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ETF Research Center vs Trackinsight comparison

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

Quick takeaways

ETF Research Center adds ETF Valuation, ETF Overlap, Which ETF includes this Stock?, and Money Flow coverage that Trackinsight skips.

Trackinsight includes Factor Exposure, Data APIs, ESG Ratings, News, Education, and Blogs categories that ETF Research Center omits.

In depth comparison

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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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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 Research Center

Distinct strengths include:

ETF ValuationETF OverlapWhich ETF includes this Stock?Money Flow
  • 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.

Trackinsight

Distinct strengths include:

Factor ExposureData APIsESG RatingsNewsEducationBlogs
  • 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 Research CenterTrackinsight
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: ETF Screeners, ETF Comparison, ETF Overview, ETF Performance, ETF Fundamentals, ETF Factors, ETF Holdings, Portfolio, Watchlist, Backtesting, Data Visualizations

Unique: ETF Valuation, ETF Overlap, Which ETF includes this Stock?, Money Flow

Shared: ETF Screeners, ETF Comparison, ETF Overview, ETF Performance, ETF Fundamentals, ETF Factors, ETF Holdings, Portfolio, Watchlist, Backtesting, Data Visualizations

Unique: Factor Exposure, Data APIs, ESG Ratings, News, Education, 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, Subscription

Free, Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

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.

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 Research Center and Trackinsight both support?

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

Do ETF Research Center and Trackinsight require subscriptions?

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

How can you access ETF Research Center and Trackinsight?

Both ETF Research Center 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 Research Center differentiates itself with 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., 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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