Platform gate
No MT5, no Venasri execution. No cTrader, no cBot. Start there. Feature lists after a platform mismatch are theatre.
If you can choose the terminal at a prop firm, choose the one whose cockpit you will actually finish. Finished beats theoretical C#.
Labor gate
cAlgo: you write equity logic, news filters, tilt, partials. Venasri: those exist. Premium adds voters you would not finish this quarter. Labor is the price of “free.”
Mobile without cloud hosting is another labor tax on cBots. Venasri already assumed the phone.
Free IDE versus a cheap finished seat
Venasri Pricing ($0 Free, $9.99 Starter, $29.99 Pro) versus $0 plus a VPS plus your nights. Floors in Venasri Risk Management take minutes.
If you love the IDE, keep it on a side account. Do not hold a challenge hostage to a refactor.
Pick an island this week
create a free Venasri account if the login is MT5. Open Visual Studio if the login is cTrader and you truly will ship. Do not sit between islands drafting UML for a fuse.
The vs is lost in the between.