# Compare futures trade copiers: Replikanto vs TradeSyncer vs Tradecopia vs Copilink

> Replikanto and Copilink for NinjaTrader 8 are one-time NinjaTrader 8 add-ons ($299 and $226.88). TradeSyncer is a cloud copier at $49 to $149 a month by connections. Tradecopia is a $49.99 a month desktop app with hosted tiers. Copilink Standalone is a Tradovate and Rithmic desktop app for Windows and macOS at $28.88 to $37.88 a month with no account caps. Decide where the copier runs first.

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## Short answer

- Inside NinjaTrader 8 at your desk: a native add-on. Copilink for NinjaTrader 8 ($226.88 once, 7-day trial, no card) or Replikanto ($299 once). Only Copilink's Risk edition adds per-account prop firm rules.
- Direct Tradovate or Rithmic without NinjaTrader: Copilink Standalone ($28.88 a month, unlimited accounts, breach sends a flatten request, 14-day trial with no card). Tradecopia Pro if you also need TopstepX.
- Copying must continue with the computer off: TradeSyncer, or Tradecopia Pro+ tiers. Copilink and Replikanto run only on a machine you control; a rented Windows VPS counts as one licensed machine.
- Leader driven by TradingView alerts or webhooks, or accounts on Sierra Chart, ATAS, DXFeed, or TopstepX: TradeSyncer or Tradecopia. Copilink takes no alert input and does not connect to those platforms. Trades you place by hand on TradingView through a Tradovate leader are copied by Copilink Standalone.

## Side by side

| Feature | Replikanto | TradeSyncer | Tradecopia | Copilink |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Runs where | Inside NinjaTrader 8 on your Windows PC. A Remote mode copies between Replikanto installs on different machines; sending over the Internet uses paid credits. | In the cloud, on hosting TradeSyncer runs. Nothing to install; it keeps copying with your computer off. | Pro is a Windows or macOS desktop app. Pro+ Lite and Pro+ run on hosting Tradecopia manages. | Standalone: your own Windows or macOS machine. Add-on: inside NinjaTrader 8 on Windows. Copilink hosts nothing. |
| Platforms | Any account connected in NinjaTrader Desktop 8.1.7 or later. Its page states Tradovate compatibility, including trades placed from the Tradovate web, app, or TradingView. | Tradovate, Rithmic, NinjaTrader, TradingView, DXFeed, Sierra Chart, and ATAS. Topstep is on its supported-firm list. | Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Rithmic, TopstepX, and TradingView. A leader on one platform can feed followers on another. | Standalone: Tradovate and Rithmic directly, in one profile, including trades placed from TradingView on a Tradovate leader. Add-on: anything connected in NinjaTrader 8. No Sierra Chart, ATAS, TopstepX, or webhook input. |
| Price | One-time $299 for one machine or $399 for two. One-year licenses at $249 and $299. | $49, $99, or $149 a month by connection count. Annual billing is discounted, up to 30 percent on Flex. | $49.99 a month for Pro, $79.99 for Pro+ Lite, $149.99 for Pro+. Quarterly billing takes 20 to 30 percent off. | Standalone $28.88 or $37.88 a month, or $289.88 and $379.88 a year. Add-on: one-time $226.88; Risk edition $37.88 a month or $397.88 once. |
| What you pay for | Machines. Every PC running Replikanto needs its own license. Follower count is not published as a limit. | Connections. Basic is 2 connections with 10 accounts each, Pro is 4 with 20 each, Flex is unlimited connections with 120 accounts included. | A tier per user. Unlimited followers and groups on every tier; Pro is licensed for one user on one machine. | Machines. Core includes one, Suite two, another is $9.99 a month. Unlimited accounts, followers, and saved profiles, with one profile live at a time. The add-on is one license per NinjaTrader install. |
| Trial | 7 calendar days. Its page does not mention taking a card. | 7 days with full access. Card taken up front and charged on day 8 unless you cancel. | 7 days on Pro and Pro+ Lite, none on Pro+. Payment method required; charged unless you cancel before day 7. | Standalone: 14 days of full Suite access on two machines, no card, no automatic subscription. Add-on: 7 days, no card. |
| Per-account prop firm rules | None listed. Replikanto is a copier, not a risk manager. | Daily loss limits, daily profit targets, time and session lockouts, multipliers, copy groups. What happens at the moment of a breach is not described. | Daily loss and profit limits, trade limits, multipliers, a consistency calculator and tracker, distance-to-drawdown, hedge prevention. Breach action not described. | Standalone: daily loss, daily profit, evaluation goal, and evaluation consistency rules send a broker flatten request on breach; trailing drawdown is monitored only. Add-on Risk edition adds intraday and trailing threshold tracking and session lockout. |
| When a follower drifts | Follower Guard closes the position, disarms the account so it stops receiving copies, and emails you. | Not described on its pricing or trade copier pages. | A position reconciler that auto-corrects drifted positions after a disconnect, per its feature list. | Follower protection flattens and optionally disengages a follower that is the wrong size, open while the leader is flat, or on the wrong side. It does not re-enter to match. |
| Published latency | No figure. | "Average execution speed under 50ms", varying by broker and conditions. No method. | "Real time". No figure. | 4.91 ms internal event processing across 2,171 follower events (Standalone); 1.6 ms across 70 trades (add-on). Method published. |

