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MarketInOut vs QuantConnect comparison

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

Quick takeaways

MarketInOut adds Screeners, Watchlist, Portfolio, Correlation, and Alerts coverage that QuantConnect skips.

QuantConnect includes Quant, Paper Trading, Auto-Trading & Bots, and Options & Derivatives categories that MarketInOut omits.

MarketInOut highlights: Multi-market stock screener covering 35+ exchanges, with both technical and fundamental criteria. Filters can be applied by exchange, sector, industry, index, or watchlist. Timeframes include hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly, with per-stock Excel exports., Intraday timeframes (5m/15m/30m/1h/4h) are available for IEX, Forex, and Crypto. Extended-hours trading is not supported., and Formula Screener allows custom queries with AND/OR/NOT logic, multi-timeframe conditions, historical/range screening, index and ticker references, and regime filters..

QuantConnect is known for: Seamless environment that connects research, backtests, and live trading on institutional-grade co-located servers., Powered by the open-source LEAN engine (Python 3.11 and C#), with the flexibility to run locally or in the cloud., and Multi-asset coverage across equities, ETFs, options, futures, FX, and crypto, with a long list of broker and data integrations including Interactive Brokers, Schwab, TradeStation, Tastytrade, Alpaca, OANDA, Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, and Bloomberg EMSX..

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MarketInOut

marketinout.com

Screener and backtesting platform with one-time memberships (6-month, 1-year, or 2-year). A limited free tier is available, but some results and features are gated. Supports near real-time data for U.S. equities, TSX, Forex, and Crypto; other exchanges are delayed by 15 minutes. Intraday periods are available for IEX, Forex, and Crypto only; extended-hours data is not supported. API access for screener data can be requested separately. Discounts are offered for crypto payments.

Platforms

Web

Pricing

Free
One-time

Quick highlights

  • Multi-market stock screener covering 35+ exchanges, with both technical and fundamental criteria. Filters can be applied by exchange, sector, industry, index, or watchlist. Timeframes include hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly, with per-stock Excel exports.
  • Intraday timeframes (5m/15m/30m/1h/4h) are available for IEX, Forex, and Crypto. Extended-hours trading is not supported.
  • Formula Screener allows custom queries with AND/OR/NOT logic, multi-timeframe conditions, historical/range screening, index and ticker references, and regime filters.
  • Email or Telegram alerts for screener matches, with scheduled delivery options. SMS delivery is not guaranteed.
  • Strategy Backtester supports entry/exit rules, stop-loss/take-profit, and position maintenance. Data is survivorship-bias-free (includes delisted stocks).

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QuantConnect

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QuantConnect runs on the open-source LEAN engine, giving quants and systematic traders a unified workflow from research to backtesting to live deployment. You can run everything locally or in the cloud. Historical data down to tick and second resolution is available on paid tiers, and live-trading notifications scale by plan (from a handful per hour to thousands). Some broker and data feeds—like Trading Technologies futures or premium vendors—are only unlocked at higher tiers.

Platforms

Web
Desktop
API

Pricing

Free
Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Seamless environment that connects research, backtests, and live trading on institutional-grade co-located servers.
  • Powered by the open-source LEAN engine (Python 3.11 and C#), with the flexibility to run locally or in the cloud.
  • Multi-asset coverage across equities, ETFs, options, futures, FX, and crypto, with a long list of broker and data integrations including Interactive Brokers, Schwab, TradeStation, Tastytrade, Alpaca, OANDA, Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, and Bloomberg EMSX.
  • Robust options support with Greeks, implied volatility, and helpers for building multi-leg strategies such as iron condors.
  • Generates detailed backtest reports you can download as PDFs and raw results exportable as CSV or JSON.

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Overlap

Shared focus areas

2 overlaps

Mutual strengths include Backtesting, and APIs & SDKs.

Where they differ

MarketInOut

Distinct strengths include:

Screeners
Watchlist
Portfolio
Correlation
Alerts
  • Multi-market stock screener covering 35+ exchanges, with both technical and fundamental criteria. Filters can be applied by exchange, sector, industry, index, or watchlist. Timeframes include hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly, with per-stock Excel exports.
  • Intraday timeframes (5m/15m/30m/1h/4h) are available for IEX, Forex, and Crypto. Extended-hours trading is not supported.
  • Formula Screener allows custom queries with AND/OR/NOT logic, multi-timeframe conditions, historical/range screening, index and ticker references, and regime filters.
  • Email or Telegram alerts for screener matches, with scheduled delivery options. SMS delivery is not guaranteed.

