Head to head · 33 criteria compared Across pricing, rules and payout terms, E8 Markets takes the lead (8 against 3). BrightFunded remains the cheaper way in, so the choice is not automatic.
Set up in 2023 by a Dutch team and operated out of Dubai, BrightFunded keeps its rulebook short: no consistency rule, no time limit, static drawdown on both 2-Step plans. The model leans instead on paid add-ons — fee refund, 90% split, waived minimum days — and the first payout only lands 30 days after the first trade.
Criteria won: 3 / 33
Every E8 Markets product is now single-phase: a 6% target, withdrawals available from day three, and a split running from 80% to 100%. The trade-offs are a 35-40% consistency rule, no scaling plan, and a Trustpilot rating suspended in August 2026 for a breach of the platform's guidelines.
Criteria won: 8 / 33
Cheapest evaluation for a 100 K account.
BrightFunded
€477
E8 Markets
$260
| Full comparison | BrightFunded | E8 Markets |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | ||
| Score | 76/100 | 76/100 |
| Trustpilot | — | — |
| Founded | 2023 | 2021 ✓ |
| Headquarters | AE | US |
| Pricing | ||
| Entry price | €47 ✓ | $110 |
| Price for a 100 K account | €477 | $260 ✓ |
| Refundable fee | No | No |
| Reset price | — | — |
| Account sizes | 200 K | 500 K ✓ |
| Rules | ||
| Steps | 2 | 1 ✓ |
| Profit target | 8 % | 6 % ✓ |
| Max daily loss | 4 % | — |
| Max total drawdown | 8 % | — |
| Drawdown type | Static | — |
| Time limit | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Consistency rule | No ✓ | 35 |
| Min trading days | 5 | — |
| Payouts | ||
| Profit split | 80 % | 80 % |
| Max profit split | 100 % | 100 % |
| First payout | 30 days | — |
| Payout frequency | First payment 30 days after the first trade, then every 2 weeks; weekly and bi-weekly add-ons available | On demand (daily on E8 Pro; minimum $100) |
| Payout methods | — | rise |
| Scaling plan | Yes ✓ | No |
| Max allocation | 400 K | 500 K ✓ |
| Trading | ||
| Platforms and instruments | mt5, ctrader, dxtrade | mt5, ctrader, tradelocker, match-trader ✓ |
| Instruments | fx, indices, metals, energy, crypto | fx, indices, metals, energy, crypto, futures ✓ |
| Leverage | Forex 1:100, gold and commodities 1:40, indices 1:20, crypto 1:5 (identical on evaluation and funded accounts) | Forex 1:30, indices 1:15, metals 1:15, crypto 1:1 |
| News trading | Yes | Yes |
| Weekend holding | — | Yes |
| Expert Advisors | — | — |
| Copy trading | Restricted | Restricted |
| Scalping | — | — |
| Hedging | — | — |
Choose BrightFunded if… Choose E8 Markets if… BrightFunded applies a static drawdown capped at 8 %, with a 4 % daily limit. E8 Markets does not publish a clear drawdown model. This is the single most consequential difference between the two. A static drawdown is measured once, from the starting balance, and never moves; a trailing drawdown follows your equity upward, so a winning streak raises the floor you can no longer fall below. Intraday trailing is stricter still, because it tracks unrealised peaks reached inside the session — profit you never actually banked can permanently raise your loss threshold.
BrightFunded keeps 100 % of profits, allows a first withdrawal after 30 days, then pays First payment 30 days after the first trade, then every 2 weeks; weekly and bi-weekly add-ons available. E8 Markets keeps 100 % of profits, then pays On demand (daily on E8 Pro; minimum $100). Payout frequency deserves as much attention as the split itself: a slightly lower share paid every two weeks compounds faster than a headline percentage locked behind a monthly cycle and a long first-withdrawal delay.
BrightFunded is the only one of the two to offer dxtrade. E8 Markets covers tradelocker, match-trader, which its rival does not. Platform choice is not cosmetic: order execution, available order types and the reliability of your automation all depend on it, and switching mid-evaluation is rarely possible.
E8 Markets has been running since 2021, 2 years longer than BrightFunded. Our trust pillar scores them 66/100 and 74/100, which weighs age, corporate transparency and public payout evidence. In an industry with no financial regulator overseeing these evaluations, longevity and a verifiable payout history are the closest thing to a guarantee.
BrightFunded opens at €47 against $110 for E8 Markets, a substantial gap on the smallest account. At the reference size of 100 K the comparison is €477 for BrightFunded against $260 for E8 Markets. The headline fee is rarely the real cost, though: what matters is the price of a reset after a failed attempt, whether the fee comes back on the first payout, and whether an activation fee appears when you move to a funded account. Compare those three lines in the table above before deciding on price alone.
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