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The Free tier is free because we want it to be.

Most portfolio apps charge a monthly fee just to look at your own data. Free never will — no trial, no expiration, no feature-clock. Pro and Quant are separate paid tiers for active trading and research, if you want more than portfolio clarity.

What's free, forever

This list only ever grows. Pro and Quant add capability on top — upgrading never takes anything below away from you.

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    What Pro and Quant add

    Upgrading is optional. Pro is for active trading — signals, broker execution, and native Copilot chat. Quant is for research — point-in-time data, walk-forward backtests, and notebooks.

    See full pricing & comparison

    Why Plaid is the only connector we charge for

    Plaid charges portfolio aggregators per connected account per month. Source: Plaid billing docs.

    At 10,000 users with two accounts each, that's substantial monthly cost before we earn a dollar.

    That's why aggregator-based competitors charge a subscription to look at your own portfolio. They're paying Plaid out of your subscription.

    We chose differently. Every direct broker connection we offer today — Schwab, Interactive Brokers (IBKR), Tastytrade, Tradier, Coinbase, and E*TRADE (sandbox) — is free, with no tier gate. Plaid is the only connector that costs anything, because it is the only one we pay for.

    Fidelity and Robinhood are planned via a read-only import partner and are not live yet. Vanguard, JPMorgan, Merrill, and Wells Fargo aren't connectable today, direct or via import — we'd rather say that than let you find out. CSV import backfills transaction history on a broker account you've already connected; it isn't a separate way to onboard a brokerage we don't yet support.

    We choose free direct connections because we choose you.

    AxiomFolioAggregator-style app
    Cost for portfolio clarity (Free tier, forever)No subscription feeTypically paid subscription
    Fidelity / RobinhoodPlanned (read-only import), not live yetPlaid-linked where supported; gaps otherwise
    Vanguard / JPMorgan / Merrill / Wells FargoNot connectable todayPlaid-linked where supported; gaps otherwise
    Direct broker connectionsSchwab + Tastytrade + Tradier + Coinbase (OAuth), IBKR (FlexQuery + Gateway), E*TRADE (OAuth sandbox) — all freeVaries by vendor
    Sells your dataNoCheck their terms — many do

    What we'll never do

    • Sell your data, ever
    • Show ads
    • Share aggregated portfolios with hedge funds
    • Change pricing on the Free tier — it stays $0, forever

    Live pulse

    Small counters we can stand behind — no internal cost dashboard yet; that comes once there's revenue worth talking about.

    Tips & sharing

    Subscription billing now runs on Stripe Checkout (see pricing) — one-off tips for the Free tier aren't wired up yet. Meanwhile, share AxiomFolio with someone who'd benefit.