The 8 Best SPAC Research Tools and Trackers in 2026 (Compared)

Full disclosure: Dombey Capital is our own research service and our top pick here, for the reasons below. The section on where it falls short is there so you can judge whether it fits your process.

Quick comparison

How we compared these tools

We compared these sources from vendor documentation, pricing pages and public product pages read in October 2026, and from the SEC's own pages. We did not run trials with any of them, and we make no judgment on any vendor's speed or data accuracy beyond what the vendor states.

If you weight coverage breadth higher, for example because you trade the whole pre-deal SPAC universe on yield to deadline, the dedicated databases move up and the research service moves down. If cost matters most, EDGAR and the free lists cover the documents and the announced deals without a subscription.

Quick picks by job

Best for SPACs and dated catalysts written up as research: Dombey Founding Membership

Founding Membership is written research, not a SPAC screen. The weekly Phoenix Report covers selected special situations and earnings-related opportunities, and each thesis is published before its catalyst. When a SPAC or de-SPAC falls within coverage, the work reads the proxy, the dilution table and the target's financials and sets out what could break the case. It suits readers who want a view on what a deal is worth, not only a list of pending votes.

Best free source for SPAC documents: SEC EDGAR

The IPO prospectus, every 10-Q, the extension and deal proxies, the S-4 or F-4 and the 8-Ks that report redemptions all land on EDGAR. Full-text search reaches back to 2001 and exports results as CSV.

Best full SPAC database with alerts: SPACInsider

SPACInsider says it tracks more than 1,800 SPACs with more than 450 data points each and history back to 2009, with a calendar, news and customizable filing alerts on its Basic plan.

Best SPAC database with an annual plan: SPAC Research

SPAC Research publishes both a monthly and an annual price, and its plan bundles the database, calendar, newsfeed, watchlist, reports and AI access.

Best free list of announced SPAC deals: InsideArbitrage

InsideArbitrage's business combination table lists the SPAC, the target, the announcement and expected closing dates and a dated log of each deal's milestones.

Best for SPAC data inside a governance platform: Boardroom Alpha

Boardroom Alpha puts a SPAC module, with IPO pricings, a vote calendar and a de-SPAC tracker, next to its board, executive and activist data.

Best for long-run SPAC market data: SPAC Analytics

SPAC Analytics says it has supplied SPAC data to investment banks and portfolio managers since 2007, with a database reaching back to 2003.

Best free list of new blank-check IPOs: Stock Analysis

Stock Analysis lists recent IPOs with the IPO price, current price and return, and blank-check offerings priced at $10.00 appear in that list.

Full reviews

1. Dombey Founding Membership

What it does. Founding Membership is Dombey Capital's full research suite: the weekly Phoenix Report, weekly Options Research, the Biweekly Catalyst Briefing, and the DombeyAI Portal with the Daily Phoenix Screener and the Earnings Conviction Model, plus valuation and execution analysis and priority access. The Daily Phoenix Screener gives a view each trading morning of situations relevant to Dombey's coverage. When a SPAC, an extension vote or a de-SPAC falls within coverage, the research reads the filings and sets out the thesis, the dates and the risks. Published work is in the research archive.

Best for. Readers who follow special situations and dated catalysts and want a SPAC deal read and valued, not only listed.

Pricing. Founding Membership is $1,200 a year, billed annually. Standard Access is the lower-cost option at $80 a year, about $6.67 a month, or $8 a month on monthly billing, and includes the Biweekly Catalyst Briefing and the complete public-research archive. The Public Archive is free.

Verdict: Our top pick for readers who want SPACs and other dated catalysts turned into research. Pair it with EDGAR and a SPAC list for names outside its coverage.

