Option Samurai alternative: who should switch, and who should stay

Who should stay with Option Samurai

If your workflow depends on anything beyond the scan itself, Option Samurai covers more of it. Its public pages describe several capabilities that OptionClaws does not have at all, and its stated filter count is well above ours.

• You want to be notified when a new trade matches a saved scan. Option Samurai's Advanced plan monitors scans intraday and notifies you. OptionClaws has no alerts or emailed scans.
• You want the widest filter set. Option Samurai states over 100 filters on its features page and 170 on its homepage, and a saved scan can hold up to 100 criteria. OptionClaws has 40+.
• You backtest or simulate before you trade. Option Samurai describes a scenario backtester and Monte Carlo simulation. OptionClaws has no backtesting.
• You keep a trade journal or send orders from the scanner. Option Samurai lists a trade log and direct transmission to brokers. OptionClaws does not journal, sync with brokers, or execute trades.
• You work in Excel or Google Sheets. Option Samurai offers a spreadsheet toolbox.
• You want to define your own strategy structure. Option Samurai supports custom strategy definition; OptionClaws scans a fixed set of 23.
• You want a longer trial. Option Samurai's trial is 14 days with no card, versus 7 days for OptionClaws.

Who should consider OptionClaws instead

OptionClaws is built for traders who mainly want the scan: pick one of 23 strategies, apply filters, and review ranked trades with a payoff chart and probability of profit for each result. It fits a few specific situations.

• You want to run scans from ChatGPT or Claude. OptionClaws connectors are included in the subscription, so you can describe a scan in plain English, have the assistant run it, and ask follow-up questions about the results. The same connector works in Grok and Claude Code. We found no AI connector on Option Samurai's features page.
• You scan from your phone. OptionClaws has native iOS and Android apps alongside the web app. Option Samurai describes a full-featured mobile web version, and we did not find a native app.
• You want a smaller, focused filter set. Forty-plus filters cover the trade (probability of profit, return on risk, max loss, delta, days to expiration), volatility, the stock, events such as earnings, and liquidity. Some traders prefer fewer controls; others will miss the extra depth.
• You want to reuse curated starting points. OptionClaws ships 20 presets that you can run as-is or adjust and save.

Strategy coverage is roughly equal

Strategy breadth is not a meaningful difference between the two. Option Samurai's homepage says 24 option strategies, its features page says 24+, and its landing page lists 23, including covered calls, naked puts, long calls and puts, vertical spreads, straddles, strangles, iron condors, butterflies, and diagonals; its homepage also names calendars. OptionClaws scans 23 strategies across the same families: covered calls, cash-secured and naked puts, credit and debit spreads, iron condors, straddles, strangles, butterflies, calendars, and diagonals.

Where they differ is custom structures. Option Samurai lets you define your own strategy; OptionClaws does not.

Price and trial, side by side

Option Samurai's own pages list different prices. As of September 2026 its homepage shows Beginner at $39/mo and Advanced at $59/mo when paid annually, its help center says "starting" at those amounts, and its landing page shows a monthly plan at $49 and a yearly plan at $468. Alerts are on the Advanced plan. Check its pricing page before you decide, since promotions change.

OptionClaws lists $39.99/mo or $399.99/yr, with every feature on one plan. Both offer a free trial with no card: 14 days for Option Samurai and 7 days for OptionClaws. Neither states a free tier.

How to decide

Start with the features you would miss. If alerts, backtesting, journaling, broker transmission, or a very large filter set are part of your routine, Option Samurai is the more complete tool, and you should stay with it. If you mainly want full-market strategy scans and would like to run them from ChatGPT or Claude or from a native phone app, try OptionClaws for 7 days with no card and run the same scan in both products. Comparing the result lists for a strategy you already trade is the fastest way to see which one fits.

Frequently asked questions

Is OptionClaws a replacement for Option Samurai?

For scanning by strategy, the two overlap closely. OptionClaws does not replace Option Samurai's alerts, backtester, trade journal, broker transmission, spreadsheet tools, or larger filter set, so it is a replacement only if you do not use those.

Which has more filters?

Option Samurai. Its features page says over 100 filters and its homepage says 170. OptionClaws has 40+.

Can I use Option Samurai from ChatGPT or Claude?

We found no ChatGPT or Claude connector on Option Samurai's features page when we checked in September 2026. OptionClaws includes connectors for ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Claude Code.

Does either tool need a credit card for the trial?

No. Option Samurai states a 14-day trial with no credit card needed, and OptionClaws offers a 7-day trial with no card.

Does OptionClaws send alerts when a scan finds a new trade?

No. OptionClaws has no alerts or emailed scan results. You rerun saved scans yourself on the web, in the apps, or from an AI assistant. Option Samurai's Advanced plan offers intraday scan alerts.

Sources

• Option Samurai homepage (checked 2026-09-28)
• Option Samurai features (checked 2026-09-28)
• Option Samurai pricing landing page (checked 2026-09-28)
• Option Samurai help center: pricing plans (checked 2026-09-28)
• Option Samurai blog: backtester (checked 2026-09-28)

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