Unusual Whales vs Quant Data

A side-by-side look at what each tool does, what it costs, and how fresh its data is. We do not pick a winner: the right one depends on what you need.

	Unusual Whales	Quant Data
What it does	Options flow dashboard: a live feed of every US options trade with unusual-activity tags, plus dark pool prints, GEX heatmaps, screeners and news.	Options order flow, dark pool and net-drift style dashboards for US stocks and ETFs.
Category	Options flow & unusual activity	Options flow & unusual activity
Starts at	$50/mo	See site
Free tier	Yes: full platform with delayed data (flow 2 trading days, news 15 minutes, alerts 30 minutes late).	Not stated
Trial	No trial on dashboard plans; free tier instead	Not stated
Data delay	Real-time (paid); delayed (free)	Not stated
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	Web
Deal right now	None seen	None seen
Last checked	Oct 18, 2026	Oct 18, 2026
Key number	Its 'unusual' tag compares a trade's size and premium to that contract's normal volume and open interest. It describes the trade, not why it was placed or who placed it.	Flow tools summarize trade premium and side by ticker. They show what traded, not the reasons behind it.

Main differences

Unusual Whales has a free tier; Quant Data does not list one.
We could not verify current prices for Quant Data on the official pricing page, so we show "See site".

Unusual Whales plans

Plan	Monthly billing	Annual billing
Retail Basic	$50/mo	$504/yr
Retail Pro	$75/mo	$756/yr
Retail Max	$120/mo	$1,224/yr

Source: official pricing page, checked Oct 18, 2026.

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Quant Data plans

See site for current prices.We could not verify prices on the official pricing page during our last check, so we do not show any. Official pricing page