Compare the actual scope.
Observed on each company’s own website on 2 November 2026. “Not checked” and “Not observed” mean we did not find it on the pages we read, not that it does not exist. Alpha’s column comes from its registry.
Comparison table
| Category | Alpha | DeepCharts | ATAS | Bookmap | MotiveWave |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available to buy today | No. Private development | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Footprint | In the app | Shown on their site | Shown on their site | Not checked | Shown (order flow) |
| DOM / ladder | In the app, with queue estimate | Shown (DOM trading) | Shown (Smart DOM) | Not checked | Shown (advanced DOM) |
| Liquidity heatmap | In the app | Shown (DeepDOM, separate product) | Shown | Core product | Not checked |
| Market replay | In the app | Shown | Shown (Market Replay) | Not checked | Shown (Replay mode) |
| Trade journal | In the app | Shown (Auto-Tracker) | Shown (Trading Journal) | Not checked | Not checked |
| Trade copier | In the app | Shown | Shown (Following Manager) | Not checked | Shown |
| Strategy backtesting | In the app (Strata, walk-forward, Monte Carlo) | Mentioned | Not checked | Not checked | Shown (backtesting and automation) |
| AI agent with explicit authority limits | In the app; trades on its own inside a grant, on simulated accounts | Not observed | Not observed | Not observed | Not observed |
| Personal risk plan enforced on every order source | In the app | Not observed | Not observed | Not observed | Not observed |
| Live broker connections | Not yet; Rithmic in progress | Several data feeds listed | 25+ connections stated | Several, with own data offering | 30+ brokers and data services stated |
| Desktop platforms | Native desktop; systems announced before release | Not checked | Windows, macOS, web stated | Not checked | Windows, macOS, Linux shown |
| Public pricing | Not set | Per product | Pricing page | Yes, four tiers | Yes, plus a 14-day trial |
How to read this.
These are established products with real customers and years of work. Alpha is not released. If you need a working platform today, use one of them.
Where Alpha differs is not a feature count. It is the arrangement: one authority that holds your rules for every source of an order, including an Agent that cannot overrule you, inside one native application.
Sources
- DeepCharts: Homepage, DeepDOM feature page, data feeds and pricing pages, read 2 November 2026.
- ATAS: Homepage, connectors and pricing pages, read 2 November 2026.
- Bookmap: Homepage and pricing section, read 2 November 2026.
- MotiveWave: Homepage and connections page, read 2 November 2026.
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Using one of these today? Tell us what you would keep and what you would change.