Been diving into portfolio management lately and honestly there are so many tools out there it's wild. Started realizing I had no idea how to actually do proper portfolio evaluation without spending hours in spreadsheets.

Empower's free stuff is genuinely solid if you're just starting out—their dashboard lets you dump all your accounts in one place and their Investment Checkup gives you a decent baseline for portfolio evaluation. The fee analyzer is pretty eye-opening too when you see what you're actually paying.

If you've got a more complex setup though, Vyzer is kind of a game-changer. It handles both regular investments and crypto which is clutch. The fact that it tracks everything from real estate to private equity in one platform makes portfolio evaluation way less of a headache. Stock Rover is another solid option if you want deeper analytics—Monte Carlo simulations, correlation analysis, all that stuff.

For dividend tracking specifically, Sharesight is hard to beat. And if you're managing multiple portfolios across different brokerages, StockMarketEye lets you keep everything synced locally which some people prefer.

Honestly the best tool depends on what you're actually trying to do. Are you just checking in occasionally or doing serious portfolio evaluation? How many accounts? How technical do you want to get? That'll determine if you go free, pay for a robo-advisor, or get something more hands-on. Most have free trials anyway so worth testing a couple before committing.