# Prop firm trading platforms, side by side.

> The trading platform is the part traders see every day and the line item most founders ask about first. CFD firms choose between MetaTrader 5 white labels, cTrader, Match-Trader, TradeLocker and DXtrade; futures firms between Rithmic-routed front ends, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Volumetrica and DXtrade XT.

- Source: https://pipvalley.com/tech/prop-firm-platforms
- Publisher: PipValley - web design studio for prop trading firms
- Updated: 2026-10-12
- Disclosure: PropSuite is PipValley’s technology partner; it is labelled wherever it appears. Facts are from vendor pages and named press, checked 12 Oct 2026.

| Vendor | Type | Published pricing | Index | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [MetaTrader 5 white label](https://pipvalley.com/tech/mt5-white-label) | Trading platform | MT5 white label setup (industry range, B2BROKER): $5,000 to $15,000 one-time | MetaTrader 5: 151 of 529; MetaTrader 4: 46 of 529 | Active, with restrictions |
| [cTrader](https://pipvalley.com/tech/ctrader) | Trading platform | Quote only | cTrader: 107 of 529 | Active, with restrictions |
| [Match-Trader](https://pipvalley.com/tech/match-trader) | Trading platform | White Label: Basic: $2,500 / month | Match-Trader: 94 of 529 | Active |
| [TradeLocker](https://pipvalley.com/tech/tradelocker) | Trading platform | Starter Plan (up to 500 active accounts): $3,000 / month | TradeLocker: 54 of 529 | Active |
| [DXtrade](https://pipvalley.com/tech/dxtrade) | Trading platform | Quote only | DXtrade: 52 of 529 | Active |
| [Rithmic](https://pipvalley.com/tech/rithmic) | Futures data and order routing | Quote only | Rithmic: 25 of 529 | Active |
| [NinjaTrader Prop](https://pipvalley.com/tech/ninjatrader-prop) | Futures platform | Quote only | NinjaTrader: 24 of 529 | Active |
| [Volumetrica Trading](https://pipvalley.com/tech/volumetrica) | Futures platform | Quote only | Volumetrica: 20 of 529; DeepCharts: 14 of 529 | Active |
| [Tradovate Prop](https://pipvalley.com/tech/tradovate) | Futures platform | Quote only | Tradovate: 14 of 529 | Active |
| [WealthCharts](https://pipvalley.com/tech/prop-firm-platforms#wealthcharts) | Trading platform | Quote only | WealthCharts: 6 of 529 | Active |
| [ProjectX](https://pipvalley.com/tech/projectx) | Futures platform | Quote only | ProjectX: 2 of 529 | No longer offered to third parties |
| [Wintrado](https://pipvalley.com/tech/prop-firm-crm#wintrado) | Brokerage technology | Quote only | Wintrado: 2 of 529 | Active |
| [Leverate](https://pipvalley.com/tech/leverate) | Turnkey prop platform | Start-up Brokers (500 real accounts): €1,490 / month | Sirix: 1 of 529 | Active |
| [Tradesea](https://pipvalley.com/tech/tradesea) | Futures platform | Quote only | TradeSea: 1 of 529 | Active |
| [Quadcode](https://pipvalley.com/tech/quadcode) | Turnkey prop platform | White label prop firm setup: from $17.5k | No Index detector yet | Active |
| [Soft-FX prop trading platform](https://pipvalley.com/tech/soft-fx-prop) | Turnkey prop platform | Quote only | No Index detector yet | Status unclear |
| [Sterling Trading Tech](https://pipvalley.com/tech/sterling-trading-tech) | Stocks prop technology | Quote only | No Index detector yet | Active |
| [Tickblaze](https://pipvalley.com/tech/tickblaze) | Turnkey prop platform | Quote only | No Index detector yet | Active |
| [TraderEvolution](https://pipvalley.com/tech/traderevolution) | Trading platform | Quote only | No Index detector yet | Active |

## MetaTrader 5 white label

MetaQuotes' MetaTrader 5 reaches prop firms mainly through licensed brokers and technology resellers; MetaQuotes has restricted prop and US usage and does not sell to prop firms through a published prop product.

