Nitrogen Reviews & Product Details

Nitrogen revolutionized how financial advisors and wealth management firms grow with the launch of Riskalyze in 2011. Today, Nitrogen is the growth platform for wealth management firms, helping advisors turn leads into meetings, meetings into valued clients, and clients into referral champions. The company invented the Risk Number®, built on top of a Nobel Prize-winning academic framework, and is the champion of the Fearless Investing Movement — tens of thousands of financial advisors committed to our mission of empowering the world to invest fearlessly. To learn more, visit NitrogenWealth.com.

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Languages Supported

English

Solution Type

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Overview by

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Basic

$250.00

Flat Rate Per Month

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User Insights

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Perceived Cost

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Nitrogen Reviews FAQs

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Last updated: Nov 04, 2026

What is Nitrogen, and what problem is it built to solve?

Nitrogen is a wealth management platform for advisors and investors who want to optimize financial strategies. It helps assess risk tolerance, align investment strategies with client preferences, and manage portfolios.

What languages does Nitrogen support?

Nitrogen supports 1 language: English.

What company sizes and industries is Nitrogen the best fit for?

Nitrogen appears most useful for smaller advisory firms, particularly those working in financial services and investment management. The positive user fit clusters around these segments:

Small businesses: Organizations with 50 or fewer employees
Mid-market organizations: Organizations with 51–1,000 employees
Financial services: The clearest industry concentration
Investment management: Another represented industry

What customer support options does Nitrogen provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

Support is available through direct channels such as email/help desk, phone, and chat, along with self-serve resources. The experience can be helpful and knowledgeable, though users also encounter slow responses and, at times, unhelpful service.

What features or capabilities could make Nitrogen even more useful?

Nitrogen could be more useful with broader investment coverage and smoother workflows for handling portfolios and their underlying holdings. Opportunities for improvement include:

Broader asset coverage: Recognize more securities and investment types, including certain structured products, annuities, and alternative investments.
Simpler portfolio handling: Make it easier to find and enter holdings, copy or move positions, and keep investment models current.
More flexible comparisons and reporting: Improve side-by-side proposal comparisons and provide more detailed, customizable reports.

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Andrew B.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/25/2023

"Have used Nitrogen (Riskalyze) for years and love it!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Nitrogen?

The result of the questionnaire gives us the most accurate representation of the client's risk appetite. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nitrogen?

The fees for the service have increased pretty significantly over the years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Tom C.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/24/2023

"Easy to use and clients love it."

5/5

What do you like best about Nitrogen?

Easy to use. Quick to set up new clients & prospects. Folks love the visual retirement map illustrations and ability to see how changing variables affects the long-term picture in real-time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nitrogen?

It is getting a little pricey. We'll have to try and use it more to justify the increasing expense. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Douglas C.

Director of Investment Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/21/2023

"We have used Riskalyze (Notrogen) for years"

5/5

What do you like best about Nitrogen?

Easily creates understandable client/prospect presentations.

Great tool in making informed data driven choices for portfolio positions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nitrogen?

Some features load really slowly, not helpful in fixing the issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Gary W.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/28/2023

"Nitrogen Transition"

4/5

What do you like best about Nitrogen?

It has some useful new features compared to Riskalyze. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nitrogen?

It takes some time getting used to the changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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amneh c.

financial administrative assistant

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/13/2023

"Helps with understand client risk appetite."

4/5

What do you like best about Nitrogen?

convienient. help with understanding risk tolerance of client Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nitrogen?

sometimes very slow... integration issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Bethany I.

VP Sales & Client Strategy

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/31/2022

"Riskalyze facilitates greater participation in the financial markets"

5/5

What do you like best about Nitrogen?

Because Riskalyze uses market-based interest rates, eliminating room for speculation and interest rate volatility in fixed transactions, it fits well with our working style. As a regular user, I can attest to the reliability and security of the panel; I never worry about making investments through it and instead rely only on this panel whenever possible. I have a lot of money invested in various types of cryptocurrencies, as it is easy to diversify into new markets without switching platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nitrogen?

