Tradytics vs Unusual Whales
By Faizan Ahmad. Updated .
Pick Unusual Whales if you want the biggest retail data terminal: the full options tape, native iOS and Android apps with push alerts, intraday GEX heatmaps, Congress portfolios, prediction markets and a standalone data API. Pick Tradytics if you want live options flow, dark pool prints and dealer gamma in one app with research, a 120-signal scanner, an options builder, analysis of your own broker account and an AI analyst that reads the data for you, for $39 a month instead of $50. Both have free plans: Tradytics shows yesterday's session, Unusual Whales runs 2 trading days behind. Prices are as of October 2026.
How do Tradytics and Unusual Whales compare on price and features?
Prices as of October 2026, from each company's own pricing page. Prices checked October 31, 2026.
| Tradytics | Unusual Whales | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry paid plan | Live: $39 a month or $299 a year | Retail Basic: $50 a month (yearly billing saves $96 a year) |
| Higher plans | Pro: $69 a month or $499 a year | Retail Pro: $75 a month; Retail Max: $120 a month |
| Free plan | Every page and tool on yesterday's session | The whole platform, 2 trading days behind |
| Free trial | None (the Free plan is the way to try it) | None on the dashboard; 7 days on API plans |
| Options flow | Live to the second from OPRA on Live and Pro; the flow page lists the large prints | Real time on paid plans; the full tape, 100% market coverage |
| Dark pool prints | Within about 15 minutes, with 10-session levels | Says real time |
| Dealer gamma (GEX) | By strike, with call wall, put wall and gamma flip | Real-time GEX heatmap for all US tickers; SPX exposure every 10 minutes (every minute on Max) |
| AI | AI analyst that pulls the data itself (3, 20 or unlimited questions a day) and AI trade ideas | Mr. Whale AI analyst; limits rise by tier |
| Congress and insider trades | Yes, on the Markets page | Yes, plus portfolios that track members of Congress |
| Scanner | Every US stock and ETF, 120 signals, updated after the close | Stock and options screener |
| Your own portfolio | Read-only broker link on every plan; factors and versus on Live and Pro | Tracks Congress members and public figures; linking your own broker is not listed |
| API and MCP | Included in Pro: 50,000 calls a day, plus the full app | From $99 a month, data only (no dashboard); MCP included |
| Mobile | Web app in the phone's browser | Native iOS and Android apps |
| Billing | Monthly, no contract; cancel anytime in Billing and keep access to the end of the period | All sales are final, per its FAQ |
Where Unusual Whales wins
- The full tape. Paid plans show every options trade, with custom alerts (25 on Basic, unlimited on Pro and Max) sent on the web, in the app and by push. The Tradytics flow page lists the large prints rather than every trade.
- Native apps. Unusual Whales has iOS and Android apps. Tradytics runs in the phone's browser.
- Intraday dealer positioning. A real-time GEX heatmap for every US ticker, SPX market-maker exposure every 10 minutes on Basic and Pro and every minute on Max, plus the 1-minute GEX Periscope on Max. If you trade SPX off intraday gamma shifts, this is deeper.
- Congress depth. Its Portfolios feature tracks the trades of members of Congress and some public figures. Tradytics lists Congress trades; Unusual Whales goes further.
- A standalone API. REST, WebSocket and MCP, with a 1-year lookback on API Options Starter ($99 a month) or 2 years on API Basic ($150 a month), and a 7-day API trial. For years of history in your own code, it is the stronger choice.
- Breadth and community. Prediction markets sit next to flow, and there is a public Discord with a free bot.
Where Tradytics wins
- Price. Live at $39 a month gets live flow, dark pool prints and dealer gamma, against $50 for Retail Basic. Pro at $69 sits under Retail Pro at $75 and includes the API and MCP server (50,000 calls a day) with the full app, where the Unusual Whales API starts at $99 a month as a separate, data-only plan.
- An AI analyst that does the reading. It is an agent: it decides what data a question needs, pulls it 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. Unusual Whales has its own AI analyst, Mr. Whale; see what you can ask the Tradytics AI analyst.
