Provider at a glance
- Category
- Trading Bots
- Entity
- Not verified
- Official website
- pionex.com
Independent rankingchecked How it works
Details
Scored 68 out of 100 under methodology 2026.10.18, from the evidence read on file.
Pionex
Exchange with built-in trading bots
Trading Bots
#2 Overall
Ranked #2 of 9 trading bots in the published ranking
68
ChainChoice Score
The ChainChoice Score, shown against 100: published scores run from 41 to 99.- Low evidence confidence
Is Pionex right for you?
Right for you if these matter most
- Operational reliability6/10; the category best is 7
Look elsewhere if these come first
- Key custody posture3/10 here; Hummingbot scores 9
- True cost of operation4/10 here; Hummingbot scores 9
- Strategy capability4/10 here; Hummingbot scores 8
Not yet tested for your country. Markets it lists: United States, Europe, Global. Restricted: Hong Kong, United States, Singapore, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Spain, France.
to test where you can use it.
The rank above is the published one, the same for every reader. Find my best crypto trading bot shows where it lands for you.
What will Pionex cost you?
Not priced on this basis
- Months you run it
- 12 months
How safe is Pionex?
- Evidence: unknown4 of 4 criteria scored; no receipt file yet. The score is provisional until a quoted source is on file.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no register record on file here.
Alternatives to Pionex
Compare all 4- 3Cryptohopper1 point below · stronger on custody (5 against 3)67$348
- 4Bitsgap5 points below · stronger on true cost (6 against 4)63$348
- 5Hummingbot7 points below · stronger on custody (9 against 3)61$0.00
For your setup
Find out if Pionex fits you
The rank above is the published one — the same for every visitor. Answer the category's questions and this section shows where Pionex lands for you, which criteria your answers weight up, and which stated needs the record does or does not meet. The published rank stays beside it.
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Why this rank
Why Pionex ranks #2
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (13.1 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest.
4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
303+2.885.010#8/9Loading evidence…
264+3.336.010#7/9Loading evidence…
244+3.076.010#8/9Loading evidence…
206+3.846.07#2/9Loading evidence…
Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin−16behind Freqtrade, #1
RobustnessOne point from changingacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 66–70 and ranks #2–#3
Evidence4 of 4 scoredno receipt file for this category
What would move the rank
Each line is the ranking run again with one of Pionex’s criterion scores changed and every other value held: the smallest whole-point change on that criterion that moves its rank, and where the re-run puts it. Up to 4 climbs and 3 falls are listed, smallest change first. Nothing here is a forecast.
Key custody posture 3 → 2 on its ladder · Cryptohopper passes it−166#2 → #3
True cost of operation 4 → 3 on its ladder · Cryptohopper passes it−166#2 → #3
Strategy capability 4 → 3 on its ladder · Cryptohopper passes it−166#2 → #3
Strengths
1 from the score dataWhere it leads
Best for readers who weight
- Operational reliability — 6/10, category best 7/10
Tradeoffs
3 from the score dataWhere it trails
Not for readers who put first
- Key custody posture — 3/10 against a category best of 10/10
- True cost of operation — 4/10 against a category best of 10/10
- Strategy capability — 4/10 against a category best of 10/10
Record watch-outs
- Custodial — Pionex holds your funds while bots execute
- Bot orders pay the trading fee on every fill, and some products add further costs such as futures funding, spreads or withdrawal fees
- Lower liquidity than top-tier exchanges on long-tail pairs
Competitive position
Where Pionex leads and where it trails
Rank on every objective dimension among the rows scored on it. A criterion in the top third of its pool is listed as a lead, the bottom third as a trail; the middle is neither. Popularity, size and commercial terms are not dimensions.
Availability#1 / 920.0 of 20 · pool best
Published criteria#7 / 99.8 of 30 · best 22.1
Friction#1 / 96.7 of 10 · pool best
Trust record#2 / 93.2 of 8 · best 6.4
Measured data#1 / 98.3 of 18 · pool best
Where Pionex leads
- Operational reliability#2 / 9
Where it trails
- Key custody posture#8 / 9
- True cost of operation#7 / 9
- Strategy capability#8 / 9
Closest alternatives
The 3 nearest rows by score
Nearest by published score in either direction. Each card states the criteria on which the two rows differ and the cost difference under the same scenario inputs; the compare arithmetic below shows why the higher one ranks higher.
