PlainIndex

Tools

Interactive calculators built on the same scored catalog as the rest of the site. Open-source; data refreshed on the same cadence as the ETF pages.

Portfolio backtester

Live

Replay any lazy portfolio through 5 years of monthly total returns. Shows the equity curve, CAGR, and max drawdown so you can size a portfolio's drawdown profile against your tolerance.

Multi-ETF overlap analyzer

Live

Compare holdings across up to six funds at once. Renders a pairwise heatmap and ranks pairs by holdings overlap — answers the open-ended questions /compare/ intentionally doesn't pre-render.

Tax-loss harvesting partner finder

Live

For any catalog fund, ranks every catalog candidate by holdings overlap and flags wash-sale risk where the candidate tracks the same index. Hides same-index funds by default.

Expense-ratio cost calculator

Live

Compounds the dollar difference between two expense ratios over a multi-decade holding period. The right framing for "is 3 bps vs 20 bps a big deal?"