VOL. XCIV, NO. 247

★ FINANCIAL TOOLS & SERVICES DIRECTORY ★

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Sunday, October 5, 2025

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Head-to-head

Google Finance vs Portseido comparison

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

Quick takeaways

Google Finance adds Watchlist, News, Stock Comparison, Financials, ETF Overview, and ETF Holdings coverage that Portseido skips.

Portseido includes Dividend, and Risk Metrics (VaR/ES/Drawdown) categories that Google Finance omits.

Google Finance highlights: Custom watchlists to follow securities and markets, with tailored news feeds for tracked symbols., Simple portfolio tools: add holdings with quantity, cost basis, and date; convert watchlists to portfolios; experiment with simulated “playground” portfolios; switch portfolio currency., and Performance tracking with one-day and total returns, plus portfolio value charts. Comparisons are based on time-weighted rate of return (TWR)..

Portseido is known for: Global coverage of stocks (70+ exchanges), 20,000+ ETFs, and major cryptocurrencies., Performance metrics include Money-Weighted Return (MWR) and Time-Weighted Return (TWR), benchmarked and displayed in your base currency., and Risk analysis with beta and drawdown metrics in the Portfolio Analyzer..

Portseido offers mobile access, which Google Finance skips.

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Google Finance

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Editor’s pick Hands-on review

Free web portal for quotes, charts, news, watchlists, and simple portfolio tracking. Portfolios can include stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, and crypto, with returns shown using time-weighted calculations. Data freshness varies by source: some exchanges stream in real time, while others are delayed (e.g., 15 minutes for many equities, 10 minutes for CME futures, end-of-day for mutual funds). Currency and crypto quotes update every few minutes. Google Sheets supports the GOOGLEFINANCE() function for live data pulls, though no public REST API is offered.

Platforms

Web

Pricing

Free

Quick highlights

  • Custom watchlists to follow securities and markets, with tailored news feeds for tracked symbols.
  • Simple portfolio tools: add holdings with quantity, cost basis, and date; convert watchlists to portfolios; experiment with simulated “playground” portfolios; switch portfolio currency.
  • Performance tracking with one-day and total returns, plus portfolio value charts. Comparisons are based on time-weighted rate of return (TWR).
  • Interactive charts, quotes, and aggregated financial news across global markets.
  • Coverage across multiple asset classes with varied latency: U.S. equities often real-time, international equities typically 15-minute delay, futures about 10 minutes, crypto and currencies ~3 minutes, and mutual funds end-of-day.

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Portseido

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Editor’s pick Hands-on review

Portfolio and dividend tracker covering global stocks, ETFs, and crypto with both web and mobile apps. Free users can track one portfolio with up to 50 transactions. Paid tiers expand limits, add multiple portfolios, and include a 14-day free trial. Dividends and splits are tracked automatically.

Platforms

Web
Mobile

Pricing

Free
Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Global coverage of stocks (70+ exchanges), 20,000+ ETFs, and major cryptocurrencies.
  • Performance metrics include Money-Weighted Return (MWR) and Time-Weighted Return (TWR), benchmarked and displayed in your base currency.
  • Risk analysis with beta and drawdown metrics in the Portfolio Analyzer.
  • Automatic dividend tracking with history, estimates, and a dividend calendar/forecast, plus automatic split adjustments.
  • Flexible data input: upload broker CSVs, enter transactions manually, or sync from Google Sheets.

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Overlap

Shared focus areas

2 overlaps

Mutual strengths include Portfolio, and Data Visualizations.

Where they differ

Google Finance

Distinct strengths include:

Watchlist
News
Stock Comparison
Financials
ETF Overview
ETF Holdings
  • Custom watchlists to follow securities and markets, with tailored news feeds for tracked symbols.
  • Simple portfolio tools: add holdings with quantity, cost basis, and date; convert watchlists to portfolios; experiment with simulated “playground” portfolios; switch portfolio currency.
  • Performance tracking with one-day and total returns, plus portfolio value charts. Comparisons are based on time-weighted rate of return (TWR).
  • Interactive charts, quotes, and aggregated financial news across global markets.

Portseido

Distinct strengths include:

Dividend
Risk Metrics (VaR/ES/Drawdown)
  • Global coverage of stocks (70+ exchanges), 20,000+ ETFs, and major cryptocurrencies.
  • Performance metrics include Money-Weighted Return (MWR) and Time-Weighted Return (TWR), benchmarked and displayed in your base currency.
  • Risk analysis with beta and drawdown metrics in the Portfolio Analyzer.
  • Automatic dividend tracking with history, estimates, and a dividend calendar/forecast, plus automatic split adjustments.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeGoogle FinancePortseido
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Portfolio, Data Visualizations

Unique: Watchlist, News, Stock Comparison, Financials, ETF Overview, ETF Holdings

Shared: Portfolio, Data Visualizations

Unique: Dividend, Risk Metrics (VaR/ES/Drawdown)

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Currencies, Cryptos, Futures, Bonds

Stocks, ETFs, Cryptos

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web

Web, Mobile

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free

Free, Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Custom watchlists to follow securities and markets, with tailored news feeds for tracked symbols.
  • Simple portfolio tools: add holdings with quantity, cost basis, and date; convert watchlists to portfolios; experiment with simulated “playground” portfolios; switch portfolio currency.
  • Performance tracking with one-day and total returns, plus portfolio value charts. Comparisons are based on time-weighted rate of return (TWR).
  • Interactive charts, quotes, and aggregated financial news across global markets.
  • Coverage across multiple asset classes with varied latency: U.S. equities often real-time, international equities typically 15-minute delay, futures about 10 minutes, crypto and currencies ~3 minutes, and mutual funds end-of-day.
  • Google Sheets integration via =GOOGLEFINANCE() for fetching current and historical data (with limits on coverage, frequency, and history depth).

Unique

  • Global coverage of stocks (70+ exchanges), 20,000+ ETFs, and major cryptocurrencies.
  • Performance metrics include Money-Weighted Return (MWR) and Time-Weighted Return (TWR), benchmarked and displayed in your base currency.
  • Risk analysis with beta and drawdown metrics in the Portfolio Analyzer.
  • Automatic dividend tracking with history, estimates, and a dividend calendar/forecast, plus automatic split adjustments.
  • Flexible data input: upload broker CSVs, enter transactions manually, or sync from Google Sheets.
  • Mobile apps for iOS and Android allow real-time tracking of portfolios on the go.
Tested

Verified by hands-on testing inside Find My Moat

Yes

Yes

Editor pick

Featured inside curated shortlists

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do Google Finance and Portseido both support?

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

Do Google Finance and Portseido require subscriptions?

Both Google Finance and Portseido keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.

Which tool has mobile access?

Portseido ships a dedicated mobile experience, while Google Finance focuses on web or desktop access.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

Google Finance differentiates itself with Custom watchlists to follow securities and markets, with tailored news feeds for tracked symbols., Simple portfolio tools: add holdings with quantity, cost basis, and date; convert watchlists to portfolios; experiment with simulated “playground” portfolios; switch portfolio currency., and Performance tracking with one-day and total returns, plus portfolio value charts. Comparisons are based on time-weighted rate of return (TWR)., whereas Portseido stands out for Global coverage of stocks (70+ exchanges), 20,000+ ETFs, and major cryptocurrencies., Performance metrics include Money-Weighted Return (MWR) and Time-Weighted Return (TWR), benchmarked and displayed in your base currency., and Risk analysis with beta and drawdown metrics in the Portfolio Analyzer..

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