Tapeboard vs Finviz
Pricing · Feature matrix · Where Finviz wins · Where Tapeboard wins · FAQ
Tapeboard Pro at $39 a month is a US-equity terminal with a scanner built into options chains, SEC filings and the Short Squeeze Score. Finviz Elite at $39.50/mo, or $24.96/mo billed annually, is a fundamental screener with a heatmap most retail traders know. Finviz prices checked 2026-10-08.
- Pick Tapeboard if your screens use short interest, borrow fee and options activity, you want SEC filings on every scanner result, and you want one tool at $39 a month.
- Pick the competitor if you screen on financial statements, want real-time quotes and intraday maps on the screener, unlimited alerts, or exports to Excel and CSV.
- Bottom line: Tapeboard wins on filings, short interest and squeeze tracking. Finviz wins on screener depth and the heatmap. Many traders keep both: Tapeboard for the live workflow, Finviz for the fundamental screens.
Pricing comparison
Finviz sells one paid plan: Elite is $39.50/mo, or $299.50 a year ($24.96/mo billed annually). Tapeboard has a free tier, Pro at $39/month ($374 a year, about $31/month), and Terminal at $79/month.
| TIER | TAPEBOARD | FINVIZ |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free account, no card. 7 days of Pro on signup, then one live scanner panel, the simulator and the filings reader | Free with registration: delayed market data, basic screener filters, 3 years of financial statements |
| Entry paid | $39/month Pro: real-time quotes, full scanner, filings search, squeeze score, options | $39.50/mo Elite: real-time data, advanced filters, 8 years of statements, intraday maps, exports, alerts |
| Billed yearly | $374 a year ($31/month) | $299.50 a year ($24.96/mo billed annually) |
| Top tier | $79/month Terminal: unlimited AI, formula alerts, bulk export | No higher tier |
As of 2026-10-08. Finviz pricing per Finviz Elite page, retrieved 2026-10-08.
Feature matrix
14 rows. The last column is the date the Finviz side was read from the Finviz Elite page. Prices come from the dated list on the what is included page.
| CAPABILITY | TAPEBOARD | FINVIZ | LAST VERIFIED |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real-time US equity quotes | Yes on Pro | Yes on Elite | 2026-10-08 |
| SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, Form 4, 13F) within minutes | Yes, searchable, with a reader and dilution tags | Filings are linked from the quote page, with no filings feed | 2026-10-08 |
| AI filing summaries | Yes on Pro | No | 2026-10-08 |
| Options chains and IV | Yes on Pro | No options chain | 2026-10-08 |
| Short interest, borrow fee, utilization | Yes, with the threshold list | Short interest filter only | 2026-10-08 |
| Squeeze scoring (composite) | Yes, 0-100 setup score with published formula and calibrated odds | No composite score | 2026-10-08 |
| Financial statements history | Summary fundamentals on the research page | 8 years on Elite, 3 years free | 2026-10-08 |
| Screener rows per page and refresh | Live panels on Pro | 100 rows and a 10 second refresh on Elite | 2026-10-08 |
| Daily-timeframe swing screens | Swing preset group on Pro: 52w-high proximity, RVOL floors, RSI-14 pullback entries, large-cap trend | Full-market screener with fundamental filters, no streaming preset group | 2026-10-08 |
| Heatmap | S&P 500, sector ETFs and crypto, by day or longer window | Full map, intraday maps on Elite | 2026-10-08 |
| Charting | Interactive charts, up to 9 synced panes on /charts (Pro), 134 indicators | Interactive charts, 12 chart layout on Elite | 2026-10-08 |
| Live scanner hits feed | Every fire is its own row with the plain-English reason it fired | No per-occurrence hits feed | 2026-10-08 |
| Alerts | Price, filing and scanner alerts | Unlimited stock, price, screener, portfolio and calendar alerts on Elite | 2026-10-08 |
| Export | CSV export of filings search on Terminal | Excel and CSV export on Elite | 2026-10-08 |
| Paper trading simulator and journal | Yes, simulator free on every tier | No, portfolio tracking only | 2026-10-08 |
Where Finviz wins
Screening on financial statements
Finviz Elite shows 8 years of financial statements, against 3 on the free plan, with advanced filters, up to 100 screener rows a page and a 10 second refresh (Finviz Elite page, checked 2026-10-08). If your screen is "small caps with growing revenue and healthy margins over several years", Finviz is the right tool.
The heatmap
The Finviz map is the one most retail traders know, and Elite adds intraday maps. Tapeboard has a heatmap for the S&P 500, sector ETFs and crypto, colored by day, week, month and longer windows. It is narrower than Finviz.
Alerts, exports and the free plan
Elite includes unlimited alerts and exports to Excel and CSV. The free plan is generous for a screener: delayed data, basic filters, the map and 50 saved presets. Tapeboard Free is a smaller scanner with a simulator and filings reader.
Where Tapeboard wins
Short interest and borrow fee in the screen
Tapeboard exposes short interest, borrow fee, days to cover and options activity as scanner filters. Finviz has a short interest filter and no borrow fee. If your screens look like "high borrow fee, rising volume, near a catalyst", Tapeboard is the focused tool.
Short-squeeze setup score with published odds
The Tapeboard Short Squeeze Score (setup v6, since 2026-10-07) ranks heavily shorted US names (short interest of at least 15% of float) by their historical odds of a large move: 0.6 x 20-day volatility percentile (largest daily move excluded) + 0.2 x 5-day float-rotation percentile + 0.2 x last-session relative-volume percentile. Borrow fee, days-to-cover and short volume are shown for context at zero weight. The formula, the gate and the calibrated out-of-sample odds (top-10 names: +20% within five sessions 16.6% of the time, -20% 12.0%) are published. Finviz has no composite. See the short squeeze score methodology for the derivation.
