Research, ratings and newsletter publisher
StockPlus vs MarketBeat
A high-volume financial media and research business — analyst ratings, screeners, stock lists and premium reports, wrapped around a very large free email newsletter operation.
Choose StockPlus if
Reaching a phone, and costing a fraction. MarketBeat has no first-party mobile app as of August 2026, so its alerts arrive by email; StockPlus pushes them to iOS and Android. All Access is $249/yr against $2.99/mo for StockPlus Pro, and our congressional and insider feeds are free.
Choose MarketBeat if
Volume and reach. Seven screeners, analyst ratings and upgrade tracking, dividend and insider stock lists, a MarketRank score, and a steady stream of premium reports — on top of free newsletters read by millions. If you want published research and ratings coverage, MarketBeat produces vastly more of it than StockPlus ever will.
Feature by feature
| Feature | StockPlus | MarketBeat |
|---|---|---|
| Daily AI market briefing | Yes — one two-minute AI briefing every morning | Daily email newsletters rather than one AI briefing |
| Real-time watchlist | Yes | Yes — My MarketBeat Watchlist, on All Access |
| Price alerts | Yes — price and percent-change alerts | Yes — momentum and real-time alerts, delivered by email as there is no app |
| Congressional trade feed | Yes | No |
| Insider trade feed | Yes | Yes — an insider trade screener plus insider-buying and insider-selling stock lists |
| Earnings calendar | Yes — with reminders | An earnings screener rather than a calendar |
| Single score per stock | Pulse Score, 0–100 per ticker | Yes — MarketRank™ |
| Mobile app | Yes — iOS and Android | No first-party app as of August 2026 — a website and email newsletters |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes — the site and email newsletters are free, with ads |
| Paid price | Pro, $2.99/mo | All Access $249/yr, or $29/mo billed monthly, as of August 2026 |
The verdict
MarketBeat is a publisher and StockPlus is an app, and the tell is where the work lands. Theirs arrives in your inbox, in volume, and you decide what to read; ours arrives as a notification about something you already said you cared about. If you like reading research, $249 a year is a fair price for a great deal of it. If your inbox is already the problem, adding MarketBeat to it will not fix that.
MarketBeat details last verified August 14, 2026 from their own site. Pricing and features change — check with them before deciding.
Questions people ask
How much does MarketBeat All Access cost?
As of 14 August 2026 its subscribe page lists $249.00 per year, or $29.00 per month billed monthly — it states you save $99.00 by paying annually — with an unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee. StockPlus Pro is $2.99/mo.
Is MarketBeat free?
Much of it, yes. The website and the email newsletters are free and are how most people use it; All Access removes the advertisements and unlocks the screeners, stock lists and premium reports.
Does MarketBeat have a mobile app?
Not a first-party one as of August 2026 — an App Store search returns nothing published by MarketBeat. Everything reaches you as a website or an email, which is the practical difference from StockPlus, where an alert is a push notification.
Does MarketBeat track congressional trades?
Congressional trading is not named among its All Access features as of August 2026, though it does cover insider trades through a dedicated screener and stock lists. StockPlus carries congressional and insider feeds and keeps both in the free tier.
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Free to start, no card required. One AI briefing each morning, a live watchlist, and alerts that actually matter.