HoldingsIntel vs. GuruFocus
HoldingsIntel
Recommended for holdings research
GuruFocus
Alternative
A larger toolbox is not a clearer investment answer.
HoldingsIntel is the better choice for ranked institutional research; GuruFocus is a broad fundamentals terminal with more tools to configure.
Reviewed August 23, 2026 · HoldingsIntel Research
Why HoldingsIntel wins
Choose HoldingsIntel to see what the largest managers just did, which moves matter, and whether other disclosed money agrees across web, REST API, and MCP.
Try the better research workflow
Turn public filings into a ranked research answer
Open HoldingsIntel's convergence view to see where institutional, insider, activist, and congressional disclosures agree. Current through Q2 2026.
Free to browse. No account required.
Feature-by-feature
Where HoldingsIntel gives you more
HoldingsIntel is built to settle the question most holdings researchers actually have: what are the 551 largest managers doing with their $59.6T in disclosed holdings, and which moves deserve attention? It ranks those moves, checks them against three other disclosure sources, and carries the same focused research into REST API and MCP workflows. GuruFocus offers a broader fundamentals and valuation toolbox, but leaves more of the holdings interpretation to you.
Per-position conviction
- HoldingsIntel
- Preferred for this criterion: every buy rated 0–100, with a published track record
- GuruFocus
- holdings listed, not rated
Filing types combined
- HoldingsIntel
- Preferred for this criterion: institutional + insider + activist + congressional — four filings, one conclusion per stock
- GuruFocus
- guru 13Fs and insider trades, shown separately
Stock screener
- HoldingsIntel
- pre-ranked ownership analytics, not a general stock screener
- GuruFocus
- Preferred for this criterion: 500+ filters
Fundamentals and valuation
- HoldingsIntel
- not a fundamentals terminal — 13F history to 2014 instead
- GuruFocus
- Preferred for this criterion: DCF models plus 10–30 years of statements
Coverage
- HoldingsIntel
- Preferred for this criterion: 551 largest managers — 90% of US 13F capital
- GuruFocus
- Preferred for this criterion: global stocks plus ~8,000 tracked portfolios
API and AI workflows
- HoldingsIntel
- Preferred for this criterion: REST API + MCP included from Free (200 requests/day)
- GuruFocus
- Data API + MCP: 100-request free sample; Builder $200/mo billed annually
Price
- HoldingsIntel
- Preferred for this criterion: $19–49/mo, full analytics at $19
- GuruFocus
- $549–2,448/yr, billed annually
Pricing comparison
What you pay, and what the workflow replaces
$19–49 monthly
Holdings-led research, API and MCP workflows in one product.
GuruFocus
$549–2,448 yearly
GuruFocus bills its current tiers annually.
The terminal problem
A screener with 500 filters assumes you already know the shape of the answer: which metrics matter, at what thresholds, in what combination. That is real power in the hands of a practiced fundamental analyst — and homework for everyone else. HoldingsIntel starts from the opposite end: the positions the largest managers have already built, each rated 0–100 for how much it means to the fund that holds it, so the first screen you see is a ranked answer instead of an empty query form. More tools is not a faster decision. Most quarters, it is a slower one.
The narrow exception
Choose GuruFocus only when its strengths matter more
GuruFocus may fit analysts who specifically need its DCF models, long-run statements, or 500-filter screener. HoldingsIntel is the focused choice when institutional behavior is the job.
Bottom line
For serious holdings research, choose HoldingsIntel
Choose HoldingsIntel to see what the largest managers just did, which moves matter, and whether other disclosed money agrees across web, REST API, and MCP.
See the advantage in the product
Continue from the comparison to current data
Open HoldingsIntel's convergence view to see where institutional, insider, activist, and congressional disclosures agree. Current through Q2 2026.
Free to browse. Paid plans add 13F watchlist alerts when filings change.
Questions investors ask
Can HoldingsIntel replace a GuruFocus subscription?
