At a glance
Cryptohopper and Horizon both run crypto automation on your own exchange account and both have a marketplace, and they part ways on what you are buying there. Cryptohopper's marketplace sells strategies, signals and bot templates that you load into your hopper, with copy trading sold per trader. Horizon's Discover lists strategies with the live track record of the creator running them, and Horizon builds your own strategies from plain English, for stocks as well as crypto.
Side by side
| Question | Horizon | Cryptohopper |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | HorizonAn investing platform. Copy strategies that creators are running live, or describe your own idea in plain English and run it through your own broker. | CryptohopperA cloud crypto trading bot, the hopper, with a Strategy Designer, signals, DCA, arbitrage and a marketplace. |
| How you build a strategy | HorizonDescribe the idea in plain English. Horizon turns it into rules you can read, edit and test. No code. | CryptohopperCombine indicators in the Strategy Designer, load a template or a marketplace strategy, or subscribe to signals that tell the hopper what to buy. The top plan adds AI strategies. |
| Where strategies run | HorizonIn your own account at Binance, Bybit, Coinbase, Hyperliquid, Kraken, Robinhood, Webull, TradeStation, Tradier, E*TRADE, tastytrade and moomoo, or on Horizon Paper with simulated money. | CryptohopperIn Cryptohopper's cloud, on your exchange account through API keys or Fast Connect: Binance, KuCoin, Kraken, OKX, Coinbase, Crypto.com and others. |
| Markets | HorizonUS stocks and ETFs through the stock brokers; crypto spot and derivatives through the exchanges. No forex or CFDs. | CryptohopperCrypto only. |
| Backtesting | HorizonEvery strategy is backtested on historical data before it runs, and you see the rules it tested. | CryptohopperYes, on every paid plan. |
| Paper trading | HorizonYes. Horizon Paper runs any strategy with simulated money at real market prices. | CryptohopperYes, on every paid plan. |
| Copying other people's strategies | HorizonYes. Discover lists creators' strategies with live track records. Creators keep 80% of what subscribers pay. | CryptohopperYes. Copy trading is sold per trader, and the marketplace sells strategies, templates and signals. |
| Pricing model | HorizonDiscover is free. The Builder plan is a subscription, monthly or yearly, with a 14-day money-back guarantee. | CryptohopperThree subscriptions, Explorer, Adventurer and Hero, that raise the coin, position and bot limits, after a free trial. Copy trading and marketplace items are paid separately. Current prices on cryptohopper.com. |
| Holds your money? | HorizonNever. Funds stay with your broker. Horizon can place trades for a strategy but cannot withdraw money. | CryptohopperNo. Funds stay on your exchange, and it never asks for withdrawal rights. |
Choose Horizon if
- You want to see a creator's live track record before you copy a strategy.
- You would rather describe a strategy than assemble indicators in a designer.
- You trade stocks and ETFs as well as crypto.
- You want to publish your own strategy and keep 80% of what subscribers pay.
Choose Cryptohopper if
- You want a hopper you tune by hand, with signals and templates to load into it.
- You want market making or arbitrage between exchanges.
- You trade on an exchange Horizon does not connect to.
