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# Quantral vs LunarCrush: track records or social momentum

> LunarCrush measures social momentum across stocks, crypto and more. Quantral weighs finance posts by each poster's track record. Features, price and fit.

By Maya Koeva · 2026-10-28

LunarCrush and Quantral both read the social conversation about a stock and turn it into a score.
They measure different things. LunarCrush measures how much attention an asset
is getting across general social media and news, for stocks, crypto and dozens of other topics.
Quantral reads finance sources only and asks whether the people posting have been right before.

## Which is better, Quantral or LunarCrush?

It depends on what you need the chatter for. Quantral is best for checking whether the accounts
behind the chatter have been right. LunarCrush is best for measuring social momentum across many
assets, including crypto. Pick Quantral for investment ideas on individual stocks: it weighs posts from
finance X, Reddit, Substack and YouTube finance shows by each poster's track record, and adds
Congress trades and insider buys. Pick LunarCrush to track attention on stocks and crypto across
X, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and news, or to feed that data into your own tools.

For both next to the rest of the field, see
**[social sentiment analysis tools compared](/learn/social-sentiment-analysis-tools)**.

## At a glance

| | <AppIcon src="/logos/apps/lunarcrush.png" alt="LunarCrush" /> | <AppIcon src="/logos/apps/quantral.png" alt="Quantral" /> |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A social media analytics platform | An investment ideas app built on alternative data |
| Sources | X, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and news | X, Reddit, Substack, YouTube, Naver, Telegram, Congress, Insiders, SEC filings, Patents |
| What the score measures | Galaxy Score (0-100): social activity, sentiment and market momentum combined | Signal score (0-100): the conversation on a stock, weighted by each poster's track record |
| Grades the posters | No | Yes |
| Assets | Stocks, crypto and 50+ topic categories | Stocks only: NYSE, Nasdaq, KOSPI, KOSDAQ. No crypto |
| Insider and Congress data | No | Yes: Congress trades and insider buys |
| Engagement and creator metrics | Yes: engagements, mentions, contributors, social dominance, AltRank | Mentions and the bull/bear split, plus each account's record |
| API and MCP | REST API, MCP server and CLI on every paid plan | MCP server at quantral.com/mcp, included with every plan |
| Price | Free account; Individual $90/mo ($72/mo billed yearly) or $5/day | $5.99/wk, $14.99/mo, or $9.99/mo billed yearly (7-day trial on yearly) |
| Best for | Social momentum across many assets, and data for your own tools | Checking who is behind the chatter on a stock |

Prices and features as of October 28, 2026.

## The core difference: reach or record

LunarCrush measures reach. It reads general social media and news, filters out spam and bots,
and reports how much people talk about an asset, how they engage with it and which way the mood
leans. Its sentiment figure weights posts by engagement, so a post that draws a big reaction
counts for more. The Galaxy Score then blends that social picture with market momentum into one
number from 0 to 100. Stocks are one category among many: crypto, sports, brands and culture sit on
the same dashboard.

Quantral measures record. It reads finance sources, and each account it tracks carries a
[graded track record](/learn/how-a-track-record-is-graded). Quantral grades every call it tracks,
losers included, and weights the score by the posters' track records. A burst of posts from
unproven accounts barely moves a stock's [0-100 score](/learn/what-is-a-stock-signal). A handful
from accounts with a good record moves it a lot.

The two scores answer different questions. A high Galaxy Score says an asset is drawing strong
attention and engagement right now. A high Quantral score says the accounts with the best records
lean bullish on that stock today. Neither score predicts the price, and as
[volume vs signal](/learn/volume-vs-signal) explains, attention and credibility are separate facts.

## Feature by feature

### Sources

The two read different sets of sources. Both read X, Reddit and YouTube. LunarCrush covers general social media
and news: X, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and news sites, for every topic it tracks. That
gives it TikTok and Instagram, which Quantral does not read.

Quantral covers curated finance sources: finance X, Reddit, Substack, finance shows on YouTube,
selected South Korean investing blogs on Naver and Korean broker research on Telegram. Substack,
Naver and Telegram broker research are sources LunarCrush does not list. Quantral also tracks the
stock trades members of Congress disclose and open-market buys by company insiders. The full list
is on [Quantral's sources page](/sources).

### What the score measures

LunarCrush's Galaxy Score combines social activity, sentiment and market momentum, and a reading
above 50 is above average. AltRank ranks every asset by combined social and market momentum, where
1 is the strongest. Around those sit social volume, mentions, engagements, contributors, social
dominance and an engagement-weighted sentiment percentage. If you want the shape of the attention,
LunarCrush gives you more ways to measure it.

Quantral's score is one number per company, built from the direction of each post and the record
of the account behind it. Next to the score you see the bull and bear split, the posts behind it
and each poster's graded calls. The Quantral app reads social sources in real time; Congress and
insider data arrive as filed.

### Stocks and crypto

LunarCrush covers crypto and stocks side by side, plus topic categories that have nothing to do
with markets, and it is the stronger tool for crypto. Quantral covers stocks
only: US listings on NYSE and Nasdaq, and Korean listings on KOSPI and KOSDAQ. If crypto is part of
your watchlist, LunarCrush covers it and Quantral does not.

