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DESK vs Tradezella
Tradezella is a dedicated trading journal with broker sync, trade replay and backtesting. In DESK, the journal is one part of a research workspace — next to macro data, company pages, news and the community. Here is how the two compare.
DESKTradezella
Journal entries with setup, reason, tags and screenshots✓✓
Calendar and statistics (win rate, profit factor, R)✓✓
Getting trades inCSV import, paste a position from your charting tool, or type it inAutomatic sync with 500+ broker integrations
BacktestingBacktest folders you record yourself, kept apart from live accountsStrategy backtesting; automated AI backtests on Pro and Ultra
Trade replay—Pro and Ultra
AIDESK AI, 1,500 credits a month — it can read your journal and the macro data500 to 3,000 AI credits a month, depending on the plan
Community✓✓
Macro Terminal, company pages, news, Radar and Impact✓—
Price€99 a month, €49 with the early-access code; the whole of DESK, VAT included$35, $59 or $99 a month; yearly from $26 a month
Compared on 29 September 2026 using Tradezella’s public pricing page (tradezella.com/pricing). Prices and features may change. TradeZella is a trademark of its owner; DESK is not affiliated with it.
Where Tradezella is stronger
- Automatic import from hundreds of brokers — no CSV, no typing.
- Trade replay and automated backtests.
- A journal that has been built and refined as a single product for years.
Where DESK is different
- The journal sits next to the reason markets moved: the economic calendar, DESK Radar, DESK Impact and the weekly report.
- Company pages, the Macro Terminal and the Crypto Terminal are in the same price.
- DESK AI answers questions about your journal and about the world in the same chat.
- If your journal is all you need and you want broker sync, Tradezella is built for exactly that.