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What a brokerage trading platform costs: published rent, build drivers and what a quote must contain

Published Sep 23, 2026Facts checked: Sep 23, 2026

Short answer

A brokerage trading platform is either rented by the month or built. Some vendors publish the rent: Match-Trader from "$2500 per month" for a white label and "from $5000 per month" for a server licence,[1] TradeLocker "$5,000 / per month" for 1,000 live accounts,[4] Sirix €1,490 or €2,990 a month before add-ons,[5] B2TRADER "Starting from $2,500 / mo".[6] MetaQuotes, Devexperts and Spotware publish none.[7][9][10] A build has no list price because the same words cover projects that differ several times over in size: what moves the number is scope, execution model, liquidity connections, client surfaces, back office, market data, reporting, migration and who runs it afterwards. This page sets out what the vendors publish, what drives a build, and what a written quote has to contain before you can compare three of them.

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What the vendors publish

These are the vendors' own list prices, read on 2026-09-23. They change, and each vendor draws the line between "included" and "extra" in a different place, so compare them line by line rather than by the headline figure.

Published monthly prices for brokerage platforms and a liquidity bridge
VendorWhat the published price buysPriced separately
Match-Trader"White Label package starting at $2500 per month" and "Server licence is available from $5000 per month"; "hosting on AWS or Azure cloud is included"; "We do not require a yearly commitment"[1]. On the prop platform: "WHITE LABEL: Basic $2500/month", "WHITE LABEL: Turnkey $4000/month", "SERVER: Server $5000/month"[2]"Additional charge for the accounts exceeding a default package is based on tiers"[3]
TradeLockerStarter "$5,000 / per month" for "1,000 Live Accounts" and "2,000 Demo Accounts", with "All TradeLocker features included. Full access across web, mobile, and desktop apps", Brand and Web Sockets APIs, back office, reports and "Access to the cloud-based trading infrastructure included"[4]"The minimum fee of $X applies if there are fewer than 500 accounts in a billing month" — the amount is not stated on the page[4]
Sirix (Leverate)Start-up €1,490 a month for 500 real accounts, 5 groups and 1 manager; Professional €2,990 for 1,500 real accounts, 10 groups and 5 managers; Premium on custom pricing. "No Set-up fee or Commitment period. Termination - 30 days' notice"; "5% discount available for quarterly payments or 10% for annual payments"[5]CRM and client portal +€2,000 (Start-up) or +€3,490 (Professional) a month; extra real account €2.00 or €1.50; "Extra group or manager - €50 / Month each"; "Branded App for Google and App Store - €250 / month for each store"; "New PSP Integration - €2,500"; "One month's advance payment required upon signing the agreement"[5]
B2TRADER (B2Broker)"Starting from $2,500 / mo", or "Free with liquidity"[6]B2CORE "Starting from $1,000 / mo" and B2COPY "Starting from $1,500 / mo", each also "Free with liquidity"[6]
PrimeXM XCore (liquidity bridge)"Each XCore instance is charged a fixed monthly fee of $2000"[8]"$600" per FIX Maker and "$1200" per MT4 or MT5 Taker a month, plus volume and per-order fees; the bill is "XCore Fee = Max (Instance Fees, Connectivity Fees, Volume Fees, Transaction Fees)"[8]
MetaTrader 5 (MetaQuotes)No price published. Licences are sized by real accounts: 1,000 (Entry), 25,000 (Standard), 200,000 (Enterprise)[7]"You independently deploy our software on your own hardware, as well as maintain your server infrastructure and fully control support and administration"[7]
DXtrade, cTraderNo price published: "Request a demo" at Devexperts,[9] "Contact Sales" at Spotware[10]Not published[9][10]

Two worked examples, as our arithmetic on published list prices rather than quotes from anyone. Sirix Professional with the CRM add-on and a branded app in both stores is €2,990 + €3,490 + 2 × €250 = €6,980 a month, or €83,760 a year before extra accounts and payment integrations.[5] TradeLocker's Starter plan is $60,000 a year for up to 1,000 live accounts.[4] The platform is rarely the whole bill: a liquidity bridge is billed on top, at PrimeXM "$2000" per XCore instance plus "$1200" per MT4 or MT5 taker a month,[8] and a CRM, payment providers, KYC and market data sit beside it.

What drives the cost of building your own

A custom brokerage platform has no list price, because the same words describe projects that differ several times over in size. These are the drivers, with the mechanism that makes each one move the number — and the answer to settle before anyone can price it.

