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The short answer: Scanz suits traders who already know what to scan for, so the right switch depends on what you are missing. For live alerts with Holly AI, OddsMaker and Channel Bar presets that need no setup, Trade Ideas. For small-cap training with a scanner, StocksToTrade. For news, Benzinga Pro. For charts, TradingView. Trade Ideas makes one of the tools on this page.
This page is on Trade Ideas' own website. See our Trade Ideas vs Scanz page for a head-to-head view.
Why Scanz users look at Trade Ideas as a Scanz alternative
AI signals and testing. Neither AI trade signals nor a no-code backtester appears on the Scanz pricing pages.
A faster start. Scanz expects you to know what to scan for. Ready-made channels are not its product.
A live room. Scanz does not list a free teaching room.
More than one scan on the entry plan. Scanz Starter runs a single scan at a time.
Scanz documents real-time discovery: Data, Signal and News scanners running on one set of 65+ filters (Scanners 101), and no backtesting or strategy-selection section in its docs as of Oct 7, 2026. Trade Ideas carries the data further. A measurement you write in the Formula Editor can join a strategy, OddsMaker tests that strategy on recent history, its Optimization tab shows which filter values held up, and every night Holly backtests and re-picks her own strategies for the coming session. Both OddsMaker and Holly AI Signals come with TI Premium; the loop on our Data Difference page shows how the steps connect.
Method
How we compared Scanz alternatives
Six checks, applied to every Scanz alternative. The pages behind them are in How we checked.
Replaces: the Scanz job, from scan building to news scans, each tool could handle.
Real-time data: premarket, regular and after-hours coverage the vendor lists by plan.
Backtesting: whether your scan conditions can be tested on history.
AI: AI features named by the vendor, nothing assumed.
List price: posted monthly and annual prices.
Best for: the scanning style each tool suits.
At a glance
Scanz alternatives, side by side
Scanz versus six alternatives. Every price was taken from the company's own site on October 6, 2026.
"Not listed" = not found on the company's own pages.
The list
The 6 best Scanz alternatives
1. Trade Ideas
Best for live alerts with AI, OddsMaker and beginner Channel Bar presets
Scanz hands you 400+ filters and a blank page. Trade Ideas hands you working channels on day one. Across US-listed stocks, Streaming Alerts can trigger on any single trade. Ready-made channels sit on the Channel Bar in both plans. Holly AI Signals, OddsMaker and automated trading through Money Machine come with TI Premium.
Replaces: Real-time scanning, plus AI signals, backtesting and ready-made channels.
Real-time data
Live market data on both plans. Alerts stream in as trades happen.
Scans and alerts
310 alerts and 249 filters, with multiple Alert windows and Top Lists open on either plan. Presets on the Channel Bar come with both TI Pro plans. If you know your conditions, tell the Holly AI Assistant and it builds the scan.
Backtesting
OddsMaker backtests your Scanz-style conditions on Trade Ideas history. No coding. TI Premium.
AI
Ready-made trade plans arrive as Holly AI Signals, each with entry, stop and target. Included on TI Premium.
Beginner-friendly
Yes. You can start from a preset instead of a blank scan. Barrie Einarson trades live in the free Trading Room.
Price
TI Standard costs $127 a month or $1,068 a year. TI Premium costs $254 a month or $2,136 a year. The Trading Room is free.
Building blocks, counted. The Trade Ideas help documents 310 alerts and 249 filters, each on its own page. Every alert can be paired with any combination of filters, and each filter takes a low and a high value. 191 alerts also have an alert-specific setting, such as the minimum share size on Block Trades or the pattern grade, 0 to 100, on a 5-minute bullish engulfing. Add three filters to one alert and the count of possible pairings passes 788 million, so in practice the combinations are effectively unlimited. Opening range breakouts and breakdowns run at 1, 2, 5, 10, 15, 30 and 60 minutes, like the 5-minute breakdown, next to trend alerts such as the 30-minute linear regression up trend.
Worth knowing: US-listed stocks only. Signals, testing and auto trading (Holly AI Signals, OddsMaker, Money Machine) need TI Premium. Use TI Pro on Windows; on a Mac, the browser-based web Dashboard needs no download but does not carry Streaming Alerts or Holly.
