FundedNext Futures vs FundingPips: which prop firm is better in 2026?
Across pricing, rules and payout terms, FundingPips takes the lead (8 against 2). FundedNext Futures stays relevant for traders whose priorities differ from the average.
FundedNext Futures
Futures · Trustpilot 4.5/5
FundedNext's futures arm went live in April 2025 and runs entirely on one-step evaluations across Tradovate, NinjaTrader and TradingView. Five programs share the same trailing end-of-day drawdown, with no activation fee and pricing from 69.99 USD for a 50K Flex account. The trade-off: every position is closed out before 3:10 pm Chicago time.
Criteria won : 2 / 33
FundingPips
Forex / CFD · Crypto · Trustpilot 4.5/5
FundingPips lets you choose the withdrawal rhythm and prices the split accordingly: 60% weekly, 80% biweekly, 90% on demand, 100% on a monthly cycle. Its four evaluation models keep static drawdown, with only the instant-funding Zero account switching to trailing. Against that, a Striking System closes a funded account on the fourth warning.
Criteria won : 8 / 33
Pricing at equal account size
Cheapest evaluation for a 100 K account.
FundedNext Futures
$129.99
FundingPips
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Closest size : 5 K — $29
Full comparison
| Criterion | FundedNext Futures | FundingPips |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | ||
| Score | 76/100 | 83/100 ✓ |
| Trustpilot | 4.5/5 | 4.5/5 |
| Founded | 2022 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | AE | AE |
| Pricing | ||
| Entry price | $69.99 | $29 ✓ |
| Price for a 100 K account | $129.99 | — |
| Refundable fee | — | No |
| Reset price | $91.99 | — |
| Account sizes | 150 K | 200 K ✓ |
| Rules | ||
| Steps | 1 ✓ | 2 |
| Profit target | 6 % | 6 % |
| Max daily loss | 2 % | 3 % ✓ |
| Max total drawdown | 4 % | 6 % ✓ |
| Drawdown type | Trailing (end of day) | Static ✓ |
| Time limit | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Consistency rule | 40 | — |
| Min trading days | — | 1 |
| Payouts | ||
| Profit split | 90 % ✓ | 80 % |
| Max profit split | 95 % | 100 % ✓ |
| First payout | — | 7 days |
| Payout frequency | quotidien (Rapid Daily), tous les 3 jours (Rapid Pro), tous les 5 jours de reference (Flex et Legacy) | Cycle au choix : hebdomadaire (60 %), bi-hebdomadaire (80 %), a la demande (90 %) ou mensuel (100 %) |
| Payout methods | rise and crypto | — |
| Scaling plan | — | — |
| Max allocation | 150 K | — |
| Trading | ||
| Platforms and instruments | tradovate, ninjatrader, tradingview | mt5, ctrader, match-trader |
| Instruments | futures | fx, indices, metals, energy, crypto ✓ |
| Leverage | — | — |
| News trading | — | — |
| Weekend holding | No | — |
| Expert Advisors | — | — |
| Copy trading | — | Restricted |
| Scalping | Yes | — |
| Hedging | — | — |
Choose FundedNext Futures if…
- You need a platform FundingPips does not offer: tradovate, ninjatrader, tradingview.
- You want the shortest path to funding: 1 evaluation phase against 2 at FundingPips.
Choose FundingPips if…
- Your budget is the binding constraint: the entry ticket starts at $29, below FundedNext Futures.
- You want a drawdown you can compute in your head: the limit is fixed on the starting balance and never moves as the account grows.
- You expect to stay funded long enough for the split to matter: 100 % against 95 % at FundedNext Futures.
- You need a platform FundedNext Futures does not offer: mt5, ctrader, match-trader.
Our analysis
Drawdown: the rule that decides
FundedNext Futures applies a trailing (end of day) drawdown capped at 4 %, with a 2 % daily limit. FundingPips applies a static drawdown capped at 6 %, with a 3 % daily limit. 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.
What reaches your account
FundedNext Futures keeps 95 % of profits, then pays quotidien (Rapid Daily), tous les 3 jours (Rapid Pro), tous les 5 jours de reference (Flex et Legacy). FundingPips keeps 100 % of profits, allows a first withdrawal after 7 days, then pays Cycle au choix : hebdomadaire (60 %), bi-hebdomadaire (80 %), a la demande (90 %) ou mensuel (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.
Where you actually trade
FundedNext Futures is the only one of the two to offer tradovate, ninjatrader, tradingview. FundingPips covers mt5, ctrader, 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.
Track record
On Trustpilot they sit at 4.5/5 and 4.5/5 respectively. Our trust pillar scores them 81/100 and 81/100, 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.
What you pay to start
FundingPips opens at $29 against $69.99 for FundedNext Futures, a substantial gap on the smallest account. 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.