Prop firm comparisons
The matchups traders actually search for, decided on rules and payout evidence rather than marketing.
FTMO vs The5ers
Payout reliability against the industry's most generous split.
Topstep vs Apex Trader Funding
The two biggest futures firms, decided on drawdown mechanics.
FTMO vs Topstep
Forex's benchmark firm against futures' benchmark firm.
My Funded Futures vs Topstep
Payout speed against the longest track record in futures.
My Funded Futures vs Apex Trader Funding
The two most popular futures firms of the current cycle.
Elite Trader Funding vs Apex Trader Funding
Static-drawdown flexibility against the cheapest account fleet.
Alpha Futures vs Topstep
Balance-based trailing against the longest record in futures.
Alpha Futures vs Apex Trader Funding
Kind drawdown at a subscription price against cheap multi-account scaling.
FXIFY vs FTMO
Broker-backed execution and add-ons against the safest default.
FXIFY vs Funding Pips
Two of the fastest-growing forex firms, decided on cost transparency.
FTMO vs FundedNext
The benchmark against the most aggressive challenger in forex.
FTMO vs Funding Pips
Track record against the cheapest serious one-step in forex.
The5ers vs FundedNext
Highest split in the industry against the widest model range.
Topstep vs Take Profit Trader
The most transparent futures firm against the simplest rulebook.
Tradeify vs Topstep
Straight-to-funded pricing against the futures benchmark.
Tradeify vs Apex Trader Funding
Two of the cheapest futures routes, decided on drawdown and consistency.
Take Profit Trader vs Apex Trader Funding
No consistency rule against the largest multi-account fleet.
Funding Pips vs FundedNext
The two highest-volume forex challengers, head to head.
Goat Funded Trader vs Funding Pips
Aggressive promo pricing against a flatter, simpler rulebook.
The Funded Trader vs FTMO
A firm that survived its own crisis against one that never had one.
E8 Markets vs FunderPro
Two multi-asset firms with proprietary platforms, compared on terms.
My Funded Futures vs Tradeify
Five-day payouts against straight-to-funded pricing.
Alpha Capital Group vs The5ers
Two rule-light forex firms, decided on split and scaling.
Breakout vs FTMO
A crypto-native firm against a forex firm that also lists crypto.
A head-to-head between two prop firms is rarely won on profit split, and almost never on the number in the hero of their homepage. It is won on four things: how the drawdown is measured, what the consistency rule does to a large winning week, how quickly and how verifiably the firm pays, and what the whole thing costs across the two or three attempts most traders actually need. Every comparison on this page is built from those four variables and nothing else.
That framing matters because the two firms in a matchup are usually optimised for different traders rather than being better or worse in the abstract. A static-drawdown forex evaluation and a trailing-drawdown futures evaluation are not competing products with one winner — they punish different mistakes. An intraday scalper who gives back open profit routinely will survive an end-of-day trailing model and die on an intraday trailing one, on exactly the same trade sequence. So each page states which trader each firm is for, instead of declaring a single champion.
We also weight counterparty risk explicitly. The dominant unhedgeable risk in prop trading is not a drawdown breach, it is a firm that stops paying while holding your unpaid profit. That is why payout evidence carries more weight in our verdicts than any headline percentage, and why a firm with a thinner split but years of documented withdrawals will often win a matchup against a newer firm offering 100%.
Comparisons are refreshed when a firm changes its rulebook, pricing or payout policy — the three things that move a verdict. Where a firm's public terms and its observed behaviour disagree, we go with observed behaviour and say so on the page.
How each comparison is decided
- ·Drawdown model first: static, end-of-day trailing or intraday trailing, and what each does to open profit.
- ·Consistency and payout gates second: the rules that decide whether a good week can actually be withdrawn.
- ·Cost modelled across one, two and three attempts — not the sticker price of a single evaluation.
- ·Payout evidence scored 0-100 from public payout reporting, complaint volume and our own complaints register.
- ·Allocation ceiling and scaling path, because cost per dollar of eventual buying power often inverts a price ranking.
- ·Affiliate relationships never change a ranking or a verdict; they are disclosed on every outbound link.
Rules, prices and payout policies change frequently in this industry. Always confirm the current terms on the firm's own site before paying.