Ecomerate vs TIKR: Research Terminal vs Thesis Alerts (2026)

What Is TIKR?

TIKR is a web-based research terminal for investors who analyze businesses themselves. Its paid plans cover more than 100,000 stocks across 92 countries and 136 exchanges, with income statements, balance sheets, cash flows, ratios and valuation multiples. Its help center names S&P Global Capital IQ and Morningstar among its data partners.

On top of the financials, TIKR adds Wall Street price targets and up to five years of analyst estimates, with revision trends and management guidance on Pro and above. It carries transcripts of earnings calls and industry conferences, and filings from the SEC, SEDAR and more than 15 other sources. Its investor tracker shows the disclosed holdings of funds such as Berkshire Hathaway, and it goes beyond US 13F filings to include international filings, shareholder reports and 13Ds.

For valuation, its Valuation Model Builder lets you set your own assumptions, compare bull, base and bear cases with Wall Street estimates, and save or share the model. A global screener filters on more than 1,000 metrics. Watchlists are unlimited on every plan, and the active one gets a feed of upcoming events, company news, filings and transcripts. Ultimate adds a Catalyst Tracker that screens for corporate actions such as M&A, spin-offs, buybacks and guidance changes.

Some limits come from TIKR's own help center. It has no dedicated mobile app, though the site works in a mobile browser. It has no API or Excel plug-in. Its watchlists don't track position sizes, cost basis or brokerage accounts. AI features aren't stated on its product, pricing or help pages.

What Does TIKR Cost?

TIKR has four plans. Free covers US stocks with limited history, one saved screen, 90 days of transcripts and the holdings of 40 top funds. Plus, at $24.95 a month or $17.95 billed annually, opens global data, 10 years of financials, 2 years of estimates and a year of transcripts. Pro, at $54.95 or $37.95, adds estimate revision trends, management guidance, premium metrics, transcript search, 10 years of transcripts and holdings for 10,000+ funds. Ultimate, at $119.95 or $79.95, adds 30 years of financials, 5 years of estimates, the Catalyst Tracker and unlimited saved screens.

There's no free trial. New subscribers get a 14-day money-back guarantee instead, and the free plan marks locked data so you can see what each tier adds. Annual billing saves about 30% against paying monthly.

Is TIKR Worth It?

TIKR is worth it if you build your own view of a company: you read the financials, check the estimates, open the transcript and model the value yourself. Plus, at $17.95 a month billed annually, covers a decade of global financials, two years of estimates and a year of transcripts, which is enough for many individual investors. Pro is worth the step up if you use revision trends, management guidance or longer transcript history.

It is less useful if you mostly want to know what changed in the stocks you already own. TIKR shows the news, filings and transcripts for your watchlist, but you still open each one, read it and decide whether it matters. Nothing on its site describes it reading a filing for you or weighing it against why you bought the stock.

When Is TIKR the Better Choice?

Coverage and depth. TIKR covers stocks in 92 countries; Ecomerate covers US-listed stocks and ETFs only. TIKR Ultimate holds 30 years of financials and full transcript history with keyword search, and higher tiers add earnings-call audio and slides. If you research Japanese, European or Australian companies, or want decades of history on one screen, TIKR is the better tool.

Investor tracking and modeling. Following what 10,000+ funds disclose, including outside the US, and keeping saved valuation models with scenarios are what TIKR is built for. Ecomerate can run a DCF or reverse DCF with assumptions you give it in a text, and it reports Form 4 insider trades, but fund-holdings tracking is TIKR's ground.

Screening at scale. TIKR's global screener runs across its whole universe with more than 1,000 metrics and saved screens. Ecomerate screens by text, such as "find profitable small-cap semis growing revenue 20%+", and states the filters it used. That is quicker for one idea, but it doesn't replace a saved screen you run every week.

What Does Ecomerate Do Differently?

Ecomerate starts from what you own and why. You text it your positions, such as "I own 50 NVDA at $120", and a line on your reasons, and it remembers both. When a new 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K arrives, it reads it against those reasons. If something touches an assumption, it texts you the detail with the filing, section and date named, so you can open the passage.

It also texts on its own in other cases. It texts when a holding moves well outside its normal range and it finds the cause. It texts when guidance changes, a deal is announced or trading is halted, when a supplier or customer it has mapped makes news, and when a price crosses a line you set. By default that comes to about three texts a week, within quiet hours, with smaller items folded into a weekly note. You can reply to any text with a question.

Routines cover the rest of the week. You can get a pre-market brief at a time you choose. If you opt in, a Monday check-in before the open lists which holdings report that week and what your thesis hinges on. Ask for a deep thesis on a stock and a PDF research note arrives a minute or two later, with your position, the bull and bear case, recent earnings against estimates and what would change the view.

Where Does Ecomerate Fit?

Ecomerate is research software, not a terminal. It covers US-listed stocks and ETFs. It runs in iMessage, so you need an iPhone, iPad or Mac, and it doesn't work on Android. Quotes and charts are sent with the time shown. Brokerage connections aren't live yet, so it knows your positions only from what you text it. It isn't a broker or an investment adviser, and it never tells you to buy, sell or hold.

Plans run from free, with 10 messages a week, to Starter at $11.99 a month for 500 messages, Professional at $24.99 for 2,000 and Ultimate at $59.99 with no cap. Paid plans start with a 7-day free trial, and the texts Ecomerate sends you don't count against your allowance.

Can You Use Both?

Yes, and they overlap less than it looks. Use TIKR when you research a new idea or rebuild a model, with the history, estimates, transcripts and fund holdings on one screen. Text Ecomerate your holdings and the reason behind each, and it watches the filings and earnings for those companies between your TIKR sessions. TIKR Plus billed annually and Ecomerate Starter together cost just under $30 a month.