Traders usually look for a Deepvue alternative for one of two reasons: the price, or the feeling that research is only half the job. Deepvue is built around finding stocks: preset screens, ratings and charts tuned for CANSLIM-style growth investing. MAC Terminal is built around the rest of the day: reading the market, following the themes, planning and sizing the trade, keeping loss limits in view, and reviewing what happened.
The short answer: if your edge is screening and you need real-time data, Deepvue is the stronger research tool. If you want a cheaper daily workflow that carries a trade from market read to journal, MAC Terminal fits. Plenty of traders use one for research and the other for the plan.
Side by side
| Deepvue | MAC Terminal | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $49/month, or $490 billed yearly (about $40.83/month) | $10/month or $60 billed yearly |
| Trial | 30-day free trial | 7-day free trial, no card required |
| Market data | Real-time US stocks and indexes included | Delayed 15 minutes |
| Built for | Growth-stock and CANSLIM-style research | Daily swing-trading workflow |
| Screening | 100+ preset screens, including screens based on named growth traders, and 200+ filters | No screener; themes and the names in each |
| Ratings | RS, EPS, Composite and Accumulation/Distribution ratings | None |
| Market read | Daily market brief | One-word market read from index structure and breadth, plus a morning note by email |
| Themes and sectors | Theme tracker, industry rankings, RRG charts | Hot themes measured on price against SPY over 10 sessions and the last 3, with each name’s average daily range and distance from its 20-day high |
| Trade plan and sizing | Not part of its listed features | Opening-range plan and sizing from your own levels |
| Loss limits | Not part of its listed features | Daily and weekly loss limits that you enter and MAC Terminal tracks |
| Journal | Not part of its listed features | P&L by day, week and month; Thinkorswim CSV import or manual entry |
Deepvue details are from Deepvue’s own comparison pages, checked October 8, 2026. MAC Terminal renews automatically until canceled; cancel anytime from Settings.
Where Deepvue is the better fit
- You trade off screens. Its preset screens and ratings are the core of the product, and MAC Terminal has no screener.
- You need real-time data. Deepvue includes real-time US quotes; MAC Terminal’s data is delayed 15 minutes.
- You follow CANSLIM-style growth investing. Its ratings and charts are tuned for that method.
Where MAC Terminal fits
- You want the plan, not just the list. An opening-range plan sets an entry above the first 5-minute high and a stop at the day’s low, and sizes the shares from that stop.
- You want your limits in front of you. Account size, risk per trade, a position-size cap and daily and weekly loss limits sit beside every plan. You enter them; MAC Terminal tracks recorded P&L against them. It cannot block an order at your broker.
- You review your trades. The journal shows P&L by day, week and month from a Thinkorswim CSV or manual entry.
- Price matters. $10 a month is about a fifth of Deepvue’s monthly price.
How MAC Terminal treats trading setups
MAC Terminal does not hand you setups to buy. Its research engine, the Brain, encodes published rules from well-known traders as exact algorithms, compares every simulated trade with 20 random stocks bought the same day, and paper-trades the rules forward on new data. Until a rule set passes that forward test, the Ideas panel in the app stays empty.
Using both
The two tools split the day cleanly. Find candidates in Deepvue the night before, then use MAC Terminal in the morning to check the market read and themes, plan and size the trade from your levels, and log the result.
Questions traders ask
What is a good alternative to Deepvue?
It depends on the job. For screening and charting, TrendSpider, TradingView, MarketSurge and TC2000 are the usual comparisons. For a daily swing-trading workflow with a market read, themes, sizing, loss limits and a journal, MAC Terminal is an option at $10 a month.
Is MAC Terminal cheaper than Deepvue?
Yes. MAC Terminal costs $10 a month or $60 a year after a free 7-day trial. Deepvue lists $49 a month or $490 a year, with a 30-day free trial.
Does MAC Terminal have a stock screener like Deepvue?
No. MAC Terminal groups stocks into hot themes measured against SPY and shows the names in each, but it does not include a screener or stock ratings.
Is MAC Terminal real-time?
No. Market data in MAC Terminal is delayed 15 minutes, which suits swing trading more than day trading. Deepvue includes real-time US data.
More comparisons: MAC Terminal vs TrendSpider, MAC Terminal vs MarketSurge, and MAC Terminal against Koyfin and journal apps.
Educational only, not financial advice. Product details and prices change; check each vendor before you subscribe. MAC Terminal is analysis software, not a broker, and does not place trades.