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Cheapest prop firm challenges 2026.
Price is not the whole story, but when you are running several evaluations or testing a new strategy, entry cost decides how many attempts you get. This page ranks 41 firms by total cost to a funded account - the fee you pay today plus any balance the firm charges when you pass. Prices re-checked against each firm's own pricing page, most recently on 2026-09-24.
How to read this table
The figure in bold is what the cheapest plan at that firm costs you in total. Where a firm splits the payment, the breakdown is shown beside it. A deposit-style plan whose deferred amount we have not verified is marked in amber and is deliberately not treated as a cheap challenge, because we cannot tell you what it ends up costing. We have not verified the deferred amount on 2 of them, so we do not total those and do not rank them as the cheapest.
| Firm | Total cost | Account size | Plan | Code | Discount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hantec Trader | $13 | $2,000 | Instant24 | SAVE20 |
20% off 2k/5k/10k challenges |
| Maven | $13 | $2,000 | Standard 3-Step | ETERNAL |
10% off every challenge (sitewide) |
| QT Funded | $14 | $5,000 | Standard | TRADERS |
60% off everything + free same-size account |
| FundedHive | $15 | $2,000 | NewBee | WELCOME20 |
20% off (new traders) |
| The5ers | $19 | $2,500 | High Stakes | N9BKR |
Discount on The5ers programs |
| AquaFunded | $20 | $5,000 | Pro | WELCOME |
50% off + $100 (new customers) |
| Funded Trader Markets | $20 | $5,000 | Nitro | SEP |
Up to 75% off 1-Step and 2-Step |
| Blueberry Funded | $25 | $5,000 | 2-Step Synthetics | PRIME50 |
50% off - first-time purchase |
| Finotive Funding | $25 | $2,500 | Challenge 2-Step | FIRST25 |
25% off your first purchase |
| Instant Funding | $25 | $1,250 | IF Micro Pro | CORE275 |
27.5% off selected Original accounts |
| Moneta Funded | $25 | $2,500 | Standard | - | |
| Blue Guardian | $26.66 | $5,000 | Nano | BG25 |
25% off all accounts - CFDs & Futures |
| Alpha Capital | $27 | $5,000 | Alpha Pro 6% | ALPHA20 |
20% off all plans |
| Atmos Funded | $28 | $5,000 | Plus | WELCOME |
35% off all accounts (new users) |
| FundingPips | $29 | $5,000 | Pro | FHFUNDED |
20% off all challenges |
| City Traders Imperium | $29 | $2,500 | 1-Step | GOLD15 |
15% off selected plans |
| E8 Markets | $32 | $5,000 | Standard | USA5 |
5% off via partner link |
| FundedNext | $32.99 | $5,000 | Stellar Lite | PFDEALS |
30% off CFD challenges + 120% refundable fee |
| Goat Funded Trader | $36 | $5,000 | GOAT | FIRSTGFT |
50% off your first account (new customers) |
| ThinkCapital | $39 | $5,000 | Nexus | QUIZ20 |
20% off via the Trader Profile Quiz |
| BEM Funding | $39 | $5,000 | Classic | MT5LIVE |
20% off 2-Step Classic, 5% off Swing |
| Hola Prime | $39 | $5,000 | 2-Step Prime | WELCOME20 |
20% off forex 2-Step Pro, 1-Step Prime |
| Crypto Fund Trader | $40 | $5,000 | 1-Phase (sold as "Accelerated") | NOICE22 |
22% off 1-Phase and 2-Phase evaluations |
| Fintokei | $44 | $5,000 | StartTrader | NEW20 |
20% off your first challenge |
| TradeDay | $45 | $25,000 | Quick Pay - Intraday | TDNEW |
55% off all plans |
| Trade The Pool | $47 | $5,000 | Standard | - | |
| Audacity Capital | $49 | $5,000 | 2-Step | 14th |
14% off all programs |
| For Traders | $49 | $3,000 | Crypto Instant | TRADE15 |
15% off everything |
| Top One Trader | $64 | $5,000 | FLASH | SEPT |
Up to 70% off (tiered: 70% on $5k Instant |
| FunderPro | $69 | $5,000 | One Phase | MATCH |
Discount on all FunderPro challenges |
| Goat Funded Futures | $69 | $50,000 | 1-Step EOD | SUMMER50 |
50% off all plans (sitewide banner |
| Phidias Propfirm | $69.25 | $25,000 | Static drawdown — fastest path | EQUINOX |
80% off one-time payment (75% on the 25K |
| Lucid Trading | $79 | $25,000 | Futures | VAULT |
30% off LucidPro, LucidFlex & LucidDirect |
| Alpha Futures | $89/month until you pass | $25,000 | Zero | APP50 |
50% off (sitewide banner; plans in scope not |
| Funded Trading Plus | $89 | $10,000 | Classic | FUNDED30 |
30% off every program and every account size |
| Tradeify | $99 | $25,000 | Standard | SEP |
40% off, max 5 uses, then 30% off - all |
| Lark Funding | $105 | $10,000 | Evaluation | - | |
| My Funded Futures | $105 | $25,000 | Builder | CLUB |
40% off any plan, unlimited uses |
| Top One Futures | $109 | $25,000 | No evaluation — cheapest instant | BOGO |
Buy 1 get 1 free - Elite Access only |
| FXIFY Futures | $149/month until you pass | $50,000 | Expert | PROPSCOPE |
40% off futures evaluations |
| Apex Trader Funding | $167 | $25,000 | Intraday Trailing | SAVENOW |
90% off any size evaluation |
Cheapest with a single payment
These plans charge once. Nothing is billed later, so the number you see is the number you pay.
- Hantec Trader - $13 for a $2,000 account on Instant24, code
SAVE20. - Maven - $13 for a $2,000 account on Standard 3-Step, code
ETERNAL. - QT Funded - $14 for a $5,000 account on Standard, code
TRADERS. - FundedHive - $15 for a $2,000 account on NewBee, code
WELCOME20. - The5ers - $19 for a $2,500 account on High Stakes, code
N9BKR. - AquaFunded - $20 for a $5,000 account on Pro, code
WELCOME.
The deposit category: deferred, not cheaper
A $5 headline usually buys a seat, not an evaluation. The rest of the fee lands when you pass, which helps cashflow and changes nothing about the total. Ranked by what they actually come to:
- Maven - $5 up front on a $2,000 account, then $40 when you pass: $45 in total.
- QT Funded - $2.5 up front on a $5,000 account, then $70 when you pass: $72.5 in total.
- Atmos Funded - $5 up front on a $10,000 account, then $79 when you pass: $84 in total.
- Top One Trader - $7 up front on a $25,000 account, then $165 when you pass: $172 in total.
- Top One Futures - $39 up front on a $25,000 account, then $139 when you pass: $178 in total.
- For Traders - $9 up front on a $25,000 account, then the activation fee: $189 (25K) / $329 (50K) / $489 (100K) — charged only AFTER you pass.
- FundedHive - $9 up front on a $5,000 account, then the activation fee: Funded-account fee = 1% (Low risk) / 2% (Moderate) / 2.5%.
Are cheap challenges worth it?
The cheapest challenge is not always the best deal. Consider: (1) drawdown type - a trailing drawdown on a $5k account at 4% gives you only $200 of breathing room, where a static drawdown at 10% on the same size gives $500. (2) payout split - a cheap challenge at a 70% split is worse than a dearer one at 90% if you actually get paid. (3) reset cost - if you fail and reset repeatedly, the cheapest firm becomes the expensive one. Look for firms that offer free or discounted resets.