Updated: August 2026

A Bloomberg Terminal alternative for the rest of us

A terminal seat runs roughly $30,000 a year and buys a great deal more than charts: fixed income analytics, credit curves, a messaging network, and decades of institutional coverage. If what you actually use it for is charting, screening, fundamentals, filings, and market data, the gap is far narrower than the price difference suggests. This table is deliberately honest about where it is not.

268

Features Compared

Platforms

501

Indicators

Drawing Tools

15+

Broker Integrations

80+

Crypto Exchanges

Free

No Ads, No Gates

$5.99

Pro Per Month

Pricing Comparison

Published list pricing at the time of the last review. Verify before purchasing.

Platform	Free Tier	Paid Tiers	Ads on Free	Feature Gates
TradeGrub	Yes (full access)	Pro $5.99/mo ($4.99 yearly)	✓ None	✓ None
TradingView	Yes (limited)	$14.95 – $239.95/mo	× Yes	× Heavy
thinkorswim	Yes (with Schwab account)	Free (brokerage account required)	✓ None	✓ Minimal
Yahoo Finance	Yes (ads, limited)	Gold $39.95 – $49.95/mo	× Yes	× Heavy
Finviz	Yes (delayed)	$39.50/mo	× Yes	× Heavy
StockCharts	No (trial only)	$24.95 – $59.95/mo	× —	× All paid
Bloomberg Terminal	No	~$2,500/mo (~$30k/yr per seat)	✓ None	✓ All included
eSignal	No (trial only)	$58 – $359/mo + exchange fees	× —	× Tiered
Koyfin	Yes (limited)	$39 – $109/mo	✓ None	× Heavy
Sentieo (AlphaSense)	No	~$500+/mo per seat	✓ None	× Tiered
FactSet	No	~$12,000+/yr per seat	✓ None	× Modular
YCharts	No (trial only)	$300 – $600/mo	× —	× Tiered

Charting and Trading Comparison

177 features across 14 categories, TradeGrub against Bloomberg. Switch platform above, or see every column on the full comparison.

