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>_ Alpha-File vs The 13F

Alpha-File and The 13F, side-by-side. Compare the facts below, then pick the one that fits your workflow.

Alpha-File
The 13F
one-liner
Tracks hedge fund, mutual fund, and activist investor holdings aggregated from 13F, N-PORT, and beneficial-ownership filings across multiple sources
Transforms SEC Form 13F filings from 8,600+ institutional managers into structured intelligence reports showing trades separated from price drift
best for
tracking specific hedge funds, mutual funds, and activist investors to see their quarterly position changes and portfolio evolution
analyzing institutional equity positioning disclosed in quarterly 13f filings — manager changes, holder concentration, sector flows, portfolio similarity, and consensus positioning across the us equity market.
key feature
tracks every buy, sell, add, trim across custom manager watchlists
separates deliberate trades from price movement for quarterly institutional positioning
who uses it
Retail, Hedge Fund, Mutual Fund, Investment Bank, RIA, Family Office
Retail, RIA, Hedge Fund
asset class
Equities
Equities
function
Research, Portfolio Tracking
Research, Data & APIs
strategies
Event-Driven / Special Situations, Fundamental Analysis, Value Investing
Event-Driven / Special Situations, Fundamental Analysis, Value Investing
workflow
Research, Monitoring
Idea Generation, Research, Monitoring
instruments
Stocks, ETFs
Stocks, ETFs
regions
North America
North America
pricing
FREE
$-$$
plans
—
free tools (portfolio changes, intelligence hub, manager clone backtester, peer $0 · manager intelligence report $49 per report · security ownership report $39 per report · sector strategy brief $39 per report · 13f playbook report $39 per report
free tier
yes
yes
model
freemium
freemium
via
web
web, mcp, api
audience
retail
pro · hedge fund
upvotes
0
1

Alpha-File vs The 13F: key differences

  • Only The 13F is available via mcp, api.
  • The 13F also covers idea generation in the workflow.
  • Alpha-File lists Mutual Fund, Investment Bank, Family Office users; The 13F does not.

about Alpha-File

aggregates hedge fund, mutual fund, and activist investor holdings from 13F, N-PORT, and beneficial-ownership filings. users build custom watchlists of managers and track every buy, sell, add, trim, and portfolio shift through data visualizations and filings from multiple sources.

about The 13F

transforms sec form 13f filings from 8,600+ institutional managers into structured intelligence reports, separating deliberate trades from price movement. sources all data directly from sec edgar, parses position-level holdings across 50+ quarters, and delivers manager positioning, security ownership, sector flows, and quarterly playbooks within minutes of filing.

Alpha-File
Tracks hedge fund, mutual fund, and activist investor holdings aggregated from 13F, N-PORT, and beneficial-ownership filings across multiple sources
[↗] visit alpha-file.com
The 13F
Transforms SEC Form 13F filings from 8,600+ institutional managers into structured intelligence reports showing trades separated from price drift
[↗] visit the13f.com

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