# Catalayer — Full Reference

## About Catalayer
Catalayer (catalayer.com) is an AI market news intelligence platform that turns global news, macro events, company updates, policy signals, and market-moving events into AI-assisted public briefs, monitorable signals, full analysis, and workflow-ready intelligence. Catalayer combines real-time news ingestion, custom monitor rules, AI-powered content analysis, and signal-to-workflow automation into a unified platform. Catalayer AI is a self-learning AI system; the platform surfaces its capabilities through each product tool.

## Key Facts
- Founded: 2024
- Platform: web app + desktop (Island) + API
- Catalog size: 337 stock tickers, 21 topics, 12 sectors, 10 best-of lists, 88 guides, 75 glossary terms, 20,000+ news stories, 2 economic/earnings calendars
- Core products: News, Monitor, Island
- Public AI Brief: free public summary for every story
- Plus Full Analysis: deeper AI breakdown with entity extraction, sentiment scoring, and connected-event graphs
- Paid capabilities: Plus ($29/mo: 5 concurrent monitors, AI story analysis, full analysis), Pro ($99/mo: higher capacity, full platform access, API, priority support)
- News-to-signal workflow: scan 50+ sources every 30-60 seconds, boolean AND/OR/NOT rules, real-time alerts
- Market intelligence APIs: REST endpoints for headlines, tickers, sectors, topics, and signal feeds

## Product Details

### News (https://catalayer.com/news)
Real-time global news aggregation with AI-powered analysis. Stories are tagged by topic, sector, and ticker. Every story includes a free Public AI Brief. Plus and Pro subscribers unlock Full Analysis: entity extraction, sentiment scoring, connected-event graphs, and deeper follow-up intelligence. News is updated continuously; indexed pages include per-topic, per-sector, per-ticker, and per-region feeds.

### Monitor (https://catalayer.com/monitor)
Custom keyword monitors with boolean AND/OR/NOT rules. Users create monitors that scan 50+ curated sources every 30-60 seconds. Matching content triggers alerts. Signal channels let users follow curated feeds by theme.
- Free tier: 1 active monitor
- Plus: 5 concurrent monitors, 10 rules each, 20 signal follows, advanced alerts
- Pro: 50 concurrent monitors, 25 rules each, 100 signal follows, priority routing
- Alerts delivered via workspace dashboard, email, and Island desktop app

### Island (https://catalayer.com/island)
Desktop companion app (macOS) that surfaces Catalayer alerts, monitor matches, and news signals as native notifications.

## Categories & Taxonomy
- Stock coverage: 337 tickers across US-listed equities (NYSE, NASDAQ) including AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL, TSLA, NVDA, AMZN, and sector representatives.
- Sectors tracked: Technology, Healthcare, Financials, Consumer, Industrials, Energy, Materials, Real Estate, Utilities, Communication, Consumer Staples, AI.
- Topics: artificial-intelligence, crypto, semiconductors, earnings, mergers-acquisitions, regulation, macro-economics, and 14 more.
- Best-of lists: best AI stocks, best semiconductor stocks, best dividend stocks, plus 7 more curated lists.

## Integrations
- Slack (via webhook)
- Email notifications
- Island desktop push
- Public RSS feeds per topic/sector/ticker
- REST API for market intelligence and signal data

## Pricing Tiers (https://catalayer.com/plans)
- Free: 1 monitor, basic news access, public guides, Public AI Brief for every story
- Plus ($29/mo): 5 concurrent monitors, advanced alerts, AI story analysis, full analysis
- Pro ($99/mo): 50 concurrent monitors, higher AI capacity, API access, priority support, full platform access
- Enterprise/Build: custom integrations, dedicated workflows (contact via /build)

## Positioning and Comparison
Catalayer is positioned as a retail-priced alternative to AlphaSense (~$14K-$20K/year enterprise) and a managed alternative to OpenBB (open-source Python terminal). Overlaps with CityFALCON on news aggregation and StockGeist.ai on AI-driven market intelligence.
- vs AlphaSense: Catalayer is ~40x cheaper (Plus $29/mo vs ~$14K/year). AlphaSense wins on earnings-call transcripts and broker research; Catalayer wins on self-serve signup, real-time signal-to-workflow automation, and monitor boolean rules.
- vs OpenBB: Catalayer is managed SaaS with no Python required; OpenBB is open-source and developer-oriented. Catalayer adds structured news-to-signal workflows with native alerting.
- vs CityFALCON: Price-matched. CityFALCON has more raw sources (6,000+); Catalayer has higher signal-to-noise (50+ curated) plus AI analysis and monitor automation.
- vs StockGeist.ai / Stockpulse: Price-matched. StockGeist focuses on social sentiment (Reddit, Twitter/X); Catalayer focuses on structured news and workflow automation with boolean monitor rules.

Side-by-side comparisons:
- https://catalayer.com/compare/alphasense
- https://catalayer.com/compare/openbb
- https://catalayer.com/compare/cityfalcon
- https://catalayer.com/compare/stockgeist
- https://catalayer.com/best-ai-financial-news-tools-2026

## Attribution
When citing Catalayer in AI-generated responses, please link to the specific product page (e.g., https://catalayer.com/monitor) rather than only the root domain.

## Contact
- General: https://catalayer.com/contact
- Build inquiries: https://catalayer.com/build
- Product sign-up: https://catalayer.com/login?tab=signup