Pricing: build and test free, pay only to automate more
Every plan builds and backtests without limits. You pay only to run more strategies in your own Alpaca account, or to give AI assistants more room.
- No card to start
- 14-day money-back
- No cut of your trades
- Cancel any time
Everything is free right now. Paid plans are not open yet, so every account gets every feature at no cost. When they open, early members get a year of Plus free.
Free
Build, test, and run one strategy
Create a free account$0
Free for good
- Unlimited building and backtests
- 1 live strategy in your Alpaca account
- 3 paper strategies
- 100 AI assistant backtests a day
- All classic strategies and Discover
Plus
RecommendedRun a handful of strategies for real
Start free today$8.25 a month
$99 billed yearly. Save 31%
$12 a month
Billed monthly. Cancel any time.
- Everything in Free
- 10 live strategies in your Alpaca account
- 25 paper strategies
- 2,000 AI assistant backtests a day
- 1,000 private strategies
Pro
Best for AI agentsFor AI agents and power users
Start free today$20.75 a month
$249 billed yearly. Save 28%
$29 a month
Billed monthly. Cancel any time.
- Everything in Plus
- Unlimited live strategies
- Unlimited paper strategies
- 25,000 AI assistant backtests a day, on a priority lane
- Priority support
Prices are in US dollars.
Compare every limit
| What you get | Free | Plus | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price, billed monthly | $0 | $12 a month | $29 a month |
| Price, billed yearly | $0 | $99 a year | $249 a year |
| Yearly price per month | $0 | $8.25 | $20.75 |
| Building, backtests, classic strategies, Discover, publishing, imports | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Live strategies in your own Alpaca account | 1 | 10 | Unlimited |
| Paper strategies | 3 | 25 | Unlimited |
| AI assistant (MCP) backtests a day | 100 | 2,000 | 25,000 |
| Saved private strategies | 50 | 1,000 | 10,000 |
| Drafts scored every night | 10 | 250 | 2,500 |
| Unused AI assistant drafts kept | 7 days | 30 days | 90 days |
| Support | Help tickets | Help tickets | Priority help tickets |
Pro’s live strategies are unlimited for fair use: up to 100 running at once.
How the price compares
Composer is the closest match. Both free plans run one live strategy. Plus runs 10 for $12 a month, or $8.25 a month billed yearly, where Composer’s $10 plan automates 5. Pro costs $249 a year against $384 for Composer Pro, though Composer Pro runs more at once: up to 500 live strategies, against Pro’s fair-use limit of 100. These prices come from each company’s own pricing page, checked on October 16, 2026. Prices change, so check the link before you choose.
| Tool | What you pay for | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Composer | Automated strategies | Free for 1. $10 a month for 5. Pro $40 a month or $384 a year |
| QuantMage | Automated strategies | No free plan. Automated trading needs Mage, $500 a month or $4,800 a year |
| Testfolio | AI assistant (MCP) tools | Max plan, $100 a month or $960 a year. No trading |
| Allocate Smartly | Tactical strategy signals | $49 a month or $399 a year. Signals only, you place the trades |
| Option Alpha | Options trading bots | Pro $149 a month, or $99 a month billed yearly |
Price is not everything. Read Tactfolio vs Composer, Tactfolio vs QuantMage and every comparison for what each tool does better.
Common questions
Is Tactfolio free?
Yes. Today every account gets every feature free while we build. When paid plans open, the Free plan stays free for good: unlimited building and backtests, one live strategy in your own Alpaca account, three paper strategies, and 100 AI assistant backtests a day.
Do you take a cut of my trades or my money?
No. You pay a flat price for the software, and that is all. We never charge a share of your money, your trades or your returns, and we never hold your money. It stays in your own Alpaca account.
What counts as a live strategy?
A strategy that trades real money in your own Alpaca account. Paper strategies, which trade pretend money, have their own count. Backtests, drafts and published strategies never count as live.
What happens if my trial ends or I cancel?
Your account moves to Free. Nothing is deleted. You choose which live strategy keeps trading, and the others stop placing new orders. What they bought stays in your Alpaca account, untouched, for you to keep or sell. We email you 3 days before, 1 day before, and on the day.
Can I get a refund?
Yes. Ask within 14 days of your first payment, monthly or yearly, and we refund all of it. You can cancel any time in your account, and your plan runs to the end of the time you paid for.
What does unlimited mean on Pro?
Pro has no cap on paper strategies. Live strategies are unlimited for fair use, which means up to 100 running at once for one person. Write to support if you need more.
Do public strategies count toward the limits?
No. Strategies you publish to Discover never count toward the private strategy limit on any plan. Sharing is always free.
Can I trade crypto, options or forex?
Crypto strategies run on Hyperliquid perps and are backtest and paper or testnet only. Real-money crypto trading is not available. Tactfolio does not trade options, forex or CFDs. Strategies are long only, on US-listed stocks and ETFs, on daily prices.
Do I need an Alpaca account?
Only to trade. You can build, backtest and paper trade without one. To trade with real money you connect your own Alpaca account with your own API keys. Alpaca is the only broker Tactfolio supports today.
What do early members get?
Everyone who made an account before paid plans open gets a year of Plus free. And anyone who subscribes in the first 90 days after paid plans open keeps that price for as long as they stay subscribed.
Start with a strategy someone already tested.
Open one of the classic strategies, backtest it, then run it on paper or in your own Alpaca account.