Three ways to a scan. Plain English to the AI Assistant, a no-code menu of 310 alerts and 249 filters, or a custom filter of your own in the Formula Editor. Whichever you use, OddsMaker on TI Premium can test it, and the same plan brings Holly AI Signals daily with an entry, a stop and a target.
Best fit: Scanz users who want AI and testing on top of their scans, and new traders who want the premium experience with no setup.
Scanz asks you to build scans. StocksToTrade hands you pre-built screeners and a training library to learn from.
Replaces: Self-built scans, with presets and training in their place.
Real-time data
Level 1 real-time data is included. The paper trading account uses the same data.
Scans and alerts
The presets focus on fast-moving penny stocks. The company also markets an Oracle algorithm.
Backtesting
Not listed, though paper trading is part of the package.
AI
An Oracle algorithm is marketed.
Beginner-friendly
Yes. Training videos and support come through StocksToTrade University. Paid rooms like Small Cap Rockets ($50 a month) are listed.
Price
$179.95 monthly, or $1,899.50 for a year.
Worth knowing: Add-ons include Level 2 data at $29 a month and Breaking News Chat at $49 a month. No backtester appears on its pricing or features pages.
Best fit: Newer small-cap traders who would rather start from presets than a blank scan.
Scanz is built around scans. TradingView is built around the chart. You can screen crypto and ETFs as well as stocks, across 150+ exchanges in 50+ countries. Pine Script powers custom studies.
Replaces: Your chart window, with screening for non-US markets as a bonus.
Real-time data
Screener auto-refresh on paid plans runs every 10 seconds or once a minute. Some exchanges need a paid real-time add-on.
Scans and alerts
500+ fundamental and technical fields to screen on. Alerts and Pine Screener are both listed.
Backtesting
Listed: strategy backtesting and Bar Replay.
AI
Paid plans come with 100 to 500 AI screener requests.
Beginner-friendly
Yes. Basic is free to use.
Price
Basic: $0. Essential: $12.95. Plus: $29.95. Premium: $59.95. All monthly, billed annually (special price on Oct 5, 2026).
Worth knowing: The screener is timer-based, and auto-refresh needs a paid plan. Studies are written in Pine Script instead of Python.
Best fit: Scanz users who care more about charts than about running many scans at once.
Best for preset momentum scanners from Warrior Trading
Warrior Trading sells Day Trade Dash as its scanner software. Instead of building scans, you get 24 presets, TradingView-powered charts and a curated news feed.
Replaces: Custom scans, with preset momentum scanners and an optional bundled simulator.
Real-time data
Real-time market data is included.
Scans and alerts
24 preset scanners, Small Cap Momentum and Running Up among them. Simple customizations are listed.
Backtesting
The Day Trade Dash page does not list it.
AI
Not listed.
Beginner-friendly
Yes for Warrior students. It is designed around Ross Cameron's method.
Price
$197 a month, or $147 for Warrior Starter or Pro members. Add the web simulator for $247 ($197 for members). The simulator alone is $97 a month.
Worth knowing: The live room is sold separately. A no-code backtester is not listed.
Best fit: Traders who want the same scanners Ross Cameron calls out, without building their own.
A September 8, 2026 replay in Trade Ideas Pro: Streaming Alerts on one side, Top Lists on the other.
Honest take
Who should stay with Scanz
Scanz does its job well for many traders. If one of these is true for you, stay.
You already know your exact scan conditions. Scanz is built for traders who configure their own filters.
News and SEC filing scans in one window matter most. That is a Scanz strength.
You want Level 2 in the same scanner stack. Scanz lists Level 2 on its plans.
Ultra concierge scan building is what you need. Ultra is built around that service.
If you are okay with static non-refreshing data, Trade Ideas is probably not your best choice.
Switch
Switching from Scanz: what carries over
Trade Ideas leads with live alerts, AI, OddsMaker and beginner Channel Bar presets. Scanz leads with a scanner you configure yourself. Below, every Scanz habit sits next to the Trade Ideas tool that does that job.
Scroll the table sideways for the Trade Ideas side.