QuantConnect

Distinct strengths include:

Quant
Paper Trading
Auto-Trading & Bots
Options & Derivatives
  • Seamless environment that connects research, backtests, and live trading on institutional-grade co-located servers.
  • Powered by the open-source LEAN engine (Python 3.11 and C#), with the flexibility to run locally or in the cloud.
  • Multi-asset coverage across equities, ETFs, options, futures, FX, and crypto, with a long list of broker and data integrations including Interactive Brokers, Schwab, TradeStation, Tastytrade, Alpaca, OANDA, Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, and Bloomberg EMSX.
  • Robust options support with Greeks, implied volatility, and helpers for building multi-leg strategies such as iron condors.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeMarketInOutQuantConnect
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Backtesting, APIs & SDKs

Unique: Screeners, Watchlist, Portfolio, Correlation, Alerts

Shared: Backtesting, APIs & SDKs

Unique: Quant, Paper Trading, Auto-Trading & Bots, Options & Derivatives

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks, ETFs, Currencies, Cryptos

Stocks, ETFs, Options, Futures, Currencies, Cryptos

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web

Web, Desktop, API

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free, One-time

Free, Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Multi-market stock screener covering 35+ exchanges, with both technical and fundamental criteria. Filters can be applied by exchange, sector, industry, index, or watchlist. Timeframes include hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly, with per-stock Excel exports.
  • Intraday timeframes (5m/15m/30m/1h/4h) are available for IEX, Forex, and Crypto. Extended-hours trading is not supported.
  • Formula Screener allows custom queries with AND/OR/NOT logic, multi-timeframe conditions, historical/range screening, index and ticker references, and regime filters.
  • Email or Telegram alerts for screener matches, with scheduled delivery options. SMS delivery is not guaranteed.
  • Strategy Backtester supports entry/exit rules, stop-loss/take-profit, and position maintenance. Data is survivorship-bias-free (includes delisted stocks).
  • Portfolio tracker with unlimited portfolios, intra-day last prices, daily P/L, and simple paper-trading views. Positions can be added directly from screener results.

Unique

  • Seamless environment that connects research, backtests, and live trading on institutional-grade co-located servers.
  • Powered by the open-source LEAN engine (Python 3.11 and C#), with the flexibility to run locally or in the cloud.
  • Multi-asset coverage across equities, ETFs, options, futures, FX, and crypto, with a long list of broker and data integrations including Interactive Brokers, Schwab, TradeStation, Tastytrade, Alpaca, OANDA, Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, and Bloomberg EMSX.
  • Robust options support with Greeks, implied volatility, and helpers for building multi-leg strategies such as iron condors.
  • Generates detailed backtest reports you can download as PDFs and raw results exportable as CSV or JSON.
  • Cloud API and Lean CLI for managing projects, running backtests, deploying live strategies, and pulling reports programmatically.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do MarketInOut and QuantConnect both support?

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

Do MarketInOut and QuantConnect require subscriptions?

Both MarketInOut and QuantConnect keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.

How can you access MarketInOut and QuantConnect?

Both MarketInOut and QuantConnect prioritize web or desktop access. Investors wanting a mobile-first workflow may need to rely on responsive web views.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

MarketInOut differentiates itself with Multi-market stock screener covering 35+ exchanges, with both technical and fundamental criteria. Filters can be applied by exchange, sector, industry, index, or watchlist. Timeframes include hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly, with per-stock Excel exports., Intraday timeframes (5m/15m/30m/1h/4h) are available for IEX, Forex, and Crypto. Extended-hours trading is not supported., and Formula Screener allows custom queries with AND/OR/NOT logic, multi-timeframe conditions, historical/range screening, index and ticker references, and regime filters., whereas QuantConnect stands out for Seamless environment that connects research, backtests, and live trading on institutional-grade co-located servers., Powered by the open-source LEAN engine (Python 3.11 and C#), with the flexibility to run locally or in the cloud., and Multi-asset coverage across equities, ETFs, options, futures, FX, and crypto, with a long list of broker and data integrations including Interactive Brokers, Schwab, TradeStation, Tastytrade, Alpaca, OANDA, Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, and Bloomberg EMSX..

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