★ BEST INVESTING TOOLS COMPARISON ★
VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
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Tool Comparison
The Fly Pro vs Value Sense
Pick The Fly Pro instead if
The Fly Pro
Free • From $18.60/mo · Web
- You care about analyst forecasts and macro data, things Value Sense doesn't offer
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Value Sense
Free • From $15/mo · Web
- You want the cheaper way in: plans start at $15/mo instead of $18.6/mo
- You care about stock ideas, backtesting, and custom dashboards, things The Fly Pro doesn't offer
- You're a long-term investor who cares more about fundamentals than headlines
Skip both if: Neither one clicks with how you research; there are strong third options.
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Our take
The bottom line
The Fly Pro and Value Sense cover a lot of the same ground (7 shared categories, including screeners, data visualizations, and stock comparison), so for the basics you won't go far wrong with either. Value Sense simply does more: 17 categories to The Fly Pro's 9, including stock ideas, backtesting, and custom dashboards. The Fly Pro counters by keeping things simpler.
What readers say
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Key differences at a glance
- Cheaper paid plan
- Value Sense$15/mo vs $18.6/mo
- Free trial
- The Fly Pro7 days
- Broader coverage
- Value Sense17 vs 9 categories
- Free plan
- Both
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How they stack up
The side-by-side table: pricing, platforms, data, and coverage at a glance.ShowHide
How they stack up
The side-by-side table: pricing, platforms, data, and coverage at a glance.| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & plans | ||
Starting price | Free • From $18.60/mo | Free • From $15/mo |
Free tier | Yes | Yes |
Free trial | 7 days | — |
Plan limits | 8 limits: Premium Annual: regular monthly equivalent usd: 62, Premium Annual: promotion: Quarter-end 70% off +6 more | 16 limits: Explorer: annual billing usd: 129, Explorer: stock views per week: 25 +14 more |
| Platforms & access | ||
Web app | Yes | Yes |
Mobile app | No | No |
API access | No | No |
| Audience & fit | ||
Experience level | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced |
Best for | — | Retail Traders, Value Investors +1 more |
Categories covered | 9 | 17 |
Regions | North America, Europe | — |
| Data & capabilities | ||
Data quality | Latency: End of Day and Granularity: EOD | — |
Capabilities | — | Ranking backtests and AI summaries: Transcripts |
| Try it | Visit The Fly Pro | Visit Value Sense |
Where each one shines
What The Fly Pro and Value Sense each do best.ShowHide
Where each one shines
What The Fly Pro and Value Sense each do best.What The Fly Pro does best
- Use visual dashboards and customizable charts to research public companies without building every financial view from scratch.
- Screen and compare stocks with simplified fundamental and performance charting.
- Research 1,100+ company-specific KPIs with historical context and updates around earnings releases where paid access includes the data.
- Review 10 years of financials on free access and deeper 30+ year history on the paid plan as recorded in the profile.
- Use company comparison tools to compare operating metrics, fundamentals, and charted data across peers.
What Value Sense does best
- Screen for stock ideas with presets, saved screeners, and stated backtesting support where included by plan.
- Use valuation tools such as Intrinsic Value, Reverse DCF, Peter Lynch fair value, Earnings Power Value, and related fair-value workflows.
- Compare companies through fundamental charting, multi-company metric overlays, annual, quarterly, and trailing views, plus PNG exports.
- Review KPI and segment data sourced from filings and company reports with annual, quarterly, trailing, and unit-toggle views.
- Use AI earnings overviews for call summaries, sentiment scoring, guidance extraction, and transcript visualizations.
Every detail we compared
Every tracked attribute for The Fly Pro and Value Sense, side by side.ShowHide
Every detail we compared
Every tracked attribute for The Fly Pro and Value Sense, side by side.| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Coverage & fit | ||
Asset types | Stocks | Stocks |
Experience | BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced | BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced |
Target audience | Not specified | Retail TradersValue InvestorsAnalysts |
Regions | North AmericaEurope | Not specified |
Coverage details | Identifiers: Ticker | Identifiers: Ticker |
| Data | ||
Data freshness | End of Day | Not specified |
Data granularity | EOD | Not specified |
| Access & integrations | ||
Export formats | Not specified | ExcelImagePDF |
| Plans & trust | ||
Capability signals | Not specified | Ranking backtestsAI summaries: Transcripts |
Vendor & support | Main Street Financial Data Inc.Support: Email | VALUESENSE INCCountry: USASupport: Email |
Curation ratings | Methodology 3/5Reliability 4/5UX 4/5 | Not specified |
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What you'll actually pay
Plans, billing, trials, and per-month pricing for both tools.ShowHide
What you'll actually pay
Plans, billing, trials, and per-month pricing for both tools.| Tier | ||
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free | Free |
| Entry paid plan | $18.60/mo“Premium Annual”regular monthly equivalent usd: 62 · promotion: Quarter-end 70% off | $15/mo“Explorer”annual billing usd: 129 · stock views per week: 25 · +5 more |
| Tier 2 | $22.20/mo“Premium Monthly”regular monthly price usd: 74 · promotion: Quarter-end 70% off | $29/mo“Pro”annual billing usd: 189 · stock views: Unlimited · +6 more |
| Tier 3 | $45/mo“Ultimate Annual”regular monthly equivalent usd: 150 · promotion: Quarter-end 70% off | — |
| Top plan | $54/mo“Ultimate Monthly”regular monthly price usd: 180 · promotion: Quarter-end 70% off | — |
| Custom / enterprise | Contact sales“Institutional” | Contact sales“ValueQuant Strategy”pricing model: Book demo / free trial |
| Free trial | 7 days | — |
Questions we keep getting
What's the difference between The Fly Pro and Value Sense?
The Fly Pro leans toward screeners, data visualizations, and stock comparison, while Value Sense puts more weight on stock ideas, screeners, and backtesting. They overlap in 7 categories, so for most people it comes down to workflow preference and price.
How much do The Fly Pro and Value Sense cost?
Good news: both The Fly Pro and Value Sense have free plans, so you can run them side by side and only pay if you hit a wall.
Should I choose The Fly Pro or Value Sense?
It depends on what you're after. Pick The Fly Pro if analyst forecasts and macro data matter to you; go with Value Sense if you'd rather have stock ideas and backtesting. And if you only need the basics both share, let price decide.
Can I export data from The Fly Pro and Value Sense?
Value Sense exports to Excel. The Fly Pro is stingier about getting data out.
Which has a better stock screener: The Fly Pro or Value Sense?
Both The Fly Pro and Value Sense include stock screeners, and they differ more in interface than raw power; try both and see which one clicks for you.
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