Dusk Analyst vs TradesViz — the journal, not the feature stack.

A lot, honestly. TradesViz's own homepage calls itself the 'most advanced trading journal with 600+ statistics, AI-powered insights and broker auto-sync,' trusted by 150,000+ traders, with interactive charts, custom dashboards, pivot grid charting, a trading simulator, a real-time screener and options flow analysis — and FREE and PLATINUM plans. It is a genuine feature stack.

TradesViz is the 'more features' play — 600+ statistics, simulators, screeners and AI widgets around the journal. Dusk Analyst is the journal: MT4, MT5 and cTrader auto-sync on Pro for a flat $25 per month, with AI insights, weekly reports and full export, and a $0 free tier with two accounts, manual entry, CSV import, tags, calendars and core analytics. If you only need the journal done well, that is the difference. Data is stored on Cloudflare, identity is handled by Auth0, billing by Stripe, and the AI that answers your insight questions runs on DeepSeek.

Yes — its own copy names FREE and PLATINUM plans and a free trial, and our capture of its pricing copy includes a $3 figure. So 'free' isn't our monopoly. The honest difference is what the free tier does: TradesViz markets the whole stack, while Dusk Analyst's Free tier covers two accounts with manual entry, CSV import, tags, calendars, core analytics and weekly report export — no card required.

TradesViz syncs 'from major brokers and platforms' through its auto-import guides and full broker support list. Dusk Analyst Pro syncs at the terminal level — EAs for MT4 and MT5 and a cBot for cTrader push every closed trade over HTTPS the moment it closes. Same idea, different mechanics: ours is built around the terminals retail and prop traders actually run. Data is stored on Cloudflare, identity is handled by Auth0, billing by Stripe, and the AI that answers your insight questions runs on DeepSeek.

Yes. Manual entry and CSV import are the core of the Free tier. TradesViz's own FAQ also says manual entry is possible — 'Can I enter trades manually? Yes!' — so both tools start there; Dusk Analyst adds terminal auto-sync on Pro at $25 per month, and the Free tier stays $0 with no card required.

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). TradesViz'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 TradesViz 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 TradesViz 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.