Activation and reset fees

The listed price is often not the full cost. An activation fee may be due when you pass, a reset costs money when you fail, and monthly plans keep billing until you pass.

The fees to look for

Fee	When you pay	Example
Evaluation fee	At purchase, once or monthly	$150
Activation fee	After you pass	$130
Reset fee	To restart after a breach	$100
Data fee	Monthly, on some funded accounts	Varies

Our "To start" price adds the evaluation fee and any known activation fee, so plans are comparable. On a deposit plan, it's the deposit plus what's owed after you pass.

A worked example

A $150 monthly plan with a $130 activation fee, passed in the second month on the second attempt:

First attempt, 1 month	$150
Second attempt, 2 months	$300
Activation	$130
Real cost	$580

Try your own numbers in the cost calculator.

Firms with no activation fee

As of November 12, 2026, 56 of the 86 firms PropTested tracks charge no activation fee on at least one plan. The reset fee is the range across the firm's plans where the firm publishes one.

Firm	Market	Plans with no activation fee	Reset fee
Nordic Funder	Forex	60 plans	n/a
Alpha Capital	Forex	48 plans	n/a
Maven	Forex	46 plans	n/a
RZR Funded	Forex	44 plans	n/a
Instant Funding	Forex	42 plans	n/a
E8 Markets	Forex	32 plans	n/a
Funded Trader Markets	Forex	31 plans	n/a
BrightFunded	Forex	26 plans	n/a
ThinkCapital	Forex	26 plans	n/a
Propr	Perps	24 plans	n/a
HyroTrader	Perps	23 plans	n/a
BEM Funding	Forex	22 plans	n/a
Fintokei	Forex	20 plans	n/a
FTMO	Forex	20 plans	n/a
Goat Funded Futures	Futures	20 plans	$59 to $299
Kraken Prop	Perps	18 plans	n/a
Breakout	Perps	17 plans	n/a
Blue Guardian Futures	Futures	16 plans	$72 to $286
FuturesElite	Futures	16 plans	$61.44 to $263.85
Lucid Trading	Futures	16 plans	$45 to $300
My Funded Futures	Futures	16 plans	n/a
MyFundedPerps	Perps	16 plans	n/a
Audacity Capital	Forex	15 plans	n/a
NEOM Funded	Forex	15 plans	n/a
Funded Futures Family	Futures	14 plans	$78 to $424

And 31 more firms. See every plan with no activation fee in the plan browser.

Offers and refunds

Monthly discounts can apply to the first month only.
Refunds on evaluation fees are rare. A few firms return the fee with an early payout, under conditions.
A big discount doesn't change the rules. Compare the plan first, then the price.

Every firm words this differently. Before you buy, read the exact rule on the firm's own page, which we link on each plan.

See plans with no activation fee NextProfit split and payouts