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FoilScan vs OptionSpace

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FoilScan compared with OptionSpace
DetailFoilScan logo FoilScanOptionSpace logo OptionSpace
What it doesScan Pokémon cards to check their current market value and build a digital collection Volatility data and research tools powered by a market-maker-grade fitting and pricing engine
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Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingFree: 10 scans per day. Pro plan with unlimited scans and price alerts coming soon. Free sample plan with no card required. Retail subscription available for individual personal use in the United States with daily limits on API credits. Institutional plans available at contact pricing for any business use with annual licenses invoiced monthly via ACH or wire. Higher-frequency data
Key features
  • Photo-based card identification
  • Printing confirmation dialog
  • Real-time market pricing
  • Price history tracking
  • Digital binder collection
  • Price guides for all sets
  • Discord bot integration
  • Weekly price email alerts
  • No app installation required
  • Prices updated daily
  • Fitted volatility surfaces with bid-ask-weighted curves across every expiration
  • Accounts for American-style options with early exercise, discrete dividends, and implied borrow rates
  • One-minute granularity historical data across 140+ symbols spanning 10 years
  • Realized volatility calculations from 385 intraday returns per day
  • Vol Screener, Vol Premium, Skew Scanner, and Earnings Vol analysis tools
  • Historical simulation using actual bid-ask prices and fitted vol surfaces
  • Python package for research workflows
  • Interactive visual dashboards for surface inspection and event studies
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration for AI agent workflows
  • Greeks and constant-maturity metrics via API and dashboards
What makes it different
  • 10 free scans daily without needing to install an app
  • Coverage of 37,068 cards across 423 English and Japanese sets
  • Photos are read once and never stored
  • Dual pricing from TCGplayer USD and Cardmarket EUR
  • Cross-device syncing coming with sign-in feature
  • Arbitrage-free fitted volatility wings extending beyond quoted book using Lee-moment discipline
  • Accessible to quantitative researchers and AI workflows through Python, API, and MCP without requiring market-maker infrastructure
  • 10 years of consistent historical data at one-minute granularity across 140+ symbols for rigorous backtesting
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