Replikanto rows read from its product page on 20 September 2026; TradeSyncer rows from its pricing and trade copier pages on 19 September 2026; Tradecopia rows from its pricing and trade copier pages on 18 September 2026. All paraphrased; vendors change tiers and platform lists. Copilink rows come from current plan configuration and https://copilink.com/methodology.

## Apex Trade Copier, FutuCopy, ETP Copier and Affordable Indicators

Published offers, checked 27 and 28 September 2026.

| Copier | Where it runs | Published offer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apex Trade Copier | NinjaTrader 8 add-on by Apex Investing, with ATM, stop and target copying | Lifetime licence; no trial |
| FutuCopy | Cloud copier in the browser; Tradovate, Rithmic, NinjaTrader, ProjectX and dxFeed | $39 per month, 7-day trial |
| ETP Copier | Local desktop app for Windows, Linux and macOS; Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader 8, ProjectX and six more connection types | €197 one-time before VAT with one simultaneous connection and one leader group; one extra connection or group costs €47 |
| Affordable Indicators | Accounts Dashboard, a NinjaTrader add-on with daily loss and goal settings per follower | Price not listed on its homepage |

## Cost over 12 and 36 months at list price

Single trader, one machine, before annual or quarterly discounts. Tradecopia Pro billed quarterly is $419.92 a year; TradeSyncer advertises up to 30 percent off annual Flex without listing figures; Replikanto's prices were shown as sale prices with higher list prices struck through.

| Plan | Model | 12 months | 36 months |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: |
| Replikanto, single machine, lifetime | $299 once | $299.00 | $299.00 |
| Replikanto, single machine, 1 year | $249 a year | $249.00 | $747.00 |
| TradeSyncer Basic | $49 a month, 2 connections | $588.00 | $1,764.00 |
| TradeSyncer Pro | $99 a month, 4 connections | $1,188.00 | $3,564.00 |
| Tradecopia Pro (desktop) | $49.99 a month at list | $599.88 | $1,799.64 |
| Tradecopia Pro+ Lite (hosted) | $79.99 a month at list | $959.88 | $2,879.64 |
| Copilink for NinjaTrader 8, copier | $226.88 once | $226.88 | $226.88 |
| Copilink Standalone Core | $289.88 a year, one machine | $289.88 | $869.64 |
| Copilink Standalone Suite | $379.88 a year, two machines | $379.88 | $1,139.64 |

## Head to head

### Replikanto vs TradeSyncer

Different categories, so the decision is usually made before you look at features.

Replikanto is a NinjaTrader 8 add-on you buy once. It copies between the accounts connected in your NinjaTrader session, on the PC where NinjaTrader is running, and it stops when that PC does. A single-machine license is $299, or $249 for a year. TradeSyncer is a hosted service at $49 to $149 a month priced by connections. It keeps copying with your computer off and connects to platforms Replikanto never touches: TradingView, Sierra Chart, ATAS, DXFeed.

Over twelve months, Replikanto's lifetime license costs less than seven months of TradeSyncer Basic. Over three years, the gap is $299 against $1,764.00. TradeSyncer earns that difference only if you need one of two things: copying while you are away from the machine, or a leader that does not live inside NinjaTrader. It also ships per-account daily loss and profit limits, which Replikanto does not have at all.

