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SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) vs Visualping comparison

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

Quick takeaways

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) adds IPO, Secondary Offerings, and News coverage that Visualping skips.

Visualping includes Data APIs, APIs & SDKs, Webhooks, Blogs, and Other categories that SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) omits.

In depth comparison

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada)

sedarplus.ca

Official Canadian public‑filings system operated by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA). Public users can search issuer profiles and disclosure documents (financial statements, MD&A, prospectuses, material change reports, etc.), as well as CSA lists such as Reporting Issuers, Cease Trade Orders, and the Disciplined List. Advanced search supports ‘Document content’ full‑text queries. Search results can be exported to CSV; individual filings download as PDFs. Ticker lookup is not the primary key-use issuer/fund profile name or profile number.

Platforms

Web

Pricing

Free

Quick highlights

Public search across profiles (companies, investment funds, fund groups) and documents; includes lists for Reporting Issuers, Cease Trade Orders, and Disciplined List.
Advanced filters: profile name/number, filing category & type (e.g., Annual/Interim MD&A, financials, prospectuses), submitted date ranges, and ‘Document content’ full‑text search.
One‑click download of selected filings as PDFs; export entire document search result set to CSV for offline analysis.
Issuer/fund profile pages with tabs for filings and profile details.
Help Centre and system status pages maintained by CSA; service generally available 24/7 with periodic maintenance windows.

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Visualping

visualping.io

General-purpose website change monitoring & AI summarization tool used for investment management, regulatory intelligence, compliance monitoring and competitive intelligence. For finance users it functions as an alerting / web-scraping layer on top of regulator, IR, pricing or news sites rather than a traditional market data feed. API, webhooks, most third‑party integrations (Slack/Teams/Sheets), bulk upload, reporting/export and faster check intervals (down to ~2 minutes) are restricted to Visualping for Business / Enterprise tiers.

Platforms

WebOther

Pricing

FreeSubscription

Quick highlights

Monitor any website or selected area for visual, text or HTML/code changes, with AI that flags important changes and sends highlighted before/after screenshots in each alert.
Flexible scheduling and thresholds: run checks as often as every 5 minutes (or 2 minutes on paid plans) up to weekly, and tune change‑percentage thresholds and double‑check options to reduce false positives.
Advanced monitoring controls, including screen type (area, full page, mobile or page fold), configurable wait times, proxies, scroll/click/type actions and xPath/selector targeting for tricky elements.
Multi‑channel notifications delivered to email and SMS by default, with optional Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, Discord, Google Sheets and more via Visualping for Business integrations.
Team dashboard and collaboration features for managing many monitored pages, reviewing change history, inviting colleagues and generating scheduled reports; reporting & export are available only on business plans.

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Where they differ

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada)

Distinct strengths include:

IPO Secondary Offerings News

Public search across profiles (companies, investment funds, fund groups) and documents; includes lists for Reporting Issuers, Cease Trade Orders, and Disciplined List.
Advanced filters: profile name/number, filing category & type (e.g., Annual/Interim MD&A, financials, prospectuses), submitted date ranges, and ‘Document content’ full‑text search.
One‑click download of selected filings as PDFs; export entire document search result set to CSV for offline analysis.
Issuer/fund profile pages with tabs for filings and profile details.

Visualping

Distinct strengths include:

Data APIs APIs & SDKs Webhooks Blogs Other

Monitor any website or selected area for visual, text or HTML/code changes, with AI that flags important changes and sends highlighted before/after screenshots in each alert.
Flexible scheduling and thresholds: run checks as often as every 5 minutes (or 2 minutes on paid plans) up to weekly, and tune change‑percentage thresholds and double‑check options to reduce false positives.
Advanced monitoring controls, including screen type (area, full page, mobile or page fold), configurable wait times, proxies, scroll/click/type actions and xPath/selector targeting for tricky elements.
Multi‑channel notifications delivered to email and SMS by default, with optional Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, Discord, Google Sheets and more via Visualping for Business integrations.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

Attribute	SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada)	Visualping
Categories Which research workflows each platform targets	Shared: Regulatory Filings Monitoring, Alerts, Education Unique: IPO, Secondary Offerings, News	Shared: Regulatory Filings Monitoring, Alerts, Education Unique: Data APIs, APIs & SDKs, Webhooks, Blogs, Other
Asset types Supported asset classes and universes	Stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Closed-End Funds, Bonds, Funds, Real Estate	Other
Experience levels Who each product is built for	Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced	Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Platforms Where you can access the product	Web	Web, Other
Pricing High-level pricing models	Free	Free, Subscription
Key features Core capabilities called out by each vendor	Unique Public search across profiles (companies, investment funds, fund groups) and documents; includes lists for Reporting Issuers, Cease Trade Orders, and Disciplined List. Advanced filters: profile name/number, filing category & type (e.g., Annual/Interim MD&A, financials, prospectuses), submitted date ranges, and ‘Document content’ full‑text search. One‑click download of selected filings as PDFs; export entire document search result set to CSV for offline analysis. Issuer/fund profile pages with tabs for filings and profile details. Help Centre and system status pages maintained by CSA; service generally available 24/7 with periodic maintenance windows.	Unique Monitor any website or selected area for visual, text or HTML/code changes, with AI that flags important changes and sends highlighted before/after screenshots in each alert. Flexible scheduling and thresholds: run checks as often as every 5 minutes (or 2 minutes on paid plans) up to weekly, and tune change‑percentage thresholds and double‑check options to reduce false positives. Advanced monitoring controls, including screen type (area, full page, mobile or page fold), configurable wait times, proxies, scroll/click/type actions and xPath/selector targeting for tricky elements. Multi‑channel notifications delivered to email and SMS by default, with optional Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, Discord, Google Sheets and more via Visualping for Business integrations. Team dashboard and collaboration features for managing many monitored pages, reviewing change history, inviting colleagues and generating scheduled reports; reporting & export are available only on business plans. Investment management workflow: monitor price pages, press releases, regulatory approvals, competitor activity, share buybacks, patents and other market‑moving events to build your own web‑native data sets.
Tested Verified by hands-on testing inside Find My Moat	Not yet	Not yet
Editor pick Featured inside curated shortlists	Standard listing	Standard listing

Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) and Visualping both support?

Both platforms cover Regulatory Filings Monitoring, Alerts, and Education workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) and Visualping require subscriptions?

Both SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) and Visualping keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.

How can you access SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) and Visualping?

Both SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) and Visualping 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?

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada) differentiates itself with Public search across profiles (companies, investment funds, fund groups) and documents; includes lists for Reporting Issuers, Cease Trade Orders, and Disciplined List., Advanced filters: profile name/number, filing category & type (e.g., Annual/Interim MD&A, financials, prospectuses), submitted date ranges, and ‘Document content’ full‑text search., and One‑click download of selected filings as PDFs; export entire document search result set to CSV for offline analysis., whereas Visualping stands out for Monitor any website or selected area for visual, text or HTML/code changes, with AI that flags important changes and sends highlighted before/after screenshots in each alert., Flexible scheduling and thresholds: run checks as often as every 5 minutes (or 2 minutes on paid plans) up to weekly, and tune change‑percentage thresholds and double‑check options to reduce false positives., and Advanced monitoring controls, including screen type (area, full page, mobile or page fold), configurable wait times, proxies, scroll/click/type actions and xPath/selector targeting for tricky elements..

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