The four costs people forget
When traders say one solution is cheaper than another, they usually compare headline license prices. The real monthly bill has more lines:
- The license itself — the number on the pricing page.
- Per-account or per-connection fees. Many bridges license one live connection per plan; a second account, or a prop firm challenge running next to your personal account, means the next tier up.
- The VPS. If your bridge needs a Windows machine online 24/7 to run MetaTrader, that is a separate monthly bill on top of the license.
- The risk tools. News filters, drawdown protection and trade limits are sometimes higher-tier features, sometimes third-party add-ons, sometimes simply absent — in which case the cost is paid the day an account breaches.
A bridge that looks inexpensive on line 1 can end up costing more once lines 2, 3 and 4 are added.
How AeronPilot is structured
- Several accounts per license, not one connection per plan. A challenge account, a funded account and a personal account can run under the same subscription depending on your plan — see current plans and limits on the pricing page.
- Guards included, not sold separately: prop firm protection, economic news guard, spread and slippage guards and the risk firewall are part of the platform.
- cTrader needs no VPS at all: the connection is cloud-to-cloud, so there is nothing to host. On MT5, if you do want hosting, a managed Forex VPS can be bundled with your subscription at a bundle rate instead of being bought elsewhere.
- No-code bot building included: the Bot Builder is part of paid plans, not a separate product.
- Free trial on demo: validate the whole pipeline before paying anything.
How to compare honestly
Take your actual setup and price it end to end on each candidate: how many accounts do you really run, do you need a VPS, and are the protections you want included or extra? Then compare the totals, not the headline numbers. Prices change, so check each provider's current pricing page rather than trusting a comparison table on a vendor's site — including this one.
Our current plans, account limits and bundle pricing are always live on the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
Is AeronPilot cheaper than other TradingView bridges?
It depends on your setup, and you should verify current prices yourself. AeronPilot is structured to reduce the extras: several accounts per license, risk guards included rather than sold as add-ons, and no VPS at all for cTrader. Compare your real end-to-end monthly cost, not headline license prices.
Do I have to pay for a VPS on top of the subscription?
Not for cTrader — that connection is cloud-to-cloud with nothing to host. For MetaTrader 5 a Windows host is needed, and you can either use your own or add a managed Forex VPS to your subscription at a bundle rate.
Are the risk protections included or extra?
The risk firewall, prop firm guard, economic news guard and spread/slippage guards are part of the platform on paid plans, subject to your plan's feature set, rather than separate purchases.
Can I try it before paying?
Yes. The free trial runs on demo accounts so you can test the full pipeline — alerts, execution, guards and analytics — before subscribing.