A free and cheaper TradeZella alternative, after the July 2026 price rise
Short answer: TradeZella raised its prices on 7 Jul 2026: Essential went from $29 to $35 a month, Pro from $49 to $59, and a new Ultra plan arrived at $99 (its blog post). Essential tracks 1 active account. RB Trading Pro Journal is $29.99 a month with unlimited accounts on every plan, and the free plan covers your first 50 trades with live MT4, MT5 and cTrader sync, no card. Analytics, backtesting and replay sit on Pro.
Disclosure
- RB Trading wrote this page and builds the Pro Journal, so we are not neutral.
- Every rival price was checked on the vendor’s own page on 30 Oct 2026 and is linked, and our own limits are listed too.
- Spot something out of date? Email journal@rbtrading.site and we will fix it.
Worried the sync will drop trades? The read-only RBSync add-on runs in your own MT4, MT5 or cTrader terminal and logs each closed trade within about a minute. No password is asked for.
Pro is $29.99 a month. Refund in full within 30 days of your first payment, one email to journal@rbtrading.site.
TradeZella and RB prices, side by side
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly | Accounts | Trade replay | Free plan or refund |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RB Free | $0 | $0 | Unlimited | No, Pro only | 50 trades in total, no card, no time limit |
| RB Pro | $29.99 | $299 | Unlimited | Yes, bar by bar | 30-day money-back guarantee |
| TradeZella Essential | $35 (was $29) | $315 | 1 active account | No | No free plan, free trial, refund or money-back guarantee on its pricing page |
| TradeZella Pro | $59 (was $49) | $531 | Up to 50 | Yes | |
| TradeZella Ultra | $99 (new) | $891 | Unlimited | Yes |
Sources, checked 30 Oct 2026: TradeZella pricing, TradeZella pricing post of 7 Jul 2026 (the "was" prices), RB pricing.
What the rise means over a year
On monthly billing, TradeZella Pro is now $708 a year (12 × $59). RB Pro on monthly billing is $359.88, and $299 if you pay yearly. Paid yearly, TradeZella Pro is $531, so RB Pro yearly is $232 less.
The cheapest TradeZella plan, Essential, is $315 a year. RB Pro yearly is $299, includes bar-by-bar replay, which Essential does not, and takes any number of accounts. That matters if you run a personal account next to one or two prop challenges, which Essential’s 1 active account does not cover.
Free trading journals like TradeZella
If you searched for a free trading journal like TradeZella, these are the free options we found, with what each free plan actually covers. TradeZella itself shows no free plan or trial.
RB Trading Pro Journal, free plan
50 trades in total, no card and no clock. Live MT4, MT5 and cTrader sync for those 50, the Prop Tracker, the P&L calendar, risk tools, cloud backup, full export, unlimited accounts, 3 AI reviews in total and 3 Ask RB questions a day.
Honest limit
- 50 trades is a total, not a monthly allowance, and full analytics, reports, backtesting and replay are Pro only.
- There is no live futures sync (Rithmic, ProjectX, TopstepX); futures platforms such as NinjaTrader and Tradovate come in by file import.
TradesViz Basic
Free for 3,000 executions a month on 1 account, with paid Pro at EUR 17.99 a month and Platinum at EUR 25.99 (TradesViz pricing, checked 29 Oct 2026).
Honest limit
- One account on the free plan, and prop-firm rule tracking is not its focus.
TradeMetria Free
30 order imports a month, 1 account and 3 open positions. Basic is $19.95 a month and Pro $29.95 (TradeMetria pricing, checked 30 Oct 2026).
Honest limit
- One account and three open positions on the free plan, and its pricing page says refunds are only for unresolved coding errors.
FX Replay Beginner
Free, but it is a backtesting and replay tool first: 2 sessions, 1 indicator and 1 week of data retention (FX Replay pricing, checked 30 Oct 2026).
Will the switch cost me my trades?
On MT4, MT5 and cTrader, you install the read-only RBSync add-on in your own terminal and each closed trade arrives in about a minute. No password is asked for. DXtrade, Match-Trader, NinjaTrader, Tradovate, IBKR and other platforms come in by file import, and the generic CSV mapper takes anything else once you tag the columns. Import the same file twice and nothing doubles up.
If you leave RB later, cancel in Settings or pause billing for two months, and export every trade after cancelling.
When to stay with TradeZella
Honestly, stay if your bill has not changed and the product works for you, if you trade US stocks through a broker TradeZella syncs and RB would only take by file import, or if your mentor or trading group already shares reviews inside TradeZella. Switching has a cost in time, and a few dollars a month is not always worth it.
The cases where moving clearly pays: you run more than one account and do not want to pay $59 for Pro to get them, you want replay without the top-tier price, you want to try a journal on your own trades before paying, or you want a written 30-day refund.
Judge it on your own trades first
50 trades free with live MT4, MT5 and cTrader sync. Pro is $29.99 a month when you want the full analytics, backtesting and replay.
Start free, 50 trades, no cardWorried the sync will drop trades? The read-only RBSync add-on runs in your own MT4, MT5 or cTrader terminal and logs each closed trade within about a minute. No password is asked for.
Pro is $29.99 a month. Refund in full within 30 days of your first payment, one email to journal@rbtrading.site.
Further reading
RB Trading vs TradeZella, feature by feature · Best TradeZella alternatives · RB pricing