No. TradeZella’s official July 2026 pricing update says it does not currently offer a free plan. Its paid Essential plan starts at $35 per month or $315 per year. A temporary trial or promotion, if offered, is not the same as an ongoing free tier.

How much does TradeZella cost?

Based on TradeZella’s official pricing help page checked 15 Oct 2026, Essential costs $35 per month or $315 per year, Pro costs $59 per month or $531 per year, and Ultra costs $99 per month or $891 per year. Annual plans are billed annually. Journalit Pro is $19/month, or $180/year (≈$15/month billed yearly).

Is there a genuinely free alternative to TradeZella?

Yes. Journalit’s ongoing free plan includes manual journalling, unlimited trades and accounts, notes, screenshots, analytics, dashboards, templates, and recurring reviews. Pro adds Trade Import, automatic Trade Sync for supported brokers, the Economic Calendar, and prop-firm profiles that prefill challenge rules.

What do I gain or lose by choosing Journalit instead?

You gain a meaningful free tier, lower paid pricing, Obsidian flexibility, detailed notes and screenshots, recurring review templates, and a journal kept on your device. You give up TradeZella features that Journalit does not match, including Trade Replay, built-in backtesting, Zella AI and agents, Mentor Mode, Spaces, and its wider published broker integration list.

TradeZella alternative with a genuine free journalling plan

Journalit keeps your journal as files on your computer, free to start. TradeZella is a hosted journal with more built-in tools, from $315 a year.

Install free How Journalit works Which should you choose?

Which to choose/Pricing/Features/Walkthrough/Switching/FAQ

By the Journalit team · Facts checked 15 Oct 2026 · How we compared

Is TradeZella worth it, or should you switch?

Pick Journalit if

You want your journal as files you own
You want a free plan, and Pro at $19/mo or $180/yr
You journal offline
Notes and reviews matter most to you

Pick TradeZella if

You want a hosted, browser-based journal
You use replay, backtesting or AI
You want mentoring or a community
Your broker isn’t on Journalit’s list

Stay on TradeZella if

Replay or Zella AI is part of your routine
You work with a mentor inside TradeZella
You have years of tags you’d rebuild by hand

TradeZella facts from its pricing update, plan comparison and Zella AI page, checked 15 Oct 2026.

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TradeZella pricing in 2026

No free plan. Every plan includes broker imports.

TradeZella costs 75% more to 4.9× as much as Journalit Pro's $180/yr billed-yearly price.

Journalit Pro: $180/yr billed yearly. TradeZella: $315–$891/yr. You save $135–$711 a year (Journalit billed yearly).

Yearly price of each plan, compared with Journalit Pro.
Plan	Yearly cost and billing	vs Journalit $180/yr billed yearly
Journalit ProEvery feature, nothing locked	$180/yr billed yearly · $228/yr if paid monthly ($19/mo)	You pay this
TradeZella Essential1 account	$315/yr · Billed yearly	75% more than Journalit's yearly priceYou save $135/yr vs TradeZella Essential (Journalit billed yearly).
TradeZella ProUp to 50 accounts	$531/yr · Billed yearly	2.9× Journalit's yearly priceYou save $351/yr vs TradeZella Pro (Journalit billed yearly).
TradeZella UltraUnlimited accounts	$891/yr · Billed yearly	4.9× Journalit's yearly priceYou save $711/yr vs TradeZella Ultra (Journalit billed yearly).

Every plan, paid for a year, billed yearly where offered. Relative labels compare with Journalit Pro at $180/yr billed yearly; Journalit is $228/yr if paid monthly ($19/mo). USD before tax. Checked 15 Oct 2026: TradeZella.

Journalit vs TradeZella

Journalit and TradeZella compared feature by feature
Feature	Journalit	TradeZella
Journal stays on your deviceTrades, notes and reviews as files	On your device*	Hosted online
Export everythingTrades, notes and screenshots	Already files	Trades only (CSV)
Works offline	Yes	Not documented
Free plan	Free forever	No
Broker imports	17 brokers, Pro	500+ advertised
Prop-firm challenge tracking	Built in	PropFirm Sync
Mobile	Obsidian app	Not confirmed
AI assistant	No	Zella AI
Trade replay	No	Pro and Ultra
Backtesting	No	Every plan
Mentoring and community	No	Mentor Mode

Journalit and TradeZella compared feature by feature
Journalit	TradeZella
Journal stays on your deviceTrades, notes and reviews as files
On your device*	Hosted online
Export everythingTrades, notes and screenshots
Already files	Trades only (CSV)
Works offline
Yes	Not documented
Free plan
Free forever	No
Broker imports
17 brokers, Pro	500+ advertised
Prop-firm challenge tracking
Built in	PropFirm Sync
Mobile
Obsidian app	Not confirmed
AI assistant
No	Zella AI
Trade replay
No	Pro and Ultra
Backtesting
No	Every plan
Mentoring and community
No	Mentor Mode

* With Trade Sync (Pro), synced trades also pass through Journalit’s servers. TradeZella facts checked 15 Oct 2026; the arrow beside each one opens TradeZella’s own page. Comparing more tools? See every trading journal side by side.

Same task in both tools

Import a broker CSV, then review a losing week.

In Journalit

1
Export from your broker
Follow the broker export guide
2
Open Trade Import
Pick the platform and account
3
Check the preview
Every trade, before anything is saved
4
Open the weekly review
All five days in one note
5
Answer the losing-trade questions
Your own questions, set in Layout Builder

Preview is free; importing needs Pro. From the Trade Import guide and review docs.

In TradeZella

1
Export from your broker
Broker guides in its help centre
2
Add Trade → File Upload
Pick the broker, upload the CSV
3
Open Trades → Week
Each week with its net P&L
4
Expand the losing week
Open its trades to review

From TradeZella’s help centre: file upload · Trades page · Week tab

Journalit Trade Import asking “Where are these trades from?” with a grid of broker and platform tiles — Step 2 · Pick the platform

Journalit import review step showing parsed rows from a broker CSV before import — Step 3 · Check every trade first

Daily Reviews by Weekday widget listing Monday to Friday with Open links — Step 4 · The whole week in one note

Switching from TradeZella

Four steps. Start small and check before you cancel.

Step 1
Export from TradeZella
- Trades: CSV from the Trade Log (how)
- Notes: PDF, one at a time (how)
- No full backup, so save screenshots first
Step 2
Import into Journalit
- Best: your broker’s own export
- Or TradeZella’s CSV as Own spreadsheet (guide)
- Preview is free; importing needs Pro
Step 3
Rebuild
- Strategies → setups
- Notes → trade notes
- Routine → review templates
- No equivalent for replay, AI or mentoring
Step 4
Test before you cancel
- Import one week first
- Match TradeZella’s trade count and net P&L
- Check fees, time zone and fills
- Re-import once: duplicates get flagged

How we compared

Sources: TradeZella’s pricing page, plan comparison and help centre
Checked: 15 Oct 2026
Method: No paid TradeZella account. Its steps follow TradeZella’s help articles.
Written by: The Journalit team, so we are not neutral. Spot an error? contact@journalit.co

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