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By use case · October 2026

The best stock research websites in 2026

The best stock research website depends on the job. For free stock data and financials, Stock Analysis; for a visual read across global markets, Simply Wall St; for charts and dashboards, Koyfin; for long financial histories on global stocks, TIKR; for crowd-sourced articles, Seeking Alpha; for segment and KPI data, Fiscal.ai; and for the whole toolkit in one place on US stocks, Tenet.

By Sid Verma, founder of Tenet InvestingFacts about other tools checked October 17, 2026

What we check

Four questions, asked of every tool

1. Can you see how each number is computed?

A score you cannot check is a rating. We say which tools show their working.

2. What can you use free, without a card?

How much of the tool a new investor can use before paying anything.

3. Is the price printed, and what does a year cost?

The lowest paid plan, billed yearly, from the tool's own pricing page.

4. Does AI help you where you read?

An assistant on the page, and a connector for ChatGPT or Claude.

We wrote for an everyday investor who researches, screens and tracks US stocks. There is no overall rank and no number one: each verdict says what one tool is best for, and the "Why we say so" list under it names the facts it rests on, each linked to its source.

The short list, by use case

Paid from: the lowest yearly price each tool prints
Best forWebsiteFree planPaid from
Best for free stock data and financialsStock AnalysisFree plan: Yes, no payment details stockanalysis.com/proPaid from: $79 a year stockanalysis.com/pro
Best for a visual read across global marketsSimply Wall StFree plan: Yes, after a 7-day trial simplywall.st/plansPaid from: $131.40 a year simplywall.st/plans
Best for charts and dashboardsKoyfinFree plan: Yes koyfin.com/pricingPaid from: $468 a year koyfin.com/pricing
Best for long financial histories on global stocksTIKRFree plan: Yes, US data tikr.com/pricingPaid from: $215.40 a year tikr.com/pricing
Best for crowd-sourced articlesSeeking AlphaFree plan: A free account seekingalpha.com/subscriptionsPaid from: $299 a year after the first month seekingalpha.com/subscriptions
Best for segment and KPI dataFiscal.aiFree plan: 7-day trial fiscal.ai/pricingPaid from: Not printed fiscal.ai/pricing
Best all-in-one toolkit for everyday US investorsTenetFree plan: Yes, no cardPaid from: $119 a year

Prices in USD as each tool's own pricing page printed them on October 17, 2026. Where a tool prints only a monthly figure billed annually, the yearly total is our arithmetic. Tenet prices render from Tenet's plan constants.

Best for free stock data and financials

Stock Analysis

ForIndividual investors

Stock Analysis publishes stock data and financials for 130,000+ stocks and funds, and its about page sets its aim as free stock data for regular investors. It aggregates analyst ratings rather than issuing its own. Its Pro plan adds longer financial history and spreadsheet downloads. stockanalysis.com stockanalysis.com/about stockanalysis.com/help/faq/stock-recommendations stockanalysis.com/pro

Pros

Cons

Pricing

Free. Pro $9.99 a month or $79 a year. Unlimited $29 a month, or $16.58 a month billed annually. stockanalysis.com/pro stockanalysis.com/help/faq/discounts

Summary

  • Yes: Pick it for free tables on a very wide list of stocks and funds.
  • No: Skip it if you want a score you can check, or your research inside ChatGPT or Claude.

Our verdict: the best free data site on this list.

Why we say so
Tenet vs Stock Analysis, in full

Best for a visual read across global markets

Simply Wall St

ForIndividual investorsGlobal markets

Simply Wall St reads a company through its Snowflake graphic, five areas at a glance: value, future, past, health and dividend. Its plans page lists 120K+ stocks in 90+ markets. Beside the Snowflake sit a fair value estimate from a cash flow model and Community Narratives, where members publish their own fair values. simplywall.st/stocks/us/tech/nasdaq-aapl/apple simplywall.st/plans simplywall.st/community/narratives simplywall.st/stocks/us/tech/nasdaq-aapl/apple/valuation

Pros

Cons

Pricing

Free, after a 7-day Premium trial. Premium $131.40 billed annually ($10.95 a month). Unlimited $258 billed annually ($21.50 a month). No monthly price is shown on its plans page. simplywall.st/plans

Summary

  • Yes: Pick it for stocks outside the US and a picture-first read.
  • No: Skip it if you want live prices, or every metric's working on the report.

