Tradytics vs Cheddar Flow

By Faizan Ahmad. Updated 2026-11-01.

Pick Cheddar Flow if you want a clean, focused options flow screen, a 7-day free trial before you pay, and Discord bots for your own community; flow alone is $85 a month on Standard, and dark pool data and gamma need Professional at $99 a month (or $75 a month on the Pro Annual plan). Pick Tradytics if you want live options flow, dark pool prints and dealer gamma for $39 a month on Live, along with research on every US stock and ETF, a 120-signal scanner, an options builder, portfolio tools and an AI analyst. Tradytics has a free plan instead of a trial; Cheddar Flow has a trial and no free plan. Prices are as of October 2026.

How do Tradytics and Cheddar Flow compare on price and features?

Prices as of October 2026. Prices checked October 31, 2026. Cheddar Flow's site blocks automated visits, so its prices come from its own pricing page as archived on October 9, 2026; check its site before you buy.

Where Cheddar Flow wins

• Focus. Cheddar Flow is a clean, focused flow tool. If all you want is the tape of big options orders, an all-in-one app like Tradytics can feel like more than you need, and that is a fair reason to pick the simpler screen.
• A real free trial. You get one 7-day free trial on Standard before you are billed. Tradytics has no trial; it has a Free plan on yesterday's session instead, which shows you the product but not the live tape.
• Discord bots. Cheddar Flow sells Discord bots built around its options flow and dark pool data, which suits people who run trading communities.
• One annual price for the full set. The Pro Annual plan works out to $75 a month for flow, dark pool data, gamma levels and AI power alerts together.
• Real-time dark pool claim. Its feature page says its dark pool data is all in real time. See the timing section below for what that means in practice.

Where Tradytics wins

• Price for flow, dark pools and gamma. Tradytics Live includes all three for $39 a month, or $299 a year. On Cheddar Flow, dark pool data and gamma start with Professional at $99 a month.
• A free plan you can keep. Every page and tool on yesterday's session, with 3 AI questions a day and no card. Nothing expires after a week. Details are in what the free plan includes.
• An AI analyst, not only AI alerts. You ask a question and it decides what data it needs, pulls the flow, dark pool prints, gamma, prices, research, news and scanner results itself, shows its steps and answers in plain words with cards it builds. Asked for the biggest bets in NVDA's flow, it flagged that the largest print ($114M in Nov 20 $240 puts) was a mid-price spread, not a clean bet. That is the hedge-or-bet question most flow alerts leave to you. More in what you can ask the AI analyst.
• Research around the flow. Every US stock and ETF has a stock page with a daily "Why it's moving" story for the largest names, an options page (expected move, implied volatility, open interest with max pain, dealer levels) and a dark pool page. Add the scanner, live charts and an options strategy builder.
• Your own portfolio. Link Robinhood, Schwab, Fidelity, Interactive Brokers, Webull, tastytrade and more read-only on every plan. Live and Pro add Factors (is your return skill or just the market?) and Versus (your holdings against the US market on 28 metrics).
• API and MCP. Pro ($69 a month) includes a JSON API and an MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor can use the same data, at 50,000 calls a day. Cheddar Flow doesn't list an API.

Is Cheddar Flow's dark pool data faster than Tradytics'?

Cheddar Flow says its dark pool data is all in real time, with the "signature prints" it highlights coming 24 hours later; Tradytics shows dark pool prints within about 15 minutes of their report. Dark pool data is mainly read for levels where size traded over days, and Tradytics builds its levels from 10 sessions of prints, so a window of minutes rarely changes the read. More in whether dark pool data is ever real time.

Who should choose which

• Choose Cheddar Flow if you want a single, focused flow screen; you want to try the live product free for a week before paying; you run a Discord and want flow bots in it; or you want a real-time dark pool feed and are happy to pay for Professional.
• Choose Tradytics if you want flow, dark pool prints and gamma for $39 a month; you want to read a trade with research, gamma and an AI analyst on the same screen; you want to see how your own portfolio is doing against the market; or you want API and MCP access.
• Comparing more tools? See Unusual Whales vs Cheddar Flow and the best Cheddar Flow alternatives.

Common questions

Is Tradytics cheaper than Cheddar Flow?

Yes, at list prices as of October 2026. Tradytics Live is $39 a month with flow, dark pool prints and gamma. Cheddar Flow Standard is $85 a month for flow, and Professional, which adds dark pool data and gamma, is $99 a month or $75 a month on the Pro Annual plan.

Does Cheddar Flow have a free plan?

No. It offers one 7-day free trial on the Standard plan; Professional and Pro Annual have no trial. Tradytics has no trial but has a Free plan with every page on yesterday's session.

Does Cheddar Flow's Standard plan include dark pool data?

No. Dark pool orders, dark pool levels and gamma exposure are on Professional and Pro Annual. On Tradytics, dark pool prints are on Live and Pro, live within about 15 minutes, and on Free for yesterday's session.

Does Cheddar Flow have an API?

Its pages don't list one. Tradytics Pro includes a JSON API and an MCP server at 50,000 calls a day.

Sources

• Cheddar Flow pricing (archived October 9, 2026): plan prices, what each plan includes, the 7-day Standard trial and the refund policy.
• Cheddar Flow dark pool data page (archived June 6, 2026): the real-time claim and the 24-hour delay on signature prints.