Channel Bar and Streaming Alerts
If you are tired of building scans from scratch, the Channel Bar does it for you. Both plans have it in TI Pro. Try Big Momentum Movers, or S&P 500 stocks moving up quickly. Read Trade Ideas for beginners for a tour.
Your Scanz data scans map to Streaming Alerts, the scanner. Ranked lists map to Top Lists, the screener, which update every 15 seconds. Both run on live market data.
Holly AI Signals and OddsMaker
On TI Premium, Holly AI Signals show you trades as the session runs. You get an entry, a stop and a target. Exit that day or hold.
Already know your conditions? OddsMaker tells you how they did on Trade Ideas history, without code.
Past results, including backtests, don't guarantee future results.
Switching from Scanz in six steps
Decide on a plan. With TI Standard, a Scanz user gets paper trading and the Holly AI Assistant next to Streaming Alerts and Top Lists, with no scan to build. On TI Premium you also get Holly AI Signals, OddsMaker testing and Money Machine automation.
Try a preset first. Open the Channel Bar and run Big Momentum Movers before you build anything.
Port your Scanz scan. List your conditions for the AI Assistant, or start from a new high alert.
Starter and Pro both come with a 7-day free trial. Prices were checked on October 6, 2026.
Trade Ideas
TI Standard: $127 per month. Annual: $1,068 (about $89 a month)
TI Premium: $254 per month. Annual: $2,136 (about $178 a month)
Both plans include the Channel Bar and the Holly AI Assistant in TI Pro. Holly AI Signals, OddsMaker and Money Machine, the tools a scan builder grows into, are on TI Premium. The Trading Room is free.
Prices current on October 6, 2026. Please confirm on each vendor's site before buying.
Straight from the source. Scanz facts come from Scanz, and the same rule applies to every other tool.
"Not listed" is not "missing." It only means we didn't see it on the vendor's pages.
Why Trade Ideas is on top. Scanz users who switch usually want AI signals, no-code backtesting and presets for newer traders. That is what Trade Ideas offers. Since we make it, test the alternatives as well.
The rest, by job. Live alerts with AI, then training, news, charts and low-cost tools.
No stars, no points. This page does not rate tools.
Page history: first published October 6, 2026, with every price and feature verified that day.
FAQ
Scanz alternatives: FAQ
What is the best alternative to Scanz?
If you want live alerts plus Holly AI, OddsMaker and presets that need no setup, we pick Trade Ideas. We are the maker, so put it next to the others. If you write your own scans and want news scans with them, Scanz remains a good fit.
Is there a free alternative to Scanz?
Some are. There is a free Scanz plan, though its data is delayed. TradingView Basic costs $0. On the Trade Ideas side, only the Trading Room is free; Streaming Alerts and the rest of the software are paid.
What is the cheapest Scanz alternative?
On October 6, 2026, the lowest prices here were TradingView Essential at $12.95 a month (billed annually) and TC2000 Basic at $24.99 a month. Scanz Starter was $89 a month.
Is Trade Ideas good for beginners?
Yes. You skip the blank-scan stage, because Trade Ideas is a good fit for a beginning trader who wants the premium experience. Channel Bar presets in TI Pro need no configuration. You also get the Holly AI Assistant in TI Pro, whichever plan you choose. See Trade Ideas for beginners.
How does Trade Ideas pricing compare with Scanz?
Scanz listed Starter at $89, Pro at $199 and Ultra at $999 a month on October 6, 2026. TI Standard was $127 a month or $1,068 a year. TI Premium was $254 a month or $2,136 a year.
Is Trade Ideas just for day trading?
No. Holly AI Signals trigger during market hours, but holding past the close is up to you. Investors use Streaming Alerts and Top Lists to choose entries for longer positions.
Is Trade Ideas good if I am new to scanning?
Yes. You don't need to know what to scan for on day one. Click a ready-made Channel Bar channel, on any plan, and watch what it finds. Trade Ideas for beginners explains the rest.
Can I keep Scanz and add Trade Ideas?
Yes. Some traders keep Scanz for news and SEC filing scans and use Trade Ideas for Holly AI Signals, OddsMaker and Channel Bar presets.