Cryptohopper#3 of 9 · score 67 · 1.0 point behind
Pionex leads onNo scored criterion
Cryptohopper leads on
- Key custody posture5 vs 3
- True cost of operation6 vs 4
- Strategy capability6 vs 4
Largest single reason Pionex is ahead: friction (+10.4 display points).Scenario cost: Pionex has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Bitsgap#4 of 9 · score 63 · 5.0 points behind
Pionex leads onNo scored criterion
Bitsgap leads on
- Key custody posture4 vs 3
- True cost of operation6 vs 4
- Strategy capability6 vs 4
Largest single reason Pionex is ahead: friction (+10.4 display points).Scenario cost: Pionex has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Hummingbot#5 of 9 · score 61 · 7.0 points behind
Pionex leads on
- Operational reliability6 vs 5
Hummingbot leads on
- Key custody posture9 vs 3
- True cost of operation9 vs 4
- Strategy capability8 vs 4
Largest single reason Pionex is ahead: availability (+15.6 display points).Scenario cost: Pionex has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Against the leader
84 vs 68 · gap 16.0Why Freqtrade ranks above Pionex
The compare workspace's arithmetic applied to these two rows. Each dimension's share of the gap is its weight × the difference, on the displayed scale — it reproduces the displayed gap of 16.0 to within rounding. Pionex is ahead on friction (+15.6 in its favour).
DimensionThisFreqtradeGap share
Availability · 23% weight20.020.0same
Published criteria · 35% weight9.822.1−32.0, worse
Friction · 12% weight6.70.7+15.6, better
Trust record · 9% weight3.23.2same
Measured data · 21% weight8.38.3same
Published criterionThisFreqtradePoints
Key custody posture · w30310−6.72, worse
True cost of operation · w26410−4.99, worse
Strategy capability · w24410−4.61, worse
Net6884−16.0
Your scenario
Pionex is not priced for this scenario
The published monthly plan times the months you run it. Excludes the exchange fees on the bot's own orders and any profit share. Change an input and every figure recomputes from the published rate; the published rank does not move.
your total cost · default scenario — set your own
Months you run it · your input12 months
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 14 September 2026.
your total costCost is stated as your total cost in USD; it is never a yield, never annualised, and it does not enter the score.
Not priced on this basis
Under the default inputs · USDCategory median$2407 of 9 rows priced
Cheapest priced$0.00 · FreqtradeDifference not stated · availability not applied — set your country to filterCompare with Freqtrade
2 of 9 rows in this ranking have no verified rate for this scenario and are absent from the median, not counted as free.
Evidence
No evidence reading date recorded
One row per published criterion: the page each strength was read from, its source type by domain, the reading date and whether the file and the published table agree. Open a row for the quote and the receipt.
4 of 4 cells scored
Score evidenceUnknownno observation on file
No structured observation on file for this category; the strengths are the catalog’s published values.Public receiptsReading…category publishes no receipt file
The receipt file has not been read yet.Evidence confidenceNot yet ratedcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
No structured observation on file for this category; the receipt count is not counted.RobustnessOne point from changingrank #2 to #3 across one-point re-runs
Whether the position holds when one criterion score is changed by one point and the ranking is run again. It is always a re-run of the ranking, never an estimate.No structured observation is on file for this provider in this category; the strengths are the catalog’s published values.
9 listed rows in this category still await an evidence read and sit outside the scored pool.
Reading the evidence ledger…
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
Key custody posturestrength 3 · weight 30Report an error——
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.True cost of operationstrength 4 · weight 26Report an error——
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Strategy capabilitystrength 4 · weight 24Report an error——
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Operational reliabilitystrength 6 · weight 20Report an error——
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Liveness failure (Pionex 6/10): the operator stops, censors you or loses data.Scored by Operational reliability · 20%
- Custody failure (Pionex 3/10): whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.Scored by Key custody posture · 30%
Not assessed by this ranking: Execution failure, Exit failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: True cost of operation (26%), Strategy capability (24%).
