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Updated: August 2026

A Yahoo Finance alternative without the ads

Yahoo Finance is free in the sense that you pay with attention, and the genuinely useful charting sits behind Gold at $39.95 a month. TradeGrub has no ads on any tier and no feature gates on the free one.

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 Yahoo Finance. Switch platform above, or see every column on the full comparison.

Feature TradeGrubYahoo Finance
Charting
Candlestick / Bar / Line / Area ✓ ✓
Heikin Ashi ✓ ×
Renko ✓ ×
Kagi ✓ ×
Point and Figure ✓ ×
Range Bars ✓ ×
Volume Profile ✓ ×
Market Profile / TPO ✓ ×
Multi-panel layouts ✓ P
Custom timeframe intervals ✓ ×
Tick charts (Pro) ✓ ×
Bar Replay ✓ P
Bar Magnifier ✓ ×
Auto Fibonacci ✓ ×
Saved chart layouts ✓ P
Compare overlay ✓ ✓
Deep history (20+ years) ✓ ✓
Event markers (earnings/divs/splits) ✓ P
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 ~30
Patterns (auto-detected) ✓ 96 P
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 ✓ P
Gann tools ✓ ×
Pattern tools (XABCD, Elliott) ✓ ×
Annotations / text ✓ ✓
Snap modes ✓ ×
Indicator snap ✓ ×
Drawing alerts ✓ ×
Total drawing tools 88 ~8
Alerts
Price alerts ✓ P
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 0
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 ✓ P
Financial Statements ✓ ✓
Economic Map ✓ ×
Yield Curve ✓ ×
Financial Calendar ✓ ✓
Total widgets 23 ~6
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 ✓ P
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 ✓ P
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 Yahoo Finance both cover 37. TradeGrub adds 106 that Yahoo Finance does not, and includes 10 that Yahoo Finance reserves for a paid tier. Yahoo Finance covers 2 that TradeGrub does not.

What it costs

Yahoo Finance is priced at Gold $39.95 – $49.95/mo. The free tier is limited, with ads. 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, point and figure, range bars, volume profile, market profile / tpo, custom timeframe intervals, tick charts (pro) and bar magnifier, and 96 more.

Included here, paid there

multi-panel layouts, bar replay, saved chart layouts, event markers (earnings/divs/splits), patterns (auto-detected), fibonacci tools, price alerts and insider trading, and 2 more.

What you give up

forex and commodities / futures. These are the honest reasons to stay on Yahoo Finance; several are on the roadmap below.

Also compared

This page covers the comparison Yahoo Finance 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 is behind the paywall on Yahoo that is free here?

Multi-panel layouts, most drawing and Fibonacci tools, bar replay, event markers, saved layouts, pattern detection, price alerts, and P and L tracking are all Gold features there. All of them are on the TradeGrub free tier.

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.

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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