Research & search · alternatives
People look past Scenario Edge when the run quota bites. The Free tier works only on demo portfolios, Starter stops at 5 runs per month and 3 portfolios, and extra runs cost $7 on Starter or $5 on Pro. Rerunning a scenario counts as a new run, and Pro at $199 per month is a big step up. An account is required, and outputs are not financial advice.
Both alternatives in our catalog are general assistants, not portfolio scenario tools, so expect to do more of the setup yourself. Perplexity searches the web and answers with cited sources, which suits researching how a macro event has played out; it has a free plan, and the starting price listed is Education Pro at $10 per user per month for verified students and faculty. ChatGPT handles writing, research and analysis and has a free plan, with Plus at $20 per user per month. Neither is described in our data as holding-level portfolio modeling.
"Better suited" below is based on documented features and pricing from our verified profiles, not on a head-to-head test. Prices are USD as published by each vendor.
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Taken from the documented limitations in our Scenario Edge profile.
| Tool | Starting price | Free tier | Platforms | Main limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scenario Edge (this page) | $49 (Starter) | Yes | Mobile | Free tier limited to demo portfolios |
| Perplexity | $10/mo (Education Pro (consumer, verified students/faculty)) | Yes | Web, API | The consumer pricing page is blocked to automated checks, so the Pro price could not be confirmed here, and free-tier Pro Search and Research access are described only as 'very limited' / 'limited'. |
| ChatGPT | $20/mo (Plus (consumer)) | Yes | Web, Desktop, Mobile, API | Almost every tool (uploads, images, voice, deep research, Codex) has plan-dependent usage caps that OpenAI states can change over time, and the API is billed separately from every ChatGPT subscription. |
| Alternative | Pick it when | Starting price | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity |
$10/mo (Education Pro (consumer, verified students/faculty)) | ||
| ChatGPT |
$20/mo (Plus (consumer)) |
AI answer engine that searches the web and replies with cited sources, plus developer search APIs.
Free stops at: Practically unlimited basic searches, Very limited amount of Pro Searches
Verified perplexity.ai (opens Perplexity website in a new tab)
Free · paid from $10/mo US · checked Sep 30
OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant for writing, research, analysis, image generation and coding help.
Free stops at: Unlimited everyday text chats subject to abuse-prevention safeguards, Separate usage limits for file uploads,…
Free · paid from $20/mo US · checked Sep 30
Data API for AI agents delivering web content and e-commerce intelligence as clean JSON, with historical data and a credit-based pricing model.
Free stops at: Basic rate limits: 30 RPM, 5 concurrent, No credit card required
Free plan available US price unconfirmed
Mobile AI agent that tracks topics you name, folds duplicate coverage into single briefings and alerts you only when something changes.
Watch out: The site publishes no pricing, no web version is shown (mobile app only), and the privacy and docs pages are …
Pricing US price unconfirmed
Social data API and MCP server giving AI agents access to Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok and Reddit posts.
Free stops at: 500 credits one-time, 1 tracked keyword/user
Free · paid from $16/mo (billed annually) US · checked Sep 29
Web resource to compare LLMs by benchmarks, price, speed and context window.
Watch out: Its comparison data comes from Artificial Analysis, so rankings depend on that third-party source, and no pri…
Verified whatllm.org (opens WhatLLM.org website in a new tab)
Pricing US price unconfirmed
YouTube analytics platform showing real CPM and RPM from a connected channel, plus competitor tracking and AI content ideas.
Watch out: The 7-day trial requires a payment card and Starter covers one channel with 90 days of history and no revenue…
Verified tubeanalytics.net (opens TubeAnalytics website in a new tab)
From $19/mo US · checked Sep 29
Cookie-free, GDPR-oriented web analytics service from Germany with a 30-day free trial.
Free stops at: 25,000 page views, 1 website
Verified trackboxx.com (opens Trackboxx website in a new tab)
Pricing US price unconfirmed
Perplexity and ChatGPT both have free plans in our data. Scenario Edge's own Free tier allows 1 run per month on demo portfolios.
Documented limits are demo-only portfolios on Free, 5 runs and 3 portfolios on Starter, and extra runs at $7 or $5.
The listed starting price is Education Pro at $10 per user per month for verified students and faculty. A free plan also exists.
ChatGPT Plus (consumer) is $20 per user per month, against Scenario Edge Starter at $49 per month.
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