Oak Growth vs ShareScope

ShareScope is £36 a month for a Windows desktop application with excellent data. Oak Growth is £18, runs in any browser, and answers the question ShareScope leaves to you — what is this business actually worth?

By Nathan Wickham-Hurd · Founder, Oak Growth · First-class Economics & Finance, MBA · Last reviewed August 2026

Disclosure. I built Oak Growth, so I am not a neutral reviewer. Everything below about ShareScope comes from their own published material, checked in August 2026. Pricing is tiered and changes — confirm on their site before subscribing.

The short version

ShareScope is the long-established desktop application from the same company as SharePad, at £36 a month with 15-minute delayed prices and live news. It's a powerful piece of software with a devoted following. Oak Growth is half the price, runs anywhere, and answers the question ShareScope leaves to you: what is this business actually worth?

Side by side

	Oak Growth	ShareScope
Price	£18/month	£36/month
Intrinsic value in £	Every company, DCF	No fair value published
Sort by margin of safety	One click	Not available
Buffett four pillars	Moat, management, economics, value	No
Runs on	Any browser, including a phone	Windows desktop application
Prices	Live, timed next update	15 minutes delayed
Markets	8	UK-focused
Entry timing	Two MA dots + RSI	Full technical suite to interpret
Learning curve	Minutes	Substantial
News	Live SEC 8-K, filtered — US only	Live UK news

The differences that matter

1. Half the price, and no tiers

£36 a month against £18. Over a year that's £432 versus £216 — and on a £20,000 portfolio, the difference is about a percentage point a year of drag, before either tool has helped you make a single decision.

2. It's a desktop application

ShareScope installs on Windows and that's where it lives. Oak Growth runs in a browser, so it works on a laptop, a tablet or the phone in your pocket — which is where most people actually check a holding.

3. No fair value, so no way to rank by discount

ShareScope gives you data and charts of real quality. What it doesn't give you is a number for what a business is worth. Oak Growth publishes a discounted cash flow intrinsic value for every company, shows the margin of safety against today's price, and lets you sort the entire universe by that gap in one click.

4. Live prices, not a 15-minute lag

ShareScope's subscription runs on 15-minute delayed prices. Oak Growth shows live prices with the next update time on screen, so what you are looking at is current rather than a quarter of an hour old.

5. A method, not just a toolkit

Moat, management, economics, value — the four questions, scored on every company, with two moving-average dots and RSI on the chart for timing. ShareScope hands you a full technical suite and leaves you to work out which indicators matter and what to do when they disagree.

ShareScope and SharePad — which is which

Both come from the same company. ShareScope is the older Windows application; SharePad is the newer browser-based product. They share much of the same data and philosophy, and neither publishes a fair value figure. If you're weighing them against each other, the practical question is desktop software versus a browser — see Oak Growth vs SharePad for that side.

Where ShareScope is stronger

Depth of UK data, charting quality and live UK news — ShareScope carries live RNS, which Oak Growth does not; Oak Growth's news feed covers SEC 8-K filings, filtered to the announcements likely to move a price. ShareScope has been refined over many years and its users tend to stay for a long time, which tells you something. If you want a full-featured desktop terminal and don't mind the price or the learning curve, it's a serious product.

Worth knowing about free access generally. A handful of tools will show you a fair value on a few companies without paying — five reports a month here, a limited view there. What none of them give away is unlimited access to intrinsic values across a whole market. That is what a subscription buys, whoever you buy it from. The question is what else comes with it, and at what price.

Who each one suits

ShareScope if you work at a Windows desk, want maximum data depth and live news, and are happy at £36 a month.

Oak Growth if you want to know what a company is worth without building the model yourself, want it on your phone, want eight markets rather than a UK focus, and would rather pay £18.

Half the price. Eight markets. A number on every company.

Oak Growth estimates what roughly 1,000 companies are worth, ranks them by margin of safety, and scores each on moat, management, economics and value — in any browser, for £18 a month.

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Common questions

How much does ShareScope cost?

ShareScope's monthly subscription is £36 a month, which includes 15-minute delayed prices and live news. Oak Growth is £18 a month with every market and feature included and no tiers.

Is there a cheaper alternative to ShareScope?

Oak Growth is £18 a month against ShareScope's £36, covers eight markets, runs in any browser including on a phone, and publishes a discounted cash flow intrinsic value and margin of safety for every company it covers.

What is the difference between ShareScope and SharePad?

Both are from the same company. ShareScope is the older Windows desktop application; SharePad is the newer browser-based product. They share much of the same underlying data, and neither publishes a fair value figure per company.

Does ShareScope tell you what a share is worth?

No. ShareScope provides deep fundamental data and professional charting, but it does not publish a discounted cash flow fair value. Working out what a business is worth is left to the user.

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