A Fair Sharadar Alternative for Point-in-Time Fundamentals

If you searched "Sharadar alternative," you are probably a quant who already respects Sharadar and is checking whether something cheaper, simpler, or more transparent fits your workflow. Good instinct. Let's be honest up front: Sharadar is the strongest credible incumbent in affordable point-in-time (PIT) US fundamentals, and for many backtesters it is the right buy. This page will not trash it. Our goal is to help you pick correctly — which sometimes means sending you to them.

We build Tradevo Data: point-in-time US equity fundamentals sourced from SEC EDGAR (public domain), delivered as one JSON endpoint at $49/mo. Below is a fair, receipts-first comparison.

What each product actually is

Sharadar Core US Fundamentals (SF1) is a mature, broad dataset distributed through Nasdaq Data Link (and resellers like QuantRocket). It covers 16,000+ US companies including delisted names (no survivorship bias), with fundamentals history reaching back to 1990, ~150 indicators and ratios, and both as-reported and most-recent-restated dimensions (ARQ / ARY / ART / MRQ / MRY / MRT), quarterly and annual, keyed by a datekey that marks when each figure became available.

Tradevo Data is a deliberately narrow, honest budget tier. We cover 5,214 US companies, 313,562 point-in-time rows, 7 core concepts (Revenue, NetIncome, Assets, StockholdersEquity, OperatingCashFlow, EPSDiluted, DilutedShares), up to 12 fiscal years, annual only (10-K and 10-K/A). No quarterly yet. No bulk Parquet yet. US only. Every figure comes straight from EDGAR.

We are not claiming to be "the only cheap PIT provider" — Sharadar and Tiingo exist and are credible. We are the honest, minimal, instantly self-serve option for people who want exactly this slice.

Side-by-side

Sharadar figures per Nasdaq Data Link and reseller documentation. Verify current specifics yourself — see links below.

Our honest edges

1. The point-in-time join is done for you, server-side. With Sharadar you get PIT correctness by choosing an as-reported dimension and filtering datekey <= your_date yourself — powerful, but it is your join to write and your look-ahead bug to avoid. Tradevo Data does it on the server: you call /v1/fundamentals?ticker=AAPL&as_of=2019-03-01, and we return only rows where first_filed <= as_of (same-day inclusive). One request, no assembly.

2. Instant, self-serve, flat $49/mo. Your API key is issued immediately after Stripe checkout — no license-tier selection, no annual commitment, cancel anytime. 5,000 requests/day. Docs at /docs.

3. No professional / money-management license gate. Sharadar (via Nasdaq Data Link) separates non-professional from professional licensing, which matters if you manage money or operate as a business. Tradevo Data has no such restriction — the data is derived from public-domain SEC filings.

4. Radical transparency, verifiable before you pay. Every row carries first_filed (when the value became public), original_value (first-reported, PIT-safe), latest_value (current revision), a restated flag (>0.5% same-tag revision, amendments included), and a per-row qa_status — issues are flagged, never silently dropped. We label 18,539 restatements. On a 40-company sample of reliable-filing rows we measured mean filing lookahead of 43.4 days (max 61) — that is a sample figure, not a dataset-wide guarantee. The full methodology and 3,212 sample rows are public on GitHub, no signup.

When Sharadar is the better choice

This section is non-negotiable for us, because getting you the right tool is the whole point. Buy Sharadar if:

• You need quarterly data. We are annual-only today. Quarterly is on our roadmap, but if you need 10-Q cadence now, Sharadar has it and we don't.
• You need delisted companies / survivorship-bias-free history. Sharadar's delisted coverage is a genuine strength for realistic long-horizon backtests. Our 5,214 names are active-company focused.
• You need pre-2013 depth. Our 12 fiscal years reach back roughly a decade; Sharadar's fundamentals reach back to ~1990. For multi-cycle studies spanning the dot-com era or 2008, that depth matters.
• You need breadth of fields or ratios. We ship 7 core concepts. Sharadar's ~150 indicators and precomputed ratios will save you a lot of derivation work.
• You need trailing-twelve-month or multiple as-reported dimensions out of the box.

If any of those describe you, go get Sharadar — check their current pricing and licensing directly. You'll be happier, and we'd rather you trust us next time than oversell you today.

When Tradevo Data fits better

Pick us if you want annual PIT fundamentals for large/active US names, delivered as one instant JSON call with the as_of logic already handled, at a flat $49/mo, with every restatement labeled and a free sample you can audit before paying. That is a real and common need — factor prototyping, teaching, indie backtests, sanity-checking a vendor, or bolting clean fundamentals onto an existing pipeline without an annual contract.

Try it without paying

Audit the data first. The free sample — 40 large caps, 3,212 point-in-time rows, full methodology, no signup — is on GitHub. Diff it against your existing source before you trust a single row.

When you're ready for the full 5,214-company endpoint, the $49/mo API issues a key instantly and cancels anytime. Read the full methodology and positioning if you want the deeper story on how we build PIT from EDGAR.

Not investment advice. Competitor pricing, coverage, and licensing change — verify Sharadar's current terms on their own pages before deciding. Figures for both products stated as of July 2026.