Firmtrack vs TradeZella

TradeZella is one of the best-known trading journals, and in 2026 it added a prop-firm tracker (Beta). Firmtrack comes at the problem from the opposite end: it's the money layer first — what every account costs, pays, and is allowed to do — with the journal included. Here's the honest comparison.

The short version: If journaling and backtesting are the job, TradeZella is a fine choice. If you run multiple funded accounts and the job is the money — costs, payouts, drawdown room, and rules that change under you — that's the product Firmtrack is.

	Firmtrack	TradeZella
Core focus	Prop-account money layer: costs, payouts, drawdown, rules — journal included	Trading journal with backtesting; prop tracking added as a Beta bolt-on
Firm rules	Verified rule book — every number from the firm’s own pages, sourced and dated, re-checked quarterly	You type your own rules in by hand
Drawdown modeling	Update timing vs enforcement timing modeled separately (EOD-updated rules can still kill intraday)	Single user-entered drawdown number
Payout verification	On-chain USDC lookup with tx-hash proof (free public tool)	Not offered
Dead-weight detection	Finds recurring fees still billing on blown or idle accounts	Not offered
Purchase tracking	Receipt parsing (email or screenshot share) with SKU validation against the rule book	Bank-scan via Plaid (bank credentials required)
Journal & imports	Included; imports Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Sierra Chart, Quantower, ATAS, TradeZella and more; voice-dictated notes	Excellent journaling; broker auto-sync; backtesting and replay
Live broker sync	In progress, not shipped — imports and manual entry today (we say so plainly)	Shipped for many brokers
Price	From $19/mo; unlimited accounts $49/mo	From ~$29/mo (annual billing), higher tiers more

What TradeZella does better

Backtesting and trade replay are mature and deep — if that’s your workflow, it’s theirs to win.
Live broker auto-sync is already shipped for many brokers; Firmtrack’s is still in progress.
Bigger community, more tutorials, more third-party content.
Covers stocks and options traders as first-class citizens; Firmtrack is futures-prop-first.

What Firmtrack does that TradeZella doesn't

A verified firm rule book with sources and dates — including the distinction between when a trailing drawdown moves and when it kills, which no single-number field can express.
All-in cost vs payout math per firm — the "which firm is actually worth it, fees included" answer.
On-chain payout verification, free, because most futures firms settle payouts in USDC on Arbitrum.
The subscription graveyard: recurring fees still billing on accounts that already died.
Blown-account autopsies — tag the cause of death, see the pattern across accounts.
Zero bank credentials: purchases come from receipts you forward or share, validated against known SKU prices — not a Plaid connection.

Get early access

Free trial at launch, no card. First invites in signup order.

Competitor details verified August 2026 from TradeZella's public pages; pricing and features change — if something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it. TradeZella is a trademark of its owner; Firmtrack is not affiliated with it. Also try the free payout verifier and reward:risk calculator.