Where the figures come from
- The firm's own site first. Prices, rules and payout terms are read from the firm's pricing cards, help center articles and terms of service, usually in a browser so we see the same page you would.
- Third-party sites only as a pointer. Review sites and forums can tell us where to look, but a figure only goes on PropKoala once we have found it on the firm's own pages.
- Dated. Each firm page shows the date its data was last checked. Guides show the month they were last updated, and research pages show the exact date the rules were read.
- Not stated means not stated. If a firm does not publish something, such as a payout buffer or a country list, we say so instead of filling the gap.
What "cost to funded" includes
The main ranking on the site is the total you pay to get a funded account:
- The evaluation price at list, with no discount code applied.
- Plus any activation fee charged when you pass.
- Monthly plans count one month. If you take longer to pass, you pay more. The true cost calculator works that out for you.
- A 50K account as the reference, on each firm's cheapest 50K plan, so firms are compared like for like. Firms with no 50K are tagged with their size and listed after the rest.
- US dollars. Firms that price in another currency are converted at the rate on the day we checked, and the original price is noted.
Discount codes are shown separately, on the deals page and in the "with discount codes" view, because they change weekly.
How we read the rules
- Drawdown type. We record whether the limit moves during the day (intraday trailing), only at the close (end of day), or never (static). Why it matters.
- Consistency rules. We note whether a rule applies on the evaluation, the funded account, or both, and its percentage. How they work.
- Payout speed. We quote the fewest days the rules allow, not how long traders usually wait. Review and processing times are separate.
- Countries. Taken from the firm's own restricted-country list. A firm we have not confirmed for a country shows as "not confirmed", not as accepted.
- Platforms. Taken from the firm's help center. Some firms only offer a platform on certain plans, which we note where we know it.
- Trustpilot figures. Read from each firm's public Trustpilot page and dated. We show the numbers as text with a link, never as our own rating.
How the site makes money
PropKoala earns affiliate commissions when you click through to some firms and buy. Those links are marked as sponsored. Some discount codes are our own, and they are labelled as ours on the deals page. None of this changes the order: firms are ranked by cost to get funded, and the rules we show are the same whether or not we earn from a firm.
Closed firms and warnings
When a firm closes, we remove it from the comparison table, lists and guides, and mark its own page as closed so anyone searching for it can see what happened. Firms with recent reports of problems are flagged with a warning.
Spotted a mistake?
Prop firm rules change often, sometimes weekly. If a figure on PropKoala is out of date, tell usand we will check it against the firm's own pages and correct it.
PropKoala is information, not financial advice. Always confirm prices and rules with the firm before you buy. Futures and forex trading carry a substantial risk of loss.