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Feature	TradeGrub	Bloomberg
Charting
Candlestick / Bar / Line / Area	✓	✓
Heikin Ashi	✓	✓
Renko	✓	✓
Kagi	✓	✓
Point and Figure	✓	✓
Range Bars	✓	✓
Volume Profile	✓	✓
Market Profile / TPO	✓	✓
Multi-panel layouts	✓	✓
Custom timeframe intervals	✓	✓
Tick charts (Pro)	✓	✓
Bar Replay	✓	×
Bar Magnifier	✓	×
Auto Fibonacci	✓	×
Saved chart layouts	✓	✓
Compare overlay	✓	✓
Deep history (20+ years)	✓	✓
Event markers (earnings/divs/splits)	✓	✓
Extended trading hours	✓	✓
Dividend adjustment	✓	✓
Volume Profile (order flow proxy)	✓	✓
GalleryView (mini-chart grid)	✓	×
PerfCharts (performance comparison)	✓	✓
Correlation charts	✓	✓
Seasonal charts	✓	✓
Relative Rotation Graphs	✓	✓
Technical Rank / SCTR	✓	×
White-label embeddable widget	✓	×
Indicators & Analysis
Built-in indicators	✓ 501	~100+
Patterns (auto-detected)	✓ 96	✓
Pre-built strategies	✓ 41	✓
Marketplace (free scripts)	✓ 349	App Portal
Custom formula charts	✓	✓
Indicators on indicators	✓	✓
Strategy Builder	✓	✓
Backtesting	✓	✓
Monte Carlo simulation	✓	✓
Parameter Sweep / Optimizer	✓	×
Deep backtesting (15k+ bars)	✓	✓
Automatic Elliott Wave Labelling	×	×
Drawing Tools
Trend lines / channels	✓	✓
Fibonacci tools	✓	✓
Gann tools	✓	×
Pattern tools (XABCD, Elliott)	✓	×
Annotations / text	✓	✓
Snap modes	✓	✓
Indicator snap	✓	×
Drawing alerts	✓	✓
Total drawing tools	88	~40
Alerts
Price alerts	✓	✓
Multi-condition alerts (AND)	✓	✓
Push notifications	✓	✓
Strategy / indicator alerts	✓	✓
Pattern alerts	✓	×
Screener alerts	✓	✓
News alerts	✓	✓
Volume spike alerts	✓	✓
Second-based alerts	✓	✓
Financial metric alerts	✓	✓
Webhooks (HMAC-signed)	✓	×
Email notifications	✓	✓
SMS notifications	×	✓
Alert limits (free tier)	Unlimited	No free tier
SMS Alerts	×	×
Scripting
Pine-compatible interpreter	✓	×
thinkScript	×	×
Python scripting engine	✓	✓
Visual Strategy Builder (no-code)	✓	×
Multi-timeframe in scripts	✓	✓
HTF data in visual builder	✓	×
Script editor IDE (autocomplete + diagnostics)	✓	✓
Invite-only / private scripts	✓	✓
AI & Automation
AI chart assistant	✓	✓
AI technical analysis	✓	×
AI fundamental analysis	✓	✓
MCP server (Claude/ChatGPT/Gemini)	✓	×
AI trade thesis generator	✓	×
News + sentiment heat layer	✓	✓
Widgets
Symbol Tape	✓	✓
Market Overview	✓	✓
Market Movers	✓	✓
Stock Heatmap	✓	✓
Stock Screener	✓	✓
Insider Trading	✓	✓
Financial Statements	✓	✓
Economic Map	✓	✓
Yield Curve	✓	✓
Financial Calendar	✓	✓
Total widgets	23	Function-based
Trading & Broker Integration
Live broker trading	✓ 15+	✓
Robinhood	✓	×
Schwab	✓	×
On-chart trading	✓	×
Bracket orders (TP/SL)	✓	✓
Quick trade (instant execution)	✓	✓
Flip/reverse position	✓	×
Paper trading	✓	×
BYOD (Bring Your Own Data)	✓	×
Level 2 order book / DOM	✓	✓
Time and Sales tape	✓	✓
Options chain / strategy tools	×	✓
Crypto
80+ exchange integrations	✓	×
Crypto spot trading	✓	×
Crypto futures	✓	×
Wallet management	✓	×
GridBots (automated)	✓	×
Data Coverage
US stocks	✓	✓
International stocks	✓	✓
Crypto data	✓	✓
Forex	×	✓
Commodities / Futures	×	✓
ETFs	✓	✓
Fundamental data	✓	✓
Earnings calendar	✓	✓
Consensus EPS estimate vs prior	✓	✓
Insider trading data	✓	✓
Analyst ratings and price targets	✓	✓
SEC filings browser	✓	✓
Institutional ownership	✓	✓
Fundamental trend charts	✓	✓
Economic indicators	✓	✓
Global Real-Time Data Add-On (per-exchange)	×	×
Valuation Multiple Bands (P/E, EV/EBITDA history)	×	×
Forward Estimate Series (multi-quarter consensus)	×	×
Arbitrary Metric Graphing (any line item, 10yr+)	×	×
ETF Holdings and Fund Flows	×	×
Earnings Call Transcripts	×	×
Order Book Depth Beyond Top of Book	×	×
Fixed Income and Credit Analytics	×	×
Collaboration & Social
Chat rooms	✓	✓
Forum	✓	×
Learning platform	✓	✓
Documentation	✓	✓
Community scripts	✓ 349	×
Portfolio & Risk
Real-time portfolio tracking	✓	✓
Portfolio rebalancer	✓	✓
Risk analysis tools	✓	✓
37+ analytics charts	✓	✓
P&L tracking	✓	✓
Portfolio Attribution and Factor Risk	×	×
Screeners & Signals
Advanced screeners	✓	✓
Signals marketplace	✓	×
Autotrade from signals	✓	×
Screener notifications	✓	✓
Scheduled Scans with Email Delivery	×	×
Platform & Experience
Mobile responsive	✓	✓
Native mobile app	✓	✓
Desktop app	✓	✓
Offline-first PWA	✓	×
No account required	✓	×
No ads on free tier	✓	—
No feature gating on free	✓	—
CSV export	✓	✓
REST + WebSocket API	✓	✓
Cloud sync	✓	✓
Chart sharing via short URLs	✓	×
19 languages	✓	✓
Settings portability (JSON export/import)	✓	×
Rebindable keyboard shortcuts	✓ 33	✓
Settings search + live preview	✓	×
Toolbar drag-reorder + status config	✓ 24	×
Custom dashboards (composable panels)	✓	✓
Multi-symbol trading grid	✓	✓
Multi-chart sync (6 modes)	✓	✓
In-app help + animated demos	✓	×
Stickers / icons (OpenMoji + Lucide)	✓	×
Bar countdown timer	✓	×
Non-modal side panels	✓	✓
Watchlist panel	✓	✓
Auto-scaling global infrastructure	✓	×
Quality gates on every deploy	✓	×
Sub-300ms render (~14KB gzipped)	✓	×
Portfolio correlation matrix	✓	✓
Live Collaborate (Figma-style)	✓	×
Google Sheets and Excel Add-On	×	×
Client-Ready Report Export (PDF/deck)	×	×
Multi-Monitor Workspace (tear-off windows)	×	×

