HedgeFollow casts the widest net. Someone still has to read the catch. Start scrolling HedgeFollow's fund directory and you will still be scrolling at number four thousand: 10,000+ funds, AI-generated stock picks on top, from about $99 a year — the widest 13F net at the lowest paid price. HoldingsIntel keeps 551 names on the roster and reads each one closely: every position rated for conviction, buying-into-weakness flagged, every fund profiled and star-rated on its record. The close read costs $190 a year.
We build HoldingsIntel. Every number below is sourced and dated so you can check it — and where HedgeFollow is the better tool, the table says so.
HoldingsIntel vs. HedgeFollow
HedgeFollow casts the widest net. Someone still has to read the catch.
Start scrolling HedgeFollow's fund directory and you will still be scrolling at number four thousand: 10,000+ funds, AI-generated stock picks on top, from about $99 a year — the widest 13F net at the lowest paid price. HoldingsIntel keeps 551 names on the roster and reads each one closely: every position rated for conviction, buying-into-weakness flagged, every fund profiled and star-rated on its record. The close read costs $190 a year.
| Dimension | HoldingsIntel | HedgeFollow |
|---|---|---|
| Fund roster | 551 largest managers — 90% of US 13F capital1 | 10,000+ funds, most far smaller |
| How each position is read | conviction rated 0–100 on every buy2 | position sizes and quarter-over-quarter changes |
| Adds into falling prices | detected and ranked each quarter | not offered |
| Who the manager is | DNA profile + a 7-dimension star rating per fund | per-fund performance stats |
| Machine-generated ideas | not offered | AI stock picks included |
| Entry price | $190/yr (Pro) | $99/yr |
| Comparison tooling + API | overlap heatmaps between funds, plus a REST API | not offered |
| Insider trades | Form 4 feed, folded into each stock's verdict | insider data included |
1Dollar-weighted: total holdings value reported by tracked managers ÷ total value reported across all SEC Form 13F filings, computed from SEC 13F datasets and re-verified quarterly (as of 2026-07-11). Measures disclosed institutional holdings — not the whole US stock market, and not assets we manage.
2Rated on portfolio commitment, action intensity, and dollar credibility; band-by-band forward returns over 46 quarters are public on the backtesting page.
What 10,000 funds costs you
A 10,000-fund roster reads like reach; on screen it behaves like a noise floor. Below the giants sits a long tail of small filers whose trades move nothing, and a list that long can't stay current — the tail churns faster than any tracker prunes it. Following it means doing the filtering yourself, every quarter, forever. HoldingsIntel starts where the filtering ends: the 551 managers whose disclosed holdings total $59.6T, each one read position by position rather than counted.
Where HedgeFollow is the better tool
The wide net is genuinely useful in two cases. If you follow a specific small or mid-size manager — a niche activist, a regional value shop — HedgeFollow probably tracks it and we probably don't. And if you want machine-generated ideas at the lowest paid price in the category, its AI picks and $99 entry are exactly that, with no pretense otherwise. What the roster can't do is tell you which of ten thousand portfolios deserve your Saturday morning. That judgment layer is the product we sell.
Bottom line
Choose HedgeFollow
For the widest roster at the lowest price: 10,000+ funds, AI picks, $99 a year.
Choose HoldingsIntel
For depth on the funds that move markets: every position scored, weakness-buying flagged, each manager profiled and rated — worth the extra $91 a year if reading beats browsing.
References
- SEC EDGAR full-text 13F filing system — primary source for all holdings data
- Conviction backtesting page — 46 quarters of band-by-band forward returns
- HedgeFollow public pricing page, as of 2026-07 (prior verification)
Questions traders actually ask
HedgeFollow costs half as much as HoldingsIntel — what does the difference buy?
The $99-vs-$190 gap is real and we don't dodge it. The extra $91/yr buys the interpretation layer HedgeFollow doesn't build: a 0–100 conviction rating on every position, automatic detection of funds adding into price declines, DNA profiles and star ratings per manager, overlap heatmaps, and an API. If holdings tables are all you need, pay less.
Does HoldingsIntel track as many funds as HedgeFollow?
No — 551 against 10,000+, and that is a design decision, not a gap. The managers we track control 90% of US 13F capital; the rest of the roster is a long tail of small and lapsed filers whose trades wouldn't change your read of a single stock. We'd rather read fewer funds properly than count more of them.
Does HoldingsIntel offer AI stock picks like HedgeFollow?
No. Machine-picked ideas are a genuine HedgeFollow feature and some investors want exactly that. Our position is different: instead of a pick whose reasoning you can't inspect, every score here traces to specific SEC filings and a published method, so you can check the work before you act on it.
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