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Friday, December 26, 2025

Tool Comparison

PortfoliosLab vs TradeZella comparison

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

Quick takeaways

PortfoliosLab adds Watchlist, Correlation, Factor Exposure, Stock Comparison, ETF Comparison, Screeners, ETF Screeners, Quant, Data APIs, and APIs & SDKs coverage that TradeZella skips.

TradeZella includes Custom Dashboards, and Education categories that PortfoliosLab omits.

PortfoliosLab has a free tier, while TradeZella requires a paid plan.

In depth comparison

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PortfoliosLab

portfolioslab.com

Web-based portfolio analytics platform for stocks, ETFs, mutual funds and crypto, focused on backtesting, risk-adjusted performance, optimization and multi-asset screeners. Free tier offers limited holdings, calculations and history; Plus/Pro expand to 40+ years of data, larger portfolios, advanced risk metrics and import/“bring your own data”; Enterprise adds API/data-feed integration and white-label reporting.

Platforms

WebAPI

Pricing

FreeSubscription

Quick highlights

  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Stock, ETF and mutual fund screeners with hundreds of filters across thousands of instruments, recalculated daily.
  • Risk analytics covering drawdowns, Expected Shortfall (CVaR), Value at Risk, multiple volatility estimators and risk‑adjusted ratios (Sharpe, Sortino, Omega, Calmar, Martin, Treynor, Summers).

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TradeZella

tradezella.com

Web-based trade journaling, analytics, backtesting, and trade replay platform. Not a brokerage: trades are executed on your broker and imported into TradeZella for tracking/analysis. Imports support auto-sync, file upload, or manual entry, with many broker integrations across stocks/options/forex/futures/crypto. Plan gating: Basic is limited to 1 account, 1GB storage, 3 playbooks, and 5 mentor invites; Premium/Pro unlock unlimited accounts/playbooks/mentor invites and 5GB storage (annual plans include a 14-day money-back guarantee).

Platforms

Web

Pricing

Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Trade imports via auto-sync, file upload, or manual input; supports commissions/fees, breakeven settings, and trade sharing.
  • Broker integrations across multiple markets (stocks/options/forex/futures/crypto); examples include Interactive Brokers, Robinhood, Charles Schwab, MetaTrader 4/5, Oanda, Bybit, and Coinbase.
  • Customizable analytics dashboard and drill-down reporting (TradeZella lists 50+ advanced reports, plus "Risk Reports" based on R-multiple/position size).
  • Trade Tracking page per trade: stats (including SL/PT + customizable metrics), execution details, playbook attachment, images/attachments, notes, plus share + replay actions.
  • Tagging and filtering: tags and categories, custom tag categories, and advanced global filters to analyze subsets of trades.

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Where they differ

PortfoliosLab

Distinct strengths include:

  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Stock, ETF and mutual fund screeners with hundreds of filters across thousands of instruments, recalculated daily.

TradeZella

Distinct strengths include:

  • Trade imports via auto-sync, file upload, or manual input; supports commissions/fees, breakeven settings, and trade sharing.
  • Broker integrations across multiple markets (stocks/options/forex/futures/crypto); examples include Interactive Brokers, Robinhood, Charles Schwab, MetaTrader 4/5, Oanda, Bybit, and Coinbase.
  • Customizable analytics dashboard and drill-down reporting (TradeZella lists 50+ advanced reports, plus "Risk Reports" based on R-multiple/position size).
  • Trade Tracking page per trade: stats (including SL/PT + customizable metrics), execution details, playbook attachment, images/attachments, notes, plus share + replay actions.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributePortfoliosLabTradeZella
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Portfolio, Backtesting, Risk Metrics, Data Visualizations

Unique: Watchlist, Correlation, Factor Exposure, Stock Comparison, ETF Comparison, Screeners, ETF Screeners, Quant, Data APIs, APIs & SDKs

Shared: Portfolio, Backtesting, Risk Metrics, Data Visualizations

Unique: Custom Dashboards, Education

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Funds, Cryptos, Currencies

Stocks, Options, Currencies, Futures, Cryptos

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web, API

Web

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free, Subscription

Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Stock, ETF and mutual fund screeners with hundreds of filters across thousands of instruments, recalculated daily.
  • Risk analytics covering drawdowns, Expected Shortfall (CVaR), Value at Risk, multiple volatility estimators and risk‑adjusted ratios (Sharpe, Sortino, Omega, Calmar, Martin, Treynor, Summers).
  • Factor and correlation tools to estimate alpha/beta, analyze asset correlations and build optimized portfolios using mean–variance, risk parity and hierarchical risk parity (HRP) models.

Unique

  • Trade imports via auto-sync, file upload, or manual input; supports commissions/fees, breakeven settings, and trade sharing.
  • Broker integrations across multiple markets (stocks/options/forex/futures/crypto); examples include Interactive Brokers, Robinhood, Charles Schwab, MetaTrader 4/5, Oanda, Bybit, and Coinbase.
  • Customizable analytics dashboard and drill-down reporting (TradeZella lists 50+ advanced reports, plus "Risk Reports" based on R-multiple/position size).
  • Trade Tracking page per trade: stats (including SL/PT + customizable metrics), execution details, playbook attachment, images/attachments, notes, plus share + replay actions.
  • Tagging and filtering: tags and categories, custom tag categories, and advanced global filters to analyze subsets of trades.
  • Risk/performance metrics surfaced on dashboard widgets (e.g., profit factor, expectancy, max drawdown), with multiple views (e.g., percentage, R-multiple, ticks/pips for relevant markets).
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do PortfoliosLab and TradeZella both support?

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

Which tool offers a free plan?

PortfoliosLab offers a free entry point, while TradeZella requires a paid subscription. Review the pricing table to see how the paid tiers compare.

How can you access PortfoliosLab and TradeZella?

Both PortfoliosLab and TradeZella 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 TradeZella stands out for Trade imports via auto-sync, file upload, or manual input; supports commissions/fees, breakeven settings, and trade sharing., Broker integrations across multiple markets (stocks/options/forex/futures/crypto); examples include Interactive Brokers, Robinhood, Charles Schwab, MetaTrader 4/5, Oanda, Bybit, and Coinbase., and Customizable analytics dashboard and drill-down reporting (TradeZella lists 50+ advanced reports, plus "Risk Reports" based on R-multiple/position size)..

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