If you trade inside NinjaTrader 8 and you are at the desk when your copier is working, a native add-on is the cheaper and more direct route. Copilink for NinjaTrader 8 is the other one, at $226.88 once with a 7-day trial that takes no card, and its Risk edition is the only NT8 add-on here that adds per-account prop firm rules.

- [Copilink vs Replikanto inside NinjaTrader 8](https://copilink.com/compare-trade-copiers/alternative-to-replikanto)
- [TradeSyncer alternative and review](https://copilink.com/compare-trade-copiers/alternative-to-tradesyncer)

### Replikanto vs Tradecopia

Tradecopia works outside NinjaTrader and adds account rules. Replikanto is cheaper if NinjaTrader is already your platform.

Tradecopia Pro is a desktop app for Windows and macOS that does not need NinjaTrader. It connects to Tradovate, Rithmic, TopstepX, NinjaTrader, and TradingView, lets a leader on one platform feed followers on another, and lists daily loss and profit limits, a consistency tracker, and distance-to-drawdown monitoring. It costs $49.99 a month at list, or $104.98 a quarter, and the 7-day trial takes a card.

Replikanto does one job inside NinjaTrader 8 and does it for a one-time $299. Its Follower Guard closes and disarms a follower that gets out of step, which is a real safeguard, but there are no daily limits or evaluation rules. If your accounts are in NinjaTrader and you manage prop firm rules yourself, Replikanto pays for itself against Tradecopia in about six months.

If you connect to Tradovate or Rithmic directly and want rules that act, the closer comparison for Tradecopia is Copilink Standalone: $28.88 a month, no account caps, a breach sends a flatten request, and the 14-day trial needs no card. Tradecopia keeps the edge on TopstepX, which Copilink does not connect to. Both copy trades you place from TradingView.

- [Tradecopia alternative and review](https://copilink.com/compare-trade-copiers/alternative-to-tradecopia)
- [Copilink for NinjaTrader 8](https://copilink.com/trade-copier)

### Tradecopia vs TradeSyncer

Both are subscriptions for prop traders. The split is desktop-first against cloud-only, and per-user pricing against per-connection pricing.

TradeSyncer runs only in its cloud. Tradecopia's Pro tier is a desktop app, and its Pro+ tiers move copying onto hosting it manages, so Tradecopia covers both models and TradeSyncer covers one. On platforms they overlap on Tradovate, Rithmic, NinjaTrader, and TradingView; TradeSyncer adds Sierra Chart, ATAS, and DXFeed, Tradecopia adds TopstepX.

Pricing units decide the real cost. TradeSyncer sells connections with account caps: two logins with ten accounts each on Basic at $49 a month, and a third login or an eleventh account means Pro at $99. Tradecopia sells a tier per user with unlimited followers, $49.99 a month for the desktop app and $79.99 for hosted Lite. A trader with one Tradovate login and one Rithmic login fills TradeSyncer Basic on day one.

Both take a card for the 7-day trial and charge when it ends. Both list per-account limits without saying what the copier does the moment one is crossed. Ask each vendor that question before a funded account depends on the answer. Copilink Standalone sits under both on price at $28.88 to $37.88 a month, states its breach behavior, and stays on your machine, but connects to Tradovate and Rithmic only.

- [Tradecopia vs TradeSyncer, row by row](https://copilink.com/compare-trade-copiers/alternative-to-tradesyncer#tradecopia-vs-tradesyncer)

## FAQ

### Is Replikanto better than TradeSyncer?

They solve different problems. Replikanto is a one-time $299 NinjaTrader 8 add-on that runs on your PC and copies between accounts connected in NinjaTrader. TradeSyncer is a $49 to $149 a month cloud service that keeps copying with your computer off and connects to TradingView, Sierra Chart, ATAS, and DXFeed as well as Tradovate, Rithmic, and NinjaTrader. If you trade inside NinjaTrader 8 at your desk, Replikanto or Copilink for NinjaTrader 8 costs far less. If you need unattended copying or a non-NinjaTrader leader, TradeSyncer is the one that can do it.

### How much does Replikanto cost?

As shown on its product page on 20 September 2026: $299 for a single-machine lifetime license, $399 for two machines lifetime, $249 for a single-machine one-year license, and $299 for two machines for one year. Those were displayed as sale prices with $399, $499, $349, and $399 struck through. There is a 7-day trial. Copying between machines over the Internet uses separately purchased Remote Credits.

