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3Commas vs Cryptohopper Cryptohopper leads by 9 points.

Cryptohopper scores 9 points above 3Commas, led by custody, true cost, and capability. 3Commas ranks #6 and Cryptohopper #3 of 9 published trading bots. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.

3Commas58
Cryptohopper67
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #6 and #3 of 9
Methodology v2026.10.18Ranking snapshot 4 published criteria5 score dimensions Receipt #cc-VS-3COMMAS-VS-CRYPTOHOPPER-14442d07
Published verdictRanking snapshot 3 November 2026

Cryptohopper leads by 9 points

Cryptohopper scores 9 points above 3Commas, led by custody, true cost, and capability.

3Commas #6 of 958
Cryptohopper #3 of 967
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termCryptohopper leads on 4 of 4 published criteria; 3Commas on 0. The terms sum to the gap.
TermCryptohopper3CommasWeightPoints
Custody5/102/107.2+5.6for Cryptohopper+2.9 of 32
True cost6/105/106.2+1.6for Cryptohopper+0.8 of 32
Capability6/105/105.8+1.5for Cryptohopper+0.8 of 32
Reliability6/102/104.8+5.0for Cryptohopper+2.6 of 32
Trust recordScore dimension3.26.48−8.3for 3Commas
Measured dataScore dimension8.36.918+3.6for Cryptohopper
Net of the terms+9.0
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.1
Reproduced gap+9.1
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below6758+9.0

Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.

Quick facts

At a glance

Fact3CommasCryptohopper
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.Explorer $29/mo, Adventurer $69/mo, Hero $129/mo at monthly billing; annual billing is 17% off ($24.16 / $57.50 / $107.50 a month, billed yearly). There is no free tier — only a 3-day Explorer trial that starts at sign-up. Copy Bot is priced separately, $9.99 to $99.99/mo, and marketplace strategies are extra. Re-read 2026-09-09: every tier had risen (Explorer 19 → 29, Adventurer 49 → 69, Hero 99 → 129), the annual discount was 17% and not the ~30% recorded, and the record’s claim of a paper-trading free tier was wrong — paper trading sits inside the paid Explorer package.
Asset coverageEditorialAny pair tradable on connected exchanges; bot logic asset-agnosticAny pair tradable on connected exchanges
Region fitSnapshotus, globalus, europe, global
From the published criteria

Which should you pick?

3Commas

58#6 of 9
Pick it when
3Commas leads on no published criterion; its edge is trust record (6.4 vs 3.2 points). Pick it if that term is what you are buying.
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

Cryptohopper

67#3 of 9
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Cryptohopper if custody matters most — it scores 5/10 to 3Commas's 2/10 there (weight 30).
Strength
Strategy-marketplace followers
Tradeoff
Marketplace strategy quality varies — many published strategies underperform vs buy-and-hold
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Which one is actually for you?

3Commas

3Commas leads Cryptohopper on no published criterion

  • Choose it only if something outside the published criteria decides for you — your country, a funding rail, or custody.
CryptohopperLeads

Choose Cryptohopper if custody matters most

  • Custody: 5/10 against 2/10 for 3Commas (weight 30)
  • True cost: 6/10 against 5/10 for 3Commas (weight 26)
  • Capability: 6/10 against 5/10 for 3Commas (weight 24)
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 86Cryptohopper leads
3Commas2 out of 10
Cryptohopper5 out of 10

True cost

by 1 of 10weight 6.2 of 86Cryptohopper leads
3Commas5 out of 10
Cryptohopper6 out of 10

Capability

by 1 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Cryptohopper leads
3Commas5 out of 10
Cryptohopper6 out of 10

Reliability

by 4 of 10weight 4.8 of 86Cryptohopper leads
3Commas2 out of 10
Cryptohopper6 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
3Commas20/20Cryptohopper20/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
3Commas8.4/30Cryptohopper13.7/30
Cryptohopper leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
3Commas2.7/10Cryptohopper2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
3Commas6.4/8Cryptohopper3.2/8
3Commas leads
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
3Commas6.9/18Cryptohopper8.3/18
Cryptohopper leads
Decision rulePublished order

Choose Cryptohopper unless the term 3Commas leads on is the one you are buying.

3Commas leads on no published criterion; its edge is trust record (6.4 vs 3.2 points). Pick it if that term is what you are buying.

The published order weighs every criterion the same way for everyone. To weigh them your way, run .

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How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Liveness failure: the operator stops, censors you or loses data.
    Scored by Operational reliability · 20% (3Commas 2/10, Cryptohopper 6/10)
  • Custody failure: whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.
    Scored by Key custody posture · 30% (3Commas 2/10, Cryptohopper 5/10)
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%).
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Cryptohopper scores 9 points above 3Commas, led by custody, true cost, and capability. Published scores, out of 100: 3Commas 58 (rank 6 of 9 trading bots), Cryptohopper 67 (rank 3 of 9).

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Re-read due since The published cadence is 45 days; this page's next read was due on 29 October 2026.
Methodology v2026.10.18
How this page is reviewed

Reviewed means both products compared here 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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