Comparison · prices checked September 26, 2026

Newsquawk alternative: MoveSurge vs Newsquawk

Newsquawk is an analyst-run service built around a human-voiced audio squawk, curated headlines and daily macro research. MoveSurge is a news tape that measures what each headline did to the price. Below: where each is the better buy, with published prices.

Pick Newsquawk if

  • You want a human voice reading the market to you through the session.
  • Macro, rates and FX are your book, and you read morning research: open notes, week-ahead previews, bond auctions and central-bank speakers.
  • Your desk needs enterprise delivery into its own systems.

Pick MoveSurge if

  • You want the move each headline caused, measured from the second it crossed.
  • You trade US single stocks as well as macro, with earnings figures beside the analyst estimates.
  • You want the full product for $599 a year rather than $1,990 or more.

The free account needs no card and shows the measured price move beside eligible headlines.

What each one costs

Published prices in US dollars, before tax and promotions.

MoveSurge

Free account$0

The market-moving tape, 3 minutes behind, with the measured price move beside eligible stories. No card.

Pro$599/year or $199/month

Every headline the second it crosses, plus everything MoveSurge sells. One plan, nothing sold as an add-on.

No trial on Pro. The free account is the way to try it. Cancel before renewal.

Newsquawk

Basic$199/month or $1,990/year

One asset-class squawk channel, the headline feed, watchlists, research sheets, the economic calendar and the mobile app.

Pro$399/month or $3,990/year

All squawk channels (multi-asset, equities, fixed income), the Premium Equities Suite, broker ratings, SEC filings, options activity, insider and government trades, and priority support.

A 7-day Pro trial costs $29.99, then $399/month unless cancelled.

Twelve months, side by side

  • MoveSurge Pro, billed yearly $599
  • MoveSurge Pro, billed monthly $2,388
  • Newsquawk Basic, billed yearly $1,990
  • Newsquawk Basic, billed monthly $2,388
  • Newsquawk Pro, billed yearly $3,990
  • Newsquawk Pro, billed monthly $4,788

Newsquawk also publishes UK prices: £175 and £350 a month, or £1,750 and £3,500 a year.

Feature by feature

Feature rows open with Yes, Partly or No. Price rows, and cells where we could not confirm the answer, carry no label.

MoveSurge and Newsquawk compared feature by feature
Decision pointMoveSurgeNewsquawk
The news
Real-time headlines YesEvery headline the second it crosses on Pro. The free account runs a few minutes behind. YesAnalyst-curated headlines, vetted for market impact.
Audio squawk NoNone. Headlines arrive as text cards. YesHuman-voiced, 24 hours a day on weekdays; one channel on Basic, all channels on Pro.
Research PartlyA two-minute market brief, plus macro, FX, rates and commodity research notes from global banks on Pro. Yes12 to 15 in-house research sheets a day, including the US and European open and week-ahead previews.
What the price did
Price beside the headline YesThe price just before the headline, then the move 1 and 10 minutes after it, with volume and a one-minute chart. PartlyAnalysts add written reaction notes. We found no documentation of automatically measured price windows.
Why it moved YesMOVE EXPLAINED detects abnormal moves, researches the cause and ties it to a headline, with the measured move. YesPro subscribers can put questions to the analyst desk.
Coverage
US single stocks Yes5,663 tickers named in headlines over 12 months, down to micro caps; earnings EPS and revenue beside the estimate. PartlyAn equities channel and the Premium Equities Suite on Pro; the service leads with macro.
Macro and central banks Yes7,506 central-bank decisions and economic releases in 12 months, each held until the actual prints. YesG7 data, central-bank speakers, bond auctions and FX flows.
Trump's Truth Social posts YesTaken straight from Truth Social as their own cards, with the market reaction measured. Not covered in the plan descriptions we reviewed.
Delivery
Phone PartlyRuns in the browser on desktop and phone; no native app. YesiOS and Android app with headlines, squawk and calendar.
Desk and enterprise PartlyA REST and WebSocket API for desks. YesEnterprise delivery and integrations for trading desks.
Price and terms
Lowest price $0. A free account with the delayed tape and measured reactions. No card. Basic at $199/month or $1,990/year.
Full product Pro at $599/year or $199/month. One plan, nothing sold as an add-on. Pro at $399/month or $3,990/year.
Trying before paying No trial on Pro. The free account is the way to try it. A 7-day Pro trial for $29.99, then $399/month unless cancelled.
What the reaction looks like

Real headlines. Exact publish times. Measured moves.

Two MoveSurge headlines on their one-minute charts. The amber line is the moment we published; the candles are what the price did next.

Chip deal INTC +8.8% in 15m

Apple and Intel preliminary chip-production deal crossed

MoveSurge published 12:48:41.437 ET. INTC lifted +8.8% over the next 15 minutes after the chip-production headline landed.

NASDAQ:INTC 1m May 08, 2026 MoveSurge publish 12:48:41.437 ET
MoveSurge publish16:48:41.437 UTC 127.97
24 one-minute bars Published UTC 16:48:41.437 UTC Price move +8.8% in 15m
AI deal AKAM +1.7% in 15m

Anthropic signs $1.8B Akamai computing deal

MoveSurge published 13:55:28.523 ET. AKAM gained +1.7% in 15 minutes after the $1.8B AI compute deal crossed.

