Comparison

Tapeline vs Finviz — why traders switch.

Finviz Elite is a 25-year-old screener with every filter you can name. Tapeline is a 2026-built scanner with one synthesised score per ticker, a sentence explaining it, and a public daily scorecard tracking every call we make. Pick the second one if you want a tool that does the synthesis for you — and shows its work.

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Where Tapeline wins

Feature	Tapeline	Finviz Elite
One composite score per ticker	✓ Six named factors, public methodology	Not available — no synthesis at all
Plain-English Why on every row	✓ Default sentence, every ticker	Not available — you write your own thesis
Public scorecard with receipts	✓ Every top-10 back-checked vs SPY next day	Not available — no track record published
Squeeze setup detection	✓ BB compression + volume + OBV scored	Not available — you build it from raw filters
Congressional trades feed	✓ House + Senate disclosed trades, daily	Not available — Finviz Elite doesn't track Congressional disclosures
Recent insider buys (SEC Form 4)	✓ Live SEC Form 4 insider activity across ~2,500 tickers	Insider screener present, but no curated activity feed
Smart watchlist alerts	✓ Score-change alerts via email + Telegram + push	Email only, simple price alerts
Modern UI	✓ Built 2026, mobile-responsive, dark mode	Late-90s table aesthetic
Try without a card	✓ 14-day full Premium trial, no card	Direct paid signup, no trial

Honest tradeoffs

Where Finviz Elite has an edge — explained so you can pick what matters for your workflow.

Universe size

9,000+ including OTC + penny stocks vs ~2,500 actively scored (top by $-volume) from the full liquid US universe

Finviz indexes everything including OTC + sub-$1 stocks; you filter manually. Tapeline scores the top ~2,500 by daily dollar-volume — covers everything liquid down to small-caps. Below that, bid-ask spreads make a high score on a $0.20 stock with 80K shares/day non-actionable. The rest of the universe is tracked for watchlist + news + per-ticker pages, just not actively scored.

Number of raw filters

60+ ratios + technical filters vs Sector + score + signal + watchlist

Tapeline gives you the synthesised answer. Finviz gives you the raw inputs to compute it yourself.

Cheapest paid tier

$24.96/mo (Elite, billed annually) vs $8.25/mo (Pro, billed annually)

Effectively identical. Tapeline includes the score + sentence + scorecard at the same price.

Try the live scanner free.

Free forever tier — no card. Pro from $8.25/mo ($99.00/yr), with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

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Or read the methodology.

Tapeline vs Finviz — questions

Is Tapeline a Finviz alternative?

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Yes. Tapeline is a 2026-built quantitative scanner that gives you one composite score per US ticker, a plain-English sentence explaining it, and a public scorecard back-checking every call vs SPY — at a third of the price of Finviz Elite ($8.25/mo annual vs $24.96/mo). Finviz remains the better pick if you want raw filters across 60+ technical and fundamental fields and don't want a synthesised answer.

How does Tapeline pricing compare to Finviz Elite?

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Tapeline Pro is $8.25/mo billed annually ($99/yr) or $9.99/mo monthly. Premium is $16.58/mo billed annually ($199/yr) or $19.99/mo monthly. Finviz Elite is $24.96/mo billed annually or $39.50/mo monthly. Tapeline Pro runs at roughly a third of Finviz Elite, and includes the score, sentence, and scorecard.

Does Finviz publish its scoring formula?

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Finviz does not publish a single composite score per ticker. It provides ~60 raw screener fields (P/E, RSI, EMA distance, insider ownership, etc.) and lets you filter against them. Tapeline names all six factors behind its composite and shows how they're weighted on /how-it-works.

Does Tapeline cover penny stocks like Finviz?

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Tapeline actively scores the top ~2,500 US tickers by daily dollar-volume from the full liquid US universe — covering everything liquid down to small-caps. Finviz indexes everything including OTC and sub-$1 stocks and you filter manually. If your strategy depends on penny stocks below the liquidity cutoff, Finviz is the better fit.

Can I try Tapeline before paying?

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Yes — 14-day Premium trial, no credit card required, cancel in one click. Free tier (live scores for the top 10 scanner rows, 12 look-ups/day) is free forever.

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