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ASeeking Alpha vs TrendSpider
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 TrendSpider if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you work on iOS, Android, Chrome
- you're in its core audience: active traders, swing and intraday traders
Side by side
Feature Seeking Alpha TrendSpider
Pricing modelFreemiumFree trial
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome
CategoryAI Investing & Stock ResearchAI Investing & Stock Research
CompanySeeking AlphaTrendSpider
Based in——
Founded2005—
Part of——
Key features
S Seeking Alpha
- 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 TrendSpider
- Automated chart pattern recognition
- 200+ built-in technical and fundamental indicators
- No-code strategy backtesting on 50+ years of data
- Market scanners and watch lists
- Cloud alerts and no-code trading bots
- ML Strategy Lab for predictive models
- Sidekick AI assistant for charts and filings
- Custom indicators in JavaScript or generated with AI
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Seeking Alpha
BasicFree
PremiumSee website
PROSee website
TrendSpider
Standard$51.30/mo (sale price; regular range shown $56.05–$84.55/mo)
Premium$52.78/mo (sale price; regular range shown $57.42–$126.65/mo)
Enhanced$67.10/mo (sale price; regular range shown $73.15–$169.15/mo)
Advanced$111.28/mo (sale price; regular range shown $121.16–$296.65/mo)
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
TrendSpider
- Every plan includes the same features and market data access
- 14-day trial available for $19
- iOS and Android apps plus a Chrome extension
- No-code backtesting and trading bots
- No free plan; the trial costs $19 and is non-refundable
- Sidekick is limited to 25 messages on every plan
- No public API is documented
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