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Cheapest prop firms in 2026

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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 43 firms priced in US dollars 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 2026-11-08. For futures evaluations alone, see the cheapest futures prop firms.

Not ranked, because their prices are in our data as text we do not total automatically (another currency, a monthly fee, or a fee with conditions): BrightFunded (from €47), Bulenox (from $94), FTMO (from €79), Leeloo Trading (from $44/mo or $250 one-time), Lux Trading Firm (from £45), OneUp Trader (from $65/mo), Take Profit Trader (from $150/mo), The Trading Pit (from €29), Topstep (from $49/mo + $149 activation), TX3 Funding (from $107 one-time (shown as 40% off $178.33, with a code at checkout)), Uprofit (from $29/mo). Their firm pages list every plan.

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 1 of them, so we do not total those and do not rank them as the cheapest.

Cheapest with a single payment

These plans charge once. Nothing is billed later, so the number you see is the number you pay.

• Goat Funded Trader - $10 for a $2,500 account on Stride, code FIRSTGFT.
• Finotive Funding - $12.5 for a $2,500 account on 2-Step Solo FX, code PFDEALS.
• RZR Funded - $13 for a $2,000 account on Instant24, code NEW35.
• Maven - $13 for a $2,000 account on Standard 3-Step, code ROCKET.
• FundedHive - $15 for a $2,000 account on NewBee, code WELCOME20.
• The5ers - $19 for a $2,500 account on High Stakes, code N9BKR.

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.
• Top One Trader - $7 up front on a $5,000 account, then $59 when you pass: $66 in total.
• Atmos Funded - $5 up front on a $10,000 account, then $79 when you pass: $84 in total.
• Top One Futures - $39 up front on a $25,000 account, then $69 when you pass: $108 in total.
• Goat Funded Futures - $39 up front on a $50,000 account, then $99 when you pass: $138 in total.
• Funded Trading Plus - $4 up front on a $25,000 account, then $179 when you pass: $183 in total.
• For Traders - $9 up front on a $25,000 account, then $189 when you pass: $198 in total.
• Apex Trader Funding - $167 up front on a $25,000 account, then $89 when you pass: $256 in total.

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.