Crux vs TradeZella
An honest comparison, checked against TradeZella’s own pricing page on 19 September 2026.
When is TradeZella the better choice?
TradeZella does more in one place. It has trade replay, backtesting and an AI assistant. Spaces and Mentor Mode let you share your journal with a coach or group, and it lists over 500 broker and prop firm integrations. If you want all of that, or your broker is not one Crux connects to, it is the stronger choice.
When is Crux the better choice?
Crux is built around one question: is following your plan making you money? It scores each trade against your own rules and turns the answer into a dollar figure. It finds the habits that cost you from your fills alone, and emails you before a prop firm limit. It costs $9.99 to $29.99 a month against TradeZella's $35 to $99.
Side by side
| Crux | TradeZella | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $9.99 / $19.99 / $29.99 (Journal / Edge / Elite) | $35 / $59 / $99 (Essential / Pro / Ultra) |
| Yearly price | $99.99 / $199.99 / $299.99 | $315 / $531 / $891 |
| Free trial | 7 days, no card | Not on their pricing page |
| Automatic broker sync | On every plan: cTrader (and the prop firms on it), OANDA, Interactive Brokers and six crypto exchanges, with more on the way | 500+ broker and prop firm integrations |
| Import from any broker's file | Yes | Not on their pricing page |
| Puts a dollar figure on following your plan | Yes | Not on their pricing page |
| Finds costly habits from your fills (after a loss, sizing up, late in the day) | Yes | Not on their pricing page |
| Prop firm evaluations: trailing drawdown, daily limit, consistency | Yes (Elite) | Yes (PropFirm Sync) |
| Emails you before a drawdown or daily limit | Yes (Elite) | Not on their pricing page |
| Weekly and monthly review with one thing to fix | Yes | Not on their pricing page |
| Your own risk rules, checked on every trade, with alerts | Yes (Elite) | Not on their pricing page |
| What-if: test a rule on your own trades before adopting it | Yes (Elite) | Not on their pricing page |
| Monthly goals with progress | Yes (Elite) | Not on their pricing page |
| Scaling plan: the balance or profit you want before you size up | Yes (Edge and Elite) | Not on their pricing page |
| Checks every limit before the trade, not after | Yes | Not on their pricing page |
| All your funded accounts on one board, worst first | Yes (Elite) | Yes (PropFirm Sync) |
| Payout planner: what stands between you and a withdrawal | Yes (Elite) | Not on their pricing page |
| A public page for your record, saying what was synced and what was typed | Yes | Not on their pricing page |
| Daily check-in: what sleep, stress and focus do to your results | Yes (Edge and Elite) | Not on their pricing page |
| Your week or month as an image to post | Yes | Not on their pricing page |
| An optional daily Bible verse | Yes | Not on their pricing page |
| Trade or market replay | No | Yes (Pro and Ultra) |
| Backtesting | No | Yes |
| AI assistant | No | Yes |
| MAE/MFE and exit analysis | No | Not on their pricing page |
| On your phone | In your phone's browser (no app) | Not on their pricing page |
TradeZella’s prices and features are from www.tradezella.com/pricing, read on 19 September 2026. “Not on their pricing page” means we could not confirm it there, not that it is missing. Seen something out of date? Email support@cruxjournal.com and we will fix it.