### Insider and Congress data

Quantral adds two non-social sources. It grades the stock trades members of Congress disclose and
ranks the members on the [Congress stock tracker](/congress-stock-tracker), and it lists insider
buys on the [insider trading tracker](/insider-trading-tracker). LunarCrush covers neither.

### API and MCP

LunarCrush sells data access. Every paid plan includes its REST API, an MCP server and a CLI, with
JSON and CSV output and request limits that rise with the plan. If you are building a dashboard,
a bot or a research pipeline on social data, LunarCrush is set up for that job.

Quantral's [MCP server](/mcp) connects Claude, ChatGPT or another agent to your Quantral account,
so the assistant can read a stock's score, the posts behind it and the monthly recaps inside the
conversation. It comes with every plan and is read-only. You use it to ask questions inside an assistant; for
bulk data pipelines, LunarCrush's API fits better. The setup is in
[how to connect Claude to stock data](/learn/how-to-connect-claude-to-stock-data).

## Is LunarCrush worth it?

As of October 28, 2026, LunarCrush has a free account with market data and 1-hour and 24-hour social
sentiment on its Discover pages. Paid plans start with Individual at $90 a month, $72 a month billed
yearly, or $5 for a single day. Builder is $300 a month and Scale is $900 a month, with higher
request limits for developers, and LunarCrush quotes Enterprise on request. Paid plans have no free trial;
LunarCrush points people to the daily plan as the low-cost way to try one.

LunarCrush is worth it if you track crypto and stocks together, want engagement and creator
metrics, or need social data in your own software. It is a lot to pay if the question you have is
narrower: whether the people talking about a stock have been right.

Quantral is $5.99 a week, $14.99 a month, or $119.99 a year ($9.99 a month), and the yearly plan
starts with a 7-day free trial. Quantral has no free plan. You pay for the grading: a track record
behind each account and a score built on top of them. Prices are on the
[pricing page](/pricing).

## Which one should you use?

| Your goal | Use |
|---|---|
| Check whether the accounts talking about a stock have been right | Quantral |
| Measure social momentum on crypto, or crypto and stocks together | LunarCrush |
| Track attention on TikTok and Instagram | LunarCrush |
| Read Substack, Naver or Korean broker research alongside X and Reddit | Quantral |
| See Congress trades and insider buys next to the crowd | Quantral |
| Pull social data into your own dashboard or model through an API | LunarCrush |
| Ask Claude or ChatGPT about a stock's score and who is behind it | Quantral |
| Research individual US or Korean stocks for a long-term portfolio | Quantral |
| Watch engagement, creators and share of voice on any topic | LunarCrush |

## Who LunarCrush is best for

LunarCrush is best for measuring social momentum across many assets, including crypto. Traders who
hold crypto and stocks get one dashboard for both. Analysts who care about engagement, creators and
share of voice get more of those metrics than Quantral offers. Developers get a data
API, an MCP server and a CLI on every paid plan. If attention is the thing you trade or study,
LunarCrush measures it from more angles.

## Who Quantral is best for

Quantral is best for checking whether the accounts behind the chatter have been right. It suits
investors who research individual stocks and want investment ideas filtered by the record of the people
posting them. Quantral grades every call it tracks, losers included, and weights
each stock's 0-100 score by the posters' track records. It also reads finance sources LunarCrush
does not, Substack, Naver and Korean broker research on Telegram, and sets Congress trades and
insider buys next to the crowd. You can see how it reads a name on the [stock pages](/stocks).

## Common questions

### What is the difference between Quantral and LunarCrush?

LunarCrush measures how much attention and engagement an asset gets across X, Reddit, YouTube,
TikTok, Instagram and news, for stocks, crypto and other topics. Quantral reads finance sources and
weights each stock's score by the track records of the accounts posting. LunarCrush measures social
momentum; Quantral checks who is right.

### Does LunarCrush grade the accounts it tracks?

No. LunarCrush filters spam and bots and weights sentiment by engagement, but it does not publish a
graded track record for the posters behind a stock's score. Quantral grades every call it tracks,
losers included.

### Does Quantral cover crypto?

No. Quantral covers stocks on NYSE, Nasdaq, KOSPI and KOSDAQ. For crypto social data, LunarCrush is
the better fit.

### Is LunarCrush free?

Partly. LunarCrush has a free account with market data and 1-hour and 24-hour social sentiment on
Discover. The full metrics, API and MCP start at $90 a month, or $5 for a single day.

### Which is cheaper, Quantral or LunarCrush?

For a paid plan, Quantral. Quantral costs $14.99 a month, or $9.99 a month billed yearly with a
7-day free trial. LunarCrush's Individual plan is $90 a month, or $72 a month billed yearly.
LunarCrush has a free account and Quantral does not.

### Do both have an MCP server?

Yes. LunarCrush's MCP server comes with its paid plans and shares the API's request limits.
Quantral's MCP server at https://quantral.com/mcp is included with every Quantral plan and lets
Claude or ChatGPT read a stock's score and the posts behind it.

### Can I use both?

Yes. You can use LunarCrush to see where attention builds across stocks and crypto, then Quantral
to check whether the accounts behind that attention have a record worth following.

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*Quantral surfaces signals and context from public sources to support your own research. Nothing
here is financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell. LunarCrush details and pricing are
current as of October 28, 2026, from lunarcrush.com; check LunarCrush directly for the latest.*