VOL. XCIV, NO. 247

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Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Tool Comparison

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) vs Visualping comparison

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

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) logo

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

fred.stlouisfed.org

PricingFree
PlatformsWeb, Mobile, API
Visualping logo

Visualping

visualping.io

PricingFree, Subscription
PlatformsWeb, Other

Comparison highlights

  • Tool score: the chart below shows community vote sentiment over the last 8 weeks. Use it as a signal, not a verdict.
  • Overlap: both cover Alerts, Data APIs, and APIs & SDKs.
  • Coverage tilt: FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) has 7 categories you won't get in Visualping; Visualping has 5 unique categories.
  • Pricing: FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) is Free; Visualping is Free, Subscription.

Category leaders

  • Data Visualizations: FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) is tagged for this workflow; Visualping has no category votes yet.

Vote sentiment comparison

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FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)Visualping

Side-by-side metrics

AttributeFRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)Visualping
Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Other

Other

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web, Mobile, API

Web, Other

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free

Free, Subscription

Tested

Verified by hands-on testing inside Find My Moat

Not yet

Not yet

Editor pick

Featured inside curated shortlists

Standard listing

Standard listing

Coverage overlap

Shared categories

Categories where both tools offer overlapping coverage.

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) strengths

Categories covered by FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) but not Visualping.

Visualping strengths

Categories covered by Visualping but not FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data).

Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) and Visualping both support?

Both platforms cover Alerts, Data APIs, and APIs & SDKs workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) and Visualping require subscriptions?

Both FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) and Visualping keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.

Which tool has mobile access?

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) ships a dedicated mobile experience, while Visualping focuses on web or desktop access.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) differentiates itself with 800,000+ economic data series from 100+ sources, covering topics such as GDP, prices/inflation, employment, exchange rates, and interest rates., Browse and track data via categories, releases, sources, and tags; series pages show metadata like units/frequency and “last updated / next release” fields., and Graphing and sharing options include embeddable graphs and graph-image links., whereas Visualping stands out for Monitor any website or selected area for visual, text or HTML/code changes, with AI that flags important changes and sends highlighted before/after screenshots in each alert., Flexible scheduling and thresholds: run checks as often as every 5 minutes (or 2 minutes on paid plans) up to weekly, and tune change‑percentage thresholds and double‑check options to reduce false positives., and Advanced monitoring controls, including screen type (area, full page, mobile or page fold), configurable wait times, proxies, scroll/click/type actions and xPath/selector targeting for tricky elements..

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