Supported

Paid only

Not supported

TradeGrub figures are counted from the shipping product registries. Other columns reflect publicly documented capabilities at the time of the last review.

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The short version

Of 177 capabilities compared, TradeGrub and Bloomberg both cover 104. TradeGrub adds 46 that Bloomberg does not. Bloomberg covers 4 that TradeGrub does not.

What it costs

Bloomberg is priced at ~$2,500/mo (~$30k/yr per seat). There is no free tier. TradeGrub is $5.99 a month, or $4.99 billed yearly, and its free tier is permanent rather than a trial: no ads, no account required, no feature gates.

What you gain

bar replay, bar magnifier, auto fibonacci, galleryview (mini-chart grid), technical rank / sctr, white-label embeddable widget, parameter sweep / optimizer, gann tools, pattern tools (xabcd, elliott) and indicator snap, and 36 more.

What you give up

sms notifications, options chain / strategy tools, forex and commodities / futures. These are the honest reasons to stay on Bloomberg; several are on the roadmap below.

Also compared

This page covers the comparison Bloomberg competes in. Separate tables compare 62 backtesting capabilities and 29 trading platform capabilities across different fields of platforms.

See the backtesting comparison →See the trading platform comparison →

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Common Questions

What does a terminal still do better?

Fixed income and credit analytics, benchmark-relative portfolio attribution and factor risk, multi-decade institutional history, buy-side messaging, and depth of coverage in non-equity asset classes. Several of those are on the TradeGrub roadmap; fixed income analytics is deliberately out of scope.

Do I get fundamentals, filings, and ownership data?

Yes. Financial statements with quarterly and yearly trend charts, SEC filings linked to EDGAR, institutional ownership, insider transactions from Form 4, analyst ratings and price targets, consensus EPS estimates against prior, an economic map, and a yield curve.

Is there Level 2 and Time and Sales?

Yes, both, on the stock and crypto dashboards and on the symbol detail page. Aggregated multi-venue equity depth and a click-to-trade DOM ladder are on the roadmap.

Where does the market data come from?

US real-time streaming and delayed global data are included. Bring Your Own Data routes chart data through your own broker connection instead, across 15 or more broker integrations and around 80 crypto exchanges, so you are not paying twice for a feed you already have. Where your broker is licensed for a market, that includes real-time global data: if the broker feed carries it, the chart shows it, with no separate exchange subscription from us.

How current is this comparison?

Feature counts for TradeGrub are read directly from the product registries rather than from marketing copy. Competitor rows reflect publicly documented capabilities and published pricing at the time of the last review, and pricing in particular changes often, so treat the other columns as a starting point and verify anything you are about to make a purchase decision on.

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