# Quantower vs ATAS

Two order-flow desktops from the futures world. Which is free depends on how you opened your exchange account; a second exchange costs $40 against €69.95.

*https://cryptomarkets.tools/compare/quantower-vs-atas*

- https://cryptomarkets.tools/tools/quantower.md
- https://cryptomarkets.tools/tools/atas.md

## The free tier depends on how you opened your exchange account

Both products are order-flow desktops built for CME traders, and both treat crypto as the market
they can afford to give away: real-time crypto data costs nothing on either, where real-time
futures data costs money on both. Each attaches a condition to that free crypto tier, and the condition is
about your exchange account, not about you. Neither card states it in full.

**Quantower's free version, on its own, is not an order-flow tool.** One connection, two
indicators per chart, no [footprint chart](https://cryptomarkets.tools/glossary/footprint-chart), no volume profile, no VWAP.
The exception is a block on its connections page headed "ALL PAID FEATURES for FREE with these
connections", listing Binance, Binance Futures and Bybit. The block carries no conditions, and the
[Quantower card](https://cryptomarkets.tools/tools/quantower) reads it that way. The help centre does carry them, as read on
8 October 2026: the Binance offer comes from Binance's broker programme, the account must have been
created on or after 1 February 2021, and it must not be "connected with any referral previously".
An older account, or one opened through anyone's referral link, means opening a fresh Binance
account to qualify. You confirm it worked in the Account Info panel, where "Full license" should
read Enabled after you log in with keys in Trading mode. For Bybit, both the connections page and
the Bybit help article send you through Quantower's own referral code, and neither says in words
whether an account opened without it qualifies.

**ATAS Start is an order-flow tool on any of its exchanges.** Footprint and cluster charts, the
Smart DOM, and live order entry on a real crypto account, limited to one active connection, two
instruments and three indicators per chart. The condition sits one row above the order-management
row in the pricing table: "Ability to connect referral crypto-accounts" is a dash on Start and ticked
from Plus up, and the tooltip defines it as accounts "registered on crypto exchanges through
third-party referral links". The table does not define "third-party", and a search of the ATAS
help centre for "referral" returned nothing on 8 October 2026. The [ATAS card](https://cryptomarkets.tools/tools/atas) does
not mention the row.

Put the two conditions side by side and the free tier sorts by the history of your exchange
account rather than by the product:

- **A Binance account opened since February 2021 with no referral** is free on both, and
  Quantower gives you more: its whole paid feature set against ATAS's three indicators and two
  instruments.
- **An account opened through somebody's referral link** is free for order flow on neither. The
  cheapest footprint is ATAS Plus at €24.95 a month; on Quantower it is the Crypto package at $40.
- **An account with no referral on any other exchange ATAS carries** is free on ATAS and not on
  Quantower.

## What a second exchange costs

Once the free tier is behind you, the two vendors meter different things. Quantower's Crypto
package meters the asset class: unlimited simultaneous connections, provided every one of them is
a crypto exchange. ATAS meters the number of connections: one on Start and on Plus, three on Pro,
unlimited on Ultra.

So the cheapest way to have two exchanges on screen is **$40 a month at Quantower and €69.95 at
ATAS**. On annual terms it is $336 a year against €479.40, figures read on both vendors' pages on
8 October 2026; the ATAS month-to-month prices are the card's, verified on 19 September 2026,
because ATAS draws its 1-month slide in the browser and the page as served carries no figure to
re-read. ATAS's page opens on the annual tab, so the first figure you see there is the yearly rate
divided by twelve; Quantower's opens on one month.

What each one leaves out at that price is not symmetrical either. ATAS Pro adds the chart types
Plus lacks — Volume, Delta, Tick, seconds — and twenty instruments. Quantower's Crypto package
leaves out three things an order-flow trader is likely to want: DOM Surface, the order-book
heatmap, at $30 a month on top; Power Trades at $25; and the TPO chart at $20. ATAS ticks its
heatmap, still marked beta, on every tier including Start. A crypto trader who wants a book
heatmap and several exchanges is at $70 a month on Quantower, which is the All-in-One price, or
€69.95 on ATAS Pro — nearly the same number in two currencies, buying a finished heatmap on one
and a beta on the other.

Neither upper tier is a crypto purchase. Quantower's Multi-asset package is the same feature set
without the crypto restriction, and ATAS Ultra is sold on an MBO bundle that works only through
Rithmic, a futures gateway.