- **MT5 white label setup (industry range, B2BROKER)**: $5,000 to $15,000 one-time - "MT5 white label setup fees typically range from $5,000 to $15,000 (one-time)" [3]
- **MT5 white label monthly (industry range, B2BROKER)**: $1,000 to $5,000 / month - "with monthly fees of $1,000–$5,000 depending on the provider and package" [3]
- **All-in monthly incl. liquidity, CRM, compliance (B2BROKER estimate)**: $2,700 to $11,000 / month - "The all-in monthly cost, including liquidity, CRM, and compliance, can range from $2,700 to $11,000/month." [3]
- Terms: These are third-party industry ranges from B2BROKER (24 Apr 2026), not MetaQuotes prices. MetaQuotes publishes no price list. Finance Magnates reported a 20% to 25% licence fee increase effective 1 Jan 2025. [3][9]
- Launch: B2BROKER says a white label launch takes 4 to 8 weeks on average.

## cTrader

Spotware licenses the cTrader platform and back office to prop firms directly and through cTrader White Label Prop resellers such as B2BROKER and Voyage Markets.

- Quote only: no price list published (checked 12 Oct 2026).
- What they say: No list price. A Spotware-hosted B2BROKER release says cTrader charges per account rather than trading volume for prop servers. [3]
- Launch: They say 'Get it up and running in 5 days!'

## Match-Trader

Match-Trade Technologies sells the Match-Trader trading platform plus a Prop CRM (client office) and the Match2Pay crypto processor to prop firms as white label, turnkey or server licences.

- **White Label: Basic**: $2,500 / month - "WHITE LABEL Basic $2500/month Request Offer" [1]
- **White Label: Turnkey**: $4,000 / month - "WHITE LABEL Turnkey $4000/month Request Offer" [1]
- **Server**: $5,000 / month - "SERVER Server $5000/month Request Offer" [1]
- **White label (Nov 2024 announcement)**: from $2,500 per month - "White Label package starting at $2500 per month" [2]
- **Server licence (Nov 2024 announcement)**: from $5,000 per month - "the Server licence is available from $5000 per month" [2]
- **Turnkey prop (platform and CRM, Nov 2024 announcement)**: $4,000 a month - "Turnkey Prop trading solution – Platform and CRM for $4000 a month" [2]
- Terms: Each tier button says 'Request Offer'. The pricing page also says 'Our pricing is structured on a per-account basis'. The Nov 2024 article says hosting on AWS or Azure is included, no yearly commitment is required, and 'The new Match-Trader pricing is available upon request.' [1][2]
- Launch: They say 'Start your brokerage or prop firm in just 1 week!'

## TradeLocker

TradeLocker licenses its web, mobile and desktop trading platform to prop firms on a per-active-account pricing model, with a simulated live environment or your own bridge.

- **Starter Plan (up to 500 active accounts)**: $3,000 / month - "$3000 / per month ... Up to 500 active accounts ... Minimum monthly fee applies.*" [1]
- **Custom Plan (beyond 500 accounts)**: Quote - "Custom plans tailored to your volume and setup ... Get an Offer" [1]
- **Competition Accounts add-on**: from $290 / month for 500 accounts - "Starting from $290 / month for 500 accounts." [1]
- **Cluster Separation add-on**: Quote - "Exclusive server, dedicated database and faster execution." [1]
- Terms: They say 'No setup fees, no hidden costs' and 'Pay only for accounts that actually trade'. An active account is one with at least one open position in the billing month. The glossary says 'The minimum fee of $X applies if there are fewer than 500 accounts in a billing month' (amount not stated). [1]

## DXtrade

Devexperts licenses DXtrade (CFD and XT editions) to prop firms for evaluations and contests on CFDs, futures, stocks and options, with dxFeed market data.

- Quote only: no price list published (checked 12 Oct 2026).
- What they say: No prices published; pages say 'low cost of entry' and offer 'Request a demo'. [1][2]
- Launch: They say 'Launch in 7 days' (futures turnkey bundle) and 'launch in a week' on prop pages; the homepage says 'DXtrade gets you live in under two weeks'.

## Rithmic

Rithmic provides broker- and FCM-neutral futures market data, order routing and server-side risk management that funding evaluators (prop firms) use behind many third-party trading front ends.

