A Social Trader Tools alternative: Copy, watch and protect MT4 and MT5 accounts for 5–27% less.
Algo Trader Tools is a Social Trader Tools alternative that does the same jobs: it copies trades between MT4 and MT5 accounts in the cloud, shows every account on one screen and closes positions when equity crosses your line. Here's how the two compare, from their own pages.
Written by the team behind Algo Trader Tools. Social Trader Tools' facts are from its own pages, checked on .
| Topic | Social Trader Tools | Algo Trader Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Five accounts a month | $60 | $47 |
| Daily loss limit | Not listed | Yes |
| Risk per trade sizing | Not listed | Yes |
| Public API | No | Yes |
| Trading hours filter | Not listed | Yes |
Why switch
Six reasons to switch.
5–27% less a month
The same slots for less on every plan, and 22–27% less from five accounts up.
A daily loss limit, counted your firm’s way
From the day’s starting balance or the higher of balance and equity, with the day starting at your broker’s midnight or your firm’s time. Equity Monitor has no daily rule type.
Lots sized from your risk
Besides the four sizing types you know, risk per trade sizes each copy from the master’s stop loss.
Symbol names that match themselves
Suffixes such as EURUSD.pro and aliases such as GOLD and XAUUSD are matched automatically, so you only map the odd ones.
Trading hours and slippage caps
Copy new trades only in the hours you set for each weekday, and cap the slippage a copy may take.
A public API and an MCP server
Script your accounts and copiers, or ask an AI assistant about them. Social Trader Tools has no public API.
Prices
Counted the same way, priced lower.
Social Trader Tools and Algo Trader Tools both count every account as one slot, master or follower, and both bill monthly with no free trial. So the same setup needs the same number of slots on either side.
Above 20 accounts, Social Trader Tools sells blocks of 20 for $200 each. We charge $7 a month for each account beyond 20, up to 100. Prices are in US dollars, as each site lists them, before any tax added at checkout.
Our plans| Accounts | Social Trader Tools | Algo Trader Tools | Less |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | $20 | $19 | 5% |
| 5 | $60 | $47 | 22% |
| 10 | $120 | $89 | 26% |
| 20 | $220 | $169 | 23% |
| 40 | $400 | $309 | 23% |
| 60 | $600 | $449 | 25% |
| 100 | $1,000 | $729 | 27% |
Feature by feature
What each one does, in its own words.
Their column says only what Social Trader Tools' own pages say. Where they don't mention a feature, we leave it out rather than guess.
| Topic | Social Trader Tools | Algo Trader Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Copying | ||
| Platforms | Social Trader ToolsMT4 and MT5, copied in any direction. MT5 only with hedging accounts. | Algo Trader ToolsThe same: MT4 and MT5 in any direction, MT5 with hedging accounts. |
| Where it runs | Social Trader ToolsIn their cloud, on servers in London. No VPS or plugin. | Algo Trader ToolsIn our cloud. No VPS or Expert Advisor. |
| Lot sizing | Social Trader ToolsFour types: balance ratio, equity ratio, lot multiplier and fixed lot. | Algo Trader ToolsThe same four, plus risk per trade, sized from the master’s stop loss. Contract sizes evened out between brokers, and a largest lot for each follower. |
| Stop loss and take profit | Social Trader ToolsSame as the master, left to the follower, or at a fixed distance in pips. | Algo Trader ToolsSame as the master, including later changes, or left off. |
| Pending orders | Social Trader ToolsCopied with their changes and cancellations, where available. | Algo Trader ToolsCopied when they fill, or placed as pending orders that move, cancel and expire with the master’s. |
| Symbol names | Social Trader ToolsMapped once between brokers, such as GOLD to XAUUSD. | Algo Trader ToolsSuffixes such as EURUSD.pro and aliases such as GOLD and XAUUSD are matched automatically. Anything else is mapped once. |
| Filters | Social Trader ToolsSkip the symbols you list. | Algo Trader ToolsCopy only the symbols you list or skip them, copy new trades only in the hours you set for each weekday, and cap lot size and slippage. |
| Speed | Social Trader ToolsAbout 50 ms on average inside their platform, not counting the brokers’ execution. | Algo Trader ToolsA median of 46 ms from the master's fill to the copy's, brokers included, in our published test of two MT5 accounts at one broker. |
| Risk | ||
| Equity protection | Social Trader ToolsEquity Monitor: a target line and a protect line, each as an amount or a percentage of the starting balance. | Algo Trader ToolsEquity Guard: a daily loss limit, an equity floor and a profit target, each as an amount or a percentage. |
| Daily loss limit | Social Trader ToolsNot one of Equity Monitor’s rule types. | Algo Trader ToolsCounted from the day’s starting balance, or from the higher of balance and equity, with the day starting at the broker’s midnight or a time you set. |
| When a line is crossed | Social Trader ToolsAn email, and optionally the copier turned off and open trades closed. | Algo Trader ToolsAn email, and optionally copying paused and every position and pending order on the account closed. |
| Accounts and signals | ||
| Connecting accounts | Social Trader ToolsMasters with the investor password, followers with the trading password. | Algo Trader ToolsThe same. |
| Account manager | Social Trader ToolsPerformance charts, monthly growth, trade history, comparison, CSV export and email alerts on trades. | Algo Trader ToolsLive balance, equity and positions, growth, drawdown, win rate, profit factor and expectancy, comparison and CSV export. |
| Selling signals | Social Trader ToolsFree, subscription, performance fee or hybrid. Followers pay into your PayPal or Stripe and buy hosting from them. | Algo Trader ToolsThe same four models. Followers pay into your Stripe or PayPal and need a plan here. We take no share. |
| The platform | ||
| API | Social Trader ToolsNo public API. Their FAQ points to TradeSync, a separate product. | Algo Trader ToolsA public REST API and an MCP server for AI assistants, included. |
| Whitelabel | Social Trader ToolsYes, listed on every plan. | Algo Trader ToolsNot yet. |
| Free trial | Social Trader ToolsNo. | Algo Trader ToolsNo. |
| On the market | Social Trader ToolsSays it has supported traders for over 10 years. | Algo Trader ToolsSince October 2026. |
Moving over
Switch one follower at a time.
