PulseGTO
Comparison · Desktop vs cloud
PulseGTO vs GTO Wizard
GTO Wizard is a browser service: a large library of precomputed solutions, a trainer, and cloud solving on its higher plans. PulseGTO is a Windows engine that solves your own games on your own PC with a one-time licence, and has a browser library of its own.
At a glance
| PulseGTO | GTO Wizard | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Windows desktop engine; library in any browser | Browser and apps, in the cloud |
| Price | NLHE €299, or NLHE and PLO €500, one-time; 12 months of updates | Per game format, monthly: Starter $49, Premium $99, Elite $169, Ultra $359 ($39, $79, $139, $289 a month billed yearly) |
| Free option | 7-day trial of both engines, no payment card; library preview of 10 boards a day | Free tier with daily limits |
| Your own postflop spots | Unlimited, heads-up and three-way, on your PC | Heads-up on Elite, three players on Ultra |
| Your own preflop game | Blueprints for 2–6 players with your stacks, rake and sizes | Heads-up on Elite, up to nine players on Ultra |
| PLO | PLO Engine: preflop blueprints, heads-up postflop | PLO4 library; custom solving on PLO Elite |
| Tournaments, ICM | No: cash games, chip EV | Yes, with bounties |
| Trainer | No | Yes |
| Hand histories | Hold’em analysis with pool profiles | Upload and leak reports |
| Node locking | Any decision of a heads-up solve or re-solve, whole range or per hand class; preflop action rules | Elite and up |
| Internet | Solving runs locally; activation needs a connection | Needs a connection |
GTO Wizard plan prices as reported by PokerNews (31 March 2026; Ultra 14 October 2026) and features as described on gtowizard.com on 29 October 2026. Its pricing page needs an account.
Own your solves
- One payment, then unlimited solves: no credits, no per-format subscription.
- Your own game: the rake and cap of your site, your stacks, your open, 3-bet and 4-bet sizes. A solution for a different rake is a different strategy.
- Your files stay on your PC: blueprints, re-solved spots and your own strategy database.
- The trade-off: you need a Windows PC with AVX2 and enough RAM for the trees you solve; the app estimates memory before a solve.
Instant answers, exact re-solves
A PulseGTO blueprint is a solved game: every preflop line and every flop, turn and river is on screen the moment you click. When a spot matters, re-solve it exactly with the ranges that reach it, the blueprint’s own bet sizes or yours, to the accuracy you set.
- On a 15 W laptop CPU (Intel i5-1235U) a river re-solves in about 3–4 seconds and a turn in a few seconds to about a minute, depending on the ranges and sizes. River re-solves can start by themselves as you reach a river.
- How close is the instant answer? On three NL2 6-max flops (button vs big blind, the c-bet after a check), playing the blueprint’s strategy instead of the exact re-solve gave up 0.004–0.006 bb per hand, about the exact solve’s own remaining error.
- Three-way pots get their own exact re-solve, with all three ranges.
Where GTO Wizard is the stronger pick
- You want nothing to install and study on any device, phone included.
- You play tournaments: ICM and bounty solutions; PulseGTO is for cash games.
- You want a trainer with drills against the solution.
- You need multiway preflop beyond six players or custom multiway postflop solving in the cloud (its Ultra plan).
Questions
Is PulseGTO a GTO Wizard alternative?
If you play cash games and want to solve your own spots with your own rake and sizes, yes: PulseGTO solves them on your PC with a one-time licence. For tournaments, a trainer or study on a phone, GTO Wizard fits better.
Does PulseGTO need an internet connection?
Solving runs on your computer. Activating and validating the licence needs a connection.
Can I use PulseGTO on a phone?
The library of published solutions opens in a phone’s browser. Solving your own spots needs the Windows engine.
Does PulseGTO have a trainer?
No. It is a solver: preflop blueprints, postflop solves and hand-history analysis.
Try it on your own spots
The seven-day trial includes the NLHE and PLO engines, with no payment card. The desktop engine needs Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit) and a CPU with AVX2; activation needs an internet connection.
GTO Wizard is a trademark of its owner. PulseGTO is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by GTO Wizard. Prices and features as reported on 29 October 2026; check GTO Wizard’s site for current plans.