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How Valuein stacks up against the alternatives.
Most SEC data providers hand you numbers and leave the proof to you. Valuein is built so an AI agent cannot slip in an unsourced figure: every figure the tools return carries a fact_id that traces to its filing, and as-of queries return only what the SEC had accepted by the date you pick. Here is the honest head-to-head, including where each alternative is the better pick.
- Point-in-time correct
- Auditable to the filing
- Built for AI agents (MCP)
- Free sample, no card
All comparisons
Developer & quant data APIs
- Valuein vsFinancial Modeling Prep (FMP)Same affordable, developer-first spirit — but point-in-time correct and auditable to the filing
- Valuein vsPolygon.ioPolygon owns market data — Valuein owns auditable SEC fundamentals
- Valuein vsAlpha VantageGreat free on-ramp — but shallow fundamentals with no point-in-time or audit trail
- Valuein vsFinnhubBroad multi-asset and alt-data — Valuein goes deep on auditable SEC fundamentals
SEC fundamentals specialists
- Valuein vsIntrinioComparable PIT story — deeper history, transparent accuracy, and a lower price
- Valuein vssec-api.ioExcellent for filings and extraction — Valuein turns filings into an auditable fundamentals brain
- Valuein vsSimFinFriendliest cheap on-ramp — Valuein scales to a real PIT, survivorship-free universe
- Valuein vsCalcbenchStrong XBRL extraction for analysts — Valuein is built for programmatic and agent access
Quant point-in-time datasets
Free & build-it-yourself
Institutional & academic
AI research platforms
Institutional fundamentals
Academic market data
When each alternative is the better pick
One honest line per provider. Open the comparison for the full table.
| Alternative | Category | Where it is stronger |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) | Developer & quant data APIs | FMP covers far more ground per dollar — global markets, transcripts, ETF/fund holdings, prices |
| Polygon.io | Developer & quant data APIs | Polygon's real-time and historical market data (prices, WebSocket) is far ahead — we don't compete there |
| Alpha Vantage | Developer & quant data APIs | Alpha Vantage has a more generous, simpler free tier for absolute beginners |
| Finnhub | Developer & quant data APIs | Finnhub has an excellent free tier, including free WebSocket for up to 50 symbols |
| Intrinio | SEC fundamentals specialists | Intrinio covers more asset classes — options/OPRA, real-time, ESG, estimates |
| sec-api.io | SEC fundamentals specialists | sec-api.io supports 400+ filing form types — far more than fundamentals filings |
| SimFin | SEC fundamentals specialists | SimFin is cheaper at the entry tiers ($15–$71/mo) |
| Calcbench | SEC fundamentals specialists | Calcbench has stronger inline XBRL extraction for detailed 10-Q footnotes |
| Sharadar (Nasdaq Data Link) | Quant point-in-time datasets | Sharadar is a mature, widely-adopted, explicitly point-in-time and survivorship-free dataset — it matches Valuein on those claims |
| SEC EDGAR API (free, official) | Free & build-it-yourself | EDGAR is free and the authoritative source of truth |
| Bloomberg Terminal | Institutional & academic | Bloomberg has vastly more breadth — global, multi-asset, real-time, estimates, news, and messaging |
| WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) | Institutional & academic | WRDS/Compustat has longer history, more derived metrics, and the canonical PIT reference (Compustat Point-in-Time) |
| AlphaSense | AI research platforms | AlphaSense has unmatched qualitative breadth — transcripts, expert calls (Tegus), broker research, news |
| S&P Compustat | Institutional fundamentals | Compustat has far longer history (annual data back to the 1950s per S&P) and global coverage; Valuein covers SEC filers from 1993 |
| CRSP | Academic market data | CRSP is the academic standard for security prices and returns, with history of over 100 years per its product page; Valuein is not a price database for research-grade returns |
| S&P Capital IQ | Institutional platform | Capital IQ covers far more than SEC filings, including private companies, transactions and non-US issuers |
| FactSet | Institutional platform | FactSet covers global companies and many datasets beyond fundamentals |
Try the data before you switch.
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