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ASeeking Alpha vs Trade Ideas
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Seeking Alpha if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you're in its core audience: individual investors, dividend investors
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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
Feature Seeking Alpha Trade Ideas
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starting price—$89/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb, Windows
CategoryAI Investing & Stock ResearchAI Investing & Stock Research
Rank in its category#2 of 15#6 of 15
CompanySeeking AlphaTrade Ideas
Based in——
Founded2005—
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Price changes we've recorded
We re-read each pricing page every month and log what changed.
Seeking Alpha
- Nov 2, 2026New plan: Basic (Free); New plan: Premium (See website); New plan: PRO (See website); Plan dropped: Free account
Trade Ideas
- Nov 2, 2026Pricing model: Free trial → Paid; Plan dropped: Free account
Key features
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- Analyst articles with long ideas and stock picks
- Quant ratings for stocks (Premium)
- Stock and ETF screeners with preset lists
- Side-by-side stock comparison
- Earnings call transcripts and earnings calendar
- Portfolio Health Check and dividend portfolio tool
- Market news by sector, IPOs and M&A
- Investing Groups marketplace
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
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Seeking Alpha
BasicFree
PremiumSee website
PROSee website
Trade Ideas
TI Standard$127/mo, or $89/mo billed yearly ($1,068/yr)
TI Premium$254/mo, or $178/mo billed yearly ($2,136/yr)
Strengths and limitations
Seeking Alpha
- Free account available
- Large library of analyst articles and earnings transcripts
- Screeners with preset lists for stocks and ETFs
- Quant ratings require a Premium subscription
- Prices not shown on the pages reviewed
- No API listed
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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