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—a 7-day card-backed free trial covers 10 companies, a rolling 3-year history, and 100 requests/day, then Pro is $29/month for complete available history, bulk, and volume. 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 from Dec 1997 (per data.nasdaq.com/databases/SF1, checked Aug 2026), ~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 5,168 US companies, 632,466 annual point-in-time rows, 16 annual concepts (Revenue, NetIncome, Assets, StockholdersEquity, OperatingCashFlow, EPSDiluted, DilutedShares, GrossProfit, OperatingIncome, PretaxIncome, IncomeTaxExpense, CapitalExpenditures, CashAndCashEquivalents, CurrentAssets, CurrentLiabilities, NetPPE), up to 12 fiscal years, plus 1,089,635 quarterly rows across 5,382 companies for seven quarterly concepts. Q4 is reported where tagged or derived and labelled where supported. Bulk CSV download + universe snapshot included (Parquet format not 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

See the lookahead leak on real filings — five companies, 225 rows, CC0, no signup. Three minutes in a notebook, before you decide anything.

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 evaluation. A key arrives after card-backed checkout; cancel during the 7-day free trial and pay $0. It then renews at $29/month—no license-tier selection or annual commitment. Pro includes 5,000 requests/day and 2,500 distinct tickers/day (use /v1/snapshot or /v1/download for cross-sections). 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 one plan and no professional/non-professional tiering; the license covers your own internal and commercial analysis and prohibits bulk redistribution or resale of the dataset (terms). The source filings are public domain and the public proof pack is CC0.

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 37,804 restatements. On a 5-company public proof pack of reliable-filing rows we measured mean filing lookahead of 35.2 days (max 48) — a sample figure; across the full universe the reliable-row mean is 66 days (median 60, p90 90; reliable rows are capped at 120 days by our QA rule, so we quote the percentile, not the maximum), because large caps file fastest. The full methodology and 225 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 TTM, delisted-company history, deeper history, or a broader quarterly schema. Sharadar has the more complete research universe; Tradevo Data stays the narrower $29 point-in-time layer.
• You need delisted companies / survivorship-bias-free history. Sharadar's delisted coverage is a genuine strength for realistic long-horizon backtests. Our 5,168 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 Dec 1997 (per data.nasdaq.com/databases/SF1, checked Aug 2026). For multi-cycle studies spanning the dot-com era or 2008, that depth matters.
• You need breadth of fields or ratios. We ship 16 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, a 7-day free trial for 10 companies and a rolling 3-year history, every restatement labeled, and a tiny CC0 proof pack you can audit before paying anything. 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 public proof pack — 5 companies, 225 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 to evaluate the service, the 7-day free trial is card-backed and covers 10 companies, a rolling 3-year history window, and 100 requests/day; it renews at $29/month unless canceled, when Pro adds complete available history, bulk download, the universe snapshot, and 5,000 requests/day. 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.