CryptoBud vs Cryptohopper

Cryptohopper alternative

Cryptohopper is a cloud hopper: marketplace, copy trading, strategy designer. Paper trading exists — as a second hopper you get with a paid plan or trial, running next to the live one. Live still means paste API keys and whitelist Cryptohopper IPs. CryptoBud is one bot on a box that is yours, paper first.

Checked August 25, 2026

ComparedHopperCryptoBud
Paper trading firstHopperPartial

One simulator with the paid hopper — next to live.1,2

CryptoBudYes

Paper trading is the default. No API keys.

Preview before keysHopperPartial

Marketplace, copy trading, or you design the hopper.3,4

CryptoBudYes

See the current coins it would trade, before Sign in with Apple.

Keys on your boxHopperNo

Keys on Cryptohopper. Whitelist their IPs.5

CryptoBudYes

Private cloud box. Keys stay on that machine.

Practice matches liveHopperPartial

Paper hopper, then toggle live and paste keys.1,2

CryptoBudYes

Same bot from paper trading to live.

Talk from Claude and othersHopperPartial

Official MCP is market data, not the hopper.6,7

CryptoBudYes

MCP on your box. Same bot as the iPhone and web apps.

Yes — The normal way the product works. Partial — Close, but a different product. Demo, backtest, or a related tool. No — The opposite, or they do not ship it at all.

  • Yes

    The normal way the product works.

  • Partial

    Close, but a different product. Demo, backtest, or a related tool.

  • No

    The opposite, or they do not ship it at all.

Cryptohopper is a hopper you configure. CryptoBud picks a style, shows a preview, and gives you a box.

  • Homepage pitch: “the world’s most customizable crypto trading bot” — connect exchanges, copy traders, or run their trading A.I.3
  • Marketplace sells strategies and signals you attach to a hopper. You still set the bot up.4,3
  • iOS app exists — Cryptohopper - Crypto Trading, 4.4 stars from 830 ratings when we checked.8

Cryptohopper’s simulator is a second hopper. CryptoBud paper trading is the same bot you will take live.

  • “With every subscription, you can build one “real” bot and one simulator. While your real bot runs, you can test strategies on your simulator.”1
  • No exchange account for the simulator — it uses Cryptohopper’s market data. The wizard auto-deposits virtual funds.1
  • Docs: every paid subscription includes one paper-trading bot. Extra paper accounts are a separate purchase. Pioneer (free) is not that paid hopper.2,9

Both products keep coins on the exchange. Cryptohopper still holds the API key.

  • Help center: “When you whitelist Cryptohopper’s IP addresses on your exchange, only Cryptohopper’s servers can execute trades through your API key.” Mandatory for almost all exchanges.5
  • You paste the key into Cryptohopper. The trusted IPs are their cloud.5

They let you convert a paper hopper by turning paper off and connecting an exchange. That is still their simulator, then their live cloud — not one bot on your box.

  • FAQ: convert paper to live in Base config → Exchange, disable the paper toggle, connect API keys. Settings transfer.1
  • Paper trading “works entirely within Cryptohopper using real-time market data.” Orders do not hit your Binance account until you connect keys.1

Cryptohopper ships a real MCP. It feeds live market data to Claude or Cursor. It does not run your hopper. CryptoBud MCP is the same bot as the iPhone and web apps, on your box.

  • Cryptohopper Market Data MCP is at https://mcp-data.cryptohopper.com/mcp. Add it in Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client. Bearer token or OAuth.6,7
  • Tools are ticker, orderbook, candles, supported exchanges and pairs, and usage quota. Subscription tier changes which tools you get.7
  • Their docs: the MCP is read-only. It does not execute trades, manage orders, or change account state. A trade-execution MCP is on the roadmap. Trades today go through the Cryptohopper REST Trading API.7

Cryptohopper sells hopper tiers. Paper trading is bundled with a paid plan or trial. CryptoBud is a flat subscription for the private box.

  • Pricing page (yearly, excluding VAT): Explorer $24.16/month, Adventurer $57.50, Hero $107.50. “Free 3 day trial for Explorer package starts directly with each sign up.”9
  • Hero adds A.I. strategies and the A.I. designer. Copy Bot is a separate $9.99–$99.99/month product.9
  • CryptoBud is $12.99/week ($44.99/month, $449.99/year) at cryptobud.app/checkout. Flat. No fee on your trades, no cut of profits.

Cryptohopper. Someone who wants a dashboard across many exchanges, will buy or copy a marketplace strategy, and is fine storing trade keys on Cryptohopper’s servers.

CryptoBud. Someone who wants to see which coins the bot would trade for their budget, get a private cloud box, and start with paper trading.

  • It is a real Dutch company with an iOS app and a long-running cloud hopper. Cryptohopper stores API keys and you whitelist their IPs. Bud keeps keys on your private cloud box.

Sources

Every competitor claim on this page points here. We quote their help centers, FAQs, and App Store listings — not something we made up.

  1. 1.Cryptohopper — paper tradingOpens in a new tab
  2. 2.Cryptohopper Docs — paper tradingOpens in a new tab
  3. 3.Cryptohopper — homepageOpens in a new tab
  4. 4.Cryptohopper — MarketplaceOpens in a new tab
  5. 5.Cryptohopper Help — IP whitelistingOpens in a new tab
  6. 6.Cryptohopper — MCPOpens in a new tab

Paper trading first — live when you say so

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