Smartfin adds Stock Ideas, Scores, Checklist, Insider Data, Analyst Price Targets, Watchlist, Calendar, and AI Business Summary coverage that Tegus skips.
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Tool Comparison
Smartfin vs Tegus comparison
Compare pricing, supported platforms, categories, and standout capabilities to decide which tool fits your workflow.
Quick takeaways
Tegus includes Improved Filings, AI, and Sheets / Excel Add-ins categories that Smartfin omits.
Smartfin has a free tier, while Tegus requires a paid plan.
Tegus offers mobile access, which Smartfin skips.
In depth comparison
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.
Categories
Platforms
Web
Pricing
FreeSubscription
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.
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Tegus
tegus.com
Tegus is a unified research platform that blends expert-call transcripts, SEC filings, financial models, and benchmarking dashboards into one workflow. It features AI-generated transcript summaries, advanced filing search, and pre-built industry comps. Analyst-built Excel models integrate directly via an add-in, and the platform offers a transparent Expert Calls service for custom interviews. Subscriptions are seat or enterprise-based through AlphaSense, with free trials available but no public pricing.
Platforms
WebMobile
Pricing
Subscription
Quick highlights
- Extensive expert-call transcript library with more than 100,000 transcripts, growing by 2,500 new calls each month and covering 36,000+ public and private companies.
- AI-generated summaries and topic tagging to help navigate transcripts quickly.
- Expert Calls service allows users to commission custom interviews, with flat, transparent pricing and no credit system.
- Company Filings module enables cross-document search, email alerts, watchlists, downloadable tables, and historical table comparisons.
- Financial Models library with analyst-built Excel models, pre-set templates (DCF, LBO, M&A), and one-click updates through the Tegus Excel Add-in.
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Where they differ
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.
Tegus
Distinct strengths include:
- Extensive expert-call transcript library with more than 100,000 transcripts, growing by 2,500 new calls each month and covering 36,000+ public and private companies.
- AI-generated summaries and topic tagging to help navigate transcripts quickly.
- Expert Calls service allows users to commission custom interviews, with flat, transparent pricing and no credit system.
- Company Filings module enables cross-document search, email alerts, watchlists, downloadable tables, and historical table comparisons.
Feature-by-feature breakdown
| Attribute | Smartfin | Tegus |
|---|---|---|
Categories Which research workflows each platform targets | Shared: Financials, Data Visualizations, Transcripts, Alerts Unique: Stock Ideas, Scores, Checklist, Insider Data, Analyst Price Targets, Watchlist, Calendar, AI Business Summary | Shared: Financials, Data Visualizations, Transcripts, Alerts Unique: Improved Filings, AI, Sheets / Excel Add-ins |
Asset types Supported asset classes and universes | Stocks | Stocks |
Experience levels Who each product is built for | Beginner, Intermediate | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced |
Platforms Where you can access the product | Web | Web, Mobile |
Pricing High-level pricing models | Free, Subscription | 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 | Not yet | Not yet |
Editor pick Featured inside curated shortlists | Standard listing | Standard listing |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which workflows do Smartfin and Tegus both support?
Both platforms cover Financials, Data Visualizations, Transcripts, and Alerts workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.
Which tool offers a free plan?
Smartfin offers a free entry point, while Tegus requires a paid subscription. Review the pricing table to see how the paid tiers compare.
Which tool has mobile access?
Tegus ships a dedicated mobile experience, while Smartfin focuses on web or desktop access.
What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?
Smartfin differentiates itself with 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., whereas Tegus stands out for Extensive expert-call transcript library with more than 100,000 transcripts, growing by 2,500 new calls each month and covering 36,000+ public and private companies., AI-generated summaries and topic tagging to help navigate transcripts quickly., and Expert Calls service allows users to commission custom interviews, with flat, transparent pricing and no credit system..
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