Two well-known names that do genuinely different things. Here is which one fits how you actually invest.
The short version. Two retail terminals aimed at the same person. Koyfin is stronger on dashboards and macro; TIKR is stronger on breadth and estimates. Koyfin runs $39 to $79 a month; TIKR roughly $180 to $600 a year. Both stop short of telling you what anything means.
Koyfin's dashboards and charting are the closest thing to a Bloomberg layout at retail pricing. TIKR is more focused on financials, estimates and screening across a very large universe.
Both are global. TIKR spans more than 100,000 stocks; Koyfin's screener covers a comparably large universe with thousands of criteria.
Koyfin's free tier has been cut back to two watchlists, two screens and two years of financials. TIKR's free tier covers US financials with limited screening.
Koyfin at $39 or $79 a month works out well above TIKR Plus at roughly $180 a year, though Koyfin's top tiers are aimed at advisors rather than individuals.
Choose Koyfin if you want Bloomberg-style dashboards, macro data and the best charting of the two.
Choose TIKR if you want the widest coverage and institutional-style estimates at the lower annual price.
Most people comparing Koyfin and TIKR are really asking a question neither answers: how do I know whether this company is worth owning?
The problem they share. Both are terminals, and terminals assume you already know what you are looking for. Neither adapts to the company in front of you or tells you which metrics matter at its stage of life. That gap shows up at exactly the wrong moment. When a holding falls 30%, you cannot tell a broken business from a temporary drawdown, because you never built the model the thesis rested on.
Koyfin gets closer to a Bloomberg terminal than anything else at retail pricing, and like a terminal it makes no judgements. Dashboards this powerful assume you already know which metrics matter for this business at this stage.
Stock Simplifier does that interpretation alongside you, adapting the framework to the company's lifecycle phase, and saves the result as work you can revisit.
There is also the free-tier question. Koyfin's has been cut back to two watchlists, two screens and two years of financials. Stock Simplifier's free plan covers a full analysis with five years of financials and no card.
TIKR is a data terminal, and terminals assume expertise. You get institutional-grade financials and estimates across global markets, with no guidance on which of it matters for the company in front of you.
Stock Simplifier assumes less. It walks you through the framework, explains each concept where it appears, and adapts the analysis to the company's lifecycle phase, so you build the judgement rather than needing it in advance.
The honest trade is coverage. TIKR spans 100,000 stocks worldwide; Stock Simplifier is US-listed only. If you hold companies outside the US, that is a real reason to keep TIKR.
A guided wizard walks you through seven steps for any stock: the business model, its lifecycle phase, the moat, management, growth, risk and valuation. Real data from Fiscal.ai populates each step, the framework adapts to the type of company, and each concept is explained where it appears. You review, score and decide.
Where it falls short. It will not hand you a stock pick. It covers US-listed stocks only. There is no community, no earnings call transcripts and no portfolio tracker. If any of those is why you subscribe today, keep what you have and add this alongside it.
| Product | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Koyfin | Free tier, then $39/mo Plus or $79/mo Premium | Bloomberg-style dashboards at retail prices |
| TIKR | Free tier, around $180/yr Plus, around $600/yr Pro | Global data at a fair price |
| Stock Simplifier | Free plan, no card. Paid from $19.99/mo or $199/yr | Investors who want to research stocks like a pro with the help of AI so they can build their own conviction |
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