ATAS vs TradingView

TradingView has the lower headline entry price, but the two prices are in different currencies and are not directly comparable. TradingView's pricing page lists Essential at $12.95 per month billed annually, while ATAS lists Plus at €19.95 per month on its annual option, €23.95 on 3-month billing and €24.95 month-to-month; ATAS also sells a Plus lifetime license for €999. Both keep a permanent free plan, ATAS Start and TradingView Basic. ATAS paid plans carry a 14-day trial that needs a linked card or PayPal and converts automatically unless cancelled. On refunds, ATAS's FAQ promises 100% within 14 days of the first payment, while TradingView's Terms of Service allow 14 days for annual plans and 7 days for monthly ones. Futures data is a separate cost on both sides: ATAS lists no data fee of its own, and TradingView sells CME Group real-time data at $9.95 per month. All figures were last checked in October 2026.

ATAS is installed as a desktop application and no web version was found on its download page. Classic ATAS runs on Windows 10 or later only, while ATAS X, listed as beta, runs on Windows 10 or later and on macOS, including Apple Silicon M1 and above. ATAS X asks for 8 GB RAM, 80 GB of disk, a GPU with 4 GB VRAM and a 30 Mbps connection, and the license allows only one simultaneous login. TradingView is delivered on the web, as iOS and Android apps and as a desktop app with multi-monitor support; the desktop app is offered for Windows, macOS and Linux. The scripting languages differ too: ATAS indicators, calculation modules and automation algorithms are written in C#, and ATAS support does not provide development help for custom indicators and bots, while TradingView lists Pine Script on all five plans. Details come from the vendors' own pages, last checked in October 2026.

TradingView has a volume footprint, but only on its Premium and Ultimate plans, while ATAS is built around footprint analysis. TradingView's comparison table checks Time Price Opportunities, Volume footprint and Volume candles for Premium and Ultimate only, and tick-based intervals only for Ultimate. ATAS lists 400+ footprint configurations (Volume, Delta, Bid x Ask, Trades, Profile, Heatmap) and 14 timeframe types, including Range, Renko, Reversal, Volume, Tick, Delta and Order Flow bars. Its Smart DOM combines volume columns, market profile and a mini footprint, and a Heatmap (beta) with DOM synchronisation is listed on all plans. Feeds matter here: ATAS says a dxFeed connection does not support delta, reversal or order flow charts, and its MBO Bundle indicators work via Rithmic. TradingView lists DOM trading on all five plans. All details were last checked in October 2026 on the vendors' own pages.

ATAS centres on tick-level replay, while TradingView offers a strategy backtester with report exports. ATAS Market Replay runs at speeds from x1 to x1000 with three simulation modes and is listed on all plans, including Start. ATAS describes backtesting as replaying historical sessions tick by tick with the DOM; no automated strategy-tester report module was found on its pricing, charts, replay or API pages, and a 2022 vendor FAQ states that replay does not take slippage into account. TradingView's Bar Replay, including Indicators Replay and trading in replay, is checked on all five plans, while replay by the tick covers 7 days on Ultimate only. Its comparison table lists backtest report metrics on all plans, advanced metrics, CSV and XLSX export from Essential, and Deep Backtesting from Premium, capped at 2 million bars per calculation. Last checked in October 2026.

ATAS does not bundle market data, so every user connects a data provider, broker or crypto exchange separately. Its futures connections include CQG, CTS, dxFeed, Exante, Interactive Brokers, IQFeed, Rithmic and Trading Technologies, and its crypto list covers Binance, Bybit, Kraken and OKX among others. After installation the workspace loads dxFeed futures data on a 15-minute delay, and the Start and Plus plans cannot connect real-time futures data or more than one connection; Pro allows three connections and Ultra unlimited. TradingView advertises 100+ brokers for trading from the chart, a vendor claim not independently measured, and lists trading through selected brokers, paper trading and DOM trading on all plans. For futures, TradingView sells CME Group real-time data at $9.95 per month for non-professional subscribers. Both sides state a connection or data subscription is needed for live prices; last checked in October 2026.

ATAS and TradingView both cap indicators per chart by plan, and both are software vendors rather than brokers. ATAS Plus allows 6 indicators per chart and one active connection, and ATAS alerts do not trigger if the program is closed or the PC is asleep. TradingView Essential allows 2 charts per tab, 5 indicators per chart and 20 alerts, with its Basic plan limited to one chart per tab. Support differs: ATAS lists email and Telegram on Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 17:00 CET, and no paid support tier; TradingView lists support levels from Regular on Essential to First Priority on Ultimate. ATAS is operated by SIA ATAS in Riga, Latvia, states it is not a broker and does not accept client funds, and no financial-regulator licence number was found on its pages. TradingView is provided by TradingView, Inc., with terms governed by New York law. Last checked in October 2026.