- Your own portfolio. Link Robinhood, Schwab, Fidelity, Interactive Brokers 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).
- The research around a trade. Every US stock and ETF has a stock, options and dark pool page, plus live charts and an options strategy builder.
- A fresher free plan. Tradytics Free shows every page on yesterday's session, with 3 AI questions a day and no card. Unusual Whales Free is 2 trading days behind.
What Unusual Whales' comparison page says about Tradytics
Unusual Whales publishes its own Tradytics comparison (undated; we read it on October 31, 2026). Some of it describes the older Tradytics. Here is each point next to the current facts.
| Their page says | As of October 31, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Price: $69 a month; higher prices per alert | Free $0, Live $39 a month, Pro $69 a month: below Retail Basic ($50) and Retail Pro ($75). |
| No political tracking | Congress trades and insider trades are on the Markets page. Their own table rates Tradytics' congressional data as Basic, which is closer. |
| Delayed dark pool prints | Fair. Tradytics shows prints within about 15 minutes of their report, with 10-session levels. Why that matters less than it sounds is below. |
| Focus: AI and Discord bots | Tradytics today is a web app: flow, dark pools, gamma, research, a scanner, charts, a builder, portfolio tools and an AI analyst. The Discord is an optional community ($199 a month, includes Pro). |
| Mobile app: mobile web | Accurate. Tradytics runs in the phone's browser. |
| Limited historical data | Partly fair. The pages show 30 sessions of options premium history and 10 sessions of dark pool levels. For years of history through an API, the Unusual Whales 2-year lookback goes further. |
| Good if you want "a 'black box' AI to tell you what to trade" | The AI analyst shows its steps and the data behind each answer, and every AI trade idea is explained in plain words and tracked until it closes, with its full record. |
Is Unusual Whales' dark pool data faster than Tradytics'?
On paper, yes: the Unusual Whales FAQ says its dark pool feed tracks trades in real time, while Tradytics shows dark pool prints within about 15 minutes of their report. If you act in the seconds after a print hits, a real-time feed suits you better; if you use dark pools for levels, as most traders do, a window of minutes doesn't change levels built from 10 sessions of prints. More on this in Is dark pool data real time? and what a late dark pool print is.
Who should choose which
- Choose Unusual Whales if you want every print on the tape, native apps with push alerts, intraday SPX gamma updates, close tracking of Congress portfolios, prediction markets, or an API with WebSockets and years of history.
- Choose Tradytics if you want flow, dark pools, gamma and research in one app for $39 a month; an AI analyst that tells you whether a big trade looks like a hedge, a spread or a fresh bet; a check on whether your own returns are skill or just the market; or an API and MCP server without a separate $99 plan.
- Not sure? Open the same ticker on both free plans. For more options, see the best Unusual Whales alternatives.
Common questions
Is Tradytics cheaper than Unusual Whales?
Yes, at list prices as of October 2026. Tradytics Live is $39 a month against $50 for Retail Basic, and Pro is $69 against $75 for Retail Pro. Billed yearly, Tradytics Live is $299 and Pro $499.
Does Tradytics track Congress trades?
Yes. Congress trades and insider trades are on the Markets page (/markets). Unusual Whales goes deeper, with portfolios that track members of Congress.
Which free plan is better?
Tradytics Free shows every page and tool on yesterday's session, with 3 AI questions a day and no card; details are in what the free plan includes. Unusual Whales Free shows the whole platform, with flow 2 trading days, news 15 minutes and alerts 30 minutes behind.
Does either offer a free trial?
Neither offers a trial on its main product; both point you to their free plans. Unusual Whales offers a 7-day trial on its API plans.
Sources
- Unusual Whales pricing: plan prices, the free tier's delay, alert limits and the sale.
- Unusual Whales API pricing: API prices, lookback, WebSocket and MCP, the 7-day trial.
- Unusual Whales FAQ: no trial, all sales final, the real-time dark pool feed, Congress portfolios and the apps.
- Unusual Whales vs Tradytics: the claims about Tradytics addressed above.
- FINRA Rule 6380B: off-exchange trades reported within 10 seconds of execution, later reports marked late.