FAQ · Reamer Research and Reamer Server: what they are and who they fit

How do Reamer Research and Reamer Server compare with EPAM Deltix QuantOffice?

Deltix QuantOffice is an enterprise trading platform from EPAM that covers research, backtesting, paper trading and live execution on one code base, with the TimeBase data store and over 100 exchange and broker connectors, sold under a commercial licence to institutions. Reamer Research and Reamer Server cover the same span, research through live trading, as two smaller libraries that one person or a small team can buy self-serve and run without an integration project.

Deltix QuantOffice is an enterprise trading platform from EPAM. It covers research, backtesting, paper trading and live execution on one code base, with its own data store and over 100 exchange and broker connectors. Reamer Research and Reamer Server cover the same span, from research to live trading. The difference is scale and the cost of getting started: they are two smaller libraries that one person or a small team can buy self-serve and run without an integration project.

What Deltix is

  • A product family. QuantOffice for strategy research and trading, TimeBase for market data, and execution and market-making products alongside them, all sold by EPAM.
  • One code set from research to production. The same strategy runs in backtest, simulated trading and live trading.
  • TimeBase. A time-series database and streaming server for market data and order events. Its community edition is open source (Apache 2.0) under FINOS.
  • Connectivity. Over 100 connectors to exchanges and brokers, across asset classes.
  • Deployment. Windows or Linux, on your own premises or in the cloud.
  • Built for institutions. It suits firms with the engineering staff to integrate, configure and run a large platform. It has no public price list.

How Reamer Labs differs

  • Two libraries, not a platform. Reamer Research is the research engine and Reamer Server takes a strategy live. Each has a stable C interface, and you write a short program around it.
  • Bought and running in an afternoon. Self-serve checkout, with the key and kit by email within minutes. On uncut recordings, a working integration took about 13 minutes for Reamer Research and 19 for Reamer Server. See How long does integration take?
  • Narrower scope. Systematic strategies on OHLCV bars, held from minutes to days. No options, no high-frequency or order-book strategies, no bundled data store or market data.
  • You supply the edges. Reamer Server runs your own pre-trade gate on every order and sends accepted orders through a broker connector you write. The kit has a worked FIX 4.4 example. Deltix ships the connectors.
  • Research orders go live through a relay. reamer_relay_* in Reamer Research sends the orders a strategy returns in a backtest to Reamer Server. Indicators move from a bar window to running state. See What does it take to move from Reamer Research to Reamer Server?
  • Published prices. Reamer Research costs $1,800 per seat per year and Reamer Server $7,200, each with a 30-day paid trial.

Which to choose

  • Deltix if you are an institution that needs many venues and asset classes, a managed market-data store, low-latency execution, and a vendor that can support a large deployment.
  • Reamer Labs if you are an individual quant or a small firm trading systematic strategies on bars, already have data and a broker, and want institutional-grade research and order management without the cost of integrating an enterprise platform. See Who are Reamer Research and Reamer Server for?

See pricing.

Next questions

What is Reamer Research?Reamer Research is a deterministic research engine for mid-frequency quants. It is a library with a stable C interface that you call from Python, C++ or any language that can call C, on your own machine. It tests a strategy, diagnoses it trade by trade, sweeps it, reports it, and sends its orders live to Reamer Server. The same data, settings and seed give byte-identical results every run. It costs $1,800 per seat per year, with a $225 30-day trial.What is Reamer Server?Reamer Server is an order management engine that takes a strategy live. It is the core of your trading process, delivered as a library with a stable C interface. It holds order state and sequencing, runs your pre-trade check on every order and sends accepted orders to your broker through a connector you write. It costs $7,200 per seat per year, with a $900 30-day trial.How long does integration take?In uncut recordings, Claude Code working only from the kit documents integrated Reamer Research in about 13 minutes and Reamer Server in about 19, through to a simulated fill for Reamer Server. The Reamer Server kit puts a person's first simulated trade at a few hours. Going live at a real broker takes longer, because the broker's protocol details, session recovery and certification are your work.Who are Reamer Research and Reamer Server for, and who are they not for?They are for systematic quants who write their own code and trade mid-frequency strategies on bars, held from minutes to days, whether independent or employed at a firm. They are not for high-frequency or order-book (level 2 or level 3) strategies, options modelling, discretionary or point-and-click trading, or anyone who wants market data, a hosted platform or a ready-made broker connection included.How much do Reamer Research and Reamer Server cost?Reamer Research is USD 1,800 per seat per year, and Reamer Server is USD 7,200 per seat per year. Each is paid once for the year and nothing renews automatically. A 30-day trial costs USD 225 for Reamer Research and USD 900 for Reamer Server. A seat is one product on one machine.

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