Finviz Elite Review 2026

Finviz is a free screener first, and Elite is a data upgrade. The free version covers a full US stock screen. Elite changes how fresh the data is and what you can export, and that is what the annual fee buys.

Someone who scans the market once a week has little reason to pay for faster quotes.

Toolradar data: Toolradar evaluated 1,092 finance tools for its October 2026 ranking, and 4 of its 10 top picks have a free plan.

Six of the ten do not have one, so a free tier with real limits deserves a close look before you pay. The full field is in Toolradar's finance ranking.

If you need a broker first and a screener second, the investing apps ranking covers that choice.

Methodology: every price and limit on this page was read on finviz.com/elite, koyfin.com/pricing and stockanalysis.com/pro on 10 October 2026, and the Finviz limits were cross-checked against its own FAQ.

Koyfin and StockAnalysis are included because each sells a similar screen at a similar or lower price. Finviz's pricing page does not say how long the Elite trial lasts, so this review does not give a number.

Finviz is a US stock screener with charts and market maps, and Elite is its paid tier. Elite is the same product with the limits lifted: real-time quotes, longer financial history, more rows, unlimited alerts and export. Finviz says every paid plan gives the same Elite features, so monthly and annual buyers get one product at two prices.

The Finviz profile on Toolradar is a catalog entry, so every price here comes from the vendors' own pages, not from that profile.

The coverage is narrow. Finviz covers NASDAQ, NYSE and AMEX only, and its FAQ says there are no plans to expand into new markets at the moment.

A trader who needs London or Toronto listings will need a different screener, and this review does not score Finviz on global coverage.

The screener is the core, and the free plan already has filters. Basic filters come with the free plan. Elite adds the advanced set, which Finviz describes as 20 or more customizable filters.

The free plan saves 50 presets and Elite saves unlimited ones, so the limit only bites if you keep many screens running at once.

Quotes and refresh set the pace. Free quotes run one minute behind on the three exchanges Finviz covers, and the screen refreshes every 3 minutes.

Elite shows real-time quotes and refreshes every 10 seconds. Futures stay delayed 20 minutes on both plans, which matters if you trade index futures, and Elite does not remove that delay.

Alerts and export are the paid edge. Elite includes unlimited stock, price, screener, portfolio and calendar alerts, and it exports to Excel and CSV.

The free plan has neither, so a free user who wants a price notice has to watch the screen by hand.

What the free plan really covers. The free account does more than its price tag suggests. It keeps three years of financial statements.

The gaps sit in the things a trader acts on: quote speed, alerts, export and the advanced filter set. If your routine is a weekly screen followed by a manual check, the free plan does that job without an upgrade.

Elite is sold at a monthly rate and an annual rate. Billed monthly for a full year, Elite would cost $474, so the annual plan saves $174.50, about 37%.

What the annual fee buys. Spread over a year, the annual fee comes to about 82 cents a day.

That is cheap for a trader who acts on real-time quotes and alerts every session, and expensive for someone who checks a watchlist once a week. The break-even sits in how often the paid features change a decision you make.

Trial, refunds and cancelling. The Elite trial needs a credit card, and Finviz does not state its length.

The trial converts to a paid plan unless you cancel before it ends. Refunds are issued in the initial 30 days on written request, and payments after that period are non-refundable.

Cancelling a paid plan stops the next renewal, and access runs to the end of the prepaid period.

Sources, read 10 October 2026: Finviz Elite, Koyfin pricing and StockAnalysis Pro.

Elite fits an active US stock screener. That is someone who watches the market through the day, sets alerts on many tickers and exports screens into a spreadsheet. Those three habits are what the annual fee pays for.

Without them, the free plan does most of the job, and the upgrade is a bet on habits you may not have yet.

It is the wrong buy for a long-term investor who checks holdings weekly. The free screener, its 50 presets and the one-minute quote delay are enough for that routine, and the annual fee is hard to justify for a weekly review.

A holdings-first investor usually gets more from a tracker, so the portfolio trackers ranking is the better next read.

Someone who wants a robo-advisor to choose the holdings should start with the robo-advisor ranking instead.

Options traders who let a screen feed their orders should compare the options trading platforms, because a screener does not place trades.

A buyer who needs global markets should choose a different tool, since Finviz covers only three US exchanges.

If the goal is deeper history at a lower price, the stock screener ranking lays out the alternatives side by side.

Traders who chart first can read the TradingView plans guide, and those who want a broader trading platform can compare the day trading platforms.