Coinrule Review

How Coinrule scores in trading tools

Coinrule is a no-code rule builder that places orders in exchange, broker or wallet accounts you connect; it does not hold funds or execute trades itself. This entry rates it in our crypto trading tools ranking. The basis is desk research of Coinrule's homepage, pricing page, terms (dated October 9, 2026), help center and API documentation, plus the UK Companies House register, checked on November 6, 2026. No account was opened, no key was connected and no rule was run. The category has five criteria, each marked 0 to 10 and weighted equally, as set out in our ratings methodology.

The overall score is the plain average: (7 + 9 + 8 + 8 + 8) / 5 = 40 / 5 = 8.0, the same as at the July 24, 2026 check. Three marks moved, and two were reset under the category's scale rules of November 6, 2026. Entity transparency rose from 5 to 8, because the October 2026 terms now give the company number, registered office and governing law, the standard that earns 8 elsewhere in this category. Pricing transparency fell from 9 to 7, because Coinrule's own pages now contradict each other on price, fee and refund terms. Custody & API safety moved from 10 to 9: every tool that holds a trade-only key on its servers now gets 9, and 10 is kept for tools that technically reject withdrawal-enabled keys or never hold a key. Security posture stays at 8: an earlier draft of this check raised it to 9 to match Altrady, but security is now marked on the number of disclosed controls, and Coinrule's three score 8.

Strongest criteria

Withdrawal rights refused in the terms (9)

Most tools in this category say they do not hold funds. Coinrule goes further and writes the key scope into its contract: clause 10.3.2 of the terms says it does not require withdrawal or transfer permissions and that users must not grant them. Its API key guide names the three permissions it does need: reading balances, placing spot or perpetual orders, and reading order history. A key set up this way can trade but cannot move funds off the exchange. That is a strong custody arrangement for a cloud trading tool. It stops one point below the top because Coinrule's servers hold the trading key and the record shows a contractual ban rather than a technical check: 10 is kept for tools that reject withdrawal-enabled keys outright, as Bitsgap does, or never hold a key.

Security practices described in detail (8)

The help center's security article says API keys are stored with 256-bit AES encryption using keys generated per user, that traffic between the app, backend and database uses TLS 1.2 or higher, and that passwords are hashed. It also describes reCAPTCHA, login rate limiting and Cloudflare DDoS protection. The API guide strongly recommends IP-restricted keys for live use and routine rotation every 90 days, and the security article says Coinrule accounts are protected with two-factor authentication. Of the six controls the category's security scale counts, three are disclosed: a named key-encryption method, IP restriction and 2FA. Three controls score 8, level with Bitsgap. The mark goes no higher because no independent audit, penetration test or bug bounty is published, so the controls are Coinrule's own description.

Weakest criteria

Pricing: published, but inconsistent (7)

This is a deficiency in what Coinrule publishes, not a gap in our reading. The pricing page lists Free, Investor ($29.99 a month), Trader ($59.99) and Pro ($749.00), with live-rule, exchange and monthly volume caps for each. Three points conflict:

• The homepage shows Pro at $449.99 a month; the pricing page shows $749.00.
• Both pages show "0.02% of traded volume" on paid plans, but the terms say subscription fees are the only fees Coinrule charges. At 0.02%, $100,000 of monthly volume would add $20.
• The homepage promises a 14-day money-back guarantee; the terms allow a refund request within 7 days and leave later refunds to Coinrule's discretion.

A buyer cannot tell from Coinrule's own pages which figure applies, so the mark falls below the 9 given to peers whose pages agree. If the pages are reconciled, the mark would be revisited.

Coverage: wide, with a beta caveat (8)

The homepage names Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, OKX, KuCoin, Bybit, Bitget, Upbit, HTX, Crypto.com, MEXC, Gate and Hyperliquid, plus Trading 212, Webull, Public, E*Trade and Alpaca for stocks. On-chain trading on Base, Arbitrum, Ethereum, Hyperliquid and BNB Smart Chain is still in closed beta, and connected exchanges are capped by plan, from one on Free to unlimited on Pro. The mark is unchanged.

What the score does not cover

The score measures published disclosure. It does not measure whether rules make money, fill quality, uptime or the accuracy of the demo exchange, and none of these were tested. It does not cover exchange or network fees, which are paid to the third party on every order; our guide to maker, taker and gas fees explains them. Availability is outside the score too: clause 18.4 of the terms says Coinrule is not MiCA-authorized, does not serve people in the EU or EEA and blocks their IP addresses. A trading-only key can still lose money through a badly written rule or a leaked key, even without withdrawal rights.

Coinrule vs Cryptohopper and Altrady

Coinrule ranks fifth of ten. Cryptohopper, fourth at 8.4, leads it by 0.4 points. It matches Coinrule on custody (9) and entity (8), leads on pricing (9 against 7) and security (9 against 8), and trails on coverage (7 against 8). Altrady, third at 8.4, also leads by 0.4 points. It ties Coinrule on custody (9) and entity (8), leads on pricing (9 against 7) and coverage (9 against 8), and trails on security (7 against 8). Coinrule's strengths are its custody terms, named key encryption and a named UK company; its weak point is pricing that its own pages do not state consistently.

Who it suits

On these marks, Coinrule suits traders outside the EU and EEA who want rule-based automation across crypto exchanges and US or UK stock brokers, using keys that cannot withdraw, and who want to know which registered company runs the service. It suits less well anyone who needs a fixed, unambiguous price before subscribing: check the Pro price, the volume fee and the refund window at checkout.