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QuantConnect

FREE PLANCHECKED 2026-10-17

Category: backtesting · Starting price: Free · paid $10/mo · $96/yr

QuantConnect is an open-source algorithmic trading platform. Users write strategies in code, research them in notebooks, then backtest, optimize, paper trade and deploy them live across multiple asset classes, with AI assistants available at each stage. From the vendor's website: quantconnect.com.

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Plans and pricing

PlanMonthly · Yearly
FreeFreeUnlimited backtesting; equity, index, forex, crypto, futures and options data; community support
Quant Researcher$10/mo · $96/yrPrice per seat; compute nodes are billed separately

≈ = calculated by us, not published by the vendor. Prices in USD before tax. How we read prices →

  • 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.

Source: https://www.quantconnect.com/pricing/. Checked 2026-10-17.

Features (as listed by vendor)

  • 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

At a glance

Free plan
Real-time dataNot published
Last checked2026-10-17

Note: Cloud algorithmic backtesting and live-trading platform; strategies are written in code.

Price history

Tracked since Oct 2026: Free · paid $10/mo · $96/yr

  • 2026-10-17 · Quant Researcher: $10/mo · $96/yr (Baseline: price recorded when we checked the vendor page)

No price or plan changes logged since tracking started.

First checked by us on 2026-10-17. We hold no price data from before then, so none is shown. All price changes

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