The other independent terminal
Brokers that run cTrader
Three of the nine brokers we track offer cTrader: FxPro, LiteFinance and Deriv, which files its version under copy trading. The platform is published by cTrader Ltd — Spotware on Google Play — and carries market depth, copy trading and its own algo language inside the terminal. It has about a million Play installs against MetaTrader 5's fifty million.
Conditions checked against each broker's own pages
The three that run it
Only the brokers that publish cTrader among their platforms. The rest of the nine run MetaTrader, their own terminals, or both — which does not make them worse, only unavailable if cTrader is what you want.
| Broker | What it offers | Alongside | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FxPro | FxPro cTrader on Web, Windows, macOS, iOS and Android | MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, FxPro WebTrader, TradingView | Presents cTrader for market depth and analysis, and states that cTrader Algo runs on it while Expert Advisors stay on its MetaTrader platforms |
| LiteFinance | cTrader with its own download page and a separate LiteFinance cTrader app | MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, the LiteFinance platform | Added cTrader alongside its own terminal rather than in place of it |
| Deriv | Deriv cTrader, listed on its site under copy trading rather than under CFDs | Deriv MT5, Deriv Trader | The only one of the three to position cTrader as its copy-trading platform; its Nakala app covers copying on MT5 separately |
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Read from each broker's own platform pages on 24 August 2026. Brokers absent from this table publish no cTrader among their platforms — six of the nine we track.
cTrader is a vendor's platform, not a broker's
Like MetaTrader, cTrader is written by an independent company — cTrader Ltd, appearing on Google Play as Spotware — and licensed to brokers who run servers for it. Your broker sets the spread, the commission, the leverage and the execution; it does not write the software and cannot change it.
What separates the two vendors is where the features live. cTrader puts full market depth, copy trading and its own algorithmic language inside the platform. MetaTrader leaves copying to the broker or to a third-party service, which is why comparing copy trading across MetaTrader brokers means comparing six different systems, while comparing it across cTrader brokers means comparing one.
The trade-off is ecosystem size. cTrader has around 1,000,000+ Google Play installs and 28.7K reviews against MetaTrader 5's 50,000,000+ and 1.18M. Ratings are close — 4.4 against 4.7 — so the difference is how many traders, tutorials, indicators and ready-made robots surround it.
Three of nine, and each treats it differently
FxPro runs the fullest version: cTrader on web, desktop and mobile, presented for market depth and analysis, with cTrader Algo as the automation route and Expert Advisors kept on its MetaTrader platforms. LiteFinance offers cTrader with its own download page and a separate app, sitting beside MT4, MT5 and its own terminal. Deriv is the odd one out — Deriv cTrader appears on its site under copy trading rather than under CFD trading, which tells you what Deriv expects people to use it for.
The other six brokers we track do not offer it. That is worth stating plainly because comparison pages in this niche tend to list every broker that has ever mentioned the platform: RoboForex, Alpari, Tickmill, Libertex, ForTrade and Bybit publish no cTrader among their platforms.
What to check before opening a cTrader account
Which of the broker's accounts are available on it. A broker running three platforms rarely offers every account type on all of them, and the account decides the cost — the arithmetic for each broker's accounts is on our lowest-spread page.
What you would be porting. cTrader Algo is C#-based; MetaTrader robots are MQL4 or MQL5. Neither converts into the other, so an existing robot decides the platform rather than the other way round.
Whether you need the depth. Market depth and the order book are cTrader's headline advantage, and they matter to someone trading size or reading flow. For a trader placing two positions a week on EUR/USD, the spread on the account will decide far more than the terminal will.
Why this page is about brokers rather than the platform
Because the platform itself is the vendor's territory. Searches for cTrader on its own, or for its app, return Spotware's site and app store cards — there is nothing for a comparison site to add and no place in those results for one. Searches for brokers that run it return almost nothing but comparisons: seven of the eight results we measured were independent publishers, with a single vendor page among them.
It is the same split found on MetaTrader, where the download query belongs to MetaQuotes and the “which broker” query belongs to publishers. The useful question a comparison can answer is who runs the terminal and on what terms, not where to get it.
Questions people ask
Which brokers offer cTrader?
Of the nine we track, three: FxPro, LiteFinance and Deriv. RoboForex, Alpari, Tickmill, Libertex, ForTrade and Bybit publish no cTrader among their platforms.
Is cTrader better than MetaTrader?
It is better equipped out of the box — market depth, copy trading and its own algo language are in the platform rather than left to the broker. MetaTrader is far more widely used, with fifty million Google Play installs against cTrader's one million, so the robots, indicators and tutorials you will find written by other people are mostly for MetaTrader.
Who makes cTrader?
cTrader Ltd, which publishes the mobile app on Google Play as Spotware. It is an independent vendor: brokers license the platform and run servers for it, exactly as they do with MetaTrader.
Can I run my MetaTrader robot on cTrader?
No. cTrader Algo is C#-based and MetaTrader robots are written in MQL4 or MQL5; none of the three converts into another. If you already have a robot, it decides which platform you use.
Does cTrader cost extra?
The platform is free to download from the broker. What may differ is the account behind it — some brokers offer particular account types only on particular platforms, so check which of your broker's accounts run on cTrader before assuming the terms are identical.
Is cTrader good for copy trading?
Copying is built into the platform rather than bolted on, which is why Deriv lists its cTrader under copy trading rather than under CFD trading. Whether it beats a broker's own system depends on the providers available on each — our copy trading page compares the models.
cTrader against the alternatives is on the platform comparison; if your robot is written in MQL, brokers running MetaTrader is the list you need. What each account costs is on spread plus commission.