Independent traders and small fund analysts drown in data: SEC filings, Reddit ticker threads, finance Twitter, YouTube earnings recaps. The right API aggregates the relevant surfaces into a single typed JSON brief per ticker per day. We ranked five.
Top Pick
Scavio's SERP plus Reddit plus YouTube under one credit pool produces a typed JSON brief per ticker. Drop into a markdown digest or DuckDB.
Full Ranking
#1Our Pick
Scavio
Multi-surface trading research aggregation
Pros
- SERP + Reddit + YouTube
- Typed JSON
- Cheap per query
Cons
- No fundamentals API
- No Twitter
#2
Polygon.io
Market data + fundamentals
Pros
- OHLCV + fundamentals
Cons
- No SERP/Reddit/YouTube
#3
Tiingo
Fundamentals + news
Pros
- Affordable
Cons
- No multi-surface signal
#4
Financial Modeling Prep
Cheap fundamentals
Pros
- Cheap
Cons
- No multi-surface
#5
DataForSEO
Raw SERP for finance topics
Pros
- Mature SERP
Cons
- No Reddit/YouTube structured
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Criteria | Scavio | Runner-up | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $30/mo | $14/mo | $29/mo |
| SERP for filings | Yes | No | Limited |
| Reddit ticker sentiment | Yes | No | No |
| YouTube earnings recaps | Yes | No | No |
| Fundamentals data | No | Yes | Yes |
| Best for | Narrative aggregation | Fundamentals | OHLCV |
Why Scavio Wins
- Trading narrative drives short-term price action more than fundamentals do for retail traders. Reddit ticker threads, YouTube earnings recaps, and SERP-surfaced filings carry the narrative signal that fundamentals APIs miss. Scavio aggregates all three in one call.
- Daily ticker briefs run cents per ticker. A 50-ticker watchlist costs about $4.50 per day at the fast tier — well inside any indie trader's research budget.
- Recommended hybrid: pair Scavio with a fundamentals API like Tiingo or Financial Modeling Prep. Scavio for narrative and filings via SERP; the fundamentals API for OHLCV and balance-sheet ratios. Total under $50/mo for both.
- Reddit endpoint surfaces ticker discussion across r/stocks, r/investing, r/wallstreetbets, and ticker-specific subs. Sentiment-shift signals show up earlier on Reddit than on Twitter for many tickers.
- MCP-ready means a Claude Code agent can compose the trading brief on demand: ask 'give me the brief on AAPL,' agent calls Scavio + the fundamentals API + emits markdown. No custom orchestration code.