Guide
How much does a crypto trading bot cost?
There are four pricing models, and in none of them is the software price the whole cost.
Prices checked 2 Oct 2026 on the providers’ own pages.
Four ways bots are priced
- Subscription. Cloud software that connects to your exchange account. Entry tiers gate how many bots, exchanges and features you get.
- Free, self-hosted. Software you run on your own machine; you pay nothing to the provider and carry the operating work yourself.
- Built into an exchange. No separate bot fee where one is stated; you pay the exchange’s trading costs, and the exchange holds the funds.
- Copy trading. No subscription; the lead trader takes a share of your profit, on top of normal fees.
| Product | Model | Price as shown |
|---|---|---|
| 3CommasStarter | Cloud bot software | $20 a month, or $15 a month billed annually |
| CryptohopperExplorer | Cloud bot software | $29 a month, or $24.16 a month billed annually, excluding VAT |
| BitsgapBasic | Cloud bot software | $29 a month, or $23 a month billed annually |
| CoinruleInvestor | Cloud bot software | $29.99 a month shown, billed $359 a year; a month-to-month price is not shown |
| KryllOSWhole product | Self-hosted bot software | $0; no subscription, commission or paid tier stated |
| Pionex built-in botsGrid, DCA, futures and other built-in bots | Bots built into an exchange | $0; no separate subscription or activation fee |
| Binance Trading BotsSpot Grid (product page) | Bots built into an exchange | No separate bot price stated on the page read |
| OKX Trading BotsSmart Portfolio, Recurring Buy, Spot Grid, Futures Grid | Bots built into an exchange | No separate bot price stated on the page read |
| Bybit Trading BotsSpot and Futures Grid, DCA, Futures Martingale | Bots built into an exchange | $0 bot-use fee |
| Binance Spot Copy TradingSpot Copy Trading | Copy trading | 10% of copier profits to the lead trader |
| OKX Copy TradingCopy Trading | Copy trading | 8–13% of profits to the lead trader |
| Bybit Copy TradingClassic Copy Trading | Copy trading | 10–15% of net profit, by Master Trader rank |
Where a page does not state a price, the table says so. An unstated price is not a zero price.
What the software price leaves out
- Trading fees on every fill. A grid cycle is a buy and a sell, so it pays twice.
- Funding on perpetual futures, paid or received every settlement.
- Spread and slippage: the gap between the price you expect and the price you get.
- Withdrawal and deposit costs, which depend on the exchange and the method.
Those costs can decide the result on their own. In Fygga’s backtest (1 Jan 2022 – 24 Jun 2026), the same strategy returned +2.8% in total rebalancing weekly and -19.1% rebalancing daily. The only difference was how often it paid costs. See the cost sweep.
Monthly or annual?
Annual plans show a lower monthly figure but bill the year up front. One page in the table shows a monthly figure while billing yearly and does not show a month-to-month price; another quotes prices before VAT. Compare like with like: the billing basis is in each row.
Every row, with its source and check dates: the full data (CC BY 4.0). Educational only — not financial advice, and not a recommendation of any product.