Pionex scores 1 point above Cryptohopper, on friction rather than any published criterion. Cryptohopper ranks #3 and Pionex #2 of 9 published trading bots. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Cryptohopper67
vs
PIPionex68
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #3 and #2 of 9
Pionex scores 1 point above Cryptohopper, on friction rather than any published criterion.
Cryptohopper #3 of 967
PIPionex #2 of 968
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termPionex leads on 0 of 4 published criteria; Cryptohopper on 3. The terms sum to the gap.
TermPionexCryptohopperWeightPoints
Custody3/105/107.2−3.7for Cryptohopper−1.9 of 32
True cost4/106/106.2−3.2for Cryptohopper−1.7 of 32
Capability4/106/105.8−3.0for Cryptohopper−1.5 of 32
FrictionScore dimension6.72.710+10.4for Pionex
Net of the terms+0.4
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread−0.2
Reproduced gap+0.3
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below6867+1.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
Pionex leads on no published criterion; Cryptohopper is ahead on custody. The gap comes from friction.
PionexScore 68Built-in bot exchange — trading bots without API-key setupStrength: Beginners trying bot trading without API-key setupWatch-out: Custodial — Pionex holds your funds while bots executeCryptohopperScore 67Cloud-based trading bot with strategy marketplace and signal subscriptionsStrength: Strategy-marketplace followersWatch-out: Marketplace strategy quality varies — many published strategies underperform vs buy-and-hold
Quick facts
At a glance
1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactCryptohopperPionex
PricingSnapshotExplorer $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.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.
Asset coverageEditorialAny pair tradable on connected exchangesSpot pairs across major and mid-cap assets; 16 native bot types
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalus, europe, global
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Cryptohopper
67#3 of 9
Pick it when
Pick Cryptohopper if custody matters most — it scores 5/10 to Pionex's 3/10 there (weight 30).
Strength
Strategy-marketplace followers
Tradeoff
Marketplace strategy quality varies — many published strategies underperform vs buy-and-hold
PI
Pionex
68#2 of 9
Leads
Pick it when
Pionex leads on no published criterion; its edge is friction (6.7 vs 2.7 points). Pick it if that term is what you are buying.
Strength
Beginners trying bot trading without API-key setup
Tradeoff
Custodial — Pionex holds your funds while bots execute
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
Cryptohopper
Choose Cryptohopper if custody matters most
Custody: 5/10 against 3/10 for Pionex (weight 30)
True cost: 6/10 against 4/10 for Pionex (weight 26)
Capability: 6/10 against 4/10 for Pionex (weight 24)
CryptohopperScore 67Cloud-based trading bot with strategy marketplace and signal subscriptionsStrength: Strategy-marketplace followersWatch-out: Marketplace strategy quality varies — many published strategies underperform vs buy-and-hold
PIPionexLeads
Pionex 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.
PionexScore 68Built-in bot exchange — trading bots without API-key setupStrength: Beginners trying bot trading without API-key setupWatch-out: Custodial — Pionex holds your funds while bots execute
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 2 of 10weight 7.2 of 86Cryptohopper leads
Cryptohopper5/10 out of 10
Pionex3/10 out of 10
True cost
by 2 of 10weight 6.2 of 86Cryptohopper leads
Cryptohopper6/10 out of 10
Pionex4/10 out of 10
Capability
by 2 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Cryptohopper leads
Cryptohopper6/10 out of 10
Pionex4/10 out of 10
Reliability
weight 4.8 of 86Tie
Cryptohopper6/10 out of 10
Pionex6/10 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
Cryptohopper20/20Pionex20/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Cryptohopper13.7/30Pionex9.8/30
Cryptohopper leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
Cryptohopper2.7/10Pionex6.7/10
Pionex leads
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Cryptohopper3.2/8Pionex3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
Cryptohopper8.3/18Pionex8.3/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Pionex unless the term Cryptohopper leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick Cryptohopper if custody matters most — it scores 5/10 to Pionex's 3/10 there (weight 30).
The published order weighs every criterion the same way for everyone. To weigh them your way, run .
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Liveness failure: the operator stops, censors you or loses data.
Scored by Operational reliability · 20% (Cryptohopper 6/10, Pionex 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
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Pionex scores 1 point above Cryptohopper, on friction rather than any published criterion. Published scores, out of 100: Cryptohopper 67 (rank 3 of 9 trading bots), Pionex 68 (rank 2 of 9).
ReviewedRe-read due since The published cadence is 45 days; this page's next read was due on 29 October 2026.Methodology v2026.10.18
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