{"license":"CC-BY-4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"ChainChoice (https://chainchoice.io)","category":"trading_bots","evidenceReadAt":"2026-11-03","generatedAt":"2026-11-12","criteria":[{"id":"custody","label":"Key custody posture","weight":30},{"id":"trueCost","label":"True cost of operation","weight":26},{"id":"capability","label":"Strategy capability","weight":24},{"id":"reliability","label":"Operational reliability","weight":20}],"providers":{"3commas":{"custody":{"s":2,"q":"At this point, 3Commas can unfortunately confirm that some of 3Commas’ users’ API data (API keys, secrets and passphrases) have been disclosed by a third party.","u":"https://3commas.io/blog/notice-on-api-data-disclosure-incident","d":"2026-11-03"},"trueCost":{"s":5,"q":"5 Active DCA Bots 2 Active Signal Bots 2 Active Grid Bots","u":"https://3commas.io/pricing","d":"2026-11-03"},"capability":{"s":5,"q":"Starter : 100 backtests per Month; 100 backtest history; 1 year backtest period Pro: 500 Backtests per Month; 500 backtest history; 2 years backtest period","u":"https://help.3commas.io/en/articles/4829733-dca-bot-introduction-to-backtesting","d":"2026-11-03"},"reliability":{"s":2,"q":"the communication with Percona was lacking for several extended periods of time, resulting in downtimes for our users and frustrations from our internal dev team.","u":"https://3commas.io/blog/a-letter-of-transparency-and-my-personal-apologies-to-our-3commas-family-the-road-ahead-is-bright","d":"2026-11-03"}},"cryptohopper":{"custody":{"s":5,"q":"Cryptohopper connects with your exchange by using Fast Connect (oAuth2) or API Keys. We will never ask for withdrawal rights.","u":"https://www.cryptohopper.com/pricing","d":"2026-11-03"},"trueCost":{"s":6,"q":"Trade up to 15 coins 24/7 80 open positions / exchange 10-min strategy interval 2 event based triggers","u":"https://www.cryptohopper.com/pricing","d":"2026-11-03"},"capability":{"s":6,"q":"A.I. strategies and A.I designer Market Making & Arbitrage","u":"https://www.cryptohopper.com/pricing","d":"2026-11-03"},"reliability":{"s":6,"q":"\"statistics\":{\"uptime\":{\"last_24_hours\":100,\"last_7_days\":100,\"last_30_days\":100,\"last_90_days\":100}","u":"https://status.cryptohopper.com/status.json","d":"2026-11-03"}},"haasonline":{"custody":{"s":7,"q":"How does TradeServer store API keys? TradeServer offers non-custodial on-premise trading. Once activated, the keys are encrypted and stored locally on your infrastructure never leaving your machine.","u":"https://www.haasonline.com/tradeserver","d":"2026-11-03"},"trueCost":{"s":6,"q":"TradeServer ⬇ Download & self-host Run the full trade server on your own hardware - or on a dedicated instance we manage for you. Your keys, no limits. The evolution of HTS. $ 249.99 /mo Billed monthly by card","u":"https://www.haasonline.com/pricing","d":"2026-11-03"},"capability":{"s":9,"q":"Concurrent Backtesting Lightning fast batchtesting Our next level batchtesting enables thousands of concurrent backtests of trading bot strategies.","u":"https://www.haasonline.com/backtesting","d":"2026-11-03"},"reliability":{"s":6,"q":"All systems operational | Exchange status reflects HaasOnline's own live price-feed connectivity, not the exchanges' self-reported status.","u":"https://haasonlinestatus.com/","d":"2026-11-03"}},"freqtrade":{"custody":{"s":10,"q":"You can use a 2 nd configuration file containing your secrets. That way you can share your \"primary\" configuration file, while still keeping your API keys for yourself.","u":"https://www.freqtrade.io/en/stable/configuration/","d":"2026-11-03"},"trueCost":{"s":10,"q":"Freqtrade is a free and open source crypto trading bot written in Python.","u":"https://www.freqtrade.io/en/stable/","d":"2026-11-03"},"capability":{"s":10,"q":"This command internally chains backtests and pokes at the strategy to provoke it to show lookahead bias.","u":"https://www.freqtrade.io/en/stable/lookahead-analysis/","d":"2026-11-03"},"reliability":{"s":6,"q":"We provide free support for Freqtrade on our Discord server and via GitHub issues. We only support the most recent release (e.g. 2025.8) and the current development branch (e.g. 2025.9-dev).","u":"https://www.freqtrade.io/en/stable/faq/","d":"2026-11-03"}},"hummingbot":{"custody":{"s":9,"q":"Similar to wallet software, Hummingbot stores your private keys and API keys in encrypted form, using the password you enter when you first start Hummingbot. These keys are saved in your /conf folder.","u":"https://hummingbot.org/faq/","d":"2026-11-03"},"trueCost":{"s":9,"q":"Hummingbot is a free software, so you can download, install, and run it for free.","u":"https://hummingbot.org/faq/","d":"2026-11-03"},"capability":{"s":7,"q":"You can use Hummingbot to build any type of automated crypto trading bot, with the most common bot types being market making and arbitrage bots.","u":"https://hummingbot.org/faq/","d":"2026-11-03"},"reliability":{"s":5,"q":"In order to scale the number of connectors and strategies, Hummingbot relies upon its open source community.","u":"https://hummingbot.org/faq/","d":"2026-11-03"}},"gunbot":{"custody":{"s":8,"q":"Gunbot encrypts API secrets and stores them locally on your device, so they never leave your control.","u":"https://www.gunbot.com/support/faq/gunbot-security-measures/","d":"2026-11-03"},"trueCost":{"s":6,"q":"Gunbot Unlimited gives you the full trading toolkit in one subscription. It costs $29 USD/month . | Six-month prepaid access costs $174 USD , and twelve-month prepaid access costs $348 USD . | Gunbot Unlimited does not charge by trade or pair. Normal exchange fees apply.","u":"https://www.gunbot.com/support/faq/gunbot-pricing/","d":"2026-11-03"},"capability":{"s":7,"q":"Gunbot Unlimited includes the modern workspace, BitRage arbitrage, visual backtesting, Gunbot Replay, custom JavaScript strategies and bot control.","u":"https://www.gunbot.com/support/faq/gunbot-pricing/","d":"2026-11-03"},"reliability":{"s":3,"q":"Lifetime License Registration If you have a lifetime license for Gunbot, this guide is for you. Subscription users can skip this. Gunbot uses a blockchain-based license validation system with its ERC-20 utility token, GUNTHY.","u":"https://www.gunbot.com/support/docs/setup-installation/lifetime-self-hosted/create-gunthy-wallet/","d":"2026-11-03"}}}}