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The right research tool depends on the job
Lician publishes this hub. We make Lician. The links below are the only comparison pages in this set. Nothing here is a scoreboard, a star rating, or a promise that one product covers every workflow.
Open a versus page when you are deciding which desk matches one job. Open an alternatives page when that product is already in your workflow and you want to know which question belongs somewhere else. Both kinds of page name the job the other product does better.
Match the desk to the job
Multi-chart technical work
TradingView is better for multi-chart technical analysis, Pine Script, and community scripts.
Lician is not a TradingView charting replacement. Alerts on chart conditions belong on TradingView too.
Lician beside TradingViewIf you already chart on TradingView
Advisor-style dashboards
Koyfin is better for advisor-style portfolio dashboards and broad fundamental screening dashboards.
Their public product includes a global screener and portfolio tools. Lician does not claim Koyfin filter counts or advisor reporting.
Visual company stories
Simply Wall St is better for Snowflake-style visual fundamentals and beginner-friendly narratives.
Lician does not claim a Snowflake score. Their public product also includes a portfolio view.
Lician beside Simply Wall StIf the snowflake is already on screen
Fast US market scans
Finviz is better for fast US equity heat maps and dense screener tables.
Lician does not claim Finviz map UX. A Lician screener page is a different layout.
A free quote and headline
Yahoo Finance is better as a free mainstream quote and news destination.
Lician does not claim Yahoo newsroom coverage. Yahoo also publishes charts and a screener. Those stay on Yahoo.
Lician beside Yahoo FinanceIf Yahoo Finance is already the quote tab
What Lician is actually for
Lician is a stock research site with SEC filing pages, earnings and financials hubs, stock research pages, and a screener. The developers area documents a REST API and an MCP server package, @lician/mcp-server, that you configure with your own key. This hub does not claim a live MCP marketplace listing.
Start at the SEC filings hub, the financials hub, the screener, or developers. Lician Pro is $19.99/mo or $149/yr. Read the offer on Lician Pro. This page does not invent a feature checklist on top of that.
Lician does not replace TradingView charts, Koyfin advisor reporting, a Snowflake score, Finviz heat maps, or the Yahoo Finance newsroom. If that is the job, use the product named above.
Guides for reading the desks
Prices we will not invent
TradingView, Koyfin, Simply Wall St, Finviz, and Yahoo Finance prices are unknown here. See each company site. The only price this hub states is Lician Pro at $19.99/mo or $149/yr.
Questions
- Who publishes this hub?
- Lician publishes it. We make the Lician product that appears in the links. That disclosure is not a claim that Lician wins every job.
- Does this page rank research products?
- No. Which tool fits depends on the job. A charting desk, a portfolio dashboard, a visual narrative, a heat map, and a quote page are different jobs. There is no combined score.
- Why are competitor prices missing?
- Published competitor prices are unknown here. Open the company site. Lician Pro is $19.99/mo or $149/yr, and the consumer offer is described on the Lician Pro page.
Compliance disclaimer
This page is general information. It is not investment advice, not a personal recommendation, and not an offer to buy or sell any financial instrument. Capital is at risk when you invest.
Lician is operated by Distinct Systems i Sverige AB, org.nr 556335-1260, Per Hans Väg 7, 436 50 Hovås, Sweden. Lician is not a broker, bank, or investment firm and is not authorized by Finansinspektionen to provide investment advice or to receive and transmit orders. We do not assess whether a product is suitable for you.
Competitor prices and plan limits are unknown on these pages. Check the other company site. Lician Pro is $19.99/mo or $149/yr. The current consumer offer is on the Lician Pro page. This page does not rank products.
Also read the Lician disclaimer.