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Forex Tester Online vs QuantConnect

A side-by-side look at published plans and listed features, checked 2026-10-17.

Forex Tester Online
from $199/yr · ≈$16.58/mo
VS
QuantConnect
Free · paid $10/mo · $96/yr
FieldForex Tester OnlineQuantConnect
Starting pricefrom $199/yr · ≈$16.58/moFree · paid $10/mo · $96/yr
Plans (monthly · yearly)
  • Free demo
    No charge (demo preview, not a free plan)
  • Starter
    $199/yr · ≈$16.58/mo (calculated)
  • Pro
    $39.99/mo · $299/yr
  • Starter Lifetime
    $299 one-time
  • Pro Lifetime
    $499 one-time
  • Prices above are the non-promo prices. A sale was running on 2026-10-17 (the vendor says the promo price stays locked on renewal): Starter $159/yr ($13.25/mo), Pro $31.99/mo or $239/yr ($19.92/mo), Starter Lifetime $239, Pro Lifetime $399.
  • Monthly and lifetime prices are behind the plan tabs on the pricing section. 30-day money-back guarantee. Taxes may apply.
  • Free
    Free
  • Quant Researcher
    $10/mo · $96/yr
  • Seat prices are on the pricing page's Customize Plan tab. Compute nodes, data and support are priced separately: QuantConnect's recommended Researcher setup (1 seat plus backtest, research, live and assistant nodes) is $84/mo or $888/yr.
  • Team, Trading Firm and Institution plans for organizations (minimum 2 or 5 users) are not listed here.
Free plan
Free trialNot listedNot listed
PlatformsNot listed in our dataNot listed in our data
Real-time datan/aNot published
Key features
  • Browser-based manual backtesting with tick-by-tick historical data (up to 23 years per symbol)
  • Symbols: 80 on Starter (forex, stocks, indices, ETFs, commodities), 283 on Pro (adds crypto and futures)
  • Up to 10 synchronized multi-timeframe, multi-symbol charts; unlimited projects, trades and data retention
  • Built-in trading journal with tags, checklists, chart screenshots and analytics
  • Prop firm challenge mode, Exit Optimizer, custom indicators, trading robots and trade-history import (Pro)
  • Unlimited cloud backtesting on the Free plan
  • Backtesting and live trading across equities, forex, options, futures and crypto
  • Open-source LEAN engine; local coding with VS Code and the LEAN CLI (Quant Researcher)
  • Tick and second-resolution data on paid seats
  • Backtest, research and live-trading compute nodes, priced separately
Last checked2026-10-172026-10-17
Sourcehttps://forextester.com/#pricing-starthttps://www.quantconnect.com/pricing/
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≈ = calculated by us, not published by the vendor. Prices in USD before tax. How we read prices →

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