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★ FINANCIAL TOOLS & SERVICES DIRECTORY ★

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Thursday, October 30, 2025

Tool Comparison

Screener.in vs StockCharts comparison

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

Quick takeaways

Screener.in adds Financials, Institutional Data, News, AI, and AI Chat coverage that StockCharts skips.

StockCharts includes Portfolio, Calendar, Options, Scores, and Broker Connectors categories that Screener.in omits.

In depth comparison

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Screener.in

screener.in

Hands-on review

India’s go-to platform for stock screening and fundamental analysis. Offers a free Hobby Investor plan and a Premium “Active Investor” plan (₹4,999/year). Premium unlocks extras like CSV downloads, industry filters, multiple watchlists, and higher alert limits (up to 800 stock alerts, 75 screen alerts, 50 phrase alerts). Premium users also get priority email delivery and ₹500 in AI credits. Refund window of 48 hours. The Android app extends full functionality to mobile.

Platforms

WebMobile

Pricing

FreeSubscription

Quick highlights

  • Powerful custom query language and custom ratios; run screens on a decade of financial fundamentals.
  • Automatic email alerts when new quarterly results match your screens; easy to set directly in the UI.
  • Premium users can export entire screen results to CSV and generate per-company Excel files with custom templates.
  • Stock price alerts available for levels, moving averages, or PE ratios, emailed daily around mid-afternoon IST.
  • Company Announcements section lets you search, filter, and set alerts for new corporate disclosures.

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StockCharts

stockcharts.com

Charting, scanning, and alerting platform with tiered plans. Free BATS real-time quotes are included for US markets; official add-ons unlock real-time data for US, Canada, and the UK, otherwise data is delayed 15 minutes. Plan limits apply to ChartLists, scans, and alerts. PRO adds 5-second auto-refresh and CSV downloads of historical data. OptionsPlay integration provides options strategy tools, and trading from charts is supported through Tradier. Scans run on daily, weekly, or monthly bars (not intraday).

Platforms

WebMobile

Pricing

FreeSubscription

Quick highlights

  • Tiered pricing: Basic $19.95, Extra $29.95, PRO $49.95. Limits scale by tier (ChartLists: 1/250/500; Custom Scans: 1/200/500; Scheduled Scans: 0/10/25; Price Alerts: 2/200/500; Advanced Alerts: 1/100/250). Auto-refresh every 15s (Basic/Extra) or 5s (PRO).
  • Real-time data: free US BATS quotes; official real-time add-ons available for NYSE, NASDAQ, TSX/TSX-V, and LSE. Other markets are 15-minute delayed.
  • Advanced Scan Workbench with custom syntax for daily, weekly, and monthly scans (no intraday scans).
  • Price and advanced alerts deliver via email, SMS, and in-platform notifications. The alert engine checks conditions every 3–5 minutes during market hours.
  • Coverage includes US (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX), Canada (TSX/TSX-V), UK (LSE), India (NSE), and a crypto summary with 24/7 real-time data. EOD charting is available for major US commodities.

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Where they differ

Screener.in

Distinct strengths include:

  • Powerful custom query language and custom ratios; run screens on a decade of financial fundamentals.
  • Automatic email alerts when new quarterly results match your screens; easy to set directly in the UI.
  • Premium users can export entire screen results to CSV and generate per-company Excel files with custom templates.
  • Stock price alerts available for levels, moving averages, or PE ratios, emailed daily around mid-afternoon IST.

StockCharts

Distinct strengths include:

  • Tiered pricing: Basic $19.95, Extra $29.95, PRO $49.95. Limits scale by tier (ChartLists: 1/250/500; Custom Scans: 1/200/500; Scheduled Scans: 0/10/25; Price Alerts: 2/200/500; Advanced Alerts: 1/100/250). Auto-refresh every 15s (Basic/Extra) or 5s (PRO).
  • Real-time data: free US BATS quotes; official real-time add-ons available for NYSE, NASDAQ, TSX/TSX-V, and LSE. Other markets are 15-minute delayed.
  • Advanced Scan Workbench with custom syntax for daily, weekly, and monthly scans (no intraday scans).
  • Price and advanced alerts deliver via email, SMS, and in-platform notifications. The alert engine checks conditions every 3–5 minutes during market hours.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeScreener.inStockCharts
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Screeners, Watchlist, Alerts, Data Visualizations

Unique: Financials, Institutional Data, News, AI, AI Chat

Shared: Screeners, Watchlist, Alerts, Data Visualizations

Unique: Portfolio, Calendar, Options, Scores, Broker Connectors

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks

Stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Options, Commodities, Cryptos

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web, Mobile

Web, Mobile

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free, Subscription

Free, Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Powerful custom query language and custom ratios; run screens on a decade of financial fundamentals.
  • Automatic email alerts when new quarterly results match your screens; easy to set directly in the UI.
  • Premium users can export entire screen results to CSV and generate per-company Excel files with custom templates.
  • Stock price alerts available for levels, moving averages, or PE ratios, emailed daily around mid-afternoon IST.
  • Company Announcements section lets you search, filter, and set alerts for new corporate disclosures.
  • Detailed shareholding data, including reverse search of investors holding more than 1% across companies, and the ability to follow favourite investors.

Unique

  • Tiered pricing: Basic $19.95, Extra $29.95, PRO $49.95. Limits scale by tier (ChartLists: 1/250/500; Custom Scans: 1/200/500; Scheduled Scans: 0/10/25; Price Alerts: 2/200/500; Advanced Alerts: 1/100/250). Auto-refresh every 15s (Basic/Extra) or 5s (PRO).
  • Real-time data: free US BATS quotes; official real-time add-ons available for NYSE, NASDAQ, TSX/TSX-V, and LSE. Other markets are 15-minute delayed.
  • Advanced Scan Workbench with custom syntax for daily, weekly, and monthly scans (no intraday scans).
  • Price and advanced alerts deliver via email, SMS, and in-platform notifications. The alert engine checks conditions every 3–5 minutes during market hours.
  • Coverage includes US (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX), Canada (TSX/TSX-V), UK (LSE), India (NSE), and a crypto summary with 24/7 real-time data. EOD charting is available for major US commodities.
  • ChartLists act as watchlists and portfolios, supporting up to 1000 charts per list; symbols can be imported from CSV.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do Screener.in and StockCharts both support?

Both platforms cover Screeners, Watchlist, Alerts, and Data Visualizations workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do Screener.in and StockCharts require subscriptions?

Both Screener.in and StockCharts keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.

How can you access Screener.in and StockCharts?

Both Screener.in and StockCharts support web and mobile access, making it easy to keep tabs on research away from the desk.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

Screener.in differentiates itself with Powerful custom query language and custom ratios; run screens on a decade of financial fundamentals., Automatic email alerts when new quarterly results match your screens; easy to set directly in the UI., and Premium users can export entire screen results to CSV and generate per-company Excel files with custom templates., whereas StockCharts stands out for Tiered pricing: Basic $19.95, Extra $29.95, PRO $49.95. Limits scale by tier (ChartLists: 1/250/500; Custom Scans: 1/200/500; Scheduled Scans: 0/10/25; Price Alerts: 2/200/500; Advanced Alerts: 1/100/250). Auto-refresh every 15s (Basic/Extra) or 5s (PRO)., Real-time data: free US BATS quotes; official real-time add-ons available for NYSE, NASDAQ, TSX/TSX-V, and LSE. Other markets are 15-minute delayed., and Advanced Scan Workbench with custom syntax for daily, weekly, and monthly scans (no intraday scans)..

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