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Sunday, October 5, 2025

Head-to-head

Quiver Quantitative vs SEC EDGAR — Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) comparison

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

Quick takeaways

Quiver Quantitative adds Screeners, Watchlist, Backtesting, US Government Trades, Investor Holdings, Reddit, Splits, Institutional Data, Which ETF includes this Stock?, ETF Holdings, Patents / USPTO, and Dark Pool & Off-Exchange coverage that SEC EDGAR — Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) skips.

SEC EDGAR — Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) includes Regulatory Filings Monitoring, IPO, Secondary Offerings, 13D/13G, APIs & SDKs, and Education categories that Quiver Quantitative omits.

Quiver Quantitative highlights: Alternative data dashboards spanning Congress trading, insider activity, government contracts, lobbying, app ratings, Google Trends, U.S. patents, ETF and institutional holdings, and more., Congress Trading dashboard parses public disclosures, tracks post-trade performance, and shows cumulative returns by individual politicians., and Institutional Holdings (13F) dashboard, with a backtesting tool for premium users to evaluate fund-level positioning over time..

SEC EDGAR — Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) is known for: Full‑Text Search (since 2001) with fielded filters: word/phrase, company/ticker/CIK/person, filing category/types, filed date ranges, ‘principal executive offices in’ and ‘incorporated in’., ‘Latest Filings’ list shows filings as they are submitted (with RSS for any filter; ownership Forms 3/4/5 can be included/excluded/only)., and Company Search with ‘more search options’, plus dedicated searches for Mutual Funds (prospectuses/proxy voting) and Variable Insurance Products..

Quiver Quantitative ships a mobile app. SEC EDGAR — Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) is web/desktop only.

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Quiver Quantitative

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Hands-on review

Premium unlocks stock screeners, alerts, backtesters for Congress and institutional trades, strategy dashboards, Smart Score/Bull–Bear ratings, customizable watchlists, early access to news/videos, and data export samples. Copytrading is available through partner Quantbase. Premium runs $25/month or $300/year with a free trial (7 days on monthly, 30 days on annual). The Quiver API is sold separately under tiered plans (Hobbyist, Trader, Institution).

Platforms

Web
Mobile
API

Pricing

Free
Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Alternative data dashboards spanning Congress trading, insider activity, government contracts, lobbying, app ratings, Google Trends, U.S. patents, ETF and institutional holdings, and more.
  • Congress Trading dashboard parses public disclosures, tracks post-trade performance, and shows cumulative returns by individual politicians.
  • Institutional Holdings (13F) dashboard, with a backtesting tool for premium users to evaluate fund-level positioning over time.
  • Premium adds advanced tools like stock screeners, alerts, institutional and congressional backtesters, Smart Score/Bull–Bear metrics, watchlists, exportable data samples, and early access to curated content. Pricing is $25/month or $300/year, with free trials (7 or 30 days).
  • Strategy copytrading offered via Quantbase integration (Premium).

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SEC EDGAR — Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings)

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Primary U.S. source for public company, fund, and insider filings. The Full‑Text Search covers filings since 2001 (including exhibits), while the ‘Latest Filings’ view shows near‑real‑time submissions as they are processed. Search tools include Company search, Mutual Fund & Variable Insurance product search, CIK lookup, and RSS subscriptions. Developers can consume JSON via data.sec.gov (Submissions, XBRL Company Facts/Concepts/Frames). Programmatic access must include a descriptive User‑Agent and respect the SEC fair‑access limit (currently 10 requests/sec).

Platforms

Web
API

Pricing

Free

Quick highlights

  • Full‑Text Search (since 2001) with fielded filters: word/phrase, company/ticker/CIK/person, filing category/types, filed date ranges, ‘principal executive offices in’ and ‘incorporated in’.
  • ‘Latest Filings’ list shows filings as they are submitted (with RSS for any filter; ownership Forms 3/4/5 can be included/excluded/only).
  • Company Search with ‘more search options’, plus dedicated searches for Mutual Funds (prospectuses/proxy voting) and Variable Insurance Products.
  • CIK Lookup & helper datasets (company_tickers*.json) to map tickers↔CIK (company/fund/series/class).
  • Developer APIs on data.sec.gov: submissions by CIK; XBRL endpoints (companyfacts, companyconcept, frames); bulk nightly ZIPs (submissions.zip, companyfacts.zip).

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Overlap

Shared focus areas

5 overlaps

Mutual strengths include News, Alerts, and Data APIs plus 2 more areas.

Where they differ

Quiver Quantitative

Distinct strengths include:

  • Alternative data dashboards spanning Congress trading, insider activity, government contracts, lobbying, app ratings, Google Trends, U.S. patents, ETF and institutional holdings, and more.
  • Congress Trading dashboard parses public disclosures, tracks post-trade performance, and shows cumulative returns by individual politicians.
  • Institutional Holdings (13F) dashboard, with a backtesting tool for premium users to evaluate fund-level positioning over time.
  • Premium adds advanced tools like stock screeners, alerts, institutional and congressional backtesters, Smart Score/Bull–Bear metrics, watchlists, exportable data samples, and early access to curated content. Pricing is $25/month or $300/year, with free trials (7 or 30 days).