NASDAQ:AKAM 1m May 08, 2026 MoveSurge publish 13:55:28.523 ET
MoveSurge publish17:55:28.523 UTC 147.51
24 one-minute bars Published UTC 17:55:28.523 UTC Price move +1.7% in 15m

Charts are MoveSurge-rendered from static 1-minute OHLC data fetched once for this proof section. No TradingView image is embedded. Information only.

The latest measured headlines, pulled as this page loaded

Nobody picked these. They are the newest headlines where the move was measured afterwards, at least a day old.

Recent headlines with their publish time and the measured move that followed
DatePublished (ET)HeadlineMeasured move
Sep 25, 2026 03:23:22.000 ET SOCIETE GENERALE SA SHARES RISE CLOSE TO 3%, TOPPING FRANCE'S CAC40 INDEX GLE -0.24% in 10m
Sep 25, 2026 03:08:17.000 ET FLATEXDEGIRO SE - APPOINTS BENON JANOS AS CEO WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT FTK -0.67% in 10m
Sep 24, 2026 16:34:32.000 ET PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP - TO ISSUE 4,782,608 VOTING COMMON SHARES AND 956,522 FIVE-YEAR WARRANTS - SEC FILING PNBK -0.71% in 10m
Sep 24, 2026 16:19:00.000 ET Costco: FY Comparable Sales U.S. +8.2%, Canada +7.8%, Other Intl +9.8%, Total Co 8.4%, Digitally Enabled +20.9% >COST COST -0.23% in 10m
Sep 24, 2026 16:15:00.000 ET Lear boosts share repurchase authorization to $1.5 billion, extends program to Dec. 31, 2029 LEA +1.20% in 10m

Each move is the longest window actually measured for that headline, so a row labelled 1m was measured over one minute and nothing longer.

Where each one is the better buy

Newsquawk is the better buy when

You want a human voice

Newsquawk analysts read the market out loud through the session and speak when something matters. MoveSurge has no audio.

Macro research is part of your morning

Twelve to fifteen research sheets a day, open notes and week-ahead previews come from Newsquawk's own desk. MoveSurge offers a short brief and bank research notes, not an in-house research desk.

Your desk buys enterprise delivery

Newsquawk sells integrations into trading-desk systems. MoveSurge has an API, with a narrower enterprise offering.

MoveSurge is the better buy when

The move is measured, not described

Each eligible headline carries the price just before it crossed and the move one and ten minutes later, with volume, computed the same way every time.

US stocks at depth

5,663 tickers appeared in MoveSurge headlines over the last 12 months, down to micro caps, with earnings figures beside the analyst estimates.

Truth Social straight from the source

Trump's posts arrive as their own cards with the reaction in index futures, oil, gold, FX and single stocks measured.

A fraction of the cost

$599 a year covers everything MoveSurge sells. Newsquawk Basic is $1,990 a year and Pro $3,990. Month to month, MoveSurge Pro at $199 costs the same as Basic and half as much as Newsquawk Pro.

What MoveSurge is not: MoveSurge does not replace a human-voiced squawk or an in-house macro research desk. It is a headline-to-reaction workflow.

Keeping the Newsquawk squawk in your ear and reading MoveSurge for the measured reaction is a workable setup. The free MoveSurge account costs nothing while you decide.

How to judge it for yourself

Four steps. Nothing asks for a card until the last one.

  1. Open the free tape

    No card. A free account reads the same tape a few minutes behind real time, with the measured price move beside eligible headlines.

  2. Run it beside your current tool

    Keep both open through the next scheduled catalyst: a CPI print, a Fed decision or an earnings night. Note what each one showed you, and when.

  3. Check the receipts

    Every measured move carries the headline's exact publish time, so you can hold the number against your own chart.

  4. Go real time if it earns the screen

    Pro removes the delay and adds everything else in one plan.

Questions

Is MoveSurge cheaper than Newsquawk?

Billed yearly, yes: MoveSurge Pro is $599 a year, against $1,990 for Newsquawk Basic and $3,990 for Newsquawk Pro. Billed monthly, MoveSurge Pro at $199 costs the same as Basic and half as much as Newsquawk Pro at $399.

Does MoveSurge have an audio squawk?

No. MoveSurge delivers text headlines with the measured price reaction attached. If a human-voiced squawk is central to how you trade, Newsquawk is the better fit.

Does MoveSurge cover macro as well as stocks?

Yes. Central-bank decisions, economic releases, rates, FX, oil and gold run in the same feed as US single stocks. Economic releases stay off the tape until the actual number prints.

Can I try MoveSurge before paying?

Yes. A free account reads the tape a few minutes behind real time, with the measured reactions, and needs no card. Pro has no separate trial.

Is MoveSurge affiliated with Newsquawk?

No. MoveSurge is independent. Newsquawk is a trademark of its owner, named here only to identify the service compared.

Does MoveSurge tell me what to trade?

No. MoveSurge reports headlines and the measured market reaction. It makes no buy or sell recommendations and gives no personal advice.

Sources

Competitor facts and prices. Checked September 26, 2026 against:

Prices exclude taxes, promotions and negotiated enterprise terms, and plans change; confirm them on the provider's own page before you buy. Product names are trademarks of their owners, used only to identify the products compared. MoveSurge is not affiliated with them. MoveSurge reports news and measured market reactions; it does not give investment advice or trade recommendations.

Read the tape before you decide

Open a free account and keep it beside Newsquawk through the next market-moving headline.