- Quote only: no price list published (checked 12 Oct 2026).
- What they say: No prices for prop firms or institutions published; businesses are directed to contact Rithmic. [1]

## NinjaTrader Prop

NinjaTrader Prop is the NinjaTrader futures platform packaged for prop traders and offered through partner prop firms, operated by NT Technologies, LLC.

- Quote only: no price list published (checked 12 Oct 2026).
- What they say: No B2B pricing for prop firms published. [5]

## Volumetrica Trading

Volumetrica sells a white-label prop firm dashboard and CRM with its own DeepCharts trading platforms and a trading API, mainly for futures and stocks prop firms, plus a CFD and crypto version (DeepchartFX).

- Quote only: no price list published (checked 12 Oct 2026).
- What they say: No prices published on the vendor site; prop firms are directed to Book a Demo or Contact us. [1][2]
- Launch: They say customers become operational with the dashboard 'in a very short time' thanks to pre-existing integrations and pre-released APIs; no number of days is given.

## Tradovate Prop

Tradovate Prop is a futures trading platform for prop traders, offered through partner prop firms and run by NT Technologies, an affiliate of Kraken-owned NinjaTrader Group.

- Quote only: no price list published (checked 12 Oct 2026).
- What they say: No B2B pricing for prop firms published; trader-facing promotions only. [5]

## WealthCharts

WealthCharts is a charting and trading platform that integrates futures prop firms so their traders can execute from WealthCharts; it sells to traders rather than offering a white-label to firms.

- Quote only: no price list published (checked 12 Oct 2026).
- What they say: No prop-firm (B2B) pricing published. [1]

## ProjectX

ProjectX was a white-label futures trading platform and API licensed to futures prop firms; it ended third-party service at the end of February 2026 and now runs only as Topstep's TopstepX.

- Quote only: no price list published (checked 12 Oct 2026).

## Wintrado

Swiss turnkey brokerage and prop firm solution with CRM, affiliate portal, own NEO and PRO trading apps and liquidity integration.

- Quote only: no price list published (checked 12 Oct 2026).
- What they say: Starter plan up to 2.5K accounts and an Advanced plan with unlimited accounts; no prices published. [1]
- Launch: They say fully set up within 5 days.

## Leverate

Leverate sells a white label prop firm package on its SiRiX trading platform with a broker portal, CRM, client portal and liquidity.

- **Start-up Brokers (500 real accounts)**: €1,490 / month - "Start-up Brokers ... €1,490 /month ... Real Accounts 500 ... Extra Real Account €2.00" [1]
- **Start-up: CRM & Client Portal add-on**: +€2,000 / month - "CRM & Client Portal +€2,000/month" [1]
- **Professional Brokers (1,500 real accounts)**: €2,990 / month - "Professional Brokers ... €2,990 /month ... Real Accounts 1500 ... Extra Real Account €1,50" [1]
- **Professional: CRM & Client Portal add-on**: +€3,490 / month - "CRM & Client Portal +€3,490/month" [1]
- **Premium Brokers (5,000+ accounts)**: Custom - "Premium Brokers Enterprise-grade solution for large operations CUSTOM" [1]
- Terms: They say 'zero setup fees' and one month free; annual billing is 10% off. [1]
- Launch: They say firms can be live 'in as little as 10–14 days'.

## Tradesea

Tradesea is an AI-assisted futures trading platform built on Rithmic that prop firms connect to, with admin tools for firms and onboarding to Rithmic market data and OMS/RMS.

- Quote only: no price list published (checked 12 Oct 2026).
- What they say: No B2B pricing published; firms are directed to Contact Sales. [2]

## Quadcode

Quadcode sells a white label prop firm package on its own trading platform with CRM, billing, challenges, liquidity and a dealing desk.

- **White label prop firm setup**: from $17.5k - "Setup Costs from $17.5k" [1]
- **Brokerage plan: Lite (homepage)**: $17,500 - "Lite Early-stage projects and MVPs $17,500" [2]
- **Brokerage plan: Advanced (homepage)**: $37,000 - "Advanced Growing brokerages, ready to scale $37,000" [2]
- **Brokerage plan: Full (homepage)**: $50,000 - "Full Full-service brokerage $50,000" [2]
- **Brokerage plan: Prime (homepage)**: $90,000 - "Prime Established brands $90,000" [2]
- Terms: Homepage plans are for brokerages generally; the page does not say whether they are one-off or recurring. The prop page compares 'from $17.5k' with 'from $150k' to build from scratch. [1][2]
- Launch: They say 'Start White Label Prop Firm in Just 2 Weeks'.

