# The best OSRS flipping tools

> The OSRS flipping tools worth knowing, by what each is best at: free margin sites, Premium flip finders and RuneLite plugins, with prices and caveats from each tool’s own pages.

Canonical: https://osrsgrandexchange.com/best/flipping-tools
Last updated: 2026-10-29

There’s no single best flipping tool: it depends on whether you need margins, speed, alerts or a log of your own flips. These are the ones flippers use, what each is best for, and what it costs, from each tool’s own pages (checked 2026-10-29). We’re one of them; we’ve said where we fall short.

By the OSRS Grand Exchange team.

## By what you need

- **[OSRS Wiki real-time prices](https://prices.runescape.wiki/osrs/)**: best for free margins that are less than a minute old. Margins after tax, ROI, profit per buy limit, margin × volume; refreshes every 60 seconds while open. Free.
- **[OSRS Grand Exchange (this site)](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/flipping)**: best for a free shortlist of flips that trade, ranked by profit per buy limit. Only items with at least 10 trades in the last hour that are liquid over the day; plus item set margins and merch flags. Prices every 5 minutes. Free, no ads.
- **[GE Tracker](https://www.ge-tracker.com/)**: best for flip finders and a log of your own flips. Profit tracker with RuneLite import on the free plan; highest-margin, high-volume and GE-limit flip finders and alerts on Premium (£2.00 a month).
- **[OSRS Exchange](https://osrs.exchange/)**: best for speed and Discord alerts. 30-second updates free, 6 seconds on Premium ($4.99 a month); alerts by Discord DM or email.
- **[Flipping Utilities (RuneLite plugin)](https://github.com/Flipping-Utilities/rl-plugin)**: best for tracking your flips inside the game client. Free plugin: real-time profit, a detailed log of your trades, slot timers and quick price entry from your margin checks.
- **[Flipping Copilot (RuneLite plugin)](https://github.com/cbrewitt/flipping-copilot)**: best for suggestions on what to flip and at what price. Suggests items, prices and quantities and when to cancel offers. RuneLite warns it sends your GE offers, transactions and IP address to a third-party server.

## How to choose

- **Starting out:** a free margin list (the wiki’s or [ours](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/flipping)) and the [GE tax calculator](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/ge-tax-calculator). Check a margin in game before committing.
- **Flipping often:** add a tracker for your own results, either Flipping Utilities in RuneLite or GE Tracker’s profit tracker.
- **Flipping fast items:** freshness matters more than features; the wiki’s site or OSRS Exchange.
- **Watching for a merch:** our item pages flag likely merches, and [Invest](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/invest) leaves them out of its list.

## Where we fall short for flippers

- **Slower prices.** We sweep every 5 minutes. The wiki’s price site refreshes every 60 seconds and OSRS Exchange every 30 seconds (6 on Premium).
- **No trade log.** We don’t record your own flips; GE Tracker’s profit tracker does, and imports from RuneLite.
- **No mobile app and no public API.** GE Tracker has an app; the OSRS Wiki’s API is free for anyone to build on.

[Open today’s flip list](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/flipping): Free, after the 2% tax.

## Sources

- [OSRS Wiki real-time prices](https://prices.runescape.wiki/osrs/) (checked 2026-10-29)
- [OSRS Wiki real-time prices, Abyssal whip page](https://prices.runescape.wiki/osrs/item/4151) (checked 2026-10-29)
- [GE Tracker pricing](https://www.ge-tracker.com/pricing) (checked 2026-10-29)
- [OSRS Exchange Premium](https://osrs.exchange/premium) (checked 2026-10-29)
- [Flipping Utilities (RuneLite plugin) on GitHub](https://github.com/Flipping-Utilities/rl-plugin) (checked 2026-10-29)
- [Flipping Copilot (RuneLite plugin) on GitHub](https://github.com/cbrewitt/flipping-copilot) (checked 2026-10-29)
- [RuneLite Plugin Hub entry for Flipping Copilot](https://github.com/runelite/plugin-hub/blob/master/plugins/flipping-copilot) (checked 2026-10-29)
- Our own prices: [OSRS Wiki real-time prices API](https://prices.runescape.wiki/), stored every 5 minutes.

## Related

- [Live OSRS Grand Exchange prices](https://osrsgrandexchange.com)
- [OSRS flipping margins after tax](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/flipping)
- [GE Tracker alternatives](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/alternatives/ge-tracker)
- [OSRS Grand Exchange vs GE Tracker](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/vs/osrs-grand-exchange-vs-ge-tracker)
- [GE Tracker vs OSRS Exchange](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/vs/ge-tracker-vs-osrs-exchange)