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Tool Comparison
SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) vs SentiSense
Pick SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) if
SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings)
Free · Web · API
- You care about IPO, corporate actions & special situations, and education, things SentiSense doesn't offer
- You're newer to investing and want something approachable
Pick SentiSense if
SentiSense
Free • From $15/mo · Web · API
- You care about stock ideas, screeners, and data visualizations, things SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) doesn't offer
- You trade often and need tooling built for speed
Skip both if: Neither one clicks with how you research; there are strong third options.
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Our take
The bottom line
SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) and SentiSense cover a lot of the same ground (6 shared categories, including regulatory filings monitoring, insider data, and institutional ownership), so for the basics you won't go far wrong with either. SentiSense simply does more: 22 categories to SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings)'s 10, including stock ideas, screeners, and data visualizations. SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) counters by being completely free.
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Key differences at a glance
- Broader coverage
- SentiSense22 vs 10 categories
- Beginner friendly
- SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings)
- Free plan
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How they stack up
The side-by-side table: pricing, platforms, data, and coverage at a glance.ShowHide
How they stack up
The side-by-side table: pricing, platforms, data, and coverage at a glance.| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & plans | ||
Starting price | Free | Free • From $15/mo |
Free tier | Yes | Yes |
Free trial | — | — |
Plan limits | — | 16 limits: Free: api requests per month: 1,000, Free: rate limit per min: 30 +14 more |
| Platforms & access | ||
Web app | Yes | Yes |
Mobile app | No | No |
API access | Yes | Yes |
Broker sync | No | No |
Integrations | EDGAR RSS Feeds, data.sec.gov (Submissions & XBRL APIs) +1 more | SentiSense REST API, SentiSense Python SDK +9 more |
| Audience & fit | ||
Experience level | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | Intermediate, Advanced |
Best for | — | Retail Traders, Pro Retail +7 more |
Categories covered | 10 | 22 |
Regions | North America | North America |
| Data & capabilities | ||
Data quality | 5 signals: Latency: Real-time and End of Day, Granularity: EOD +3 more | Latency: Real-time and 15-min Delayed and Pricing: Vendor |
Data partners | — | 6 partners: TradingView, Polygon.io +4 more |
Capabilities | — | Universe builder and AI summaries: News |
Security | Data residency: US and Status page | 3 signals: Data residency: US, Encryption at rest +1 more |
| Try it | Visit SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) | Visit SentiSense |
Where each one shines
What SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) and SentiSense each do best.ShowHide
Where each one shines
What SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) and SentiSense each do best.What SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) does best
- Search tools across official SEC filings by company, ticker, CIK, person, filing type, filing category, date range, state, incorporation location, and full-text terms.
- Full-Text Search for filings and exhibits since 2001 when you need source documents rather than vendor summaries.
- Latest Filings to monitor newly submitted filings, including ownership Forms 3, 4, and 5 filters.
- Company Search, Mutual Fund Search, Variable Insurance Product Search, and CIK Lookup for issuer and fund discovery.
- Subscriptions to RSS feeds for latest filings and filtered searches when a no-cost monitoring workflow is enough.
What SentiSense does best
- The web app and REST API to combine market data, social sentiment, news clustering, institutional flow, insider trading, congressional trading, and AI analysis.
- Tracking SentiSense Score, a per-ticker sentiment signal blending news, Reddit, and X/Twitter context for stock discovery and crowd-conviction monitoring.
- Documents & News APIs for sentiment metrics across news articles, social posts, and AI-curated stories, subject to source-content restrictions.
- Views for reviewing AI-curated story clusters with generated titles, sentiment, ticker badges, source aggregation, and impact scores.
- Market Mood as a 0-100 fear/greed-style index built from internal signals with historical views.
