Compared
LuxAlgo and Swiftedge: order flow in the browser compared
LuxAlgo and Swiftedge both run order flow in the browser. LuxAlgo's free plan has its order flow suite with one day of history, and its paid plans add longer history, live CME futures and more alerts. Swiftedge is free in full: the live order book heatmap four times a second with every trade, a footprint chart and 30+ indicators, with no account, for the Bitcoin, gold, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, US 500, US 100, silver and WTI crude oil perpetual futures.
What LuxAlgo offers
From LuxAlgo's own pages, checked on 2 November 2026 (pricing, orderflow):
- Free plan at $0, "free forever, no credit card required": the order flow suite (footprints, delta and profiles) with a 1-day lookback, unlimited price alerts and 5 custom alerts.
- Paid plans. Essential $24.99, Premium $39.99, Ultimate $59.99 and AI Ultra $119.99 a month, lower when billed yearly, with order flow history of 30 days, 90 days, 1 year and the full history.
- Markets. Crypto, stocks, forex and commodities on every plan; live CME futures on the paid plans.
- Tools. Pine Script, replay and a backtesting assistant are listed; webhook automation from Premium. Its order flow page says the suite is built from real trades: footprints, TPO, volume profiles, delta and CVD, VWAP and large prints.
- Platform. Charts on its own web platform; some tools are also published for TradingView.
The pages we checked do not mention an order book heatmap or trading from the chart.
What Swiftedge offers
| Swiftedge Depth | What you get |
|---|---|
| Markets | Bitcoin, gold, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, US 500, US 100, silver and WTI crude oil perpetual futures |
| Order book heatmap | Resting bids and asks out to about 2 % from price, a new column four times a second |
| Trades | Every trade as a bubble sized by volume and colored by the aggressive side |
| Chart types | Line, candlesticks (1 minute to 4 hours, seconds with the Member Club) or a footprint chart: buying and selling at every price inside each candle, with POC and delta |
| Imbalance tools | Stacked imbalance zones and a live order book and volume imbalance readout |
| Studies | Volume profile (session, day, week, visible range), TPO, VWAP bands, 20 classic indicators and CVD divergence |
| History | At least the last 24 hours, zoomable down to the raw book |
| Positioning | Swiftedge Positioning: where leveraged positions would be liquidated, by price, with the upper wall, lower wall, flip, fast walls and max liquidation, on the chart and on the positioning page |
| Alerts | Chart alerts for price and large walls while the tab is open, and free server alerts that work with the tab closed (browser push, Telegram or a webhook) on Swiftedge Alerts |
| Extras | CVD, VWAP, real liquidations, 26 drawing tools, a live levels page and a liquidation heatmap |
| Price | Free, no account, in the browser |
Side by side
| LuxAlgo, as its site describes it | Swiftedge | |
|---|---|---|
| Free order flow history | 1 day on the free plan; up to full history on paid plans | Up to 15 days of heatmap and footprint; free |
| Order book heatmap | Not listed on the pages we checked | Yes, four columns a second, every trade on top |
| Footprint, TPO, profiles, CVD | Yes, every plan | Yes, free |
| Markets | Crypto, stocks, forex, commodities; live CME on paid plans | Bitcoin, gold, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, US 500, US 100, silver and WTI crude oil perpetual futures |
| Scripting and backtesting | Pine Script, backtesting assistant, replay | No scripting; replay of past sessions in the Member Club |
| Alerts | Unlimited price alerts and 5 custom alerts free; webhooks from Premium | Free server alerts by browser push, Telegram or a Discord or Slack webhook |
| Positioning and liquidations | Not listed on the pages we checked | Real liquidations and Swiftedge Positioning on the chart |
| Price | Free plan; paid from $24.99 a month | Free, no account |
Which one fits
- LuxAlgo fits when you want order flow on stocks and CME futures as well as crypto, Pine Script, backtesting and longer history, and are happy to pay for the history.
- Swiftedge fits when you want to see the resting order book as a heatmap with every trade, a footprint and Positioning, free, on crypto and the 24/7 perpetuals for US 500, US 100, gold, silver and oil.
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Common questions
Is there a free alternative to LuxAlgo for order flow?
LuxAlgo itself has a free plan with a 1-day order flow lookback. Swiftedge is free in full with no account: the live order book heatmap, every trade, a footprint chart, CVD, volume profile and TPO, with at least 24 hours of heatmap history.
Does LuxAlgo have an order book heatmap?
The pricing and order flow pages we checked on 2 November 2026 do not mention one. Swiftedge's main view is the live order book heatmap.
Can I use Pine Script on Swiftedge?
No. Swiftedge has no scripting. Depth has 30+ built-in indicators instead, and Swiftedge Alerts watch price and large walls.
Where does Swiftedge's data come from?
Swiftedge reads public perpetual futures data from Hyperliquid and Lighter: the order book and every trade with its aggressor side. Everything shown is Swiftedge's own calculation.