3Commas scores 9 points above Coinrule, led by true cost and capability. 3Commas ranks #6 and Coinrule #9 of 9 published trading bots. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
3Commas58
vs
Coinrule49
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #6 and #9 of 9
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.1
Reproduced gap+9.4
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below5849+9.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
3Commas's lead rests on lighter criteria: Coinrule is ahead on custody, which carries more weight (30) than any criterion 3Commas leads on (26).
3CommasScore 58Multi-exchange trading bots with DCA, grid, and signal-driven strategiesStrength: Multi-exchange portfolio rebalancingWatch-out: 2022 API-key disclosure incident (at least 100k Binance and KuCoin API keys exposed, per 3Commas’ own incident FAQ) — verify current 2FA + IP-allowlist hygiene before connecting sizeCoinruleScore 49No-code automation priced by monthly trade volume, not rule countStrength: No-code rule buildingWatch-out: The real constraint is the monthly trade-volume cap, not the advertised rule count
Quick facts
At a glance
Fact3CommasCoinrule
Monthly priceSnapshotStarter $20/mo, Pro $50/mo, Expert $140/mo at monthly billing; annual billing $15 / $38 / $105 a month. Plan caps bind before price: Starter allows 1 active exchange API key, 5 DCA, 2 signal and 2 grid bots. EEA: 3Commas.eu closed on 1 July 2026 with no automatic migration of accounts, bots, orders, subscriptions or settings. New EEA registrations are closed, EEA country selection is blocked at sign-up, and Estonia remains a restricted location. In the company’s own incident FAQ, the December 2022 breach exposed ‘at least 100k Binance and Kucoin API keys and secrets’; 3Commas has never published a loss figure. Re-read 14 September 2026.Monthly: Free $0 (2 running strategies, $3k monthly volume); Investor $39.99 ($500k monthly volume); Trader $79.99 ($10M); Pro $995 (unlimited volume). Billed yearly: $359, $719 and $8,988, shown as $29.99, $59.99 and $749 a month and up to 25% off. The monthly trade-volume cap, not the rule count, is the binding constraint: unlimited volume is a $79.99 to $995 monthly jump with nothing in between. Coinrule’s own homepage cost estimator still shows ‘Pro $449.99 /m’, contradicting its pricing page. Re-read 2026-09-14: $29.99, $59.99 and $749 are annual-billing rates, not monthly prices.
Asset coverageEditorialAny pair tradable on connected exchanges; bot logic asset-agnosticRule-based automation on crypto spot and, via brokers, stocks and ETFs
Region fitSnapshotus, globalus, europe, global
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
3Commas
58#6 of 9
Leads
Pick it when
Pick 3Commas if true cost matters most — it scores 5/10 to Coinrule's 3/10 there (weight 26).
Strength
Multi-exchange portfolio rebalancing
Tradeoff
2022 API-key disclosure incident (at least 100k Binance and KuCoin API keys exposed, per 3Commas’ own incident FAQ) — verify current 2FA + IP-allowlist hygiene before connecting size
Coinrule
49#9 of 9
Pick it when
Pick Coinrule if custody matters most — it scores 5/10 to 3Commas's 2/10 there (weight 30).
Strength
No-code rule building
Tradeoff
The real constraint is the monthly trade-volume cap, not the advertised rule count
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
3CommasLeads
Choose 3Commas if true cost matters most
True cost: 5/10 against 3/10 for Coinrule (weight 26)
Capability: 5/10 against 3/10 for Coinrule (weight 24)
3CommasScore 58Multi-exchange trading bots with DCA, grid, and signal-driven strategiesStrength: Multi-exchange portfolio rebalancingWatch-out: 2022 API-key disclosure incident (at least 100k Binance and KuCoin API keys exposed, per 3Commas’ own incident FAQ) — verify current 2FA + IP-allowlist hygiene before connecting size
Coinrule
Choose Coinrule if custody matters most
Custody: 5/10 against 2/10 for 3Commas (weight 30)
Reliability: 3/10 against 2/10 for 3Commas (weight 20)
CoinruleScore 49No-code automation priced by monthly trade volume, not rule countStrength: No-code rule buildingWatch-out: The real constraint is the monthly trade-volume cap, not the advertised rule count
Criterion by criterion
Scorecard
Published criteria · weight in points of 868 of 8 cells scored. Strength is read from the evidence file; the weight is the published one. Methodology
Custody
by 3 of 10weight 7.2 of 86Coinrule leads
3Commas2/10 out of 10
Coinrule5/10 out of 10
True cost
by 2 of 10weight 6.2 of 863Commas leads
3Commas5/10 out of 10
Coinrule3/10 out of 10
Capability
by 2 of 10weight 5.8 of 863Commas leads
3Commas5/10 out of 10
Coinrule3/10 out of 10
Reliability
by 1 of 10weight 4.8 of 86Coinrule leads
3Commas2/10 out of 10
Coinrule3/10 out of 10
Score dimensions
weights sum to 86
The published score is five dimensions, each weighted for the category. "Published criteria" is the criteria block above; the other four are the engine's own terms — availability, friction, trust record, measured data. Each bar is one side's points out of that dimension's maximum; the weight beside the name is its points of the 86-point weighted total. The published criteria above can fill 24 of the block’s 30.
Availabilityweight 20 of 86
3Commas20/20Coinrule14/20
3Commas leads
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
3Commas8.4/30Coinrule8.6/30
Coinrule leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
3Commas2.7/10Coinrule6.7/10
Coinrule leads
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
3Commas6.4/8Coinrule3.2/8
3Commas leads
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
3Commas6.9/18Coinrule8.3/18
Coinrule leads
Decision rulePublished order
Choose 3Commas unless the term Coinrule leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick Coinrule if custody matters most — it scores 5/10 to 3Commas's 2/10 there (weight 30).
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Liveness failure: the operator stops, censors you or loses data.
Scored by Operational reliability · 20% (3Commas 2/10, Coinrule 3/10)
Custody failure: whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.
Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: True cost of operation (26%), Strategy capability (24%).
Questions
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3Commas scores 9 points above Coinrule, led by true cost and capability. Published scores, out of 100: 3Commas 58 (rank 6 of 9 trading bots), Coinrule 49 (rank 9 of 9).
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