pokalab.comPokalab vs MDA Demon, feature by feature
| Feature | Pokalab | MDA Demon |
|---|---|---|
| Database of real hands | ||
| Hands | ~300M and growing Cash games and tournaments | 173M+ Hand histories, by its homepage counter |
| Cash-game rooms | GGPokerPokerStarsiPokerWPN888pokerSoonCoinPokerWinamaxIgnitionWPT | GGPokerPokerStarsWPNCoinPokeriPoker888ACR |
| Tournaments | With tournament phase filtering · GGPoker, WPN, Chico | — Cash hands only, by its plans |
| PLO | Soon | — |
| Stakes | NL25 to NL5k+ | 50NL to 10kNL |
| MDA: how real players play | ||
| Game-tree explorerWalk the population's tree click by click, preflop to river, with GTO beside it | Preflop to river, GTO beside it | Limited: postflop lines picked street by street, pre-computed |
| Preflop ranges vs GTO | De-biased, next to GTO's, hand by hand | — |
| Any postflop line, bet size pinned per step | Computed on demand | Limited: pre-computed spots only |
| Multiway pots | 2- to 5-way flops, in Explorer | — |
| Board textures | Flop, turn and river, combined | Flop, turn, river board filter |
| Pot types | 13, in one click | SRP, 3BP, 4BP |
| Player types | Reg and Fish families, 4 styles each | Regs, Fish |
| HUD-stat filters | 29 stats, in MDA Postflop | — |
| Tournament phase filter | 10 phases | — |
| Players | ||
| Stats per player | 54 Per named player or pool | — |
| GTO | ||
| Preflop GTO next to the population | At your room's rake, where the library has it | — |
| Postflop GTO next to the population | Heads-up, NLHE cash | Self-play hands of its Pio sims |
| GTO solution library | More than 50 preflop, each room's rake | — |
| Custom solving, nodelocking | — | — |
| Study | ||
| Trainer | Beta | — |
| Hand replayer | — | |
| Analysis of your own hands | Results by stake and position; Leak Finder: Soon | — |
| Price | ||
| Paid plans from | €49.99/mo Pro, up to NL50 | $39/mo Entry, 50-100nl; Pro $79 |
| Free plan | A real NL50 spot, a solution, the Trainer | GGPoker 50nl Fish dataset |
yesLimited: the limit, as its site states it— not found on its site (checked October 5, 2026)Soon announced, not live yet
Where MDA Demon leads
MDA Demon leads on price: $39 a month for 50-100nl, $79 for its full library.
Which one to pick
Pick MDA Demon if
- Price comes first.
- You want pre-computed spots with nothing to set up.
Pick Pokalab if
- You want any line, preflop to river, multiway included.
- You play tournaments too.
- You want GTO preflop at your rake, preflop solutions, a trainer and a replayer.
pokalab.comSources
- mdademon.com: hand counter, rooms, GTO baseline, plans and prices
- Pokalab: the app, its pricing page and About Pokalab.
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