SEC EDGAR — Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings)

Distinct strengths include:

  • Full‑Text Search (since 2001) with fielded filters: word/phrase, company/ticker/CIK/person, filing category/types, filed date ranges, ‘principal executive offices in’ and ‘incorporated in’.
  • ‘Latest Filings’ list shows filings as they are submitted (with RSS for any filter; ownership Forms 3/4/5 can be included/excluded/only).
  • Company Search with ‘more search options’, plus dedicated searches for Mutual Funds (prospectuses/proxy voting) and Variable Insurance Products.
  • CIK Lookup & helper datasets (company_tickers*.json) to map tickers↔CIK (company/fund/series/class).

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeQuiver QuantitativeSEC EDGAR — Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings)
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: News, Alerts, Data APIs, Insider Data, 13F

Unique: Screeners, Watchlist, Backtesting, US Government Trades, Investor Holdings, Reddit, Splits, Institutional Data, Which ETF includes this Stock?, ETF Holdings, Patents / USPTO, Dark Pool & Off-Exchange

Shared: News, Alerts, Data APIs, Insider Data, 13F

Unique: Regulatory Filings Monitoring, IPO, Secondary Offerings, 13D/13G, APIs & SDKs, Education

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks, ETFs

Stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Closed-End Funds, Bonds, Hedge Funds, Private Funds, Real Estate, Funds

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web, Mobile, API

Web, API

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free, Subscription

Free

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Alternative data dashboards spanning Congress trading, insider activity, government contracts, lobbying, app ratings, Google Trends, U.S. patents, ETF and institutional holdings, and more.
  • Congress Trading dashboard parses public disclosures, tracks post-trade performance, and shows cumulative returns by individual politicians.
  • Institutional Holdings (13F) dashboard, with a backtesting tool for premium users to evaluate fund-level positioning over time.
  • Premium adds advanced tools like stock screeners, alerts, institutional and congressional backtesters, Smart Score/Bull–Bear metrics, watchlists, exportable data samples, and early access to curated content. Pricing is $25/month or $300/year, with free trials (7 or 30 days).
  • Strategy copytrading offered via Quantbase integration (Premium).
  • Quiver API is a separate product with tiered pricing: Hobbyist ($10/month for Tier 1 data), Trader ($75/month for Tier 1 & 2), and Institution (custom). Comes with an official Python package.

Unique

  • Full‑Text Search (since 2001) with fielded filters: word/phrase, company/ticker/CIK/person, filing category/types, filed date ranges, ‘principal executive offices in’ and ‘incorporated in’.
  • ‘Latest Filings’ list shows filings as they are submitted (with RSS for any filter; ownership Forms 3/4/5 can be included/excluded/only).
  • Company Search with ‘more search options’, plus dedicated searches for Mutual Funds (prospectuses/proxy voting) and Variable Insurance Products.
  • CIK Lookup & helper datasets (company_tickers*.json) to map tickers↔CIK (company/fund/series/class).
  • Developer APIs on data.sec.gov: submissions by CIK; XBRL endpoints (companyfacts, companyconcept, frames); bulk nightly ZIPs (submissions.zip, companyfacts.zip).
  • EDGAR indexes (daily/full/quarterly) and browsable /Archives paths (raw .txt, SGML headers, HTML index pages; VPRR for scanned paper PDFs).
Tested

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do Quiver Quantitative and SEC EDGAR — Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) both support?

Both platforms cover News, Alerts, Data APIs, Insider Data, and 13F workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do Quiver Quantitative and SEC EDGAR — Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) require subscriptions?

Both Quiver Quantitative and SEC EDGAR — Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.

Which tool has mobile access?

Quiver Quantitative ships a dedicated mobile experience, while SEC EDGAR — Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) focuses on web or desktop access.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

Quiver Quantitative differentiates itself with Alternative data dashboards spanning Congress trading, insider activity, government contracts, lobbying, app ratings, Google Trends, U.S. patents, ETF and institutional holdings, and more., Congress Trading dashboard parses public disclosures, tracks post-trade performance, and shows cumulative returns by individual politicians., and Institutional Holdings (13F) dashboard, with a backtesting tool for premium users to evaluate fund-level positioning over time., whereas SEC EDGAR — Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) stands out for Full‑Text Search (since 2001) with fielded filters: word/phrase, company/ticker/CIK/person, filing category/types, filed date ranges, ‘principal executive offices in’ and ‘incorporated in’., ‘Latest Filings’ list shows filings as they are submitted (with RSS for any filter; ownership Forms 3/4/5 can be included/excluded/only)., and Company Search with ‘more search options’, plus dedicated searches for Mutual Funds (prospectuses/proxy voting) and Variable Insurance Products..

Curation & Accuracy

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