3Commas, Cryptohopper, Pionex and Bitsgap all run ready-made bots, such as grid and DCA bots, on exchange accounts, and if that is what you want you may not need to switch. Keel is the alternative for traders who want to write their own rule, backtest it on real Hyperliquid data with fees and funding, paper trade it, and then run it from their own Hyperliquid account.
Checked and filled at the close of each bar. Backtested with fees, slippage and funding.
Keel doesn't sell bots. You describe a rule in plain English, or let Keel's AI build it for you, and Keel backtests it on real Hyperliquid data with fees, slippage and funding charged. You paper trade it on live prices, then run it on Hyperliquid perpetuals from your own account. Orders fill at the close of the bar the strategy runs on.
That changes a few things a bot user is used to. Keel can't run a grid: a grid leaves limit orders waiting at fixed prices and fills inside the bar, and a Keel strategy can't place orders at levels it chooses; it decides at the close of each bar. It can run range strategies, and a ladder checked at the bar close. DCA on Keel means a safety-order ladder: add on each drop, take profit from the average price, filled at the bar close, on a perpetual that pays or earns funding. It doesn't make recurring buys of new cash. Keel doesn't copy other traders or take outside signals either. You run your own tested rule.
| Product | Ready-made bots | Grid | DCA | Signals and copying | Backtesting | Where it trades | Who holds the funds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Commas | DCA, grid and signal bots, and an AI grid bot[1] | Grid bot and AI grid bot[1] | DCA bot, with futures trading in one or both directions[1][2] | Signal bot that trades TradingView alerts and webhooks[1] | Backtests on minute candles with indicators in the bot logic[1] | Your exchange accounts, including Binance, Bybit, OKX, Coinbase and Hyperliquid[1] | Your exchange, connected by API key; 3Commas says it cannot withdraw[1] |
| Cryptohopper | A marketplace of strategies, bot templates and signals[3] | Not listed | DCA tool[3] | Signals from outside analysts, social trading and a copy bot[3] | Backtesting and paper trading[4][7] | Your exchange accounts, such as Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, KuCoin and OKX[3] | Your exchange accounts, connected to Cryptohopper[3] |
| Pionex | An exchange with bots built in[5] | Spot, infinity, leveraged and futures grid bots[5] | DCA bot[5] | Not listed | AI-suggested bot settings drawn from backtested data[5] | Spot and futures on Pionex itself[5] | Your Pionex account, where the bots run[5] |
| Bitsgap | Grid, DCA, BTD, LOOP, COMBO and QFL bots, and pre-made strategies[6] | Grid bot, and a COMBO futures bot that mixes DCA and grid[6] | DCA bot and DCA futures bot[6] | Not listed | Backtesting tools and a demo mode on live prices[6] | Spot and futures on your exchange accounts, including Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, OKX and Hyperliquid[6] | Your exchange, connected by API key; Bitsgap says it cannot withdraw[6] |
| Keel | None. A public library of backtested strategies you can fork and change | No. A strategy can't leave orders at set levels; range strategies instead | A safety-order ladder: add on each drop, take profit from the average, at the bar close | No. You run your own rule | Every strategy, on real Hyperliquid data with fees, slippage and funding, then paper trading on live prices | Hyperliquid crypto perpetuals | Your own Hyperliquid account, through an agent wallet that can trade but never withdraw |
Facts about other products are as of October 2026, from each product's own site (numbered sources below). "Not listed" means the pages we read don't mention it, not that the product lacks it.
Most 3Commas users who move bring a DCA bot with them: a base order, safety orders on the way down, and a take profit from the average price. On Keel the same idea is written as a rule with three parts, and you can describe it in those words to Keel's AI.
Two things work differently from a 3Commas bot. Every check happens at the close of the bar the strategy runs on, so a safety order fills at that close rather than at a resting price. And the trade is a perpetual, so while it is open it pays or earns funding, which the backtest charges. Once the rule is built, backtest it across a few coins and a couple of years before you paper trade it.
Or start from the DCA bot already written as a Keel strategy: fork the DCA bot example and change its coins, the spacing between buys and the take-profit target.
To start from a tested rule instead of a blank page, open the strategy library, fork a strategy into your account and change its coins and settings. For how the backtest charges fees, slippage and funding, see how Keel works and backtesting on Hyperliquid. If you mostly ran grids, the grid trading alternative covers what to run instead, and the crypto trading bot guide compares the other kinds of bots.
Read on 18 October 2026. These products change often, so check each source before you decide. We left out anything we could not confirm there, including prices and performance claims.
Keel is a strategy builder for Hyperliquid. Describe your idea, backtest it with fees, slippage and funding, paper trade it, and connect a wallet when you’re ready to go live.
Start freeIt depends on what you use 3Commas for. If you want another platform of ready-made grid and DCA bots on centralised exchanges, Cryptohopper, Pionex and Bitsgap are the usual names, and each one's own site lists its bot types. If you want to build your own rule and test it with real costs before it trades, Keel is built for that, on Hyperliquid perpetuals.
Keel has a free plan: you can build a strategy, backtest it and paper trade it without paying, and connect a wallet only when you want to go live. For the other bot platforms, check each one's own pricing page, since plans change often.
You can't import a bot from 3Commas or any other platform into Keel. You can rebuild the idea: describe the entry, the safety orders and the take profit to Keel's AI, or build them yourself, and Keel backtests the rule on real Hyperliquid data with fees, slippage and funding. The result shows how that rule would have traded Hyperliquid perpetuals, which is not the same market as a spot bot on another exchange.
Not grid. A grid leaves limit orders waiting at fixed prices and fills inside the bar, and a Keel strategy can't leave orders at set price levels. DCA, yes, as a safety-order ladder: the strategy adds on each drop since the last fill and takes profit from the average price, checked and filled at the close of each bar. It doesn't make recurring buys of new cash.
3Commas lists Hyperliquid among the exchanges it connects to, and so does Bitsgap. So if you want a ready-made bot on Hyperliquid, that is an option. Keel is for when you want to write and test your own rule first.
No. Your funds stay in your own Hyperliquid account. When you go live, Keel trades through an agent wallet that can place trades but can never withdraw or transfer funds, and you can revoke it whenever you like.
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