The best self-hosted alternative to Cryptohopper is TradeArmor. It does what people use Cryptohopper for, automated trading with a dashboard, signals, and copy trading, but it runs on your own machine, your keys never leave it, and the whole platform comes as one subscription instead of a base plan plus a marketplace of paid add-ons.
The Core Difference: One Platform vs a Marketplace
Cryptohopper is a cloud bot with a large marketplace. The base subscription is the entry point, and signals, strategy templates, and some features are bought on top. Your exchange API keys live on Cryptohopper servers so the cloud can trade for you.
TradeArmor takes the opposite approach. Signals, 15 indicators, the AI strategy builder, copy trading, and tax exports are part of the subscription, not separate purchases. And because it is self-hosted, your keys stay in a local config file on your machine, with trade permission only and no withdrawal access.
TradeArmor vs Cryptohopper at a Glance
| TradeArmor | Cryptohopper | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Your machine: Mac, Linux, Windows, Docker, Pi, VPS | The Cryptohopper cloud |
| Your API keys | Local config only, never sent to us | Stored on Cryptohopper servers |
| Built-in signals | BTC/USDC spot, live 3+ years, included | Marketplace, often paid |
| Add-on model | Everything is in the subscription | Base plan plus marketplace items |
| AI strategy builder | Plain-English, bring your own key, no added fee | Limited |
| Copy trading | Peer-to-peer, keys stay local, no performance fee | Yes, cloud routed |
| DCA, grid, futures | DCA on every plan, grid and futures on Enterprise | Yes, plan dependent |
| ProfitTrailer migration | One-click import of positions, legs, history | No |
| Tax exports | Koinly, CoinTracker, FIFO, LIFO, HIFO | Plan dependent |
| Price | $19.99 to $89.99 / mo, signals included | Subscription plus marketplace |
What You Keep, What You Gain
You keep the polished dashboard, the strategy automation, copy trading, and mobile access. You gain self-custody, signals and AI with no extra fee, and a predictable single price. If you were tired of every useful feature living behind another marketplace purchase, that is the change.
Who Should Switch, and Who Should Not
Switch if you want one price with signals included, or if you would rather your exchange keys never sit in a vendor's cloud.
Think twice if you rely on a specific marketplace strategy or an exchange TradeArmor does not yet support. TradeArmor covers eight exchanges through CCXT. Signals cover BTC/USDC spot pairs, and grid and futures are on the Enterprise tier.