## The venue lists overlap on five names

Data and execution are the same list on both: every crypto connector shows the market without
keys and trades it with them. The lists themselves differ.

Both trade Binance, Bybit, OKX and Bitfinex. Kraken is on both, but on ATAS only in the ATAS X
build; Classic ATAS lists BitMEX in its place, which stopped trading on 23 September 2026, and
Quantower's connections page still showed BitMEX as released on 8 October. Only ATAS carries
Bitget, WhiteBit and Phemex. Only Quantower carries Deribit, KuCoin, Crypto.com, WOO X, HTX,
HitBTC, CoinMetro, RabbitX and Binance.us. If your exchange is on one list and not the other, the
rest of this page does not apply.

On Binance itself, the two behave differently. ATAS's Binance article says hedging mode is not
available, so the account has to run in one-way mode, and that OCO orders are emulated on your
computer, so a disconnect can leave one leg resting after the other fills. Quantower's Binance
Futures article documents both one-position and multiple-position modes and places stop-loss and
take-profit on an open position server-side, at the exchange. Its own local stop and target
emulation is a paid feature that is not in the free version.

## The machine and the trial

Quantower is Windows only: one build, Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. ATAS ships Classic ATAS for
Windows and ATAS X, in beta, for Windows and macOS, on every plan including Start. The vendor says
moving Classic's panels into X will take time, and X is also the only ATAS build with Kraken.

Quantower's 7-day trial starts when you register an account and confirm the email; ATAS's 14-day
trial of a paid plan, once per user, wants a card. Quantower refunds a first order within 10 days and never a lifetime licence; ATAS
refunds within 14 days of a first payment.

## Which one, and when

**Take ATAS** while you trade on one exchange, your account there was not opened through someone
else's referral link, and three indicators on a footprint are enough. Start is the whole chart with
live order entry for nothing. Take it as well, at any price, if you are on a Mac or your exchange is
Bitget, WhiteBit or Phemex.

**Take Quantower the moment you want a second exchange on screen.** The Crypto package does at
$40 a month what ATAS charges €69.95 for, and does it for any number of exchanges rather than
three. Take it first, and for nothing, if you trade on Binance and your account there was opened
after 1 February 2021 with no referral — or you are willing to open one that was. Take it too if
you hedge on Binance Futures, or your venue is Deribit, KuCoin or WOO X.

If your account came through a referral link and you stay on one exchange, the choice is ATAS Plus
at €24.95 against Quantower Crypto at $40, and ATAS is the cheaper footprint until the day you add
a second venue.

## FAQ

### Which one gives me a footprint chart for free?

It depends on how your exchange account was opened, and in opposite directions. ATAS Start includes the footprint and live crypto order entry, but its pricing table marks "Ability to connect referral crypto-accounts" as unavailable on Start, so an account opened through a third-party referral link needs Plus. Quantower's free version has no footprint at all, unless you connect a Binance account opened on or after 1 February 2021 with no referral attached, which unlocks every paid feature.

### Which one is cheaper for trading on two or three exchanges at once?

Quantower. Its Crypto package, $40 a month or $336 a year, allows unlimited simultaneous crypto connections. ATAS allows one active connection on Start and Plus and three on Pro, which is €69.95 a month or €479.40 a year. Below Pro, ATAS is a single-exchange chart.

### Can I hedge on Binance Futures through either one?

Through Quantower, yes; through ATAS, no. ATAS's Binance article says hedging mode is not available and you must switch the account to one-way position mode. Quantower's Binance Futures article documents both One Position and Multiple Positions modes. ATAS also wants a Binance futures account to exist even if you only trade spot.

### Which one runs on a Mac?

ATAS, in its ATAS X build, which is in beta and ships on every plan including the free one. Quantower publishes one build, for Windows 10 and 11 64-bit, and nothing for macOS, Linux or the browser.

### Which exchanges can I trade on one and not the other?

Only ATAS connects to Bitget, WhiteBit and Phemex. Only Quantower connects to Deribit, KuCoin, Crypto.com, WOO X, HTX (still listed as Huobi Global), HitBTC, CoinMetro, RabbitX and Binance.us. Both trade Binance, Bybit, OKX and Bitfinex, and Kraken too, though on ATAS only in the ATAS X build.