2. SEC EDGAR

What it does. EDGAR holds every document a SPAC produces. The IPO prospectus sets the amount placed in trust, the deadline, the extension terms and the redemption rights. Each 10-Q and 10-K shows the trust balance and the share count by class. Extension votes come with a proxy, and the deal comes with a proxy or a registration statement on Form S-4 or F-4; our S-4 explainer covers that filing. After each vote, an 8-K usually reports the result and how many shares were redeemed. Full-text search covers filings since 2001, filters by form, date, company and location, and exports results to CSV. RSS feeds follow one company or the latest filings by form type.

Best for. Anyone who wants the primary source at no cost. Our guide on how to search SEC EDGAR filings covers the mechanics.

Pricing. Free.

Verdict: Essential and free. Check any tracker's trust figure against the latest 10-Q here. For more filing tools, see the best SEC filing tools and EDGAR alerts.

3. SPACInsider

What it does. SPACInsider, founded in 2018, is a SPAC data and news service for banks, funds, law firms and sponsors. It says its database covers more than 1,800 SPACs with more than 450 data points each and history back to 2009, including PIPEs, convertible notes and preferred financing, and transaction narratives from pre-IPO through post-close. The Basic plan includes the database, customizable data tables, news and analysis, a SPAC calendar, twice-daily summary emails, customizable news and filing alerts, and a mobile app with the latest SEC filings. Institutional adds downloads, a SPAC History Tool, IPO coverage, an AI assistant and MCP server access; Enterprise adds unlimited users, a REST API and an Excel add-in. It also publishes a podcast.

Best for. Professionals and active individual investors who follow many SPACs and want one database with alerts.

Pricing. Basic is $299 a month on monthly billing, cancel anytime. Institutional, with a two-user minimum, and Enterprise are priced on request. The pricing page shows no annual price and mentions no free trial.

Verdict: The clearest choice when SPACs are a large part of what you follow and you want alerts on all of them.

4. SPAC Research

What it does. SPAC Research runs a SPAC database with pre-deal listings, a financing overview, a calendar, a newsfeed, newsletters and reports, a watchlist and charts. Its site also lists pages on forward purchase agreements, at-risk capital, 13F holders, anchor investors, directors and officers, and an underwriter leaderboard, plus an AI chat assistant, an API and MCP access.

Best for. Investors who want a full SPAC database and prefer to pay once a year.

Pricing. The monthly plan is $328 a month and the annual plan is $3,299 a year, which the vendor says saves 16% against monthly. API access and enterprise licensing are priced on request. The subscription page mentions no free tier or trial.

Verdict: A strong alternative to SPACInsider, especially if you want holder data or an annual plan.

5. InsideArbitrage

What it does. InsideArbitrage is an event-driven research site with SPAC IPO, business combination, SPAC news and potential SPAC IPO pages. The business combination table lists the SPAC and its target, the business combination date, the expected closing date and the IPO date. Each row expands to show unit and warrant symbols and a dated log of letters of intent, definitive agreements and terminations. The page does not show trust value or deadline columns, and the site says the full table, sorting and filtering are for premium members. It also covers merger arbitrage, spin-offs and insider buying.

Best for. Individual investors who want a running list of announced SPAC deals at little or no cost.

Pricing. Premium is $150 a month or $1,200 a year, and a lower Plus tier is $50 a month or $480 a year. The pages do not say which tier unlocks the full SPAC table, so check before you subscribe.

Verdict: A useful low-cost view of announced deals; pair it with the 10-Q and proxy for the numbers.

6. Boardroom Alpha

What it does. Boardroom Alpha is a governance research platform covering directors, executives, shareholder meetings, activist campaigns and pay. Its SPAC module covers IPO pricings, a vote calendar and a de-SPAC tracker across the life of a SPAC. It also offers parsed SEC filings back to 2000, a data API and bulk delivery.

Best for. Readers who already study boards and management and want SPAC votes and de-SPAC tracking in the same tool, where sponsor and director backgrounds matter.

Pricing. Quote-based. Platform seats are billed annually per user, and Enterprise and Data and API plans are custom. A seven-day trial with full access needs no credit card and, the vendor says, does not auto-charge. The pricing page does not say which plan includes the SPAC module.

