Kavout vs Trade Ideas
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
Choose Kavout if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you want the lower entry price ($16/mo vs $89/mo)
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: retail investors, active traders
Choose Trade Ideas if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you work on Windows
- you're in its core audience: day traders, swing traders
Side by side
Price changes we've recorded
We re-read each pricing page every month and log what changed.
Kavout
No changes since we started tracking.
Trade Ideas
- Nov 2, 2026Pricing model: Free trial → Paid; Plan dropped: Free account
Key features
K Kavout
- InvestGPT AI chat for investment questions
- AI research agents for stocks and markets
- AI Stock Picker and Smart Signals
- Smart Money tracking
- Real-time quotes for US stocks, ETFs, crypto, forex
- Watchlists, market movers and event calendars
- Portfolio builder and optimization (Premium)
- API for Signal DB
T Trade Ideas
- Streaming stock alerts that fire on each trade
- Top Lists screener refreshing every 15 seconds
- Holly AI signals with entry, stop and re-entry points
- OddsMaker strategy backtesting
- Automated trading through partner brokers
- Paper trading
- AI Assistant and AI Strategy Lab
- 308+ alerts and 249 screener filters
Plans and prices
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Kavout
Trade Ideas
Strengths and limitations
Kavout
- Free plan with 10 credits a month and one research agent
- Real-time quotes for US stocks, ETFs, crypto and major forex pairs
- Covers stocks, crypto and forex in one platform
- Portfolio tools are limited to the Premium plan
- Some instruments such as futures and indices may be delayed 15-20 minutes
- No mobile app listed
- Pricing page shows conflicting Pro prices ($16/mo vs $20/mo)
Trade Ideas
- Alerts fire on every trade, not only at candle close
- Integrates with brokers including Interactive Brokers, TradeStation and E*TRADE
- A free account gives limited-time access to the Web Dashboard without a card
- Annual billing cuts the price from $127/mo to $89/mo
- Holly AI signals and backtesting require the $178–$254/mo Premium plan
- The desktop app is Windows-only; Mac users need Parallels
- No public API is listed
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