Facts
facts, not scoresWhat the record publishes
- Pricing
- Built-in bots carry no separate subscription or activation fee. Every order a bot fills pays the trading fee for that market. The Pionex fee schedule lists spot maker 0.050% and taker 0.050%, leveraged tokens 0.100% and 0.100%, and futures maker 0.020% and taker 0.050%, with lower fees for VIP tiers. A completed grid cycle pays fees on both the buy and the sell fill, and perpetual futures add funding. Custodial: Pionex is the exchange, and its terms allow it to place user assets with external providers ‘to custody and safekeep all or part of your digital assets’. US users trade on Webot (formerly Pionex.US), whose fee page states taker 0.5% and maker 0.1%. The May 2025 multistate consent order previously cited could not be re-read at a primary source on 14 September 2026 and is not asserted here.Pionex fee schedule + bot-fees guide + terms of service ↗ · 14 September 2026
- Prices published in
- USDPionex fee schedule + bot-fees guide + terms of service ↗ · 14 September 2026
- Licences held
- US: Pionex US — Money Transmitter (multi-state), LT: Lithuania VASP (Pionex Global)
- Compliance level
- partial
- Regulatory note
- Not published
- Supported chains
- Major L1s and EVM chains for deposits/withdrawals
- Markets served
- us, europe, global
- Primary markets
- Global retail crypto traders, Bot-curious beginners
- Restricted markets
- Hong Kong, United States, Singapore, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Spain, France
- Operating limits
- No separate subscription or activation fee for built-in bots; every order a bot fills pays the trading fee for that market (spot 0.05% maker and taker on Pionex Global).
- Availability note
- Pionex Global’s terms exclude residents of Mainland China, Hong Kong, the United States, Singapore, Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain and France. US users are served separately by Webot (formerly Pionex.US), available in 47 US states, with different assets, bots and fees.
No confirmed legal entity is on file for this record. Nothing is inferred from the brand name.
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How this page is reviewed
Reviewed means this product in this category was read against its sources on or after that date; every ranked category is re-read at least every 45 days. Models research, extract and parse. A deterministic engine ranks. Every quote passes an adversarial refute pass.
Accountable for this review: Mathias Siemonsmeier, Founder.
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History
What the record carries
Changes to published ranks are recorded in a ledger; every step and its cause is listed on the rank-history page. The entries below begin with the current verified snapshot, then the methodology versions whose changes applied to this category, newest first.
11 methodology entries
- currentCurrent verified snapshot · methodology 2026.10.18Score 68, #2 of 9. 4 of 4 criteria scored. History starts here; earlier values are not interpolated.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.8When nothing serves your country, the list shown for reference is the published ranking · platform-wide- fixed The reference list shown when nothing serves your country is the published order with the published scores, and a build check now fails any such list out of that order or with a score the ranking does not publish.
- fixed The explorer prints an overall rank only for a row the published ranking holds; a country entrant such as Coinbase Commerce for US merchants shows no overall rank.
- changed Published orders do not move. Country results change only where nothing serves the country: in India bill pay keeps Bitcoin Well first and now shows Strike second, as published; 35 such runs across all categories and countries now match the published list exactly.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.6A criterion you require re-scores the rows that meet it · platform-wide- changed The explorer sends each criterion you require, at any band, as fit_required with your other answers; region, licence, chain and fact filters stay filters. On /best, a required criterion joins For you as a marked preference does, which needs your country; Overall stays the published ranking, filtered.
- added Every published criterion has a golden case as the explorer sends it (require:<criterion>), so the order a requirement gives is replayed and gated as the published order is, and a change to it needs an entry here.
- 16 September 2026
2026.09.15Dimension scores carry tenths, and eleven more categories are re-read from primary sources · platform-wide- changed Dimension scores resolve to tenths of a point (O-04b), and weightedTotal is rounded to six decimal places before the order is read. 518 published scores move across 107 categories that were not re-read; none of them moves by more than 4 points, and most move by 1.
- fixed 66 published scores change in the eleven re-read categories, against a verbatim source each. The largest moves are Reflexer RAI (−16), Beefy and Unrekt (−11), Aztec (−10) and Golem (+9) — all of them rows whose sources had moved since their last read.
- changed Published order moves in 38 of 119 categories and three #1s change: smart_contract_audits (Zellic → Certora) and travel_rule_compliance (Sumsub Travel Rule → CodeVASP) on the finer resolution, kyc_compliance (Veriff → Sumsub) on the re-read.
- added availabilitySource (O-04g): for a reader who states a country, a row whose availability in that country rests on a region tag its record gives no source for sorts below every sourced row. It is inert in every order published here, which states no country.
Methodology 2026.10.18, the same published run every visitor sees · receipt trading_bots:pionex:2026.10.18:0cbf2bfa4041
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