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Tool Comparison
PortfoliosLab vs QuantRocket comparison
Compare pricing, supported platforms, categories, and standout capabilities to decide which tool fits your workflow.
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 Backtesting, Screeners, and Quant and 1 other categories.
- Coverage tilt: PortfoliosLab has 10 categories you won't get in QuantRocket; QuantRocket has 4 unique categories.
Category leaders
- Screeners: not enough category votes yet to call a leader.
- Portfolio: PortfoliosLab is tagged for this workflow; QuantRocket has no category votes yet.
- Watchlist: PortfoliosLab is tagged for this workflow; QuantRocket has no category votes yet.
- Data Visualizations: PortfoliosLab is tagged for this workflow; QuantRocket has no category votes yet.
Vote sentiment comparison
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Side-by-side metrics
| Attribute | PortfoliosLab | QuantRocket |
|---|---|---|
Asset types Supported asset classes and universes | Stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Funds, Cryptos, Currencies | Stocks, ETFs, Futures, Currencies, Options |
Experience levels Who each product is built for | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced |
Platforms Where you can access the product | Web, API | Web, API |
Pricing High-level pricing models | Free, Subscription | 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.
PortfoliosLab strengths
Categories covered by PortfoliosLab but not QuantRocket.
QuantRocket strengths
Categories covered by QuantRocket but not PortfoliosLab.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which workflows do PortfoliosLab and QuantRocket both support?
Both platforms cover Backtesting, Screeners, Quant, and Data APIs workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.
Do PortfoliosLab and QuantRocket require subscriptions?
Both PortfoliosLab and QuantRocket keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.
How can you access PortfoliosLab and QuantRocket?
Both PortfoliosLab and QuantRocket 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?
PortfoliosLab differentiates itself with Portfolio and instrument analytics suite with 20+ tools for performance, risk and optimization (portfolio analysis, portfolio performance, stock comparison, Sharpe, Sortino, Omega, Martin, VaR, CVaR, volatility models)., Portfolio tracking for both static and transactional portfolios, including lazy model portfolios and public user portfolios, with benchmarking against indices and other portfolios., and Backtesting of portfolios and single instruments with configurable rebalancing and long lookback windows (Free limited to ~10 years, paid plans use 40+ years of data)., whereas QuantRocket stands out for 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., Supports point-in-time screening and ranking pipelines, and integrates with Alphalens and Pyfolio for in-notebook analysis inside Jupyter., and Global coverage through Interactive Brokers’ historical and real-time data across 60+ exchanges, plus optional feeds like EDI global EOD, Sharadar fundamentals, and Brain sentiment datasets..
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Curation & Accuracy
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