Our verdict: the pick for visual investors with global portfolios.

Why we say so
Tenet vs Simply Wall St, in full

Best for charts and dashboards

Koyfin

ForAdvisorsIndividual investors

Koyfin is a market data, dashboard and charting platform covering over 80,000 companies worldwide. Its page for independent investors lists advanced graphing with hundreds of technical analysis indicators, and its plans add custom and macro dashboards. Plus lists 10 years of financials and transcripts. koyfin.com/data-coverage koyfin.com/for-investors/independent-investors koyfin.com/pricing koyfin.com/features

Pros

Cons

Pricing

Free. Plus $39 a month billed annually, $49 billed monthly. Premium $79 a month billed annually, $110 billed monthly. koyfin.com/pricing

Summary

  • Yes: Pick it to chart markets, macro and many tickers at once.
  • No: Skip it if you want each stock scored with its working, or a lower yearly price.

Our verdict: the charting and dashboard pick on this list.

Why we say so
Tenet vs Koyfin, in full

Try Tenet freeResearch, screening, ETFs, comparisons, dividend grades and portfolio tracking in one place. Free needs no card.

Start freeOpen a Tenet report

Best for long financial histories on global stocks

TIKR

ForIndividual investorsGlobal markets

TIKR is a research terminal with data on 100,000+ stocks across 92 countries, and its homepage lists up to 30 years of financials. It tracks the holdings that well-known investors disclose, worldwide, and its transcripts and analyst estimates go deeper by plan. tikr.com tikr.com/pricing

Pros

  • Yes: 100,000+ stocks across 92 countries and 136 exchanges. tikr.com
  • Yes: Up to 30 years of financials. tikr.com
  • Yes: Transcripts and analyst estimates, deeper by plan. tikr.com/pricing
  • Yes: A 14-day money-back guarantee. tikr.com/pricing

Cons

  • No: Its Free plan covers US data. tikr.com/pricing
  • No: Plus is $215.40 a year billed annually (12 x $17.95, our arithmetic), against Tenet Premium at $119. tikr.com/pricing

Pricing

Free $0, no credit card. Plus $17.95 a month billed annually, $24.95 billed monthly. Pro $37.95 a month billed annually, $54.95 billed monthly. Ultimate $79.95 a month billed annually, $119.95 billed monthly. tikr.com/pricing

Summary

  • Yes: Pick it for decades of statements on stocks in many countries.
  • No: Skip it if you research US stocks and want a score with its working.

Our verdict: the pick for long global histories.

Why we say so
  • Best forUp to 30 years of financials, on 100,000+ stocks across 92 countries and 136 exchanges. tikr.com
Tenet vs TIKR, in full

Best for crowd-sourced articles

Seeking Alpha

ForIndividual investorsProfessionals

Seeking Alpha publishes over 5,000 investment ideas and analysis articles a month, written by paid contributors; its about page describes the process as crowd-sourcing with quality control by professional editors. Premium adds Quant Ratings, earnings call transcripts with audio and the Ask Seeking Alpha AI assistant. about.seekingalpha.com seekingalpha.com/subscriptions

Pros

Cons

Pricing

Basic, a free account. Premium: an introductory first month, then renews at $299 a year. PRO: an introductory first month, then renews at $2,400 a year. seekingalpha.com/subscriptions

Summary

  • Yes: Pick it to read what many investors write about a stock.
  • No: Skip it if you want a score whose formulas are published and free.

Our verdict: the place to read opinions.

