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Updated: August 2026

A FactSet alternative for individuals and small teams

FactSet is the broadest of the institutional platforms and prices accordingly, at roughly $12,000 a year per seat with modular add-ons on top. For an individual trader or a small team, most of that breadth goes unused. This table shows precisely which parts you would be giving up.

268
Features Compared
28
Platforms
501
Indicators
88
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 FactSet. Switch platform above, or see every column on the full comparison.

Feature TradeGrubFactSet
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 ×
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 ~30
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 Many
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 FactSet both cover 101. TradeGrub adds 50 that FactSet does not. FactSet covers 3 that TradeGrub does not.

What it costs

FactSet is priced at ~$12,000+/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

heikin ashi, renko, kagi, range bars, bar replay, bar magnifier, auto fibonacci, technical rank / sctr, white-label embeddable widget and patterns (auto-detected), and 40 more.

What you give up

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

Also compared

This page covers the comparison FactSet 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 →

Compare Against Another Platform

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Common Questions

What would I actually be giving up?

Benchmark-relative portfolio attribution and factor risk models, fixed income and credit analytics, formatted client reporting, and the depth of institutional coverage that justifies the seat price. Attribution and client-ready report export are on the roadmap; fixed income is out of scope.

Is the fundamental data comparable?

For listed equities, largely yes: statements with trend charts, filings, ownership, insider activity, ratings and price targets, consensus EPS, economic indicators, and a yield curve. Multi-period forward estimate series and valuation multiple bands are on the roadmap.

Is TradeGrub Charts really free?

Yes. The free tier includes all 501 indicators, 88 drawing tools, 134 pattern detectors, unlimited alerts, and backtesting, with no ads and no per-chart indicator caps. Pro at $5.99 per month, or $4.99 billed yearly, adds the TradeGrub data feed, cloud sync, and server-side alert evaluation.

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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