Verdict: Worth a trial if governance research is already part of your process.

7. SPAC Analytics

What it does. SPAC Analytics describes itself as a provider of SPAC data to investment banks and portfolio managers since 2007. Subscribers get email updates on SPAC market activity and a database reaching back to 2003 that tracks each SPAC from its pre-IPO filing to the shareholder vote. Its home page shows annual SPAC and IPO counts and proceeds, a summary of SPACs by status and recent SPAC IPO performance.

Best for. Readers who want long-run SPAC market history and counts by status.

Pricing. A paid subscription; the site quotes no price. See the vendor's site or contact it for pricing.

Verdict: Useful for market-level history; confirm the fields you need before paying.

8. Stock Analysis

What it does. Stock Analysis is a general stock data site. Its IPO section lists the last 200 IPOs with IPO date, price, current price and return, plus an IPO calendar, lockup dates and statistics. Blank-check companies priced at $10.00 appear in the list, though the page shows no SPAC filter.

Best for. A free check on which SPACs have just priced and where their units trade.

Pricing. A free account is available. Pro is $99 a year, or $9.99 a month on the monthly plan, and Unlimited is $16.58 a month billed annually. The vendor offers a 60-day money-back refund.

Verdict: A free starting list, not a SPAC tool.

Where Dombey falls short

Founding Membership does one part of this job, and its limits are real:

• Narrow coverage. It covers the special situations Dombey writes about. Most SPACs and de-SPACs will not appear in the research.
• No SPAC database or calendar. There is no list of every SPAC, no trust value table, no deadline tracker and no redemption alerts. Use EDGAR, SPACInsider or SPAC Research for those.
• No broad data terminal. It does not replace a platform for prices, warrants and financials across the market.
• Small team and pen-name author. The research comes from a small team, and the byline is a pen name. Read the proxy yourself before acting on any summary.
• Short history. Its record is short next to SPAC data services that have run since 2007 or 2018.

Free vs paid

Free sources cover the core of the job for a few names. EDGAR gives you the prospectus, the 10-Q trust balance, the proxies and the post-vote 8-Ks. InsideArbitrage's free pages show announced deals, and Stock Analysis shows new SPAC IPOs.

That check needs three filings, all on EDGAR. Our guide on how to read a proxy statement shows where the redemption amount and dilution table sit, and how share count changes dilute holders covers what happens to the shares left behind.

Paid tools buy one of three things: a market-wide database with alerts (SPACInsider, SPAC Research, SPAC Analytics, Boardroom Alpha), a cheaper list of announced deals (InsideArbitrage), or interpretation within a broader catalyst service. Founding Membership buys interpretation of the SPACs and other catalysts in Dombey's coverage, with Standard Access as the lower-cost option for the Catalyst Briefing and the archive. If you are weighing a broader research subscription rather than a SPAC tool, see Seeking Alpha vs Motley Fool vs Morningstar vs Dombey.

How to choose

Start with the question you need answered, then pick the cheapest source that answers it.

• If a SPAC has filed an extension proxy, read the sponsor's contribution per share and the new deadline before the vote.
• If a deal vote is set, mark the redemption deadline, which falls before the meeting; see how to build a catalyst calendar.
• If the target is a small private company with little history, read the reverse merger red flags, since many of the same risks apply.
• If the deal has closed, the sponsor and other holders may face lockups; see what a lockup expiration does to a share price.

The bottom line

Dombey's Founding Membership is our top pick for readers who want SPACs, de-SPACs and other dated catalysts written up as research, with Standard Access at $80 a year as the lower-cost option. It is not a SPAC database, so pair it with SEC EDGAR, which is free and holds every prospectus, proxy and redemption 8-K. For a full SPAC database with alerts, use SPACInsider or SPAC Research; for a low-cost list of announced deals, InsideArbitrage; and for SPAC votes beside governance data, Boardroom Alpha. Whatever you use, read the proxy before you rely on anyone's summary of it.