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★ FINANCIAL TOOLS & SERVICES DIRECTORY ★

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Monday, December 8, 2025

Tool Comparison

Alpha Spread vs Listen Notes comparison

Compare pricing, supported platforms, categories, and standout capabilities to decide which tool fits your workflow.

Quick takeaways

Alpha Spread adds Screeners, Stock Comparison, Stock Ideas, Valuation Models, Financials, Transcripts, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Forecasts, Watchlist, Portfolio, and News coverage that Listen Notes skips.

Listen Notes includes Data APIs, Education, and Other categories that Alpha Spread omits.

Listen Notes offers mobile access, which Alpha Spread skips.

In depth comparison

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Alpha Spread

alphaspread.com

Stock‑valuation platform centered on intrinsic value. Combines DCF and relative valuation into a scenario range (bear/base/bull), adds Wall Street estimates/targets, profitability & solvency scoring, a flexible screener (with alerts), watchlists, an investment journal, curated news, and side‑by‑side comparisons. Enterprise plan advertises API access (currently limited/waitlisted), with public self‑serve tiers Free, Premium, and Unlimited.

Platforms

WebAPI

Pricing

FreeSubscription

Quick highlights

  • Automatic intrinsic value from two methods (DCF + relative valuation) with bear/base/bull range; “valuation history” views.
  • Manual DCF with sensitivity analysis; separate discount‑rate (CAPM/WACC) calculator.
  • Stock screener with valuation, Wall St targets/estimates, profitability, solvency, dividend safety/shareholder yield; prebuilt screens (e.g., Magic Formula) and email screener alerts.
  • Watchlists plus targeted alerts: price/valuation thresholds, analyst price‑target changes, and insider activity.
  • Analyst section with price targets and forward estimates; earnings‑calls section; AI assistant for natural‑language summaries/questions.

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Listen Notes

listennotes.com

Podcast search engine plus developer Podcast API (search/directory/insights) and purchasable datasets. Free plan allows light testing; PRO is a metered subscription with tiered overages and specific search‑result/rate‑limit allowances; Enterprise relaxes caching/logo rules and increases quotas & SLAs. Listen Alerts monitors 3.6M+ podcasts for keyword mentions with email/RSS and Zapier/IFTTT hooks. Datasets can be exported as CSV/SQLite for analytics, PR/sales, and finance alt‑data use cases. API base URL is https://listen-api.listennotes.com/api/v2 with API‑key auth.

Platforms

WebAPIMobile

Pricing

FreeSubscriptionOne-time

Quick highlights

  • Podcast API v2: search, directory, insights; official client libraries; OpenAPI spec & mock server for keyless testing.
  • Pricing tiers with concrete quotas: FREE (300 req/mo), PRO (base fee with 5k req/mo included + tiered overages), ENTERPRISE (annual contract, larger quotas, relaxed caching/no-logo).
  • Plan-based search result caps & rate limits: FREE up to 30 results/query (2 req/s, 20 req/min); PRO up to 300 results/query (medium rate limit); ENTERPRISE up to 10,000 results/query (high rate limit).
  • Advanced fields & endpoints on higher tiers: transcripts, batch fetch, RSS/large image, email, latest_episode_id, Listen Score & Global Rank.
  • Listen Alerts: 24/7 monitoring of new episodes mentioning keywords; daily email digests, per‑alert RSS feeds; connects via Zapier/IFTTT and RSS to Slack/Trello/Airtable etc.

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Where they differ

Alpha Spread

Distinct strengths include:

  • Automatic intrinsic value from two methods (DCF + relative valuation) with bear/base/bull range; “valuation history” views.
  • Manual DCF with sensitivity analysis; separate discount‑rate (CAPM/WACC) calculator.
  • Stock screener with valuation, Wall St targets/estimates, profitability, solvency, dividend safety/shareholder yield; prebuilt screens (e.g., Magic Formula) and email screener alerts.
  • Watchlists plus targeted alerts: price/valuation thresholds, analyst price‑target changes, and insider activity.

