MDA Explorer: the line BTN open, BB call, flop bet and call, turn checked through, BB checks the river; the button's river bets size by size, population next to GTO.pokalab.com
MDA Explorer, free preview, NL50 GGPoker regulars. The line runs left to right, one click per decision; at the river the button’s bets are split size by size, the population next to GTO. Real capture, October 5, 2026.

Module by module

Pokalab against

FeaturePokalabSnapMDAMDA DemonGTO Wizard
Database of real hands
Hands~300M and growing Cash games and tournaments992M Hand histories, by its own count (cash, MTT, PLO)173M+ Hand histories, by its homepage counter— Solver solutions, not real hands
Cash-game roomsGGPokerPokerStarsiPokerWPN888pokerSoonCoinPokerWinamaxIgnitionWPTGGPokerPokerStarsStars US/OntarioiPokerCoinPokerACRWPT888ChicoWinamaxIgnitionPoker appsGGPokerPokerStarsWPNCoinPokeriPoker888ACR—
TournamentsWith tournament phase filtering · GGPoker, WPN, ChicoLimited: “still experimental” by its docs; 392M hand histories— Cash hands only, by its plans—
PLOSoonPLO and 5-card PLO——
StakesNL25 to NL5k+50nl to 100knl50NL to 10kNL—
MDA: how real players play
Game-tree explorerWalk the population's tree click by click, preflop to river, with GTO beside itPreflop to river, GTO beside it— Typed queries and a report grid insteadLimited: postflop lines picked street by street, pre-computed—
Preflop ranges vs GTODe-biased, next to GTO's, hand by handLimited: de-biased ranges, but no GTO preflop——
Any postflop line, bet size pinned per stepComputed on demandTyped lines, size sequencesLimited: pre-computed spots only—
Multiway pots2- to 5-way flops, in ExplorerLimited: postflop, Midstakes plan and up——
Board texturesFlop, turn and river, combined76 texturesFlop, turn, river board filter—
Pot types13, in one clickLimited: typed as preflop linesSRP, 3BP, 4BP—
Player typesReg and Fish families, 4 styles eachSaved player groupsRegs, Fish— Its “Profiles” are solver models
HUD-stat filters29 stats, in MDA PostflopPostflop, from Midstakes——
Tournament phase filter10 phases———
Players
Stats per player54 Per named player or pool215 Stats per player or pool——
GTO
Preflop GTO next to the populationAt your room's rake, where the library has it— Not displayed, by its docs——
Postflop GTO next to the populationHeads-up, NLHE cashLimited: heads-up only, from 500nl simsSelf-play hands of its Pio sims—
GTO solution libraryMore than 50 preflop, each room's rake——10M+ solutions: cash, MTT and ICM, PLO
Custom solving, nodelocking———GTO Wizard AI, nodelocking
Study
TrainerBeta——Any spot, custom drills
Hand replayer———
Analysis of your own handsResults by stake and position; Leak Finder: SoonPrivate database, from Midstakes—Hand-history analyzer, GTO Reports
Price
Paid plans from€49.99/mo Pro, up to NL50$89/mo Starter, up to NL100; $69/mo billed yearly$39/mo Entry, 50-100nl; Pro $79Behind login for NLHE; PLO Premium $139/mo billed yearly
Free planA real NL50 spot, a solution, the Trainer50nl data, 7-day trial of paid plansGGPoker 50nl Fish datasetFree account

yesLimited: the limit, as its site states it— not found on its site (checked October 5, 2026)Soon announced, not live yet

Which one to pick

Pick Pokalab if

  • You want to walk the real players' game tree, preflop to river, with GTO beside it.
  • You want de-biased preflop ranges next to GTO's, at your room's rake.
  • You want MDA, preflop solutions, a trainer and a replayer in one app.
  • You play cash games and tournaments.

Pick SnapMDA if

  • You play PLO.
  • You want the largest database.
  • You want the same reports on your own uploaded hands today.

Pokalab vs SnapMDA, in detail

Pick MDA Demon if

  • Price comes first.
  • You want pre-computed spots with nothing to set up.

Pokalab vs MDA Demon, in detail

Pick GTO Wizard if

  • You want to study GTO itself: any spot solved, cash, MTT, ICM or PLO.
  • You want to solve your own spots and nodelock them.

Pokalab vs GTO Wizard, in detail

Sources

SnapMDA, MDA Demon and GTO Wizard are trademarks of their respective owners, named here only to identify them. Pokalab is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by any of them. The facts about them were read on their own websites on October 5, 2026; products change, and their sites are the reference. Spotted a fact that is wrong or out of date? Write to contact@pokalab.com and it will be corrected.