Cost drivers of a custom brokerage trading platform
DriverWhy it moves the priceSettle before asking for a quote
Product scopeA terminal on top of an existing back end is one system; a full brokerage stack adds accounts, ledger, risk, CRM, payments and reporting, each a project of its ownWhich systems you build, which you rent, which you keep
Execution modelPassing orders to liquidity providers needs a bridge and FIX sessions; internalising flow needs a dealing and exposure layer; a hybrid needs routing rules per client groupA-book, B-book or hybrid, and who may change the rules
Liquidity connectionsEvery provider has its own FIX dialect, certification and change schedule, and the bridge market prices this per connection — "$600" per FIX maker and "$1200" per MT4 or MT5 taker a month at PrimeXM[8]Named providers and the state of each agreement
Asset classesFX and CFDs, exchange-traded stocks and futures, and crypto differ in margin rules, trading hours, corporate actions and post-trade stepsThe first asset class and the second, in order
Client surfacesWeb, iOS, Android and desktop are separate products to build, sign and keep in the stores; one vendor prices each branded store app at "€250 / month for each store"[5]Which surfaces on day one
Back office and paymentsCRM, KYC, introducing brokers and payment providers are integrations with outside systems; one vendor charges "€2,500" for each new PSP integration[5]The providers you already have contracts with
Risk and marginPre-trade checks, margin calls and stop-out run inside the order path and must behave correctly in a fast marketThe margin model and who can override it
Market data and chartingFeed licences and display rights are set per exchange and per user type; a charting library is a separate licenceWhich feeds, for which users, delayed or real-time
Reporting and auditStatements, audit trail and regulatory reports depend on the jurisdiction and are part of the build, not paperwork after itThe regulator and its reporting rules
Accounts and peak loadRent is often metered per account — tiers above a default package at Match-Trade,[3] account counts per plan at TradeLocker[4] and Sirix[5] — while a build is sized for the busiest minute, not the average dayAccounts expected in year one and year three
MigrationMoving live accounts, balances, open positions and history off an existing platform often sets the launch dateSource platform and what must move
OperationsWeekday markets need on-call cover around the clock; on a licensed platform the broker also runs the servers, as MetaQuotes states plainly[7]Who is on call a year after launch

What a written quote must contain

Three quotes are comparable only if all three answer the same questions in writing. Ask for these lines, and treat a missing one as a question still open rather than a saving.

  • Scope by component. Terminal, OMS, risk, bridge and liquidity connections, back office, reporting — each listed as in or out.
  • Assumptions in writing. Named venues and liquidity providers, asset classes, account numbers, and the latency target as a number rather than an adjective.
  • Third-party costs, separately. Hosting, market data, charting licence, KYC and payment providers — the items a rented price may fold in, as Match-Trader does with AWS or Azure hosting,[1] and a build quote may leave out.
  • Milestones with acceptance tests. What is demonstrated at each stage, and how you verify it yourself.
  • The team. Roles, seniority and who stays on after launch.
  • What you own. Code, build and deployment instructions, documentation, and anything that stays with the builder.
  • Support after launch. Hours, response times and the price basis for changes.
  • No fixed price before the questions above are answered. A number that arrives before anyone has asked about your venues, liquidity providers and regulator is a placeholder, whoever sends it.

Frequently asked questions

Published list prices start at "$2500 per month" for a Match-Trader white label[1] and €1,490 a month for Sirix Start-up;[5] TradeLocker's Starter plan is "$5,000 / per month".[4] Liquidity, a bridge, a CRM, payment providers and KYC come on top, depending on the vendor.

MetaQuotes does not publish a price. It sells licences sized by real accounts — 1,000, 25,000 and 200,000 — and states that "You independently deploy our software on your own hardware, as well as maintain your server infrastructure and fully control support and administration".[7] What the platform changes for a prop firm is on the MetaTrader 5 alternatives page.

It varies, which is why the headline figures are not comparable. Match-Trader says "hosting on AWS or Azure cloud is included";[1] TradeLocker's Starter plan includes web, mobile and desktop apps, APIs, back office and "Access to the cloud-based trading infrastructure";[4] Sirix prices the CRM, extra accounts, store apps and payment integrations separately.[5]

Compare three years of rent at your expected account numbers, with every separately priced item counted, against a build plus hosting and operations. Rent metered per account — tiers above a default package at Match-Trade,[3] plan account limits at TradeLocker and Sirix[4][5] — rises with the business; a build's running cost does not. Control over the product is the other half of the decision, and where to start with your own trading platform covers it.

Which items are metered per account, per connection or per integration, and where the steps are; whether hosting is included and in which region; which data you may export and what happens to it after termination; the notice period, minimum term and any advance payment — Sirix, for example, requires "One month's advance payment required upon signing the agreement";[5] and which parts you may replace with your own providers, and on which tier.

Disclosure: this page is published by amBrain. "amBrain is a Yerevan, Armenia software engineering company building low latency trading platforms, matching engines, and real-time bidding systems in Rust." Every rent-side figure is the vendor's own published list price as read on 2026-09-23 and links to its source; no price on this page is a quote for your project. Match-Trader, TradeLocker, Sirix, B2Broker, PrimeXM, MetaTrader, DXtrade and cTrader are trademarks of their owners and are used only to identify the products discussed.

Sources

  1. [1]Match-Trade Technologies, Match-Trader: White Label as low as $2500 and Server from $5000 (hosting included, no yearly commitment), Nov 8, 2024. Vendor's own page · checked Sep 23, 2026
  2. [2]Match-Trade Technologies, Prop Trading Platform pricing and features (White Label Basic, White Label Turnkey and Server monthly prices). Vendor's own page · checked Sep 23, 2026
  3. [3]Match-Trade Technologies, Prop Trading product page, "Account-based offer with tiers". Vendor's own page · checked Sep 23, 2026
  4. [4]TradeLocker, Pricing for Brokers. Vendor's own page · checked Sep 23, 2026
  5. [5]Leverate, Sirix plans and pricing. Vendor's own page · checked Sep 23, 2026
  6. [6]B2Broker, Fees and Pricing. Vendor's own page · checked Sep 23, 2026
  7. [7]MetaQuotes, Request MetaTrader 5 access for brokers. Vendor's own page · checked Sep 23, 2026
  8. [8]PrimeXM, XCore pricing. Vendor's own page · checked Sep 23, 2026
  9. [9]Devexperts, DXtrade CFD overview. Vendor's own page · checked Sep 23, 2026
  10. [10]Spotware, cTrader for brokers and prop firms. Vendor's own page · checked Sep 23, 2026

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