While most of my trades with Riskalyze have gone smoothly, on a few occasions, something strange has happened, and the transaction has been held, making me wait three days to receive the funds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nitrogen solving and how is that benefiting you?

Equity investing is a relatively new concept for the company. Still, we have been able to reinvest profits from trading stocks, currencies and other assets on Riskalyze to meet internal demands. My only advice is to invest with extreme caution and seek expert guidance before doing so. I am confident that this software will complement the way you trade. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Financial Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Updated 10/17/2022

Originally submitted 10/15/2020

"An exceptional risk analysis tool"

5/5

What do you like best about Nitrogen?

There are many things to like from the ease of use to the extreme amount of information provided on existing portfolio risk vs. proposed portfolio risk. This tool gives clients parameters to look at risk in different market environments to build in realistic expectations for future volatility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nitrogen?

Wish we could use more investment vehicles like private equity, real estate investments, commodities, other alternative investments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Nitrogen:

This is one of the best client experience tool we use in our practice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nitrogen solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use this program with every relationship and prospect as a starting point to go along with our comprehensive planning process. The clients find tremendous value in projections of portfolio performance during different market environments so that they have a better idea of what to expect. When we meet it gives us great feedback as to why we outperformed or underperformed projected returns and helps us with utilizing specific investments in our model portfolios. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Aman Preet S.

Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/24/2022

"Reason for my switch from Riskalyze to Pershing financial services"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Nitrogen?

The most helpful thing that I found about Riskalyze was its customer support, as its financial advisors are very knowledgeable. This is evident as they provide various solutions to one problem, allowing clients like us to choose the better option. The second best thing is the risk alignment platform, which even Pershing financial services don't provide. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nitrogen?

It's really hard for clients like us to trade at the end of the day and get the results at the same time, i.e., execution of the trading, which makes it highly risky sometimes during the purchase. The main reason where I found Pershing financial services better in place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Nitrogen:

You can go for Riskalyze if you are looking for a tool that can handle risk management in your financial strategies as well as manage the reports with trusted advisors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nitrogen solving and how is that benefiting you?

We as a team are solving two business problems with Riskalyze: 1. Risk management: Riskalyze is best suited for analyzing financial risk. 2. Investing: In trading, we are also using it as a tool for managing the portfolio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Urban A.

Consultant to Investment Advisors

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Updated 12/14/2021

Originally submitted 12/14/2020

"Riskalyze User for Over 4 Years"

5/5

What do you like best about Nitrogen?

What I like best are the three main functions I use Riskalyze for; 1) Risk assessment. 2) Portfolio proposals, and 3) High level retirement planning. I have used all three with both prospects and clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nitrogen?

When evaluating outside holdings, particularly inside 401k plans, it can sometimes be difficult to find the specific holding (Ticker or CUSIP) in order to deliver the most accurate proposal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Nitrogen:

Riskalyze provides a multi-faceted tool which can assist in all phases of serving advisory clients. From the pre-client stage with risk assessment, proposal and retirement map - to using the same tools during their lifetime as a client. Helps clients understand the amount of risk they are taking (or not taking) with their portfolio, the impact on likelihood of meeting their goals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nitrogen solving and how is that benefiting you?

The three I outlined above; risk assessment, proposal generation and light planning. I like that the conversations with clients are largely not investment specific, and more planning specific. I invite clients to assess their risk level approximately every two years - or when they have experienced a significant change in circumstances. The retirement map keeps clients focused on the goal - and less so on short term performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Trevor K.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Updated 4/14/2022

Originally submitted 10/14/2020

"Riskalyze helps clarify and frame risk to help clients understand how to invest successfully."

5/5

What do you like best about Nitrogen?

It's simple and easy to use. The current versus target allocations are helpful and the stress tests are key. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nitrogen?

It would be nice if you could copy just one account, rather than the entire portfolio into the proposal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.