Sharesight versus StockDashes for European investors. Sharesight wins on coverage of European listings and ETFs, dividends and tax reports; StockDashes is free with no paid plan, covers up to 18 positions without an account, and shows a time-weighted return against the S&P 500.
- •Sharesight's free plan stops at 10 holdings, closed positions included; paid plans start at €7 a month billed annually.
- •Sharesight shows money-weighted returns; StockDashes shows time-weighted returns (and money-weighted when signed in).
- •For a portfolio of mostly UCITS ETFs, Sharesight is the better choice: StockDashes can't price them yet.
- •Sharesight stores data in the United States; the StockDashes calculator reads your file in your browser.
Sharesight Alternative for European Investors: What to Use Instead, and When Sharesight Is Better
Sharesight and StockDashes side by side for European (DEGIRO and Saxo) investors: price, import, return method, coverage of European listings and ETFs, and where your data is stored — with a source for every fact, checked 5 October 2026.
Short answer
Sharesight is a full portfolio tracker with a free plan of 10 holdings, paid plans from €7 a month, money-weighted returns, automatic dividends, tax reports and coverage of 60+ exchanges including Euronext, Xetra and the LSE; it stores data in the United States. If you mainly want a free, no-account look at your time-weighted return from a DEGIRO or Saxo export — read in your browser, never uploaded — StockDashes is an alternative. If your portfolio is mostly UCITS ETFs, or you need tax reports, Sharesight is the better fit today.
Sharesight is one of the best-known portfolio trackers, and many European investors try it first. It isn't the right fit for everyone — the free plan is small, and it was built around money-weighted returns and tax reporting rather than a quick look at how your decisions performed. This guide puts it next to StockDashes, which is made by the team behind this blog. That's why every fact about Sharesight links to Sharesight's own site, and why the guide says plainly where Sharesight is the better choice.
Checked 5 October 2026. Prices and features change; follow the source links before you decide.
Sharesight in brief
- Plans (EU, incl. VAT): Free — 1 portfolio, 10 holdings including closed ones. Starter €7/month billed annually (€9.33 monthly), 30 holdings. Standard €17 (€22.67), 4 portfolios, unlimited holdings. Premium €23 (€30.67), 10 portfolios (source).
- DEGIRO: upload a CSV of DEGIRO's Transactions export for your history, then forward DEGIRO's trade-confirmation emails for new trades (source); DEGIRO Account and Portfolio files are also accepted, including Dutch ones (source).
- Saxo: upload an Excel export of your transactions, then email each trade-confirmation PDF (source).
- Returns: money-weighted, using a variation of the Modified Dietz method, annualised once your average time invested reaches a year (source). Sharesight's blog argues that time-weighted returns are "less useful and potentially misleading for individual investors" (source).
- Dividends: recorded automatically, you confirm them (source); for European holdings you set the withholding-tax rate yourself per holding (source).
- Currency: the portfolio currency follows the tax residency you choose at setup, which can't be changed later; foreign holdings are converted automatically (source).
- Tax reports: taxable income, sold securities (gains on average cost) and all trades, with a tax year you can set (source).
- Coverage: "over 60 stock exchanges and managed funds", including Euronext Amsterdam, Xetra and the London Stock Exchange (source).
- Your data: stored in the United States; an optional AI importer is processed by Claude in the US (source, source).
- Mobile: a free, read-only app for iOS and Android (source).
Side by side
| Sharesight | StockDashes | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free up to 10 holdings (incl. closed); €7–€23/month billed annually | Free, no paid plan; the calculator needs no account and covers up to 18 positions |
| DEGIRO | Transactions CSV + forwarded confirmation emails; Account/Portfolio files accepted | Account Statement file (XLSX or CSV); signed in, the Transactions export too |
| Saxo | Excel export + emailed confirmation PDFs | Transactions export file |
| Return method | Money-weighted (Modified Dietz variant) | Time-weighted vs the S&P 500 (SPY) total return in euros; money-weighted (XIRR) when signed in |
| European listings and ETFs | 60+ exchanges, including Euronext, Xetra, LSE | US-listed holdings, and European shares that also trade in the US. UCITS ETFs (VWCE, IWDA) are shown by name but not priced yet |
| Dividends and tax | Automatic dividends; tax reports | Total dividends received, counted in the return; no tax reports |
| Where data is stored | United States | Calculator: in your browser, only ISIN codes sent. Account: London, UK; servers in the US (privacy) |
When Sharesight is the better choice
Your portfolio is mostly UCITS ETFs or European listings that don't trade in the US. Sharesight covers Euronext, Xetra and the LSE directly. StockDashes can't price UCITS ETFs such as VWCE or IWDA yet — they're shown by name but left out of your return, and if they're most of your portfolio it shows an explanation instead of a number.
You need tax reports or dividend bookkeeping. Sharesight's taxable-income and sold-securities reports and automatic dividend recording go well beyond what StockDashes does.
You want new trades to arrive by themselves. Forwarding confirmation emails keeps Sharesight up to date; StockDashes works from export files you drop in again.
When StockDashes is a good alternative
You have between 10 and 18 holdings and don't want to pay. Sharesight's free plan stops at 10 holdings, closed ones included. StockDashes is free, with no paid plan, and covers up to 18 positions; with more than that, it tells you which positions it left out — or, if leaving them out would distort the return, shows no return at all.
You want a time-weighted return. That's the figure that removes the effect of when you added money, so you can hold your decisions up against the market. StockDashes shows it against the S&P 500 total return in euros; signed in, it adds your money-weighted return. Not sure which you need? See TWR vs MWR, with a worked example.
You'd rather not upload your history. The free calculator reads your DEGIRO Account Statement or Saxo export in your browser; the file is never uploaded, and only ISIN codes are sent to look up prices. (How to export the DEGIRO file.)
You hold mostly individual shares. US-listed shares are priced, and so are European shares that also trade in the US — like ASML or Shell — priced from that US line (the same shares, or an ADR at its published ratio) and converted to euros, with a note saying so.
The free calculator handles up to 18 positions and up to 5 years of history; sign up (also free) to save your portfolio and get AI research on each holding.
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Frequently asked questions
Is there a free alternative to Sharesight? Yes. StockDashes is free with no paid plan; its return calculator needs no account and covers up to 18 positions. Sharesight itself has a free plan of 1 portfolio and 10 holdings, closed positions included.
Does Sharesight work with DEGIRO? Yes, through files and emails: you upload a CSV of DEGIRO's Transactions export for your history and forward DEGIRO's trade-confirmation emails for new trades. Sharesight's pages don't mention an automatic connection to DEGIRO.
Does Sharesight show time-weighted returns? Sharesight calculates money-weighted returns, using a variation of the Modified Dietz method, and its blog argues against time-weighted returns for individual investors. StockDashes shows time-weighted returns, and money-weighted returns when you're signed in.
Where does Sharesight store my data? According to its EU privacy policy, in the United States.
Can StockDashes track European ETFs like VWCE or IWDA? Not yet. They're shown by name but not priced — prices coming — so they're left out of the return. US-listed holdings and European shares that also trade in the US are priced.
The short version
Sharesight: broad European coverage, dividends and tax reports, money-weighted returns, a 10-holding free plan, data in the US — the better choice for ETF-heavy portfolios and tax bookkeeping. StockDashes: free with no paid plan for up to 18 positions, a time-weighted return against the S&P 500 from the file you already have, read in your browser — strong for individual shares, not yet for UCITS ETFs.