27 Best Stock Screeners of 2026

Finviz holds the top spot because its free version does what most traders need, and many never find a reason to upgrade. The screener sorts the entire US market against hundreds of descriptive, fundamental, and technical filters in seconds, and the green-and-red market map is still the fastest way to see where money is moving. Elite earns its price only once real-time data becomes essential, since free quotes lag the market and sit beside ads. The limit is reach: Finviz covers NYSE, Nasdaq, and Amex and nothing else, its charting stays plain next to dedicated platforms, and there is no broker connection, so it works best alongside a trading platform rather than replacing one. Elite costs $24.96 a month billed annually or $39.50 monthly.

TradingView is the screener to reach for when charts matter as much as filters. The free plan already screens stocks, ETFs, forex, crypto, and bonds across more than 150 exchanges in 50-plus countries against 500-plus fundamental and technical fields, then charts any result in one click. That global reach is what separates it from the US-only crowd. Screening is strong enough on the free tier that a paid plan mostly buys better charting and alerts, not better filtering. The catches: streaming real-time data and exports require a paid plan or broker-fed data, and the screener is barely usable on the mobile app, so the web is where real work happens. Paid tiers run $14.95 to $59.95 a month, with a higher Ultimate plan for professionals.

Trade Ideas is built for one job: real-time scanning for active day traders, driven by an AI engine called Holly that surfaces setups from backtested strategies. The scanner runs on 500-plus filters with customizable alerts across premarket, regular, and after-hours sessions, plus paper trading and broker connections. It is also one of the priciest tools here, and the cost is hard to justify for anyone not trading intraday. Holly and backtesting live only on the top tier, and the software is Windows-only, so Mac users need a workaround such as Parallels. A free plan exists, but only with delayed data. The Basic plan is $89 a month billed annually or $127 month to month, and Premium is $178 or $254 on the same terms.

TrendSpider runs a pricing model most rivals avoid: every tier carries the full feature set, the scanner, the 50-year backtester, AI Strategy Lab, and no-code trading bots, and the 4 plans sell capacity instead of features. Scan conditions can be built visually, described in natural language, or coded in JavaScript, and idea generation reaches into unusual options flow, insider activity, and congressional trades. The catches are documented and real. Standard scans only on 2-hour candles and above, so intraday work starts at Premium; coverage spans US equities, ETFs, futures, forex, and crypto with no international stocks; and there is no free tier or free trial, only a paid 14-day trial and a 72-hour refund window. Listed prices run $82 to $321 a month, with reduced prices currently displayed against them.

Stock Rover is the tool for investors who treat screening as research rather than a trigger to trade. It carries 600-plus metrics across stocks, ETFs, and funds, with color-coded scores that rank a watchlist on value, growth, and quality at a glance, a natural fit for dividend and long-term investors. The trade-offs are clear: coverage stops at North American markets, so there is no international or crypto screening, the interface takes real time to learn, and the most useful filters sit behind a paid plan even at the entry level. Trading happens elsewhere, since Stock Rover feeds a broker rather than replacing one. Paid plans run $7.99 to $27.99 a month, with a free tier and a 14-day trial.

TC2000 is a scanner first, and a fast one. Active US traders rate its real-time scan engine among the best for catching intraday momentum, with hundreds of technical and fundamental conditions plus custom formulas. The interface shows its age next to newer web tools, and the design still leans on a Windows desktop heritage. Coverage is the bigger limit: TC2000 tracks only US stocks and options across NYSE, Nasdaq, and Amex, so there is nothing here for international markets. Entry pricing starts around $9.99 a month for the basic Silver tier, climbing to $24.99, $49.99, and $99.99 for the plans that unlock real-time data and the full scanning toolkit, with discounts on longer commitments.

Koyfin is the closest thing on this list to a Bloomberg terminal for the rest of us, and its screener reflects that ambition. Filters are highly customizable and sit alongside global market data, 10-year financials and estimates, ETF holdings, and dashboards an advisor can hand to a client. It is a research environment, though, not a trading scanner: there are no real-time intraday alerts, and screening is one tool inside a broader platform. A free tier covers the basics, while the data history and depth that make Koyfin worthwhile sit in paid plans from $39 a month up to around $89. For terminal-style research, it punches above its price.

Fidelity’s stock screener is one of the most capable broker-built tools, and it is free to anyone with a Fidelity account. It filters on more than 140 criteria, mixes preset and custom screens, and ties results straight into Fidelity’s research and third-party analyst ratings, which makes it a strong fit for fundamentals-driven and long-term investors. What it is not is a day trader’s scanner: it is built for research rather than real-time intraday alerts, and coverage centers on US listings. The account requirement is the main gate, since the screener and the better data come with opening one. For existing customers, it removes any reason to pay for a separate fundamental screener.