Why we say so
  • Best forOver 5,000 articles a month, by a process its about page describes as crowd-sourcing with quality control by professional editors. about.seekingalpha.com
Tenet vs Seeking Alpha, in full

Best for segment and KPI data

Fiscal.ai

ForInvestorsData platforms

Fiscal.ai offers a research terminal, a data API and an MCP connector for ChatGPT and Claude. Its homepage lists company-specific operating segments, geographies and core KPIs, and calls its data 100% auditable to source. Its MCP page lists 13,000+ public companies across the US, Canada, ADRs, the UK and Europe. fiscal.ai/products/mcp fiscal.ai

Pros

Cons

  • No: Its pricing page prints no plan prices; plans show a 7-day free trial on signup. fiscal.ai/pricing

Pricing

Not printed on its pricing page. Terminal and MCP each show "7 day free trial included upon signup". fiscal.ai/pricing

Summary

  • Yes: Pick it for segment and KPI detail, linked to the filing.
  • No: Skip it if you want to see a price before you sign up.

Our verdict: the data pick for segment detail.

Why we say so
  • Best forOperating segments, geographies and KPIs, company by company, in data it calls 100% auditable to source. fiscal.ai
Tenet vs Fiscal.ai, in full

Best all-in-one toolkit for everyday US investors

Tenet

ForIndividual investorsUS stocks and ETFs

Tenet is the everyday investor's toolkit for US stocks and ETFs: research, a screener and playbooks, ETF exposure and holdings, side-by-side comparisons, dividend safety grades, portfolio tracking and AI help, in one place. Every US stock has a Tenet Score from 0 to 100 against its own sector, and under it sits each metric with its value, its sector percentile and the date it was computed. The formulas are published on the methodology page. AI Buddy is on every page, and a read-only connector brings the same dated figures into ChatGPT and Claude.

Pros

  • Yes: The Tenet Score and its math are free on every US stock, with no sign-in.
  • Yes: A screener, ten playbooks, side-by-side compare pages and a Dividend Safety grade on every dividend payer.
  • Yes: ETF exposure, open ETF holdings lists and ETF compare.
  • Yes: Portfolio tracking: holdings upload on every plan, read-only brokerage connections on paid plans.
  • Yes: AI Buddy on every page, free after sign-in, and AI Research for deeper questions.
  • Yes: A read-only connector for ChatGPT and Claude, on Ultimate.
  • Yes: Live prices on Premium and Ultimate.
  • Yes: Every figure carries the date it was computed.

Cons

  • No: US-listed stocks and ETFs only.
  • No: No earnings-call transcripts.
  • No: Charting is basic (for now, big updates coming soon).

Pricing

Free $0, no card. Premium $12 a month or $119 a year. Ultimate $25 a month or $249 a year. Paid plans start with a 7-day trial.

Summary

  • Yes: Pick Tenet for the whole everyday-investor toolkit on US stocks, with every number's working shown.
  • No: Look elsewhere for stocks listed only outside the US.

Our verdict: for everyday US investors who want the whole toolkit in one place, Tenet. It puts the full set of tools in one place: a score with its math on every US stock, a screener and playbooks, ETF exposure and holdings, side-by-side comparisons, dividend safety grades, portfolio tracking, and AI Buddy on every page, and the score is free to try on any US stock today.

Why we say so
  • Best forThe whole toolkit in one place, each tool a live page, one line each in the list under this entry. Everything on Tenet
  • Question 1Each metric under the score shows its value, its sector percentile and the date it was computed; the formulas are published. Methodology
  • Question 2A Free plan with no card; the score and its math need no sign-in. Pricing
  • Question 3Premium is $119 a year, printed on the pricing page. Pricing
  • Question 4AI Buddy on every page, and a connector for ChatGPT and Claude on Ultimate. The connector page
Start freeSee the Tenet Score on Coca-ColaNo card. The score and its math need no sign-in.

Everything on Tenet

  • The Tenet Score, with its math. Every US stock has a Tenet Score from 0 to 100 against its own sector, and the score and its math are free with no sign-in.

    Read Coca-Cola's statistics tab

  • A date on every figure. Tenet recomputes nightly and every figure shows the date it was computed; the formulas are published on the methodology page.