### Which futures trade copier is cheapest over three years?

At list prices, the one-time licenses: Copilink for NinjaTrader 8 at $226.88 and Replikanto at $299, both for a single machine, both inside NinjaTrader 8. Among subscriptions, Copilink Standalone Core is $869.64 for three years, Tradecopia Pro is $1,799.64 at monthly list, and TradeSyncer Basic is $1,764.00. Tradecopia's quarterly billing and TradeSyncer's annual discount narrow their numbers; neither vendor published an exact annual figure on the pages we read.

### Which trade copiers keep running when my computer is off?

TradeSyncer on every tier, and Tradecopia on its Pro+ Lite and Pro+ hosted tiers. Replikanto, Tradecopia Pro, and both Copilink products run on a machine you control and stop when it sleeps or loses its connection. Running a local copier on a rented Windows VPS gets you the same always-on result while keeping your broker logins off a vendor's servers.

### Cloud or local trade copier: which should I choose?

Choose by what you need while you are away. A cloud copier keeps copying with your computer off, but the vendor's servers hold the connection to your broker accounts. A local copier keeps credentials on your machine and stops when it sleeps or disconnects; a Windows VPS closes most of that gap for a monthly fee. Add that fee to a local copier's price when you compare total cost.

### How does ETP Copier compare with Copilink?

ETP Copier is a local desktop copier for Windows, Linux and macOS with ten connection types, including ProjectX. Its €197 base licence before VAT includes one simultaneous connection and one leader group; one extra connection or group costs €47 (checked 28 September 2026). Copilink Standalone is a Windows and macOS subscription app for Tradovate and Rithmic, with follower protection and per-account prop firm rules. If you need a connection Copilink does not have, such as ProjectX, look at ETP; if your accounts are on Tradovate or Rithmic, compare the risk rules.

### Do I need NinjaTrader to use Replikanto?

Yes. Replikanto is an add-on and its page requires NinjaTrader Desktop 8.1.7 or later on every machine involved. Copilink for NinjaTrader 8 has the same requirement. Copilink Standalone, Tradecopia, and TradeSyncer do not need NinjaTrader; Standalone connects to Tradovate and Rithmic directly.

### Which copiers enforce prop firm rules per account?

TradeSyncer and Tradecopia both list daily loss and profit limits per account, and Tradecopia adds a consistency tracker and distance-to-drawdown monitoring, but neither says on its pages what the copier does the instant a limit is crossed. Copilink Standalone sends a broker flatten request when a daily loss, daily profit, evaluation goal, or evaluation consistency rule trips, and stops the profile or disengages the follower; trailing drawdown is monitored only. Copilink for NinjaTrader 8's Risk edition adds intraday and trailing threshold tracking and session lockout. Replikanto has no per-account rules; its Follower Guard handles drift, not limits.

### What is the difference between Copilink Standalone and Copilink for NinjaTrader 8?

They are separate products with separate licenses. Standalone is a Windows and macOS desktop app that connects to Tradovate and Rithmic directly, with no NinjaTrader installed, at $28.88 or $37.88 a month. Copilink for NinjaTrader 8 is a Windows add-on that copies between accounts connected in one NinjaTrader session, sold as a one-time $226.88 copier license or a Risk edition at $37.88 a month or $397.88 once. Pick by where your accounts already live.

## Copilink product choice

| Choose | Best fit | Connections | OS | Pricing path |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Copilink Standalone | Direct desktop copying without NinjaTrader | Direct Tradovate and Rithmic, including mixed-feed profiles | Windows x64, macOS Intel, macOS Apple silicon | Core or Suite subscription with a 14-day no-card Suite trial |
| Copilink for NinjaTrader 8 | Copying inside one NinjaTrader 8 session | Accounts connected in NinjaTrader 8 | Windows | One-time Copier license, or monthly/lifetime Risk edition, 7-day no-card trial |

## Detailed comparisons

- [Replikanto alternative and review](https://copilink.com/compare-trade-copiers/alternative-to-replikanto)
- [TradeSyncer alternative and review](https://copilink.com/compare-trade-copiers/alternative-to-tradesyncer)
- [Tradecopia alternative and review](https://copilink.com/compare-trade-copiers/alternative-to-tradecopia)
- [Best trade copier for prop firms](https://copilink.com/best-trade-copier-for-prop-firms)
- [Rithmic vs Tradovate for multi-account trading](https://copilink.com/articles/rithmic-vs-tradovate-multi-account-prop-trading)

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