Interactive Brokers gives serious investors something rare: a screener that is both real-time and genuinely global. The MultiSort screener sorts a universe of more than 70,000 stocks worldwide, while the TWS Market Scanners deliver live, criteria-based scans across asset classes, and a newer AI configuration accepts plain-language prompts. All of it is free with an IBKR account. The barrier is the platform itself: Trader Workstation is built for professionals and carries a steep learning curve that casual investors will find punishing. Coverage and depth are the payoff for climbing it. For a global, active investor already on IBKR, the scanning tools rival paid standalones at no extra cost.

GuruFocus is built around a simple idea: watch what great investors own, then screen for it. Its All-in-One Screener carries more than 500 filters, and the platform pairs them with guru and superinvestor holdings, insider activity, and its own GF Value estimate, which makes it a natural home for value investors. The catch is scope and cost: it has no real-time or technical scanning, the richest data covers US stocks while Asian and European coverage is sold separately, and the useful features sit behind a Premium plan that starts around $399 a year. For disciplined value work, few tools match its guru data.

FinBox is built for investors who think in fair value and discounted cash flow, not chart patterns. The screener runs on more than 1,000 metrics across 100,000-plus stocks on 130-plus global exchanges, and pairs filtering with valuation models that estimate what a company is worth. That global, fundamentals-deep reach is its real edge over US-centric rivals. The flip side is focus: there is nothing here for technical or intraday scanning, and deeper data and model access scale up with the plan. Pricing starts as low as $10 a month, with most users on tiers in the $25 to $66 a month range billed annually.

Seeking Alpha treats screening as an extension of its ratings, and that is the whole pitch. The screener’s edge is the Quant Rating, ready-made preset screens, and a depth of contributor and Wall Street opinion that few rivals match for long-term and dividend investors. It is a poor fit for traders, though: there are only a handful of price and technical filters, and building a custom screen takes more clicks than it should. Most of it now sits behind a paywall, with the free tier reduced to summary data. Seeking Alpha Premium runs $299 a year, which is steep for anyone who only wants a screener.

Morningstar approaches screening through its own research lens, and that is exactly why long-term investors use it. Screens can filter on the star rating, the economic moat rating, and the analyst fair value estimate alongside standard fundamentals, something no pure-data screener offers. Mutual fund and ETF coverage is a particular strength. It is not a tool for traders: technical filters and charting are thin, and the workflow assumes a research mindset rather than a fast scan. The screener and the analyst data that make it worthwhile sit inside Morningstar Investor at $34.95 a month or $249 a year, with a 7-day trial to test it first.

Zacks approaches screening through analyst estimate revisions, the basis of its well-known Zacks Rank and Style Scores, which makes it a research house first and a screener second. The free tier shows the Zacks Rank and a basic screener, enough on its own for a fundamentals-minded investor. The real depth, premium and thematic screens, Style Scores, and equity research on more than 1,000 stocks, sits inside Zacks Premium at $249 a year. What it is not is a trader’s tool: charting and technical filters are thin, coverage centers on US names, and the dated, busy interface keeps pushing toward a long list of pricier standalone services. The all-in Ultimate bundle runs about $2,995 a year.

Barchart is a sprawling market-data hub, and its screeners reach into corners most rivals skip: stocks, yes, but also options, commodities, and futures. The options screener in particular draws traders hunting specific strategies and unusual activity, and the data runs in real time on paid tiers. The free version is the weak spot, capped on views and saved screens and padded with ads, so the genuinely useful filtering means upgrading. Barchart Plus starts at $9.99 a month and Premier at $29.95, the latter unlocking unlimited screeners and advanced options screening. The interface is dense and utilitarian, but for options and futures coverage, few free-to-start tools go as deep.

Simply Wall St turns company fundamentals into a picture, and its Snowflake graphic, a five-point read on value, future, past, health, and dividends, is the most distinctive thing in this category. The screener filters global markets by market cap, P/E, earnings growth, and those Snowflake scores, which makes dense data approachable for newer and visually minded investors. The trade-off is depth: it is built for fundamental research, not technical scanning, the visual scores can oversimplify a messy company, and the free tier caps how much can be viewed before a subscription. Paid plans start around $10 a month on annual billing, with a free tier to try first.

Schwab covers two very different users with one login. The standard web screener handles routine stock and ETF filtering for buy-and-hold investors, while the thinkorswim Stock Hacker, inherited when Schwab absorbed TD Ameritrade, gives active traders a real-time scanner that filters stocks, options, futures, and forex on deep technical criteria and custom study filters. Both are free with a Schwab account. The catch is the gap between them: the web screener is basic, and thinkorswim’s scanner is powerful but carries a real learning curve that casual investors will feel. Coverage is US-centric, and the account requirement applies throughout. For anyone already at Schwab, the thinkorswim scanner is one of the better free scanning tools available.

TipRanks screens the market through the lens of who is right. Its edge is data on analyst and financial-blogger track records, hedge fund moves, and insider activity, distilled into a proprietary Smart Score, so an investor can filter for the stocks that measurably accurate analysts favor. That is a different job from a traditional screener, and it shows: the filter set is built around ratings and consensus rather than deep custom or technical criteria. Most of the useful scoring and data sits behind a subscription, with Premium and Ultimate plans running from $29.95 to $99.95 a month. For following smart money it is distinctive; as a flexible screener it is narrow.

