SnapMDA alternative: Pokalab vs SnapMDA (2026)

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. — 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.

Pokalab vs SnapMDA, feature by feature

Feature	Pokalab	SnapMDA
Database of real hands
Hands	~300M and growing Cash games and tournaments	992M Hand histories, by its own count (cash, MTT, PLO)
Cash-game rooms	GGPokerPokerStarsiPokerWPN888pokerSoonCoinPokerWinamaxIgnitionWPT	GGPokerPokerStarsStars US/OntarioiPokerCoinPokerACRWPT888ChicoWinamaxIgnitionPoker apps
Tournaments	With tournament phase filtering · GGPoker, WPN, Chico	Limited: “still experimental” by its docs; 392M hand histories
PLO	Soon	PLO and 5-card PLO
Stakes	NL25 to NL5k+	50nl to 100knl
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	— Typed queries and a report grid instead
Preflop ranges vs GTO	De-biased, next to GTO's, hand by hand	Limited: de-biased ranges, but no GTO preflop
Any postflop line, bet size pinned per step	Computed on demand	Typed lines, size sequences
Multiway pots	2- to 5-way flops, in Explorer	Limited: postflop, Midstakes plan and up
Board textures	Flop, turn and river, combined	76 textures
Pot types	13, in one click	Limited: typed as preflop lines
Player types	Reg and Fish families, 4 styles each	Saved player groups
HUD-stat filters	29 stats, in MDA Postflop	Postflop, from Midstakes
Tournament phase filter	10 phases	—
Players
Stats per player	54 Per named player or pool	215 Stats per player or pool
GTO
Preflop GTO next to the population	At your room's rake, where the library has it	— Not displayed, by its docs
Postflop GTO next to the population	Heads-up, NLHE cash	Limited: heads-up only, from 500nl 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	Private database, from Midstakes
Price
Paid plans from	€49.99/mo Pro, up to NL50	$89/mo Starter, up to NL100; $69/mo billed yearly
Free plan	A real NL50 spot, a solution, the Trainer	50nl data, 7-day trial of paid plans

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

Where SnapMDA leads

SnapMDA leads on volume and PLO: 992 million hand histories by its own count, PLO and 5-card PLO databases, and reports on your own uploaded hands.

Which one to pick

Pick SnapMDA if

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

Pick Pokalab if

You want to walk the population's game tree, with GTO beside it.
You want GTO preflop too, at your room's rake.
You want preflop solutions, a trainer and a replayer in the same app.
You play NL50 or below (€49.99/mo against SnapMDA's $89).

MDA Explorer preflop: the big blind against a button open, the population's range next to the GTO range. — The same Explorer, preflop: the big blind against a button open, the population’s range (left) next to GTO’s (right), hand by hand. Free preview, real capture, October 5, 2026.

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SnapMDA is a trademark of its owner, named here only to identify it. Pokalab is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by SnapMDA. The facts about SnapMDA were read on its own website on October 5, 2026; products change, and its site is the reference. Spotted a fact that is wrong or out of date? Write to contact@pokalab.com and it will be corrected.