Every detail we compared
Every tracked attribute for SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) and SentiSense, side by side.ShowHide
Every detail we compared
Every tracked attribute for SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) and SentiSense, side by side.| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Coverage & fit | ||
Asset types | StocksETFsMutual FundsClosed-End FundsBondsHedge FundsPrivate FundsReal Estate+1 more | StocksETFsBondsOptions |
Experience | BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced | IntermediateAdvanced |
Target audience | Not specified | Retail TradersPro RetailDay TradersSwing TradersAlgo TradersAnalystsQuants/DevelopersHedge Funds+1 more |
Regions | North America | North America |
Coverage details | Countries: US4 exchangesIdentifiers: Ticker | Countries: USIdentifiers: Ticker and CIK |
| Data | ||
Data freshness | Real-timeEnd of Day | Real-time15-min Delayed |
Data granularity | EOD | Not specified |
Pricing sources | Not specified | Vendor |
Data partners | Not specified | TradingViewPolygon.ioSEC EDGARFINRACongressional STOCK Act disclosuresNews, Reddit, X/Twitter, Substack, Discord, and public social sources |
| Access & integrations | ||
API protocols | REST | REST |
API auth & delivery | Auth: None600 req/min | Auth: APIKeySDKs: Python and TSDocs |
Import methods | Not specified | Manual |
Integrations | EDGAR RSS Feedsdata.sec.gov (Submissions & XBRL APIs)EDGAR Public Dissemination Service (PDS) | SentiSense REST APISentiSense Python SDKSentiSense JavaScript/TypeScript SDKSentiSense GitHub SDK repositoriesAI Agent SkillClaude CodeCodexOpenClaw+3 more |
Export formats | JSONXMLPDF | JSON |
| Plans & trust | ||
Security & compliance | Data residency: USStatus page | Data residency: USEncryption at restEncryption in transit |
Capability signals | Not specified | Universe builderAI summaries: News |
Vendor & support | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Country: USSupport: Email and Phone | Compass AI Data Services, LLCSupport: Email |
Curation ratings | Methodology 5/5Reliability 5/5UX 4/5 | Not specified |
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What you'll actually pay
Plans, billing, trials, and per-month pricing for both tools.ShowHide
What you'll actually pay
Plans, billing, trials, and per-month pricing for both tools.| Tier | ||
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free | Freeapi requests per month: 1,000 · rate limit per min: 30 · +6 more |
| Entry paid plan | — | $15/mo“PRO”api requests per month: 100,000 · rate limit per min: 200 · +6 more |
Questions we keep getting
What's the difference between SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) and SentiSense?
SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) leans toward regulatory filings monitoring, IPO, and corporate actions & special situations, while SentiSense puts more weight on stock ideas, screeners, and data visualizations. They overlap in 6 categories, so for most people it comes down to workflow preference and price.
How much do SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) and SentiSense cost?
Good news: both SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) and SentiSense have free plans, so you can run them side by side and only pay if you hit a wall.
Which is better for beginners: SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) or SentiSense?
SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) is the friendlier place to start; its interface takes less getting used to. Both work fine once you're past the basics.
Do SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) and SentiSense have APIs?
Yes, both offer API access, so developers and quants can pull data programmatically or wire up their own integrations.
Should I choose SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) or SentiSense?
It depends on what you're after. Pick SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) if IPO and corporate actions & special situations matter to you; go with SentiSense if you'd rather have stock ideas and screeners. And if you only need the basics both share, let price decide.
What asset classes do SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) and SentiSense cover?
Both cover stocks, ETFs, and bonds. SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) also handles mutual funds, closed-end funds, and hedge funds. SentiSense adds options on top.
Do SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) and SentiSense offer real-time data?
Yes, both serve real-time market data, so either works when timing matters.
Is SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) or SentiSense better for day trading?
SentiSense is the one positioned more for active traders. SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) is the better fit if you care less about fast trading workflows and more about a calmer research process.
Which has a better stock screener: SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) or SentiSense?
SentiSense has a stock screener for surfacing ideas; SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) doesn't, and focuses its energy elsewhere.
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