Shifu vs QuantLynk
Looking for a QuantLynk alternative? This is the honest comparison. QuantLynk’s figures are from its own pricing page, docs, FAQ and other public pages as read on September 25, 2026. Company names belong to their owners.
These two sell the same shape: one flat price, unlimited accounts, alerts, tickers and trades, and one alert executed across every account at the same time. QuantLynk reaches one more rail today — ProjectX-enabled prop firms, alongside Tradovate, NinjaTrader and Rithmic — with OCO and OSO order types, at $99 a month or $996 for a year plus two bonus months. Its pricing page states a 30-day money-back guarantee; its Terms of Use allow a refund within the first 14 days. Shifu is $40 a month or $480 a year on Tradovate, NinjaTrader and Rithmic accounts, with the journal, Claude or ChatGPT control and the red-folder news shield included.
What QuantLynk’s pages say
- One plan: $99/mo or $996/yr (its pricing page adds two bonus months on the yearly). Unlimited accounts, alerts, tickers and trades; no per-account fees.
- Platforms listed: Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Rithmic, and ProjectX-enabled prop firms. Demo and live accounts; prop and cash accounts.
- Its home and features pages list market, limit, stop, OCO, OSO and flatten orders, built-in P&L tracking, detailed trade logs and group trading across prop firms. DOM-based limit orders and risk management for all accounts are listed for its LightningLynk manual trading dashboard, which QuantVue’s docs describe as a Windows app.
- Its FAQ states a 30-day money-back guarantee, after which all sales are final. Its Terms of Use (section 9.3) allow a refund when the subscription is cancelled within the first 14 days. No free trial is shown.
Source: www.quantlynk.io/pricing, September 25, 2026.
Side by side
| feature | Shifu | QuantLynk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $40/mo · $480/yr ($240/yr with SHIFU50 until Oct 31) | $99/mo · $996/yr |
| Accounts included | Yes — Unlimited | Yes — Unlimited |
| Extra-account fees | Yes — None | Yes — None |
| Runs with your PC off | Yes | Yes |
| Claude / ChatGPT control (MCP) | Yes — Included | Not listed on their pages |
| Trade journal built in | Yes — AI-powered, every fill | Yes — Built-in P&L tracking and trade logs |
| News pause | Yes — Built-in calendar, whole trade day; opt-in per bot | Not listed on their pages |
The same chart as on the pricing page; the QuantLynk column is what its pricing page, docs, FAQ and other public pages said on September 25, 2026. “Not listed” means none of those pages said, not that the product lacks it.
What both do
- One flat price with unlimited accounts and no per-account fees. Neither charges more for the fifth funded account than the first.
- One alert executed on every attached account at the same time.
- Brackets from the alert: QuantLynk lists OCO and OSO orders; Shifu carries take_profit, stop_loss and a trailing stop in the alert, resting at Tradovate.
- Cloud-hosted: nothing runs on your computer.
- Demo and practice accounts alongside live ones.
- Trade records inside the product. QuantLynk’s home and features pages list built-in P&L tracking and detailed trade logs (read September 25, 2026); Shifu builds its journal from every fill, with broker response time and slippage per trade.
Where QuantLynk is strong
- Rails. ProjectX-enabled prop firms, a rail Shifu does not route to today. ProjectX’s own site says it wound down its third-party offering for most partners by February 28, 2026 and points traders to TopstepX.
- A manual trading window: its LightningLynk dashboard lists DOM-based limit orders, OCOs and flatten across all accounts (a Windows app, per QuantVue’s docs), and group trading across prop firms from one place.
- A refund window after the first charge, which Shifu does not have: 30 days on its pricing page, 14 days in its Terms of Use.
Where Shifu is different
- Price. $40 a month against $99 a month. Yearly, $480 for 12 months against $996 for 14 months (its yearly plan includes two bonus months). The same unlimited-accounts shape.
- Claude or ChatGPT control (MCP) and the red-folder news shield are included. MCP control and a news filter are not listed on QuantLynk’s pages.
- Shifu forwards and never decides: no rule engine, no risk dashboard acting on your account; the news shield holds entries only on the bots you opt in. QuantLynk lists risk management for all accounts in its LightningLynk manual trading dashboard.
- Futures on Tradovate, NinjaTrader and Rithmic accounts only, on purpose; no ProjectX today.
Choose QuantLynk if
- Your firm signs in over ProjectX (TopstepX).
- You want a manual DOM trading window (LightningLynk, a Windows app) that sends to the same accounts as your alerts.
- You want a refund window after paying: 14 days in its Terms of Use, 30 days on its pricing page.
Choose Shifu if
- You trade Tradovate, NinjaTrader or Rithmic accounts and want the same unlimited-accounts plan at $40 instead of $99.
- You want AI control and the news shield in the same plan.
- You want a router that forwards exactly and never acts on your account by itself.
Questions people ask
Can I move a QuantLynk alert to Shifu without rewriting it?
Plan on replacing the message. QuantVue’s docs build a QuantLynk alert around your QuantLynk user ID and alert ID; Shifu reads the action, the symbol and a time from the message itself. Paste the ready-made message from the bot’s Setup tab into the TradingView alert and point the alert at your bot’s link; it takes about two minutes per alert.
Does Shifu route to ProjectX or Rithmic?
Rithmic, yes: it is live. Not ProjectX — the card in the account picker is disabled. QuantLynk lists both.
Which is cheaper?
Shifu, at $40/mo or $480/yr against QuantLynk’s $99/mo or $996 for 14 months, as read on September 25, 2026. Shifu’s pricing page shows any launch offer with its end date. Their prices are theirs to change.
Does Shifu have a money-back guarantee?
No. Shifu has a 7-day free trial with a card on file and no refunds after a charge. QuantLynk shows no trial; its pricing page states a 30-day money-back guarantee and its Terms of Use allow a refund within the first 14 days.
TradingView, Tradovate®, NinjaTrader®, Rithmic, ProjectX, QuantLynk and every other company named here are trademarks of their respective owners. Shifu is an independent product and is not endorsed by any of them. Their prices are theirs to change; the dates above are when their pages were read.