Sterling Trading Tech doesn't sell directly to individual traders. It's a software company that markets several trading platforms for both institutions and individual traders, but it's not a brokerage firm, it sells its trading tools to brokers, who sell them to customers. To use the software, you have to go through a participating broker. The main ones offering Sterling Trader Pro today are Cobra Trading, CenterPoint Securities, Lightspeed, SpeedTrader, Guardian Trading, and Interactive Brokers (via a direct individual subscription add-on).
The broker list
Cobra Trading — charges $200/month to use Sterling Trader Pro, with add-ons costing an extra $30/month.
CenterPoint Securities — offers three pricing plans: Standard (between $0.002 and $0.004 per share), AllinAll for institutional traders ($0.0045–$0.0065/share), and a Ticket plan ($3.95–$5.95 per trade), with volume discounts starting at 4,000,000 shares/month traded; the minimum deposit is at least $30,000 because the platform targets professional traders.
Lightspeed — resells Sterling Trader Pro as an add-on alongside its own native platform (Lightspeed Trader Pro); on at least one prop-desk account setup, Lightspeed's own promotional pricing undercut standalone Sterling monthly costs.
SpeedTrader — listed alongside CenterPoint and Lightspeed as a broker offering Sterling Trader Pro as a trading platform.
Guardian Trading and Cobra Trading are also named directly as brokers that support the Sterling platform, integrating it with direct market access.
Interactive Brokers — the newest option: individual traders can now use Sterling Trader Pro with an established Interactive Brokers account, subscribed month-to-month directly through Sterling's own portal rather than through a full separate brokerage relationship.
What it actually costs by broker
Cobra Trading: $200/month software fee, $25,000 initial deposit, though to unlock full functionality you must maintain a balance of at least $25,000; its Venom by Cobra Trading sub-brand offers accounts starting as low as $3,000 for smaller traders who still want Sterling's tooling.
CenterPoint Securities: same $200/month fee structure, but the minimum deposit for using the CenterPoint Sterling setup is much higher (at least $30,000) because the broker is built for professional-volume traders.
The $200 software fee is commonly waived once volume clears a threshold: at least one broker (CenterPoint) waives it for users trading at least 300,000 shares per month, with an additional ~$99/month for basic market data plus $12 per extra add-on.
Minimum deposits as low as $2,500 exist at some brokers depending on their specific setup, so the "$25K–$30K" range isn't universal, it's broker-dependent and should be confirmed directly before assuming you're locked out.
How to actually pick one
Confirm you can't already access it. If you hold an Interactive Brokers account, you can subscribe to Sterling Trader Pro directly, individual traders can use Sterling Trader Pro with an established Interactive Brokers account without switching brokers first.
Match your volume to the fee-waiver threshold. If you're clearing 300K+ shares/month, the $200 software fee likely disappears at brokers like CenterPoint, making the platform effectively free on top of your commission costs.
Match your capital to the deposit tier. Under $25K, look at Cobra's Venom sub-brand ($3,000 minimum) before assuming you need $25K–$30K parked at a full-service Sterling broker.
Remember pricing isn't fixed by Sterling. As your software provider, your brokerage handles all access and permissions related to your account, platform pricing is set by your broker and varies based on trading needs, so the same software can cost $120–$200+/month depending purely on which broker you sign with.
You can't split one subscription across two brokers. A Sterling platform subscription is per brokerage account, if you trade at two different brokers, you need two separate Sterling subscriptions, but multiple accounts at the same broker (e.g., multiple Interactive Brokers accounts) can link to one subscription.
Bottom line: there's no "official" Sterling pricing page to compare, because Sterling doesn't sell to you directly. The real decision is which broker's deposit minimum and volume-based fee waiver fits your account size, not which one has "the best Sterling price."