E*TRADE, now part of Morgan Stanley, keeps its best screening inside the Power E*TRADE platform. The standout is options screening: Live Action offers preset scans, and the newer customizable scans run more than 120 filters across stocks, ETFs, and options, which suits active and options traders. Everything is free with an E*TRADE account. The limitation traders flag is that Live Action leans on canned scans rather than a fully custom real-time scanner, and the deeper tools assume an open account. Coverage is US-focused. For an options-minded investor already trading at E*TRADE, the scanning is a genuine perk rather than a reason to switch brokers.

Webull built its screener for the phone, and that shapes everything about it. The scanner filters on price, market cap, volume, dividend yield, and momentum, enough for a retail trader hunting small-cap or momentum setups, and it is free with a Webull brokerage account. Where it falls short is depth: the filter set and customization trail dedicated desktop tools, and the experience is wrapped around opening and funding an account rather than standing alone. Coverage centers on US listings, with crypto alongside. For a mobile-first trader who already uses Webull to trade, the built-in scanner is a reasonable free option rather than a destination tool.

Screener.in is the default research screener for Indian equity investors, and for good reason. Its custom query feature lets an investor write filters against 10 years of financial data, unusually deep for a free tool and a favorite of fundamental and value investors on the NSE and BSE. The free Hobby Investor tier caps companies, alerts, and ratios; the Active Investor Premium plan lifts those limits and adds Screener AI for INR 4,999 a year. Two things to know: coverage is strictly Indian markets, and the tool is built for fundamentals, not real-time or technical scanning. For Indian fundamentals, little else competes at the price.

Tickertape has become a go-to for newer Indian investors because it makes screening approachable without dumbing it down. The equity screener offers 200-plus filters and more than a dozen prebuilt screens across Indian stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds, with US stocks added more recently, all behind a clean, modern interface. The free tier handles basic screening and tracking; Tickertape Pro unlocks the full filter set and unlimited saved screens for INR 2,399 a year. The trade-offs are familiar: it leans India-first and is built for fundamentals rather than real-time or technical scanning. For an Indian investor who wants polish and a gentle learning curve, it is one of the easiest starting points.

ChartMill sits in the sweet spot between a beginner tool and a power platform. Finding stocks is a matter of moving sliders and ticking boxes, with both traditional and candlestick pattern recognition plus proprietary valuation, growth, and momentum ratings doing the heavy lifting for traders who would rather not define everything themselves. The free tier is the catch: it caps usage to a handful of screen runs per day, and there is no open-ended trial on the paid plans. Paid membership runs roughly EUR 25 to EUR 50 a month, billed by this European vendor in euros. For a casual technical trader, it is approachable without being shallow.

Benzinga Pro is a real-time news terminal first, and its screener is along for the ride. The draw is speed: a live news feed, an audio squawk, and signal alerts that surface market-moving headlines before they spread, which is why active day traders keep it open. The screening and financial data are the weak link, often lagging dedicated tools, so anyone buying Benzinga Pro mainly for filtering will be disappointed. Plans run $37 a month for Basic, $147 for Streamlined, and $197 for Essential, with roughly 15% off on annual billing. It earns its keep for traders who live on news flow, and is hard to justify for anyone who does not.

Yahoo Finance is where a lot of beginners run their first screen, and it earns that role by being free, fast, and genuinely simple. The free screener includes streaming US quotes, ESG filters, and enough fundamental fields to build a basic watchlist without an account hurdle. Depth is where it stops: the criteria list is shallow next to dedicated tools, much of the better data sits behind Yahoo Finance Plus, and oddly the screener is missing from the otherwise polished mobile app, so screening happens on the desktop site. Yahoo Finance Plus runs from $9.95 a month, but for plain screening the free tier is the point.

Investing.com offers a free screener that genuinely spans global markets, which makes it a useful starting point for investors outside the US who get ignored by American-only tools. The free version filters on the essentials, price, market cap, dividend yield, and common ratios, and returns results quickly across thousands of names. Depth is the catch: the serious tooling, 167-plus screening metrics, fair-value models, and ready-made screens, lives in the paid InvestingPro tier, and the free site leans heavily on ads. For a free, global, basic screen it does the job; for anything deeper, the upgrade or another tool is needed.

MarketWatch bundles a free stock screener into a site people mainly visit for news, and that context tells the whole story. The screener filters on the basics, price, volume, market cap, P/E, and a handful more, which is fine for a casual investor narrowing a list but thin for anyone who wants technical conditions or custom formulas. A separate market screener gives a quick read on global index and sector performance. Data is delayed and the toolset has not kept pace with dedicated screeners, so it works best as a fast, free companion to the news coverage rather than a primary research tool. There is no paid screening tier to upgrade into.