Comparison

ForgeX and TradeZella, compared

TradeZella sits closest to ForgeX on this page. Both keep a journal, both backtest, and both are sold to the same trader. The separation is price, the markets each one was designed around, and where the replay gets its prices from.

Everything below about TradeZella was read off their own pages on 26 August 2026. Prices and plans change without notice, so check their pricing before you decide anything on the strength of this page.

ForgeX $12.50 a month, forex and futures, free plan with no expiry

TradeZella $35 a month, adds US stocks and options, no free plan

What each one costs a month

ForgeX $12.50 to $28

TradeZella $35 to $99

The solid block is the entry plan. The lighter bar behind it runs to the top plan.

Side by side

	ForgeX	TradeZella
Cheapest paid plan	$12.50 a month, or $140 a year	$35 a month, or $315 a year
Top plan	$28 a month, or $320 a year	$99 a month, or $891 a year
Free plan	Yes, no card. One replay session, six months of history on MNQ, NQ and every forex pair, 25 journal entries	None on their pricing page. It lists one free automated backtest run on the entry plan
Backtesting	Bar by bar replay on our own one minute data, charging the spread quoted for that minute	Manual backtesting on every plan, capped at 10 strategies on the entry plan, with a monthly allowance of automated runs
Markets it centres on	Forex and futures, plus metals, oil and the larger crypto pairs	Stocks and options alongside futures and forex

What TradeZella is built for

TradeZella reaches into US equities and options. A trader whose week involves stocks will find coverage there that ForgeX has no plans to add.
Automated backtest runs are on the menu at the higher plans. Handing a rule set to software and reading the output afterwards is a workflow ForgeX does not offer.
The broker import list is longer, which matters to anyone whose priority is pulling in a live account on day one.

What ForgeX brings

Replay is the centre of ForgeX rather than a panel attached to a journal. The engine came first and most of the work has gone into it.
Every fill pays the bid to ask spread that was quoted for that minute. A strategy that only survives without costs falls over here, early and cheaply.
The entry plan runs about a third of theirs. Someone trading forex or futures alone is buying the markets they actually open, without funding equities coverage that stays shut.
The free plan has no expiry and needs no card, so the backtester can be judged properly before a decision.

Which one suits you

TradeZella, if stocks or options appear in the week, or the broker import has to work on day one across a long list.

ForgeX, if forex and futures are the whole game, real spreads matter to the result, and a smaller monthly cost is worth having.

Sources

TradeZella, pricing page. https://www.tradezella.com/pricing