Carrot Funding vs Upscale: which prop firm is better?
Carrot Funding
Wins on 3 of 18 points
Upscale
Wins on 2 of 18 points
Choose Carrot Funding if you care most about…
- a higher overall rating
- a cheaper entry price
- faster payout processing
Choose Upscale if you care most about…
- larger account sizes
- a higher profit split
Overview
Our rating
3.3
2.7
Trustpilot
4.7 (26 reviews)
No score shown
Founded
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Platforms
Own platform, Hyperliquid
TradingView, Own platform
Cost & challenge
Cheapest plan
$65 · $5K 2-Phase Challenge
$69 · $5K Basic (2-stage)
Account sizes
$5K – $100K
$5K – $200K
Evaluation types
1-step, 2-step
Instant, 1-step, 2-step
Drawdown
Trailing (intraday)
Static, Trailing (intraday)
Payouts
Max profit split
80%
90%
Payout frequency
On demand
Every 2 weeks
First payout after
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14 days
Typical processing
24h
48h
Payout methods
Crypto
Crypto
Trading rules
News trading
Allowed
Allowed
Weekend holding
Allowed
Allowed
EAs / bots
Not stated
Allowed
Copy trading
Not stated
Not allowed
Consistency rule
1-Phase only: best day must be under 50% of total profit (Best Day Score 50 or higher), also on the funded account
Turbo and API-enabled accounts: payout blocked while the best day is 30% or more of total profit