are sold on paid tiers (Nasdaq Data Link lists ETF database packages starting around USD 5k/year).

Platforms

WebAPI

Pricing

FreeSubscription

Quick highlights

  • Web-based ETF analytics platform with a global ETF screener, ETF comparison tools, ETF provider views, personal lists/watchlists and ETF Portfolio Insights modules for ETF investors.
  • Global ETF screener covering a large universe of ETFs/ETPs (10k+ referenced in product copy) with filters for investment objectives, regions, themes, ESG characteristics and benchmarks.
  • Side‑by‑side ETF comparison, including replication method, Trackinsight replication rating, tracking error/difference, performance, costs and sustainability metrics to support due diligence.
  • Personal lists (“lists”) let users create, manage and monitor custom collections of ETFs as flexible watchlists for research and monitoring.
  • ETF Portfolio Insights module to analyze, optimize and backtest ETF portfolios, providing portfolio-level views of performance, exposures, factor profiles and risk metrics, with advanced factor analysis powered by partner Scientific Portfolio (an EDHEC venture).

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Where they differ

ETF Central

Distinct strengths include:

Money FlowVideosCourses & Certs
  • ETF Screener with Trackinsight’s Thematic Taxonomy presets and filters.
  • Compare ETFs side‑by‑side across performance, liquidity, risk, exposure, holdings.
  • Segments dashboard showing movers by performance and fund flows with time toggles.
  • Watchlist: track up to 100 ETFs, customize 27 columns, and export to Excel.

Trackinsight

Distinct strengths include:

ETF FactorsPortfolioBacktestingFactor ExposureData APIsESG RatingsBlogs
  • Web-based ETF analytics platform with a global ETF screener, ETF comparison tools, ETF provider views, personal lists/watchlists and ETF Portfolio Insights modules for ETF investors.
  • Global ETF screener covering a large universe of ETFs/ETPs (10k+ referenced in product copy) with filters for investment objectives, regions, themes, ESG characteristics and benchmarks.
  • Side‑by‑side ETF comparison, including replication method, Trackinsight replication rating, tracking error/difference, performance, costs and sustainability metrics to support due diligence.
  • Personal lists (“lists”) let users create, manage and monitor custom collections of ETFs as flexible watchlists for research and monitoring.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeETF CentralTrackinsight
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: ETF Screeners, ETF Comparison, Data Visualizations, ETF Overview, ETF Performance, ETF Holdings, ETF Fundamentals, Watchlist, News, Education

Unique: Money Flow, Videos, Courses & Certs

Shared: ETF Screeners, ETF Comparison, Data Visualizations, ETF Overview, ETF Performance, ETF Holdings, ETF Fundamentals, Watchlist, News, Education

Unique: ETF Factors, Portfolio, Backtesting, Factor Exposure, Data APIs, ESG Ratings, Blogs

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

ETFs

ETFs

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web

Web, API

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free

Free, Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • ETF Screener with Trackinsight’s Thematic Taxonomy presets and filters.
  • Compare ETFs side‑by‑side across performance, liquidity, risk, exposure, holdings.
  • Segments dashboard showing movers by performance and fund flows with time toggles.
  • Watchlist: track up to 100 ETFs, customize 27 columns, and export to Excel.
  • Latest ETF news stream (includes VettaFi authors), plus a dedicated Podcasts page.
  • ETF U education hub and linkout to The ETF Institute (CETF certification).

Unique

  • Web-based ETF analytics platform with a global ETF screener, ETF comparison tools, ETF provider views, personal lists/watchlists and ETF Portfolio Insights modules for ETF investors.
  • Global ETF screener covering a large universe of ETFs/ETPs (10k+ referenced in product copy) with filters for investment objectives, regions, themes, ESG characteristics and benchmarks.
  • Side‑by‑side ETF comparison, including replication method, Trackinsight replication rating, tracking error/difference, performance, costs and sustainability metrics to support due diligence.
  • Personal lists (“lists”) let users create, manage and monitor custom collections of ETFs as flexible watchlists for research and monitoring.
  • ETF Portfolio Insights module to analyze, optimize and backtest ETF portfolios, providing portfolio-level views of performance, exposures, factor profiles and risk metrics, with advanced factor analysis powered by partner Scientific Portfolio (an EDHEC venture).
  • Dedicated ESG Investing / ESG Observatory channel with an ESG ETF screener that can filter ETFs by ESG scores, strategies, SFDR category and SDG alignment, plus ESG news and educational content.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do ETF Central and Trackinsight both support?

Both platforms cover ETF Screeners, ETF Comparison, Data Visualizations, ETF Overview, ETF Performance, ETF Holdings, ETF Fundamentals, Watchlist, News, and Education workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do ETF Central and Trackinsight require subscriptions?

Both ETF Central and Trackinsight keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.

How can you access ETF Central and Trackinsight?

Both ETF Central and Trackinsight 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?

ETF Central differentiates itself with ETF Screener with Trackinsight’s Thematic Taxonomy presets and filters., Compare ETFs side‑by‑side across performance, liquidity, risk, exposure, holdings., and Segments dashboard showing movers by performance and fund flows with time toggles., whereas Trackinsight stands out for Web-based ETF analytics platform with a global ETF screener, ETF comparison tools, ETF provider views, personal lists/watchlists and ETF Portfolio Insights modules for ETF investors., Global ETF screener covering a large universe of ETFs/ETPs (10k+ referenced in product copy) with filters for investment objectives, regions, themes, ESG characteristics and benchmarks., and Side‑by‑side ETF comparison, including replication method, Trackinsight replication rating, tracking error/difference, performance, costs and sustainability metrics to support due diligence..

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