Starter Plan Recap
Starter gives you 10 watchlist slots, 100 alerts per month, in-app notifications, and email delivery. It is a capable monitoring tier for investors with a small but active watchlist who do not need advanced technical filters or AI-generated insights.
What Pro Adds
The most immediate difference is alert delivery speed. Pro accounts check your alert rules every 5 minutes during CSE trading hours, compared to once per hour on Free. For price targets and volume spikes, that 55-minute gap can mean the difference between catching a move and reading about it after it happened.
WhatsApp delivery is the second major unlock. On Free, alerts go to email only. Pro adds WhatsApp delivery — alerts land in your phone's chat interface within seconds of triggering, with no app to open, no dashboard to check. For Sri Lankan investors who are away from their screens during the 9:30am–2:30pm SLST trading window, this is the most practical upgrade.
The third difference is analytical depth. Pro unlocks advanced alert types — RSI overbought/oversold, golden and death cross detection, volume spike alerts, and breakout detection. These are signal types that require more computation and are genuinely useful for active investors who track 10+ stocks and want to act on technical levels, not just price targets. The AI morning brief, portfolio P&L tracker, and full stock screener round out the Pro feature set.
The Value of the AI Morning Brief
The AI morning brief is perhaps the most underrated Pro feature for investors who monitor more than 10 stocks. Instead of spending 15 to 20 minutes checking charts and news each morning, the brief delivers a structured synthesis in 3 to 5 minutes. Over a month, this represents a significant time saving for active CSE investors.
The advanced alert types unlocked by Pro are transformative for technical traders. The combination of volume_spike, rsi_below, and ma_cross_golden alerts creates a multi-layer signal system that is simply not possible on Starter. If technical analysis is part of your strategy, Pro is the minimum effective tier.
When to Upgrade to Pro
Upgrade to Pro when you regularly hit your Starter alert limit, when you want WhatsApp delivery for faster notifications, when you want the screener for systematic stock discovery, or when the AI morning brief would replace current manual research you do every day. Most active CSE investors find Pro the right tier once their portfolio has grown beyond 5 holdings.