Listen Notes

Distinct strengths include:

  • Podcast API v2: search, directory, insights; official client libraries; OpenAPI spec & mock server for keyless testing.
  • Pricing tiers with concrete quotas: FREE (300 req/mo), PRO (base fee with 5k req/mo included + tiered overages), ENTERPRISE (annual contract, larger quotas, relaxed caching/no-logo).
  • Plan-based search result caps & rate limits: FREE up to 30 results/query (2 req/s, 20 req/min); PRO up to 300 results/query (medium rate limit); ENTERPRISE up to 10,000 results/query (high rate limit).
  • Advanced fields & endpoints on higher tiers: transcripts, batch fetch, RSS/large image, email, latest_episode_id, Listen Score & Global Rank.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeAlpha SpreadListen Notes
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Alerts, APIs & SDKs

Unique: Screeners, Stock Comparison, Stock Ideas, Valuation Models, Financials, Transcripts, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Forecasts, Watchlist, Portfolio, News

Shared: Alerts, APIs & SDKs

Unique: Data APIs, Education, Other

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks

Other

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web, API

Web, API, Mobile

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free, Subscription

Free, Subscription, One-time

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Automatic intrinsic value from two methods (DCF + relative valuation) with bear/base/bull range; “valuation history” views.
  • Manual DCF with sensitivity analysis; separate discount‑rate (CAPM/WACC) calculator.
  • Stock screener with valuation, Wall St targets/estimates, profitability, solvency, dividend safety/shareholder yield; prebuilt screens (e.g., Magic Formula) and email screener alerts.
  • Watchlists plus targeted alerts: price/valuation thresholds, analyst price‑target changes, and insider activity.
  • Analyst section with price targets and forward estimates; earnings‑calls section; AI assistant for natural‑language summaries/questions.
  • Stock comparison for side‑by‑side analysis; curated market news stream; investment journal for notes.

Unique

  • Podcast API v2: search, directory, insights; official client libraries; OpenAPI spec & mock server for keyless testing.
  • Pricing tiers with concrete quotas: FREE (300 req/mo), PRO (base fee with 5k req/mo included + tiered overages), ENTERPRISE (annual contract, larger quotas, relaxed caching/no-logo).
  • Plan-based search result caps & rate limits: FREE up to 30 results/query (2 req/s, 20 req/min); PRO up to 300 results/query (medium rate limit); ENTERPRISE up to 10,000 results/query (high rate limit).
  • Advanced fields & endpoints on higher tiers: transcripts, batch fetch, RSS/large image, email, latest_episode_id, Listen Score & Global Rank.
  • Listen Alerts: 24/7 monitoring of new episodes mentioning keywords; daily email digests, per‑alert RSS feeds; connects via Zapier/IFTTT and RSS to Slack/Trello/Airtable etc.
  • Podcast Datasets: batch export by keyword/category/playlist/iTunes IDs or full‑database Enterprise export; delivered as CSV or SQLite.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do Alpha Spread and Listen Notes both support?

Both platforms cover Alerts, and APIs & SDKs workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do Alpha Spread and Listen Notes require subscriptions?

Both Alpha Spread and Listen Notes keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.

Which tool has mobile access?

Listen Notes ships a dedicated mobile experience, while Alpha Spread focuses on web or desktop access.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

Alpha Spread differentiates itself with Automatic intrinsic value from two methods (DCF + relative valuation) with bear/base/bull range; “valuation history” views., Manual DCF with sensitivity analysis; separate discount‑rate (CAPM/WACC) calculator., and Stock screener with valuation, Wall St targets/estimates, profitability, solvency, dividend safety/shareholder yield; prebuilt screens (e.g., Magic Formula) and email screener alerts., whereas Listen Notes stands out for Podcast API v2: search, directory, insights; official client libraries; OpenAPI spec & mock server for keyless testing., Pricing tiers with concrete quotas: FREE (300 req/mo), PRO (base fee with 5k req/mo included + tiered overages), ENTERPRISE (annual contract, larger quotas, relaxed caching/no-logo)., and Plan-based search result caps & rate limits: FREE up to 30 results/query (2 req/s, 20 req/min); PRO up to 300 results/query (medium rate limit); ENTERPRISE up to 10,000 results/query (high rate limit)..

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