VOL. XCIV, NO. 247

★ FINANCIAL TOOLS & SERVICES DIRECTORY ★

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Tool Comparison

OpenCorporates vs Wall St. Rank comparison

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

Quick takeaways

OpenCorporates adds Regulatory Filings Monitoring, and Other coverage that Wall St. Rank skips.

Wall St. Rank includes Institutional Data, 13F, Investor Holdings, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Recommendations, Analyst Forecasts, News, and News Sentiment categories that OpenCorporates omits.

OpenCorporates has a free tier, while Wall St. Rank requires a paid plan.

In depth comparison

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OpenCorporates

opencorporates.com

The world’s largest open database of legal entities, offering both a public-facing search and an API. Free access is available for personal or public-benefit use, while commercial API access and bulk datasets require a paid plan. Bulk deliveries are provided via SFTP in CSV format, and the platform includes a public status page for web, API, knowledge base, and SFTP availability.

Platforms

WebAPI

Pricing

FreeSubscription

Quick highlights

  • 230M+ company records spanning 145+ jurisdictions, aggregated from 140+ official registries with full provenance and source links.
  • Versioned REST API with JSON (default) or XML output; API keys required. Free tier provides up to 200 requests per month (50 per day).
  • OpenRefine Reconciliation API allows entity-matching from company names to legal identifiers.
  • Enterprise bulk access via SFTP, with six structured CSV datasets (Companies, Officers, Non-Registered Addresses, Alternative Names, Additional Identifiers, and Relationships).
  • Relationships dataset includes 30M+ links covering subsidiaries, branches, control statements, and shareholdings, with data from sources like the SEC and UK PSC.

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Wall St. Rank

wallstrank.com

Fund‑ and analyst‑consensus explorer with an API. Core pillars: 13F‑based fund portfolios & trends (incl. new/closed/increased/reduced positions and calls/puts), analyst ratings & price‑target feed with firm/analyst profiles, news sentiment views, plus a quarterly ‘Fund Manager Index.’ Strong for event‑ and consensus‑driven equity research; not a broker/execution or factor backtesting tool.

Platforms

WebAPI

Pricing

Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Fund Manager Portfolios: browse holdings & stats for the largest funds and ‘superinvestors’ across quarters (AUM filters, turnover, holdings counts).
  • Fund Trends: aggregate ‘common fund bets,’ largest buys/sells, and options exposures (calls/puts) derived from filings.
  • Analyst Intelligence: live ratings & price‑target feed; analyst and research‑firm profiles; ‘Analyst Upside’ consensus views.
  • WSR Indexes: a Fund Manager Index rebalanced the day after the 46th‑day 13F deadline; Analyst Index ‘coming soon’.
  • Rankings pages for stocks/ETFs (e.g., market cap, price movers) and news sentiment visualizations.

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Where they differ

OpenCorporates

Distinct strengths include:

  • 230M+ company records spanning 145+ jurisdictions, aggregated from 140+ official registries with full provenance and source links.
  • Versioned REST API with JSON (default) or XML output; API keys required. Free tier provides up to 200 requests per month (50 per day).
  • OpenRefine Reconciliation API allows entity-matching from company names to legal identifiers.
  • Enterprise bulk access via SFTP, with six structured CSV datasets (Companies, Officers, Non-Registered Addresses, Alternative Names, Additional Identifiers, and Relationships).

Wall St. Rank

Distinct strengths include:

  • Fund Manager Portfolios: browse holdings & stats for the largest funds and ‘superinvestors’ across quarters (AUM filters, turnover, holdings counts).
  • Fund Trends: aggregate ‘common fund bets,’ largest buys/sells, and options exposures (calls/puts) derived from filings.
  • Analyst Intelligence: live ratings & price‑target feed; analyst and research‑firm profiles; ‘Analyst Upside’ consensus views.
  • WSR Indexes: a Fund Manager Index rebalanced the day after the 46th‑day 13F deadline; Analyst Index ‘coming soon’.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeOpenCorporatesWall St. Rank
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Data APIs

Unique: Regulatory Filings Monitoring, Other

Shared: Data APIs

Unique: Institutional Data, 13F, Investor Holdings, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Recommendations, Analyst Forecasts, News, News Sentiment

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Other

Stocks, ETFs, Options

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web, API

Web, API

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free, Subscription

Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • 230M+ company records spanning 145+ jurisdictions, aggregated from 140+ official registries with full provenance and source links.
  • Versioned REST API with JSON (default) or XML output; API keys required. Free tier provides up to 200 requests per month (50 per day).
  • OpenRefine Reconciliation API allows entity-matching from company names to legal identifiers.
  • Enterprise bulk access via SFTP, with six structured CSV datasets (Companies, Officers, Non-Registered Addresses, Alternative Names, Additional Identifiers, and Relationships).
  • Relationships dataset includes 30M+ links covering subsidiaries, branches, control statements, and shareholdings, with data from sources like the SEC and UK PSC.
  • Data acquisition ranges from hourly to quarterly; registry ingestion checks run every 5 minutes. Bulk deliveries are typically no more than one month behind official registries.

Unique

  • Fund Manager Portfolios: browse holdings & stats for the largest funds and ‘superinvestors’ across quarters (AUM filters, turnover, holdings counts).
  • Fund Trends: aggregate ‘common fund bets,’ largest buys/sells, and options exposures (calls/puts) derived from filings.
  • Analyst Intelligence: live ratings & price‑target feed; analyst and research‑firm profiles; ‘Analyst Upside’ consensus views.
  • WSR Indexes: a Fund Manager Index rebalanced the day after the 46th‑day 13F deadline; Analyst Index ‘coming soon’.
  • Rankings pages for stocks/ETFs (e.g., market cap, price movers) and news sentiment visualizations.
  • Public API for programmatic access to portfolios, holdings, trends, analyst ratings and more (REST, JSON, API key).
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do OpenCorporates and Wall St. Rank both support?

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

Which tool offers a free plan?

OpenCorporates offers a free entry point, while Wall St. Rank requires a paid subscription. Review the pricing table to see how the paid tiers compare.

How can you access OpenCorporates and Wall St. Rank?

Both OpenCorporates and Wall St. Rank 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?

OpenCorporates differentiates itself with 230M+ company records spanning 145+ jurisdictions, aggregated from 140+ official registries with full provenance and source links., Versioned REST API with JSON (default) or XML output; API keys required. Free tier provides up to 200 requests per month (50 per day)., and OpenRefine Reconciliation API allows entity-matching from company names to legal identifiers., whereas Wall St. Rank stands out for Fund Manager Portfolios: browse holdings & stats for the largest funds and ‘superinvestors’ across quarters (AUM filters, turnover, holdings counts)., Fund Trends: aggregate ‘common fund bets,’ largest buys/sells, and options exposures (calls/puts) derived from filings., and Analyst Intelligence: live ratings & price‑target feed; analyst and research‑firm profiles; ‘Analyst Upside’ consensus views..

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