You already run a platform. The question is whether to extend it, replace it, or move off it — and what each of those costs you in downtime and user trust.
Operators who already run an exchange arrive with a different problem from founders. You have users, balances, open orders and a reputation, and none of them tolerate a bad weekend.
So the decision is not which platform is best. It is which change is worth the risk, and there are only three answers.
Extend what you have
The cheapest option when the platform underneath is sound and the gap is a missing product.
- Add Futures, Options, P2P or Prop Trading as a licensed module
- Keep your existing users, balances and brand untouched
- Scoped against your current stack rather than assuming a rebuild
- Right when your platform works and your product range does not
Replace the platform
The right call when the constraint is the platform itself rather than a missing feature.
- A vendor you cannot get changes out of
- A codebase nobody on your team can safely modify
- Operational gaps — no monitoring, no reporting, manual withdrawal handling
- A licence application that your current stack will not survive
Migrate off a vendor
The hardest of the three, and the one worth planning rather than discovering.
- User accounts and verification status
- Balances, and the reconciliation that proves they are right
- Open orders and trade history
- Wallet addresses, and whether users must be re-issued them
- A cutover plan, because the alternative is downtime with funds on the platform
How this is scoped
Migration is not a product with a price list, and any vendor quoting one before seeing your stack is guessing.
- Discovery against your current platform, not a generic template
- A written scope covering what moves, what does not, and the cutover
- Fixed price once the scope is agreed
- Full source delivered, so the next upgrade is not another migration
Questions you might have
Can we keep our users and balances?
That is the core of any migration scope. What is possible depends on what your current platform exposes, which is the first thing discovery establishes.
How much downtime?
It depends on the cutover design. It is planned before work starts rather than discovered during it.
Can we add one module instead of replacing everything?
Yes, and it is usually the right first question. See adding trading modules.
What does it cost?
Migration and heavy customization are quoted per project. The Full Suite itself is $24,900 if a replacement is what you need.
You already run one. Let's scope the change.
Bring your current stack to a technical call. The first useful outcome is usually finding out which of the three options you actually need.