Two cloud journals. One difference that matters: how your trades get in.

TraderSync and TradeZella are both solid cloud journals. TraderSync is more of a data-first tracker (imports, stats, a big community) and starts around $19-49/month; TradeZella markets AI harder at a higher price point. Both auto-import from brokers, but neither lists a native cTrader connector, and both have limited free tiers. Dusk Analyst approaches the same job differently: $25/month flat, genuine MT4/MT5/cTrader auto-sync via read-only Expert Advisors and a cBot, AI insights, and a free tier that is actually usable (manual entry, CSV import, two accounts, $0). Data is stored on Cloudflare, identity is handled by Auth0, billing by Stripe, and the AI that answers your insight questions runs on DeepSeek. No card is required for the free tier.

It depends on what matters. TraderSync is more established and has a deeper stats library and community; if you want maximum statistics out of the box and don't need native cTrader sync, it is a fine choice. Dusk Analyst wins where traders feel it most: automatic MT4/MT5/cTrader sync with no imports to babysit, AI insights on your own history, and a free tier with real import capacity. In our 2026 audit we verified 356 brokers and prop firms one by one against their own sites, and the brokers table on our home page shows the evidence for each one. The honest answer is to trial both — both have free paths in.

TraderSync has a free plan but it is limited (a capped number of imports per month is a commonly reported pain point in trading communities). Dusk Analyst's free tier covers two accounts with manual entry, CSV import, tags, analytics and weekly report export at $0 with no card. When you are ready, Pro at $25/month adds unlimited accounts, MT4/MT5/cTrader auto-sync and AI insights.

Dusk Analyst does: a read-only Expert Advisor on MT4 or MT5 pushes every closed trade over HTTPS the moment it closes — no manual CSV exports. TraderSync supports broker auto-import for many brokers but does not list a native cTrader connector. If you trade MT4, MT5 or cTrader, Dusk Analyst's connectors cover all three. The EAs are read-only and record closed trades only; your broker password and login credentials never leave the terminal.

For funded traders the journal needs to track drawdown, daily loss and consistency rules alongside normal trade analytics. Dusk Analyst tracks demo, live and funded accounts side by side (each with its own starting balance and API key) and includes weekly reports and AI insights, with a free tier for manual entry and CSV import. We also maintain dedicated pages for TopStep, FTMO, Apex and funded-account journaling generally.

Dusk Analyst is a flat $25/month for Pro with unlimited accounts, auto-sync, AI insights and weekly reports - plus a genuinely usable free tier (two accounts, no card), and Pro has a free trial of up to 30 days (card required). TraderSync's pricing varies by plan and feature set; the comparison section on this page lists the current tiers so you can check the numbers yourself. The short version: one flat price vs tiered plans, and a free tier that isn't a trial.

The core difference is how trades get in. Dusk Analyst auto-syncs MT4, MT5 and cTrader with read-only connectors - no CSV exports, no manual re-entry on Pro - while TraderSync relies on the import path you choose. Dusk Analyst also adds AI insights on your own trading patterns and keeps pricing flat. Both are cloud journals with good review tooling; the side-by-side section above covers pricing, features and sync paths.

Yes - Dusk Analyst's free tier doesn't lock you in. Start journaling with two accounts at $0; if TraderSync suits you better, export your history and move on. If you want to compare side by side first, CSV import on the free tier lets you mirror recent trades into both and see which workflow you actually stick with.

Yes. The free tier costs $0 forever and includes two accounts, manual trade entry and CSV import - enough to journal a live account properly, with win rate, expectancy, drawdown and equity curve all calculated for you. There is no credit card required to start. Pro ($25/month flat) adds unlimited accounts, MT4/MT5/cTrader auto-sync, AI insights on your trading (1,000 trade-analyses a month), monthly reports and full export, and has a free trial of up to 30 days (card required). The pricing is deliberately simple: one plan, one price, no per-feature upsells.

Yes. Dusk Analyst Pro has a free trial of up to 30 days: 30 days if you start it within an hour of signing up, 15 days within 24 hours. A card is required to start it, nothing is charged on the day it starts, and when the trial ends Pro is $25/month unless you cancel. We email you a reminder before the trial ends. You can cancel anytime from Billing in the app; cancelling during the trial ends it straight away, nothing is charged, and your account goes back to the Free plan with every trade kept. There is one trial per account. The trial includes everything in Pro: MT4, MT5 and cTrader auto-sync, monthly reports, unlimited account books, 1,000 AI credits a month for AI Insights and CSV export. Start it in the app at app.duskanalyst.com, where it is offered whenever you open a Pro feature such as Connectors, and from the plan card in the sidebar. The Free plan is separate: it needs no card and stays free forever.

Yes - CSV import is available on every plan, including free. If you've been tracking trades in a spreadsheet, broker export or another journal, export the CSV from wherever it lives and import it into Dusk Analyst; the journal matches it against your accounts and keeps your history continuous. Import is also the fallback for platforms that don't run MT4, MT5 or cTrader. For MT4/MT5/cTrader terminals, Pro auto-syncs going forward and the EA backfills any trades your terminal missed while it was off. Any platform that exports a CSV of your trade history works. Dusk Analyst recognises TradingView, Tradovate, cTrader, MT4 and MT5 exports on sight; for anything else you map your columns once and that parser is saved for next time. Comma, semicolon and tab files are all handled, day-first and month-first dates are detected from the file itself, and any row that cannot be read is listed for you rather than dropped quietly.

Pro includes 1,000 AI trade-analyses every month. One credit covers one trade, so asking a question about a 40-trade week costs 40 credits and you can keep asking. The allowance resets on the 1st of each month and the counter sits in the top bar of the app, so you always know where you stand. Narrowing a question to one account or a shorter date range makes the same allowance go much further. Free accounts get a small number of AI credits to try AI Insights, alongside the full journal, analytics and weekly reports, and Pro's free trial (up to 30 days) includes the full monthly allowance.