Free market data portal
StockPlus vs Investing.com
One of the largest free finance portals — quotes, news, and calendars across stocks, forex, futures, and crypto, with an InvestingPro subscription layered on top.
Choose StockPlus if
Editing the day down. Investing.com hands you an enormous feed and ads; StockPlus hands you one two-minute briefing and pings you when a position moves. Congressional trades are in the free tier here, and there is nothing to scroll past.
Choose Investing.com if
Coverage and calendars. Investing.com spans hundreds of thousands of instruments across every asset class, and its economic calendar is arguably the best free one on the internet. For macro events and non-US markets, it is hard to beat at any price.
Feature by feature
| Feature | StockPlus | Investing.com |
|---|---|---|
| Daily AI market briefing | Yes — one two-minute AI briefing every morning | AI tools on InvestingPro (WarrenAI, ProPicks) rather than a daily watchlist brief |
| Real-time watchlist | Yes | Yes — watchlist and holdings portfolio, synced |
| Price alerts | Yes — price and percent-change alerts | Yes — price and economic-event alerts |
| Congressional trade feed | Yes | No |
| Insider trade feed | Yes | Insider transactions on stock pages |
| Earnings calendar | Yes — with reminders | Yes — plus a strong economic calendar |
| Single score per stock | Pulse Score, 0–100 per ticker | Financial Health score and Fair Value, on InvestingPro |
| Mobile app | Yes — iOS and Android | Yes — an app version of a very large portal |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes — ad-supported, with most data free |
| Paid price | Pro, $2.99/mo | InvestingPro about $16.95/mo, or about $9.95/mo billed yearly and frequently discounted, as of August 2026 |
The verdict
Investing.com is the better portal and the better calendar, and the free tier gives away a lot. StockPlus is the better daily habit: the same market compressed into one briefing, alerts that reach you, and congressional filings without an upgrade. If your problem is finding data, use Investing.com. If your problem is that there is too much of it, that is the gap StockPlus was built for.
Investing.com details last verified August 10, 2026 from their own site. Pricing and features change — check with them before deciding.
Questions people ask
Is Investing.com free?
The portal and app are free and ad-supported, including watchlists, portfolios, price alerts, and the economic calendar. InvestingPro is the paid layer — roughly $16.95/mo, or about $9.95/mo billed yearly and often discounted in sales, as of August 2026.
Does Investing.com track congressional trades?
No. It carries insider transactions on stock pages, but congressional disclosures are not part of the product. StockPlus includes a congressional trade feed in the free tier.
How is the StockPlus briefing different from Investing.com news?
Investing.com publishes a continuous market news feed you read. StockPlus generates one AI briefing each morning about your watchlist specifically — a summary of what moved and why, not a stream to keep up with.
Is InvestingPro worth it versus StockPlus Pro?
They buy different things. InvestingPro buys valuation data — Fair Value, financial health scores, a 167-metric screener. StockPlus Pro at $2.99/mo buys monitoring — higher alert and watchlist limits on top of the briefing and filings. Research versus routine.
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Try it before you decide.
Free to start, no card required. One AI briefing each morning, a live watchlist, and alerts that actually matter.