Bitsgap vs Freqtrade Freqtrade leads by 21 points.
Freqtrade scores 21 points above Bitsgap, led by custody, true cost, and capability. Bitsgap ranks #4 and Freqtrade #1 of 9 published trading bots. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Bitsgap63
vs
Freqtrade84
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #4 and #1 of 9
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.2
Reproduced gap+21.1
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below8463+21.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
FreqtradeScore 84Open-source Python bot that ships tooling to invalidate its own backtestsStrength: Python-literate self-hostersWatch-out: No company behind it — no support desk, no SLA, nobody to reimburse a strategy bugBitsgapScore 63Unified trading terminal with bots and arbitrage scannerStrength: Active multi-exchange tradersWatch-out: Arbitrage opportunities have narrowed materially since 2021 — verify the spread economics work for your size
Quick facts
At a glance
FactBitsgapFreqtrade
PricingSnapshotBasic $29/mo, Advanced $69/mo, Pro $149/mo at monthly billing; annual billing shows $23 / $55 / $119 a month. A genuine free plan exists — 3 COMBO bots on Evedex, 20 active bots in demo, unlimited manual trading — alongside a 7-day PRO trial with no card. Re-read 2026-09-09: every tier had risen (Basic 24 → 29, Advanced 44 → 69, Pro 84 → 149) and the record described the free plan as only a trial.Free and open source under GPL-3.0: no subscription, commission or licence key, and the FAQ states Freqtrade has no crypto token. Real total cost: a machine running 24/7 (the docs recommend a Linux cloud instance with at least 2GB RAM, 1GB disk and 2 vCPU), exchange trading fees, and the Python competence to build and maintain a strategy. Re-read 14 September 2026.
Asset coverageEditorialAny pair tradable on connected exchanges; arbitrage logic limited to spot pairs across connected venuesSpot and futures algorithmic trading via your own exchange accounts
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalglobal
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Bitsgap
63#4 of 9
Pick it when
Pick Bitsgap if reliability matters most — it scores 7/10 to Freqtrade's 6/10 there (weight 20).
Strength
Active multi-exchange traders
Tradeoff
Arbitrage opportunities have narrowed materially since 2021 — verify the spread economics work for your size
Freqtrade
84#1 of 9
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Freqtrade if custody matters most — it scores 10/10 to Bitsgap's 4/10 there (weight 30).
Strength
Python-literate self-hosters
Tradeoff
No company behind it — no support desk, no SLA, nobody to reimburse a strategy bug
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
Bitsgap
Choose Bitsgap if reliability matters most
Reliability: 7/10 against 6/10 for Freqtrade (weight 20)
BitsgapScore 63Unified trading terminal with bots and arbitrage scannerStrength: Active multi-exchange tradersWatch-out: Arbitrage opportunities have narrowed materially since 2021 — verify the spread economics work for your size
FreqtradeLeads
Choose Freqtrade if custody matters most
Custody: 10/10 against 4/10 for Bitsgap (weight 30)
True cost: 10/10 against 6/10 for Bitsgap (weight 26)
Capability: 10/10 against 6/10 for Bitsgap (weight 24)
FreqtradeScore 84Open-source Python bot that ships tooling to invalidate its own backtestsStrength: Python-literate self-hostersWatch-out: No company behind it — no support desk, no SLA, nobody to reimburse a strategy bug
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 6 of 10weight 7.2 of 86Freqtrade leads
Bitsgap4/10 out of 10
Freqtrade10/10 out of 10
True cost
by 4 of 10weight 6.2 of 86Freqtrade leads
Bitsgap6/10 out of 10
Freqtrade10/10 out of 10
Capability
by 4 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Freqtrade leads
Bitsgap6/10 out of 10
Freqtrade10/10 out of 10
Reliability
by 1 of 10weight 4.8 of 86Bitsgap leads
Bitsgap7/10 out of 10
Freqtrade6/10 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
Bitsgap20/20Freqtrade20/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Bitsgap13.4/30Freqtrade22.1/30
Freqtrade leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
Bitsgap2.7/10Freqtrade0.7/10
Bitsgap leads
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Bitsgap3.2/8Freqtrade3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
Bitsgap6.9/18Freqtrade8.3/18
Freqtrade leads
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Freqtrade unless the term Bitsgap leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick Bitsgap if reliability matters most — it scores 7/10 to Freqtrade's 6/10 there (weight 20).
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Liveness failure: the operator stops, censors you or loses data.
Scored by Operational reliability · 20% (Bitsgap 7/10, Freqtrade 6/10)
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
Frequently asked questions
Freqtrade scores 21 points above Bitsgap, led by custody, true cost, and capability. Published scores, out of 100: Bitsgap 63 (rank 4 of 9 trading bots), Freqtrade 84 (rank 1 of 9).
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