Tapeboard vs BamSEC: SEC Filings Reader Compared

BamSEC is a document-first filings tool with tables to Excel, document compare and highlighting. Tapeboard gives you a free filings reader and AI summaries inside a scanner, charts and journal.

Competitor pricing and plan names checked against vendor pricing pages on 2026-10-07. Rows marked third-party sourced come from vendors whose pages block automated checks. Vendors change tiers independently, so verify on their site before deciding.

Prices come from the same dated list as the full cost comparison.

• You want to read a filing for free and also watch a live scanner, chart and journal in the same app.
• You read filings a few times a week and a free reader with 5 searches a day is enough.
• You want an AI summary of a filing and an offering-filing feed for small caps without a separate subscription.
• You are comparing the cost of a full trading stack, not only a filings tool.

• You pull financial tables into Excel. Tapeboard has no tables-to-Excel export.
• You compare filings side by side. BamSEC has similar-table and merge-table tools. Tapeboard does not.
• You mark up filings. BamSEC has highlighting and links back to the source text. Tapeboard does not.
• You need event transcripts for many companies. Our transcripts are past earnings calls and coverage varies by ticker.
• You work at a firm that needs an enterprise contract. BamSEC offers one.

Is Tapeboard a free alternative to BamSEC?

Partly. Tapeboard gives a signed-in free account a filings reader for the latest 10 filings per company and 5 new filings searches a day. BamSEC also lists a Free plan with limited search and screening. For deep document work, such as tables to Excel and document compare, BamSEC is the more complete tool.

How much does BamSEC cost compared with Tapeboard?

BamSEC Pro is $69/mo billed annually on its pricing page, checked 2026-10-07. Tapeboard Pro is $39 a month and includes the scanner, charts, journal and unlimited filings search with AI summaries. Tapeboard Free costs nothing.

Does Tapeboard have AI summaries of SEC filings?

Yes, on Pro. Open a filing and Tapeboard writes a summary that is saved in your AI history. The summary does not replace reading the filing, and it is not investment advice.

How fast do new filings appear on Tapeboard?

Within minutes of the SEC publishing them. Tapeboard does not promise a specific number of seconds, because the delay on the SEC side varies.

Can Tapeboard export filing tables to Excel?

No. If you need tables in a spreadsheet, BamSEC Pro is built for that.

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