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The cheapest 50K, among complete totals
41 plans across 13 firms meet this page’s criterion. 25 are ranked on the total cost to first payout; 16 cannot be, for want of a complete total, and are listed separately. Most recent reading: August 31, 2026.
The firms that meet the criterion, by number of plans: Bulenox (6), Lucid Trading (5), Alpha Futures (4), My Funded Futures (4), Apex Trader Funding (3), FundedNext Futures (3), Phidias Propfirm (3), Topstep (3), TradeDay (3), Tradeify (3), Funded Futures Network (2), Take Profit Trader (1), YRM Prop (1).
The ranking
| Firm | Plan | Size | Cost to 1st payout | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FundedNext Futures | 50K Flex (one-off fee, 1-phase evaluation) | 50K | $211.98 | The guide |
| Lucid Trading | 50K LucidFlex | 50K | $236 | The guide |
| Tradeify | 50K Growth | 50K | $240 | The guide |
| Lucid Trading | 50K LucidDaily intraday | 50K | $246 | The guide |
| Topstep | 50K Combine, no activation + daily loss limit | 50K | $255 | The guide |
| YRM Prop | 50K Starter Challenge (one-off fee) | 50K | $255 | The guide |
| Tradeify | 50K Select (one-off fee) | 50K | $274 | The guide |
| Topstep | 50K Combine, no activation fee | 50K | $285 | The guide |
| Lucid Trading | 50K LucidDaily end-of-day | 50K | $295 | The guide |
| Topstep | 50K Trading Combine (subscription) | 50K | $296 | The guide |
| Lucid Trading | 50K LucidPro (one-off fee) | 50K | $307 | The guide |
| TradeDay | 50K Intraday (subscription) | 50K | $321 | The guide |
| Alpha Futures | 50K Standard Eval (monthly subscription) | 50K | $367 | The guide |
| Alpha Futures | 50K Zero Eval (monthly subscription) | 50K | $397 | The guide |
| Bulenox | 50K Qualification (trailing drawdown) | 50K | $401 | The guide |
| Bulenox | 50K Qualification (end-of-day drawdown) | 50K | $401 | The guide |
| TradeDay | 50K Quick Pay end-of-day (subscription) | 50K | $429 | The guide |
| TradeDay | 50K Fast Pass (subscription, end-of-day) | 50K | $463 | The guide |
| Tradeify | 50K Lightning (instant funding) | 50K | $492 | The guide |
| Lucid Trading | 50K LucidDirect (straight-to-funded) | 50K | $515 | The guide |
| Phidias Propfirm | 50K Fundamental (monthly subscription) | 50K | $517 | The guide |
| Alpha Futures | 50K Direct Qualified (direct funding) | 50K | $519 | The guide |
| Alpha Futures | 50K Advanced Eval (monthly subscription) | 50K | $607 | The guide |
| Take Profit Trader | 50K Test Account (monthly subscription) | 50K | $619 | The guide |
| Funded Futures Network | 50K MAX Standard (monthly subscription) | 50K | $666 | The guide |
Those whose total cannot be complete
These 16 plans are not ranked with the others, deliberately: their total is a MINIMUM, not a price. Placing it beside a known price would produce a false ranking — which is exactly what pages that rank on the advertised price do. On 2, the firm does not publish an amount; on 10, it is WE who have not recorded it; on 4, both happen.
| Firm | Plan | Size | Cost to 1st payout | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulenox | 50K Momentum (trailing drawdown) | 50K | ≥ $143 | The guide |
| Bulenox | 50K Momentum (end-of-day drawdown) | 50K | ≥ $143 | The guide |
| My Funded Futures | 50K Builder (one-off payment) | 50K | ≥ $153 | The guide |
| FundedNext Futures | 50K Legacy (one-off payment) | 50K | ≥ $199.99 | The guide |
| My Funded Futures | 50K Rapid EOD (one-off payment) | 50K | ≥ $209 | The guide |
| Funded Futures Network | 50K STEADY (one-off payment) | 50K | ≥ $229 | The guide |
| My Funded Futures | 50K Pro (one-off payment) | 50K | ≥ $265 | The guide |
| FundedNext Futures | 50K Rapid Pro (one-off payment) | 50K | ≥ $299.98 | The guide |
| My Funded Futures | 50K Rapid (one-off payment) | 50K | ≥ $366 | The guide |
| Bulenox | 50K Fast Track (trailing drawdown) | 50K | ≥ $488 | The guide |
| Bulenox | 50K Fast Track (end-of-day drawdown) | 50K | ≥ $488 | The guide |
| Apex Trader Funding | 50K Intraday Trail (one-off fee, 30-day eval.) | 50K | ≥ $498 | The guide |
| Apex Trader Funding | 50K EOD Trail (one-off fee, 30-day eval.) | 50K | ≥ $550 | The guide |
| Phidias Propfirm | 50K Fundamental (one-off payment) | 50K | ≥ $580 | The guide |
| Phidias Propfirm | 50K Express to Live (one-off payment) | 50K | ≥ $723 | The guide |
| Apex Trader Funding | 50K EOD Trail, no activation fee | 50K | ≥ $1,190 | The guide |
This criterion keeps 41 of the 144 plans we track, or 28%. That is a clear minority — the criterion really does exclude, so the list is worth reading to the bottom.
The closest page to this one is Plans with end-of-day drawdown: 34 plans appear on both. The criteria co-occur in the data, and saying so beats publishing two neighbouring lists without a word.
What this page guarantees
The ranking is on the ALL-IN cost to first payout — evaluation, activation, resets and the recurring fees of the reference scenario — not on the advertised price. That is a different answer: the cheapest to buy is almost never the cheapest to arrive. 5 unranked plans already show a minimum BELOW the first of this ranking: the data allows neither keeping nor discarding them, so this page's title claims nothing beyond complete totals.