How We Rank, Vet and Review Prop Firms
At Prop Firm Match, transparency shapes how we compare firms, review listings, and help traders make informed decisions. This page explains the thinking behind our rankings, vetting, reviews, and comparison tools, while keeping sensitive formulas and internal systems private.
Our Principles
Everything on Prop Firm Match is shaped by a few core principles. These are the ideas behind how we rank firms, how we review them, and how we earn trust from traders.
Independence
No firm can buy a ranking or influence its position through a commercial agreement. Commercial relationships do not determine whether a firm qualifies to be listed, where it appears in our rankings, or how trust-related issues are handled.
Data-led decision making
Our rankings, comparisons, and trust signals are informed by measurable inputs such as trader activity, user feedback, payout-related evidence, and other platform data. We do not present rankings as pure editorial opinion.
Structured vetting
Before a firm is listed, it goes through a review process designed to assess credibility, operational maturity, transparency, and trader protection.
Ongoing monitoring
Listing is not a one-time event. Listed firms may be reassessed if new concerns, operational developments, or trust-related issues emerge.
Transparency with sensible limits
We explain our logic, criteria areas, and decision-making philosophy in plain language. We do not publish exact formulas, internal thresholds, detailed screening logic, or sensitive internal procedures that could undermine platform integrity.
Review Integrity & Verification
Trust systems only matter if users can understand them and rely on them. That is why Prop Firm Match uses review and verification controls designed to reduce misleading, low-quality, or manipulated submissions while still allowing genuine trader feedback and evidence to be heard.
How Reviews Are Submitted
Users can submit ratings and written reviews through eligible platform flows.
Submissions are then assessed through our review controls and moderation processes before publication.
Reviews that meet publication requirements may appear on the relevant firm profile.
Submissions that raise concerns may be withheld, reviewed further, or declined.
Paid-out Review Context
On the reviews page, users can filter for paid-out-only experiences to focus on feedback from traders who report reaching the payout stage with a firm.
This gives added context when comparing firms, especially for users who want to understand feedback from traders who progressed beyond the evaluation phase. Like any review filter, it should be used alongside broader review data, payout metrics, firm rules, and other relevant comparison points.
What We Look For At A High Level
We do not disclose our full anti-abuse logic, but our controls may look for issues such as:
Duplicate or near-duplicate content
Suspicious submission patterns
Low-information or templated language
Account or behaviour signals inconsistent with genuine use
Other indicators that may justify closer review
Why some details are not disclosed: We intentionally keep parts of our review and verification systems high-level. Publishing detailed detection or verification logic would make it easier for bad actors to work around it.
Commercial Transparency
We believe users should understand how Prop Firm Match makes money and what that does, and does not, influence. Many comparison platforms earn through partnerships. What matters is whether that business model changes what users see, how firms are ranked, or who gets listed. Our position is that it should not.
How We Earn Money
Prop Firm Match may earn revenue through affiliate and commercial partnerships with firms featured on the platform. In practice, that may mean we receive compensation when a user purchases a challenge or interacts with a partner through tracked platform flows.
Editorial Independence
Commercial relationships do not determine ranking position, listing eligibility, review moderation outcomes, or whether a firm remains on the platform if trust-related concerns arise. We aim to maintain a clear separation between commercial relationships and the systems used to evaluate, present, and monitor firms.
Not Pay-to-Play.
Listings are not automatic and cannot be purchased. A firm's presence on Prop Firm Match is subject to our review process, and rankings are informed by the relevant signals behind each ranking system rather than by commission rates or ad hoc payments.
Important disclaimer: A commercial relationship with Prop Firm Match does not equal endorsement, certification, or a guarantee of firm conduct or performance. Likewise, a firm's presence on the platform should not be interpreted as a warranty regarding payouts, solvency, or future business stability.
What We Do Not Disclose
Transparency matters, but so does protecting the integrity of the platform. We believe users should understand the logic behind the platform. We do not believe bad actors should be handed a roadmap for gaming it. For that reason, there are some things we do not publish.
Information We Do Not Disclose
- Exact ranking formula weights
- Scoring thresholds or internal evaluation rubrics
- Detailed review-screening and anti-abuse logic
- Sensitive compliance procedures
- Platform-specific monitoring playbooks
- Internal systems that could be manipulated if made public
We aim to explain our logic, not hand out a blueprint for gaming the system.
Version History
When our methodology changes, we document it here
Initial public release of the Transparency & Methodology page. Future material changes to the public methodology, scope, or explanatory language may be documented here.
Evaluate Prop Firms
Use our rankings, comparison tools, reviews, payout-related evidence, and firm pages to evaluate the firms that best fit your trading goals.
Apply for Listing
Firms can apply through our official application channels. Each application is reviewed individually, and approval is subject to our internal evaluation process.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about how Prop Firm Match works.
