Comparison

Tapeline vs Koyfin — scanner vs terminal.

Koyfin is the Bloomberg-style data terminal at retail pricing — deep fundamentals, macro modules, multi-line charting. Tapeline is a stock-picking scanner with a composite score per ticker and a public scorecard. Different shapes of tool — pick Tapeline if you want one number per ticker; pick Koyfin if you want the data plumbing to make your own call. Many use both.

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Where Tapeline wins

Feature	Tapeline	Koyfin
One composite score per ticker	✓ Six named factors, public methodology, sub-60s	— (you build conviction from raw data)
Plain-English Why on every row	✓ Default sentence, every ticker	— (your interpretation of the dashboards)
Public scorecard with receipts	✓ Every top-10 back-checked vs SPY, immutable	— (no published track record on KoyFin picks)
Plain-language signal labels	✓ HIGH CONVICTION → WEAK · score-tied	— (no signal labelling, just data)
Congressional trades feed	✓ House + Senate disclosed trades, daily	Not available
Recent insider buys (SEC Form 4)	✓ Live SEC Form 4 insider activity across ~2,500 tickers	✓ 13F filings available; no curated insider activity feed
Smart watchlist alerts on score change	✓ Email + Telegram + push when the composite moves	Email alerts on data thresholds; no composite to alert on
Try without a card	✓ 14-day full Premium trial, no card	Free tier exists; Plus tier requires card

Honest tradeoffs

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

Fundamentals depth and dashboards

Bloomberg-style fundamentals dashboards, ratio history, peer comp tables vs Trend / RS / Fundamentals / Smart Money / Macro / Momentum at composite level

Koyfin is the institutional-quality data terminal; if you want to dive into 10-year ratio history, segment-level revenue mix, or build a custom DCF dashboard, Koyfin is unmatched at the price. Tapeline gives you the synthesised composite — different layer of the workflow.

Macro and economic data

Deep macro module — global rates, FX, commodities, FOMC dot plots vs Macro factor (regime, DXY, 10Y, VIX) baked into the composite

Koyfin's macro coverage rivals paid Bloomberg modules. Tapeline integrates the macro factor into the per-ticker score; we don't try to be a standalone macro terminal.

Charting and visualisation

Multi-line, multi-axis, custom-formula charting that approaches Bloomberg quality vs Score radial + sparkline + factor breakdown bars

Koyfin charting is its own feature — comparable to a paid Bloomberg license at a fraction of the cost. Tapeline visualises the score and its components, not a full charting platform.

Cheapest paid tier

~$39/mo Plus (annual) vs $8.25/mo Pro (annual)

Tapeline is meaningfully cheaper at the entry tier and includes the score + scorecard layer Koyfin doesn't have. The two tools live in different parts of the workflow.

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

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Tapeline vs Koyfin — questions

Is Tapeline a Koyfin alternative?

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Partially. Koyfin is a Bloomberg-style financial data terminal — its strength is breadth and depth of fundamentals, macro, and charting dashboards. Tapeline is a stock-picking scanner with a composite score and public scorecard. Many serious traders use both: Koyfin to dive deep on a name, Tapeline to surface which names are worth diving deep on.

How do prices compare?

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Tapeline Pro is $8.25/mo billed annually ($99/yr); Premium is $16.58/mo annual ($199/yr). Koyfin Plus is approximately $39/mo annual; Pro tier with watchlist alerts is higher. Tapeline is cheaper at the entry tier with the additional composite-score and public-scorecard layer.

Does Koyfin publish a scoring formula?

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Koyfin doesn't issue a composite score per ticker — it's a data and dashboards platform, not a scoring tool. You build conviction from the raw data Koyfin surfaces. Tapeline names all six factors behind the synthesised score and shows each one's contribution per ticker.

Does Koyfin have a track record on its picks?

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Koyfin doesn't make picks; it provides data and analytics for you to make your own. Tapeline auto-publishes every top-10 daily pick at /scorecard with the realized 1-day return vs SPY — accountability for the synthesis layer Koyfin doesn't try to provide.

Should I use both?

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Yes, that's the natural pairing. Koyfin for institutional-quality fundamentals/macro/charting; Tapeline for the multi-factor composite score and public scorecard. Tapeline's 14-day no-credit-card trial makes side-by-side comparison easy.

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