    How every figure is computed

  • Live prices. Prices on a report update live on Premium and Ultimate.

    Open Apple's overview

  • The screener. Filter US stocks by the same dated figures the reports carry, 10 rows a window on Free and 100 on Premium.

    Open the screener

  • Playbooks. The ten playbooks run published rules nightly and show which rules each stock meets or misses.

    Browse the playbooks

  • ETF exposure. For any US stock, Tenet lists the ETFs that hold it.

    Which ETFs hold Coca-Cola

  • ETF holdings, open. Every ETF's full holdings list is open on every plan.

    Read SPY's holdings

  • ETF compare. Two funds side by side with their overlap, and the holdings they share from Premium.

    Compare two ETFs

  • Compare pairs. Any two US stocks on one page, figure against figure and score against score.

    Coca-Cola vs PepsiCo

  • Dividend Safety grades. Every dividend payer carries a grade from A+ to F, built from five checks shown on its Dividends tab.

    Read Coca-Cola's dividend safety

  • Portfolio tracking. Upload a holdings file on every plan, or connect a brokerage read-only, 1 connection on Premium and 10 on Ultimate, and read one account at a time, each figure with the date it was true.

    Open your portfolio

  • AI Buddy on every page. Ask about the figures on the page you are reading, free after sign-in.

    Ask AI Buddy about Microsoft

  • AI Research. Deeper questions about scores and financial lines, 15 a month on Free.

    Open AI Research

  • Tenet inside ChatGPT and Claude. A read-only connector brings the same dated figures into either assistant, on Ultimate.

    How the connector works

  • Explainers with a live reading. Knowledge Base explainers end with the formula filled in from a real company's Tenet report.

    Read the P/E explainer

  • On your phone. Tenet installs from the browser to a phone's home screen, with alerts by push.

    Install Tenet on a phone

  • Our own review. We publish a review of Tenet that lists what it lacks as well as what it does.

    Read the Tenet Investing review

Questions

What is the best stock research website?

It depends on the job, and this list ranks none of them. For free stock data and financials, Stock Analysis; for a visual read across global markets, Simply Wall St; for charts and dashboards, Koyfin; for long financial histories on global stocks, TIKR; for crowd-sourced articles, Seeking Alpha; for segment and KPI data, Fiscal.ai; and for the whole toolkit in one place on US stocks, Tenet.

Sources: stockanalysis.com/about simplywall.st/plans simplywall.st/features/stock-screener koyfin.com/for-investors/independent-investors koyfin.com/pricing koyfin.com/features tikr.com about.seekingalpha.com fiscal.ai

What is the best free stock research website?

For raw tables on the widest list, Stock Analysis: its free account needs no payment details. For a free toolkit on US stocks, Tenet: its Free plan needs no card. Tenet Free includes the score and its math with no sign-in, the screener, open ETF holdings lists, two-stock compare and a holdings upload.

Sources: stockanalysis.com/pro

Which stock research websites work inside ChatGPT or Claude?

Tenet and Fiscal.ai both offer a connector for ChatGPT and Claude. Tenet's is included with Ultimate. Simply Wall St offers MCP access through a contact form on its Charlie site. Stock Analysis says it has no API or MCP server.

Sources: fiscal.ai/products/mcp charlieinvest.ai stockanalysis.com/help/faq/api-access

Which is the cheapest paid stock research plan on this list?

Stock Analysis Pro, at $79 a year. Tenet Premium is next, at $119 a year. Fiscal.ai does not print its prices.

Sources: stockanalysis.com/pro fiscal.ai/pricing

Simply Wall St is a trademark of its respective owner. Stock Analysis is a trademark of its respective owner. Koyfin is a trademark of its respective owner. Fiscal.ai is a trademark of its respective owner. TIKR is a trademark of its respective owner. Seeking Alpha is a trademark of Seeking Alpha or an affiliate. Tenet Investing is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any of them. Claude is a trademark of Anthropic. ChatGPT is a trademark of OpenAI. Tenet is not affiliated with either.

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