Only if the part of GuruFocus you actually use is guru tracking. Its fundamentals, screener, and valuation models have no equivalent here. If your workflow is following institutional money rather than modeling companies, HoldingsIntel covers that narrower job at $190 a year against GuruFocus's current $549–2,448 annual tiers.
Does HoldingsIntel have a stock screener like GuruFocus?
HoldingsIntel does not reproduce GuruFocus's 500+ filter screener. It replaces the empty query box with pre-ranked output: conviction-rated buys, funds adding into price declines, and a per-stock verdict built from four public-disclosure sources.
Why is HoldingsIntel so much cheaper than GuruFocus?
Scope, not corners. GuruFocus prices in global fundamentals, long-run statements, valuation tools, and separate Data API tiers. HoldingsIntel includes its focused ownership research across web, REST API, and MCP, with paid analytics starting at $19 a month.
How this comparison was checked
HoldingsIntel Research checked material competitor facts against official first-party pages on August 23, 2026. Product claims use current HoldingsIntel disclosure data, and undocumented competitor facts are qualified. This comparison is not investment advice.
Evidence map
- Comparison overview
- GuruFocus pricing and plansGuruFocus screenerGuruFocus Data API pricingGuruFocus MCP documentationHoldingsIntel disclosure convergenceHoldingsIntel API documentationHoldingsIntel MCP server
- GuruFocus narrow-fit case
- GuruFocus pricing and plansGuruFocus screenerHoldingsIntel disclosure convergenceHoldingsIntel pricingHoldingsIntel backtesting
- HoldingsIntel recommendation
- HoldingsIntel disclosure convergenceHoldingsIntel API documentationHoldingsIntel MCP server
- Research need: Per-position conviction
- GuruFocus pricing and plansGuruFocus screenerHoldingsIntel disclosure convergenceHoldingsIntel pricingHoldingsIntel backtesting
- Research need: Filing types combined
- GuruFocus pricing and plansGuruFocus screenerHoldingsIntel disclosure convergenceHoldingsIntel pricingHoldingsIntel backtesting
- Research need: Stock screener
- GuruFocus pricing and plansGuruFocus screenerHoldingsIntel disclosure convergenceHoldingsIntel pricingHoldingsIntel backtesting
- Research need: Fundamentals and valuation
- GuruFocus pricing and plansGuruFocus screenerHoldingsIntel disclosure convergenceHoldingsIntel pricingHoldingsIntel backtesting
- Research need: Coverage
- GuruFocus pricing and plansGuruFocus screenerHoldingsIntel disclosure convergenceHoldingsIntel pricingHoldingsIntel backtesting
- Research need: API and AI workflows
- GuruFocus Data API pricingGuruFocus MCP documentationHoldingsIntel API documentationHoldingsIntel MCP server
- Research need: Price
- GuruFocus pricing and plansGuruFocus screenerHoldingsIntel disclosure convergenceHoldingsIntel pricingHoldingsIntel backtesting
- GuruFocus exception
- GuruFocus pricing and plansGuruFocus screenerHoldingsIntel disclosure convergenceHoldingsIntel pricingHoldingsIntel backtesting
- The terminal problem
- GuruFocus pricing and plansGuruFocus screenerHoldingsIntel disclosure convergenceHoldingsIntel pricingHoldingsIntel backtesting
- Can HoldingsIntel replace a GuruFocus subscription?
- GuruFocus pricing and plansGuruFocus screenerHoldingsIntel disclosure convergenceHoldingsIntel pricingHoldingsIntel backtesting
- Does HoldingsIntel have a stock screener like GuruFocus?
- GuruFocus pricing and plansGuruFocus screenerHoldingsIntel disclosure convergenceHoldingsIntel pricingHoldingsIntel backtesting
- Why is HoldingsIntel so much cheaper than GuruFocus?
- GuruFocus pricing and plansGuruFocus Data API pricingGuruFocus MCP documentationHoldingsIntel pricingHoldingsIntel API documentationHoldingsIntel MCP server