Quartr adds Analyst Forecasts, AI, AI Chat, AI Earnings Summary, Notes & Highlights, Shared Workspaces, Citations & Source Pinning, Data APIs, APIs & SDKs, Webhooks, Blogs, Newsletters, and Education coverage that Smartfin skips.
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Tool Comparison
Quartr vs Smartfin comparison
Compare pricing, supported platforms, categories, and standout capabilities to decide which tool fits your workflow.
Quick takeaways
Smartfin includes Stock Ideas, Scores, Data Visualizations, Checklist, Insider Data, Analyst Price Targets, and AI Business Summary categories that Quartr omits.
Quartr ships a mobile app. Smartfin is web/desktop only.
In depth comparison
Quartr
quartr.com
Qualitative public‑market research platform focused on investor relations material: live earnings calls, real‑time transcripts, filings, slide decks, analyst estimates, and AI chat across 13k+ public companies. Mobile app is free; Quartr Pro (desktop) and Quartr API are commercial products with dataset access, exports, and API/webhook usage gated by subscription contracts and plan‑level permissions.
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Quick highlights
- Global coverage of investor relations material from over 13,000 public companies across 27 markets, including live and recorded earnings calls, real-time and historical transcripts, filings and reports (e.g., 10-K/10-Q), and high-resolution slide presentations that are fully searchable.
- Free iOS and Android mobile app for live and recorded earnings calls, real-time searchable transcripts (including offline downloads), analyst consensus estimates, valuation multiples, and revenue segment splits, with no paywall for core qualitative research features.
- Personal watchlists and dashboards with real-time updates, tailored earnings calendars, keyword alerts, and notifications when companies, products, or competitors are mentioned or when earnings calls go live; calendars can sync to Outlook, Apple, Google, and other personal calendars.
- Quartr Pro is a desktop/web research platform used by hedge funds, asset managers, equity research and IR teams to search across all transcripts, filings, reports and slides at once, track narrative shifts, and conduct qualitative public-market research with significantly reduced manual document work.
- AI chat built on first‑party IR material lets users ask anything across public companies globally and get instant answers and event summaries, with every quote, metric and slide fully traceable back to the original document or audio source.
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Smartfin
thesmartfin.com
Beginner‑friendly stock research platform focused on fundamentals: visual financials, sector‑adjusted scoring (value/profit/growth/health), AI company snapshots, curated stock lists, and real‑time alerts for insider trades & analyst price‑target changes. US‑stocks centric; no brokerage sync or advanced risk/quant features.
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Quick highlights
- AI overview cards: plain‑English company summaries with positives/negatives and peer positioning on hover.
- Sector‑adjusted scorecards across value, profit, growth, and financial health with peer rankings.
- Visual Stock Explorer: 30+ years of fundamentals, 200+ metrics, annual/quarterly toggles, downloadable charts.
- Real‑time alerts for insider trades and analyst price‑target changes; customizable watchlists.
- Event hub for tracked tickers (earnings, SEC filings, transcripts) and a lightweight research checklist.
Community votes (overall)
Where they differ
Quartr
Distinct strengths include:
- Global coverage of investor relations material from over 13,000 public companies across 27 markets, including live and recorded earnings calls, real-time and historical transcripts, filings and reports (e.g., 10-K/10-Q), and high-resolution slide presentations that are fully searchable.
- Free iOS and Android mobile app for live and recorded earnings calls, real-time searchable transcripts (including offline downloads), analyst consensus estimates, valuation multiples, and revenue segment splits, with no paywall for core qualitative research features.
- Personal watchlists and dashboards with real-time updates, tailored earnings calendars, keyword alerts, and notifications when companies, products, or competitors are mentioned or when earnings calls go live; calendars can sync to Outlook, Apple, Google, and other personal calendars.
- Quartr Pro is a desktop/web research platform used by hedge funds, asset managers, equity research and IR teams to search across all transcripts, filings, reports and slides at once, track narrative shifts, and conduct qualitative public-market research with significantly reduced manual document work.
Smartfin
Distinct strengths include:
- AI overview cards: plain‑English company summaries with positives/negatives and peer positioning on hover.
- Sector‑adjusted scorecards across value, profit, growth, and financial health with peer rankings.
- Visual Stock Explorer: 30+ years of fundamentals, 200+ metrics, annual/quarterly toggles, downloadable charts.
- Real‑time alerts for insider trades and analyst price‑target changes; customizable watchlists.
Feature-by-feature breakdown
| Attribute | Quartr | Smartfin |
|---|---|---|
Categories Which research workflows each platform targets | Shared: Financials, Transcripts, Calendar, Alerts, Watchlist Unique: Analyst Forecasts, AI, AI Chat, AI Earnings Summary, Notes & Highlights, Shared Workspaces, Citations & Source Pinning, Data APIs, APIs & SDKs, Webhooks, Blogs, Newsletters, Education | Shared: Financials, Transcripts, Calendar, Alerts, Watchlist Unique: Stock Ideas, Scores, Data Visualizations, Checklist, Insider Data, Analyst Price Targets, AI Business Summary |
Asset types Supported asset classes and universes | Stocks | Stocks |
Experience levels Who each product is built for | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | Beginner, Intermediate |
Platforms Where you can access the product | Web, Mobile, API | Web |
Pricing High-level pricing models | Free, Subscription | Free, Subscription |
Key features Core capabilities called out by each vendor | Unique
| Unique
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Tested Verified by hands-on testing inside Find My Moat | Yes | Not yet |
Editor pick Featured inside curated shortlists | Highlighted | Standard listing |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which workflows do Quartr and Smartfin both support?
Both platforms cover Financials, Transcripts, Calendar, Alerts, and Watchlist workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.
Do Quartr and Smartfin require subscriptions?
Both Quartr and Smartfin keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.
Which tool has mobile access?
Quartr ships a dedicated mobile experience, while Smartfin focuses on web or desktop access.
What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?
Quartr differentiates itself with Global coverage of investor relations material from over 13,000 public companies across 27 markets, including live and recorded earnings calls, real-time and historical transcripts, filings and reports (e.g., 10-K/10-Q), and high-resolution slide presentations that are fully searchable., Free iOS and Android mobile app for live and recorded earnings calls, real-time searchable transcripts (including offline downloads), analyst consensus estimates, valuation multiples, and revenue segment splits, with no paywall for core qualitative research features., and Personal watchlists and dashboards with real-time updates, tailored earnings calendars, keyword alerts, and notifications when companies, products, or competitors are mentioned or when earnings calls go live; calendars can sync to Outlook, Apple, Google, and other personal calendars., whereas Smartfin stands out for AI overview cards: plain‑English company summaries with positives/negatives and peer positioning on hover., Sector‑adjusted scorecards across value, profit, growth, and financial health with peer rankings., and Visual Stock Explorer: 30+ years of fundamentals, 200+ metrics, annual/quarterly toggles, downloadable charts..
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