OTC Markets vs QuantRocket comparison

OTC Markets focuses on Screeners, News, and Data APIs while QuantRocket specializes in Screeners, Quant, and Backtesting. They overlap in 2 categories, so choose based on your preferred workflow and pricing.

Good news—both OTC Markets and QuantRocket offer free plans. You can try each platform without commitment and only pay when you need premium features.

Yes, both platforms offer API access for developers and quants who want to build custom integrations or automate their workflows.

Choose OTC Markets if you need Public website for OTCQX, OTCQB, OTCID and Pink Limited markets with stock & bond quotes, trade prices, charts, financials and company news., and Stock Screener (web UI) for OTC securities (page titled “OTC Markets Stock Screener”).. Go with QuantRocket if Includes survivorship-bias-free US minute-bar data (from 2007 onward) for Zipline backtests and live trading, with optional real-time feeds from brokers like IBKR and Alpaca., and Supports point-in-time screening and ranking pipelines, and integrates with Alphalens and Pyfolio for in-notebook analysis inside Jupyter. better fits how you invest.

Both cover Stocks. OTC Markets also includes Bonds. QuantRocket adds coverage for ETFs, Futures, Currencies, and Options.

QuantRocket offers real-time data feeds, which is essential for active traders. OTC Markets uses delayed or end-of-day data, which works fine for longer-term investors who don't need up-to-the-second quotes.

QuantRocket supports data exports to CSV, and JSON. OTC Markets has more limited export options.

QuantRocket connects with brokers for portfolio syncing. OTC Markets requires manual portfolio entry or data import.

Both OTC Markets and QuantRocket include stock screeners. Try each to see which filtering options and interface you prefer.