## Soft-FX prop trading platform

Soft-FX is developing a white label prop platform (trading core, challenges, risk engine, CRM, trader portal, payments) and is recruiting launch partners.

- Quote only: no price list published (checked 12 Oct 2026).
- What they say: No prices. They say 'transparent licensing with no revenue share' and preferential terms for launch partners. [2]

## Sterling Trading Tech

Sterling Trading Tech sells OMS, risk and margin systems, trading platforms and a trading simulator, with a solution set for proprietary trading firms covering equities, options and futures.

- Quote only: no price list published (checked 12 Oct 2026).

## Tickblaze

Tickblaze sells prop firms a turnkey stack of its multi-asset trading platform, own OMS/OME, market data and a prop firm CRM, or platform plus data only, with white-label and grey-label options.

- Quote only: no price list published (checked 12 Oct 2026).
- What they say: No prices published; they say 'Best pricing in the industry' and value the Prop Advantage Package at $20,000. [1]
- Launch: They say launch or migrate a prop firm in under 30 days.

## TraderEvolution

TraderEvolution licenses a multi-asset back end and front ends to prop firms, with a market emulator for evaluations, per-account risk engine and a BackOffice API, covering equities, futures, FX and crypto; it powers the stocks prop firm Trade The Pool.

- Quote only: no price list published (checked 12 Oct 2026).
- What they say: No prices published; they say 'Flat licensing, no per-account fees'. [1]

## Questions

### What are the main prop firm trading platforms options?

We verified 19 vendors for this page on 12 Oct 2026: MetaTrader 5 white label, cTrader, Match-Trader, TradeLocker, DXtrade, Rithmic, NinjaTrader Prop, Volumetrica Trading, Tradovate Prop, WealthCharts, ProjectX, Wintrado, Leverate, Tradesea, Quadcode, Soft-FX prop trading platform, Sterling Trading Tech, Tickblaze and TraderEvolution.

### Which prop firm trading platforms do prop firms use most?

By the PipValley Index (529 firm sites, 12 Oct 2026): MetaTrader 5 white label 151, cTrader 107, Match-Trader 94, TradeLocker 54, DXtrade 52, Rithmic 25. These count firms whose pages show the vendor, not customers.

### How much does prop firm trading platforms cost?

As published (12 Oct 2026): MetaTrader 5 white label, MT5 white label setup (industry range, B2BROKER): $5,000 to $15,000 one-time; Match-Trader, White Label: Basic: $2,500 / month; TradeLocker, Starter Plan (up to 500 active accounts): $3,000 / month; Leverate, Start-up Brokers (500 real accounts): €1,490 / month; Quadcode, White label prop firm setup: from $17.5k. 14 of the 19 vendors here price by quote.

### Which prop firm trading platforms launches fastest?

By their own claims: MetaTrader 5 white label: B2BROKER says a white label launch takes 4 to 8 weeks on average. cTrader: 'Get it up and running in 5 days!' Match-Trader: 'Start your brokerage or prop firm in just 1 week!' DXtrade: 'Launch in 7 days' (futures turnkey bundle) and 'launch in a week' on prop pages; the homepage says 'DXtrade gets you live in under two weeks'. Volumetrica Trading: customers become operational with the dashboard 'in a very short time' thanks to pre-existing integrations and pre-released APIs; no number of days is given. None of these is measured.

### Which of these vendors build prop firm websites?

None of them lists marketing-site builds. PipValley builds custom prop firm websites wired to any of them.

### Are any of these restricted or discontinued?

MetaTrader 5 white label: active, with restrictions; cTrader: active, with restrictions; ProjectX: no longer offered to third parties; Soft-FX prop trading platform: status unclear.

### How did you choose and order these vendors?

Every vendor we could verify from its own pages or named press on 12 Oct 2026. PropSuite, our technology partner, is listed first where it appears; the rest are ordered by how many firm sites in the PipValley Index show them, then by name. PropSuite’s partnership is the only commercial relationship on this page.
