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Ghostfolio vs Investbrain
A side-by-side feature comparison.
| Feature | Ghostfolio | Investbrain |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Tracking & data | ||
| Manual entry | Yes | Yes |
| CSV / broker import. Import holdings and transactions from broker or exchange CSV files. | Yes | Partial |
| Automatic bank/broker sync. Connects to your bank or broker to pull holdings in automatically. | Not supported | Not supported |
| Multi-asset | Yes | Not supported |
| Multi-currency | Yes | Yes |
| Dividend tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Dividend/income forecast. Projects future dividend income and shows an income calendar. | Not supported | Not supported |
| Tax reports | Not supported | Not supported |
| Analysis & insights | ||
| AI portfolio analysis | Not supported | Yes |
| AI asset & market analysis. AI commentary on individual holdings and market context, not just the whole portfolio. | Not supported | Partial |
| Portfolio health score. A single score rating diversification, concentration and other portfolio-health signals. | Partial | Not supported |
| Rebalancing & drift. Shows how far your allocation has drifted from target and how to correct it. | Not supported | Not supported |
| Goal & time-to-goal | Yes | Not supported |
| Custom groupings / tags. Group holdings by your own dimensions (e.g. strategy, theme), not just asset class. | Yes | Not supported |
| Return method (TWR/MWR). True time-weighted (TWR) and money-weighted (MWR/XIRR) return — not just a simple % change. | Yes | Not supported |
| Benchmark & alpha. Compare returns against a benchmark, including alpha. | Yes | Not supported |
| Backtesting & scenarios. Test a portfolio against historical data or run scenario simulations. | Not supported | Partial |
| Access & pricing | ||
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| No account linking required. Works without connecting a bank login or aggregator. | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | Partial |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Public API | Yes | Yes |
| Platform & reach | ||
| Mobile app | Partial | Partial |
| Multi-language | Yes | Yes |
| Community & extras | ||
| Public / social portfolios. Share your portfolio publicly and follow other investors. | Yes | Not supported |
| AI portfolio roast. A shareable AI roast: a frank critique of a portfolio. | Not supported | Not supported |
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Ghostfolio
Freemium
A good pick if you want your portfolio data on your own server. Free to self-host, about $48 a year in the cloud.
Investbrain
Free
Free, self-hostable tracker for listed stocks and ETFs, with a real REST API and AI chat on your own model or key.
About PortfolioGlance
Skip the trade-by-trade logging. Just tell us what you hold today, and we reconstruct the history and performance for you. Prefer import? CSV works too.
Moving from Ghostfolio? PortfolioGlance imports its activities CSV export directly.
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