For each tool we compared the plan closest to a ~$129/month day-trading tool with a real-time scanner. The Fido column is what ships today. Every competitor cell comes from that vendor's own pages - sources below.
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| Feature | Fido Stock Fetcher 14 days free · $129/mo after | Benzinga Pro Essential plan | TradingView Premium plan | Trade Ideas TI Standard plan | Finviz Elite plan | thinkorswim (Schwab) Desktop / web / mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price / month (monthly billing) | $129after a 14-day free trial, no credit card · PayPal · cancel anytime | $197$147 Streamlined has no scanner; $37 Basic | $69.95$59.95/mo billed annually | $127$89/mo billed annually | $39.50$24.96/mo billed annually | $0free for Schwab clients; $0 online stock commissions |
| Real-time momentum scanner | ✓HUNT ranks stocks moving on volume | ✓real-time Scanner (Essential) | ✓screener auto-refresh 10 s | ✓real-time alert windows, core strength | ✓real-time data, 10 s auto-refresh | ✓Stock Hacker scans |
| Custom filters | ✓price, move, RVOL, float, $ volume, market cap, session; saved per login | ✓price, volume, float, RVOL, SI and more | ✓500+ fundamental & technical fields | ✓500+ alerts & filters, deepest here | ✓advanced filters, unlimited presets | ✓up to 25 filters + thinkScript |
| Relative volume | ✓on every HUNT row | ✓scanner filter | ✓Relative Volume column | ✓RV filter | ✓screener field | ?not confirmed on official docs |
| Float | ✓on every HUNT row | ✓scanner filter | ✓float shares field | ✓Float, Float Turnover filters | ✓screener field | ?not confirmed on official docs |
| Short interest | ✓in each DIG report | ✓scanner filter | ?not confirmed on official docs | ✓Short Float filter | ✓Short Float field | ?not confirmed on official docs |
| SEC filings & dilution flags (offerings, reverse splits) | ✓fresh filings on HUNT rows, linked to sec.gov; DIG flags offerings, reverse splits, dilution | partialSEC filings as a newsfeed source; no dilution flag listed | partialDocuments tab (10-K/10-Q); no filing alerts listed | ?not confirmed on official docs | partialSEC-filing alerts; no dilution flag listed | partialSEC filings stream in news feed, alertable |
| News feed | ✓fresh news on HUNT rows + DIG headlines | ✓core strength: fast full newsfeed | ✓real-time context news | partialnews tab per stock | ✓news page + news alerts | ✓live news + CNBC stream |
| Audio squawk | ✓Squawk reads each new market headline aloud | ✓audio Squawk, a Benzinga strength | ✗not listed | ✗not listed | ✗not listed | ✗not listed (CNBC video instead) |
| Per-ticker research report | ✓DIG: catalyst, filings, float, SI, past runs, headlines, plus a research panel view; batch-dig the whole HUNT list | partialDetails panel: news, financials, peers, insiders | partialsymbol pages: financials, documents | partialsingle-stock window | partialquote page: peers, ownership, fundamentals | partialAnalyze tab, Trade Flash |
| Natural-language / AI research | ✓plain-English commands: "hunt", "dig CURI NIO" | ✓Benzinga AI Q&A (Essential) | partialAI screener requests (250/mo) | ✗AI signals only on Premium ($254) | ✗not listed | ✗not listed |
| Trade plan (entry / stop / targets) | ✓DIG ends with a possible plan: entry, stop, targets (research, not advice) | ✗not listed | ✗not listed | ✗Smart Risk Levels only on Premium | ✗not listed | ✗not listed |
| Backtesting | ✓backtest your plan (entry/stop/target) on the last 60 sessions of 5-min bars | ✗not listed | ✓Bar Replay, Pine Script | ✗Premium only ($254) | ✓Elite backtests | ✓thinkScript strategies, options back-testing |
| Charting | ✓candles, VWAP, RSI, MACD, Bollinger, EMA/SMA; 10s to 1d | ✓TradingView charts built in | ✓best in class: 8 charts/tab, 25 indicators | ✓10 charts on screen | ✓interactive, 12-chart layouts | ✓400+ studies |
| Watchlist | ✓live prices, add-all from HUNT | ✓unlimited, with alerts | ✓multiple, 2 watchlist alerts | ✓unlimited only on Premium | ✓portfolio watchlists, alerts | ✓watchlists synced across devices |
| Broker connection (read your portfolio) | ✓read-only view of your Robinhood portfolio | ✓link brokerage → auto watchlist of positions | ✓trade through selected brokers | ?not confirmed on official docs | ✗manual portfolios only | ✓it is your Schwab account |
| Order entry / staging | Comingorder staging at your own broker, coming after the beta | ✗"your broker handles order execution" | ✓chart & DOM trading via broker | ✓in-app trading | ✗not listed | ✓full order entry |
| Voice commands | ✓"Hey Fido" wake word | ✗not listed | ✗not listed | ✗not listed | ✗not listed | ✗not listed |
| Mobile | ✓installable phone app (add to home screen) | partialmobile web layout | ✓iOS/Android apps | partialweb version, no iOS app | ?not confirmed on official docs | ✓thinkorswim mobile app |
✓ = offered on that plan · partial = limited or indirect · Coming = announced, not shipped · ✗ = not offered on that plan, or not listed on the vendor's official pages we checked · ? = could not confirm from the vendor's official pages
Competitor features and prices from vendor sites as of 2026-09-27; check the vendors for current details. Fido is research software, not investment advice.