StockCharts vs Yahoo Finance comparison

StockCharts focuses on Screeners, Data Visualizations, and Alerts while Yahoo Finance specializes in News, Alerts, and Calendar. They overlap in 7 categories, so choose based on your preferred workflow and pricing.

Good news—both StockCharts and Yahoo Finance offer free plans. You can try each platform without commitment and only pay when you need premium features.

Choose StockCharts if you need 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)., and 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.. Go with Yahoo Finance if Global exchange coverage with explicit exchange suffixes, delay tables, and data-provider attributions (e.g., ICE Data Services; CoinMarketCap for crypto)., and Portfolios + watchlists to track holdings/performance; supports importing holdings via CSV. better fits how you invest.

Both cover Stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Options, Commodities, and Cryptos. Yahoo Finance adds coverage for Futures, and Currencies.

Yes, both platforms provide real-time market data. This makes either suitable for active trading strategies where timing matters.

Both platforms let you export data to spreadsheets (CSV). This is useful for custom analysis or record-keeping.

StockCharts connects with brokers for portfolio syncing. Yahoo Finance requires manual portfolio entry or data import.

Both StockCharts and Yahoo Finance include stock screeners. Try each to see which filtering options and interface you prefer.

Both platforms include portfolio tracking, so you can monitor your holdings, performance, and allocation in one place.