SEC filings on every scanner result
When a name on the scanner files a Form 4, 8-K or offering document, it shows on the ticker within minutes of EDGAR publication, with dilution tags and an AI summary on Pro. Finviz links filings from the quote page and has no filings feed.
A live hits feed instead of a 10-second refresh
Finviz Elite re-runs the screen every 10 seconds. Tapeboard's hits feed streams every fire as its own row — just-hit, re-hit, new entrant — with the plain-English reason it fired, so you see the run-up build instead of re-reading a table.
A simulator and a journal in the same tab
The paper trading simulator is free on every tier, and the trade journal auto-logs every simulator trade with setup tagging on playbooks (Pro) and free CSV import from Schwab, Webull and TradeStation exports. Finviz tracks portfolios and has no simulator or journal. Pro is $39 a month and Terminal is $79 a month, which adds unlimited AI, formula alerts and bulk export.
What the scanner looks like on Tapeboard
Real captures from the live terminal (not mockups): the scanner streaming hits, and the short-squeeze leaderboard it feeds.
Open the live scanner
Open the squeeze leaderboard
Where to go next
Trust and methodology
- Tapeboard methodology: data sources, AI summarization, squeeze score formula, fact-check process.
- About Marcus Reilly: editor accountability for every methodology and comparison page.
- Per-vendor data source disclosure: every data type, every vendor, every license posture.
Live ticker pages
- TSLA stock: live filings, options, squeeze score.
- NVDA stock: live filings, options, squeeze score.
- SPY ETF: live filings, options, squeeze score.
- AAPL stock: live filings, options, squeeze score.
- GME stock: live filings, options, squeeze score.
Glossary
- gamma exposure (GEX): definition, formula, worked example.
- short interest: definition, formula, worked example.
- options flow: definition, formula, worked example.
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Pillar and hub
- Bloomberg alternative: the pillar page covering Bloomberg Terminal vs Tapeboard at $39/month.
- All Tapeboard comparisons: the hub linking all 24 platform and tool-by-tool comparisons.
Finviz alternative FAQ
Is there a Finviz alternative?
Tapeboard Pro at $39 a month is a Finviz alternative for traders who want a scanner next to SEC filings, options chains and the Short Squeeze Score. Finviz Elite is $39.50/mo, or $24.96/mo billed annually ($299.50 a year), per the Finviz Elite page checked 2026-10-08. Finviz wins on screener depth and the heatmap. Tapeboard wins on filings, short interest and squeeze tracking.
Tapeboard vs Finviz: which is better for screening?
For screens built on short interest, borrow fee, days to cover, options activity and fresh SEC filings, Tapeboard is the focused tool. For screening on financial statements, Finviz Elite shows 8 years of statements against 3 on the free plan, 100 rows a page and a 10 second refresh. The two answer different questions.
Best free real-time stock scanner?
Finviz free is delayed and strong on fundamental filters. TradingView free is delayed and strong on charting. Tapeboard Free gives one live scanner panel with one live preset and every new account starts with 7 days of Pro. Full real-time scanning with SEC filing alerts is on Pro at $39 a month.
Best stock heatmap free?
The Finviz map is the one most traders know, and the free plan includes it. Elite adds intraday maps. Tapeboard has its own heatmap for the S&P 500, sector ETFs and crypto, colored by day, week, month and longer windows. It does not match the Finviz map for depth.
Is Finviz Elite worth it?
Finviz Elite is worth it if you screen on fundamentals, want real-time quotes and charts on the screener, 12 charts in one layout, unlimited alerts and exports to Excel or CSV. At $39.50/mo it is fairly priced for that. If your screens use short interest, borrow fee, options activity or new SEC filings, Tapeboard Pro at $39 a month covers that workflow.
Best penny stock screener?
Finviz free covers the basic filters on price, volume and change. Trade Ideas is the heavier paid scanner. Tapeboard Pro at $39 a month adds short interest, borrow fee and squeeze score filters on top of the basics, which suits penny stock day traders who care about borrow availability.
Is there a Finviz alternative for swing trading?
For daily-timeframe swing work, Tapeboard Pro at $39 a month ships a Swing preset group: names within 10% of the 52-week high on 1.5x relative volume, pullback entries where RSI-14 has cooled inside an uptrend, deep pullbacks bouncing on volume, and a $10B+ large-cap trend screen. Honest scope: the Tapeboard scanner runs on a movers-based universe of roughly 500 active symbols rather than the full market, so a quiet three-week base that never moves 5% in a day is outside it. Finviz Elite screens the whole market with fundamental filters, which is why many swing traders keep it for the wide sweep. Where Tapeboard pays for itself is the live loop: the swing screens stream next to SEC filings, alerts and the trade journal in one tab.
How this page is kept honest
Last reviewed 2026-05-03 by Marcus Reilly. Pricing verified 2026-05-03. Every numeric claim on this page has a row in the citation registry. The page reverifies on the Jan 15 / Apr 15 / Jul 15 / Oct 15 cron and any time Finviz updates its pricing. See methodology for the full fact-check process.
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By Marcus Reilly, Editor, Tapeboard. Methodology last reviewed 2026-05-03. Pricing verified 2026-05-03. Back to all Bloomberg alternatives.