Pick a plan for the same number of accounts
Every account takes a slot here too, master or follower, so the count you have there is the count you need here.
Connect your accounts
With the account number, password and broker server, as there. A master can use its investor password, a follower needs its trading password.
Give each follower the matching settings
Each of their risk types has a direct match here, shown in the table. Then set Equity Guard's lines where your Equity Monitor rules are.
Move each follower while its master is flat
Turn off their copier for a follower before you attach it here, or every trade arrives twice. A new follower copies what the master opens from then on, so copies their copier opened won't be closed by ours: move it when the master has no open trades, or close those copies by hand.
Cancel your old plan last
Their terms don't refund a subscription already paid for, so move over in the days before it renews.
| Social Trader Tools | Algo Trader Tools |
|---|---|
| Risk multiplier · Balance | Balance ratio |
| Risk multiplier · Equity | Equity ratio |
| Lot multiplier | Multiplier |
| Fixed lot sizes | Fixed lot |
Other alternatives
Not on MetaTrader, or want to run it yourself?
Algo Trader Tools copies MT4 and MT5 accounts in the cloud. For other setups, these are the alternatives. From their own sites, as of 5 November 2026.
Duplikium
A cloud copier that also covers cTrader, DXtrade and TradingView, with Tradovate and NinjaTrader in beta. Priced per account, from €9 a month.
A fit if your accounts aren’t all on MetaTrader.
Traders Connect
A cloud copier for MT4 and MT5 as well as cTrader, Match-Trader, TradeLocker and DXtrade, and futures platforms such as Tradovate and Rithmic. From $10 a month per account.
A fit if your prop firm runs one of those platforms.
Local Trade Copier
Expert Advisors that copy between MetaTrader terminals on your own computer or VPS. From €29 a month for one machine, with no fee per account and a 7-day free trial.
A fit if you’d rather run the copier yourself.
Is Algo Trader Tools part of Social Trader Tools?
No. We're a separate company, not affiliated with or endorsed by Social Trader Tools or Titanium Financial Technology, which runs it. Social Trader Tools is a trademark of its owner.
Can I import my settings from Social Trader Tools?
There's no import. A follower has a handful of settings, and each of their risk types has a direct match here, as the table above shows. With many accounts, the API can set them up for you.
Can I try it before paying?
Neither of us has a free trial. Starter is $19 a month for 2 accounts, enough for a master and a follower on demo accounts, and you can cancel any time.
Is it faster than Social Trader Tools?
We don't claim so. Social Trader Tools quotes about 50 ms inside its platform, without the brokers. We measured 46 ms from fill to fill with the brokers included, in one published test. The two aren't measured the same way, and with either copier your brokers take most of the time.
Will my MT5 netting accounts work?
No, as at Social Trader Tools. Masters and followers have to be hedging accounts: any MT4 account, or an MT5 account set to hedging.
Does Social Trader Tools do anything you don't?
A few things. It lists a whitelabel, which we don't offer yet. Its followers can set stops a fixed number of pips away, it can email you about every copied trade, and its sizing converts between account currencies. Here every copy, skip and failure shows in the copier's activity instead, and Equity Guard emails you when a line is crossed.
Can I use it with prop firm accounts?
Yes, where your firm allows a copier. Our prop firm page lists what to check with your firm first.
Can I run both copiers at the same time?
Yes, on different accounts. Never copy into one follower from both, or every trade opens twice.
Is something on this page out of date?
Prices and features change. We read Social Trader Tools' pages on 5 November 2026. If something has changed since, email us and we'll correct it.
Sources
Everything said here about Social Trader Tools comes from its public pages, read on : Pricing, Trade copier, Equity monitor, Account manager, Signal provider, Whitelabel, FAQ, Terms of use. Social Trader Tools and the other products named here are trademarks of their owners. Algo Trader Tools isn't affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.
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