CS2TradeUp.gg vs Skinbase: trade up calculators compared
Short answer: Skinbase’s finder is the closest to ours: both mix collections and both let you search for low floats. Skinbase lists more marketplaces; CS2TradeUp.gg computes ROI after the fee you choose, shows buy links and a price per input, and has the target-skin search and the 1,000-roll simulator.
| CS2TradeUp.gg | Skinbase | |
|---|---|---|
| Prices | Steam Market + 9 marketplaces (Waxpeer, Tradeit, DMarket, White.Market, CS.TRADE, LIS-SKINS, HaloSkins, Skinport, Buff.Market), refreshed every 30–60 min; pick the source per contract | “30+ marketplaces”; you pick one price provider or let Skinbase choose the best prices |
| Fees | 5 presets: none, Steam 13%, CSFloat 2%, Skinport 8%, Buff163 2.5% – or show both | Profitability is computed before marketplace fees |
| 5-Covert knife contract | Yes: 5 Covert → knife/gloves for all 43 cases, every pool priced | Yes: a Covert contract switches to 5 slots |
| Finder | Yes: ~2,500 single-collection contracts, every two-collection mix, and “target a skin” (cheapest way to roll one skin) | Yes: collection mixes, “rare floats” toggle, filters for chance, profit, ROI, cost, wear, StatTrak and Souvenir; the collection filter needs sign-in |
| Inventory import | Public profile link, no login: exact floats from Steam, contracts you can make now | Inventory value by profile link; trade up import not described on the calculator page |
| Login | None, no account | Calculator without login; some finder filters need sign-in |
| Paid tier | None, all free | Calculator free; Skinbase also sells paid plans (listed on its pricing page, which we did not verify in detail) |
| Extras | 1,000-roll simulator, price history, price alerts, trade up email alerts, tracker, share links, ~6,000 skin/sticker/case pages with odds | Market indexes, price alerts, API |
Every row comes from the site’s own pages as read on 2026-10-20 – nothing from reviews or other third parties. Where a site does not state something, the cell says so. Tell us if something changed: contact@cs2tradeup.gg.
We run CS2TradeUp.gg, so read this as our view of the differences, not a neutral review. The Skinbase column only repeats what their own pages say. The full table with eight sites is on the trade up sites comparison.
Related questions
Is Skinbase free?
Calculator free; Skinbase also sells paid plans (listed on its pricing page, which we did not verify in detail). Login: calculator without login; some finder filters need sign-in. CS2TradeUp.gg has no paid tier and no account.
Does Skinbase support the 5-Covert knife trade up?
Yes: a Covert contract switches to 5 slots. CS2TradeUp.gg models it for all 43 cases with every knife and glove priced.
Which has the better trade up finder?
Yes: collection mixes, “rare floats” toggle, filters for chance, profit, ROI, cost, wear, StatTrak and Souvenir; the collection filter needs sign-in. CS2TradeUp.gg scans about 2,500 single-collection contracts, every two-collection mix and a target-skin search, all without login.