Where the data comes from
Live and queried, or recalled by a model with a training cutoff. This is the single biggest difference between AI products in this space and it is rarely stated.
Comparison
Three productswear the samename
Automation bots, charting platforms and AI analysts are sold with the same words and do different jobs. Picking the wrong category is a more expensive mistake than picking the wrong product inside one.
The three categories
Automation bots
You configure a rule — grid, DCA, copy someone — and it runs. The product is the execution and the convenience. Good when you already know what you want to do and want it done while you sleep; poor at telling you whether the rule is any good. Entry pricing in this category clusters around $22–35 a month, checked September 2026.
Charting and scanning platforms
You get the drawing tools, the indicator library and the scanner. The product is analysis surface area for a human. Excellent for people who look at charts all day, and it does not act, remember, or reason about your book.
AI analysts
You ask questions in words and get answers computed from live data. The product is reasoning plus access. The newest category and the least standardised — some are a chat window over a price API, some can execute, and the difference is not visible from the marketing.
Which one this is
An AI analyst with an execution path behind a risk gate, for crypto. The assistant proposes and never acts alone; the screener and the backtester are the evidence it reasons from; the money path is a separate service that refuses things. If you want a grid bot, several of the products below do that better and cost less.
What to compare on, rather than feature lists
Whether it can act
And if so, what stands between a persuasive argument and an order. "Human in the loop" is a design, not a slogan — ask where it is enforced.
What it costs per question
Unlimited AI is a tier that ends without warning. A product that publishes its per-question cost is one that has measured it.
Whether it keeps a record
Alert history, run history, the decision behind a fill. Without it you judge every tool by the one signal you remember.
Questions about the landscape
How current are these comparisons?
Every competitor claim on this site carries the date it was checked, and pricing in this market moves quarterly. Where a page states a specific price or tier, treat the date as part of the claim.
Do you compare against products you are worse than?
Yes, and each page says where. A comparison that finds us better on every axis is a comparison nobody should believe.
Which should I try first?
The free one. This platform’s free tier is the whole product minus the exchange, which makes it a cheap way to find out whether the category is what you wanted.