CS2TradeUp.gg vs SkinSniper: trade up calculators compared
Short answer: SkinSniper and CS2TradeUp.gg both support knife contracts and a target-skin search. SkinSniper prices from one selected marketplace; CS2TradeUp.gg compares eight at once with buy links, adds fee presets, the full-scan finders, email alerts and price history.
| CS2TradeUp.gg | SkinSniper | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Live lowest listings from the marketplace you select (CSFloat, CS.MONEY, DMarket, HaloSkins, Skinflow, BUFF Market, SkinsMonkey, Skinport, White Market, Waxpeer) |
| Fees | 5 presets: none, Steam 13%, CSFloat 2%, Skinport 8%, Buff163 2.5% – or show both | Not mentioned on the calculator page |
| 5-Covert knife contract | Yes: 5 Covert → knife/gloves for all 43 cases, every pool priced | Yes, 5 Covert → knife or gloves (Doppler odds approximate; gloves excluded from StatTrak contracts) |
| Finder | Yes: ~2,500 single-collection contracts, every two-collection mix, and “target a skin” (cheapest way to roll one skin) | “Search by Outcomes”: pick the skin you want, build backwards. No scan of all contracts described |
| Inventory import | Public profile link, no login: exact floats from Steam, contracts you can make now | Yes, build contracts from your Steam inventory (Steam login) |
| Login | None, no account | Steam login for the inventory |
| Paid tier | None, all free | None stated on the calculator page |
| Extras | 1,000-roll simulator, price history, price alerts, trade up email alerts, tracker, share links, ~6,000 skin/sticker/case pages with odds | Auto-Float, Normal/StatTrak/Souvenir variants, single-roll simulator with stop conditions, 26 tools |
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 SkinSniper column only repeats what their own pages say. The full table with eight sites is on the trade up sites comparison.
Related questions
Is SkinSniper free?
None stated on the calculator page. Login: steam login for the inventory. CS2TradeUp.gg has no paid tier and no account.
Does SkinSniper support the 5-Covert knife trade up?
Yes, 5 Covert → knife or gloves (Doppler odds approximate; gloves excluded from StatTrak contracts). CS2TradeUp.gg models it for all 43 cases with every knife and glove priced.
Which has the better trade up finder?
“Search by Outcomes”: pick the skin you want, build backwards. No scan of all contracts described. CS2TradeUp.gg scans about 2,500 single-collection contracts, every two-collection mix and a target-skin search, all without login.