Quicken (Simplifi & Classic) vs Snowball Analytics comparison

Unique

• Aggregates virtually all major investment account types (401(k), IRAs, brokerage, 403(b), other retirement accounts, and taxable brokerage) from 14,000+ financial institutions into a single portfolio view showing holdings, balances, performance, and retirement savings across all accounts (Simplifi & Classic).
• Simplifi investments dashboard calculates both Time-Weighted Return (TWR) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) across accounts, updates values with real-time market prices, and provides a curated news feed based on your specific holdings.
• Classic portfolio tools (Portfolio view, Investing tab, and Investing portfolio tab on Mac) show market value over time, standard performance views (value, performance, realized gains), and allow grouping by account type, security, or asset class, including “as of” snapshots.
• Portfolio Analyzer in Classic creates a comprehensive report with average annual return, asset allocation snapshot, standard-deviation-based risk profile, largest holdings and accounts, and a “Tax implications” section summarizing realized gains and holding periods.
• Portfolio X-Ray in Classic analyzes mutual funds, ETFs, and other equity funds to “look through” underlying holdings and reveal true exposure to individual equities, improving diversification insight.
• Capital Gains Estimator (Classic investing tiers) lets you model potential sales before you trade by proposing lots to sell, estimating proceeds, and showing projected capital gains using your tax bracket settings and Term (short/long) breakdown; it integrates with the Tax Planner for more accurate projections.

Unique

• Dividend-focused global portfolio tracker that consolidates multiple brokerage accounts, custom assets and cash into one view, including composite “My Net Worth” portfolios for combined analytics.
• Supports wide asset coverage including stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, REITs, bonds, digital currencies, precious metals and custom assets such as real estate and alternative investments, across 60–70+ global exchanges and 25–30+ currencies.
• Flexible data import via 1,000+ broker connections through Yodlee/SnapTrade, broker statement/CSV uploads and manual entry (including a simplified “holdings only” mode), with nightly sync and manual refresh controls.
• User-defined category system and target allocations help plan strategy, structure portfolios and power a rebalancing tool that suggests trades to keep allocations on target.
• Dashboards and analytics compute portfolio value, invested capital, total profit (including dividends, realized P&L, fees and dividend taxes), IRR and multi-period performance, with breakdowns by asset class, sector, region and currency.
• Dedicated dividend analytics include forward income forecasts, dividend growth charts, yield and yield-on-cost, dividend rating based on company financial metrics, and a dividend calendar with projected payouts and DRIP planning.