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PoE2 trade tools compared: price checkers, overlays and extensions

By the makers of Almost, one of the tools below · 12 November 2026 · 5 min read

Path of Exile 2 has a dozen trade tools, and they do a few different jobs: one prices the item you found, another tracks prices, another finds gear for your build. Here they are by job, so you can pick the two or three you need.

The short answer

To price an item you found: a price-check overlay — Exiled Exchange 2, PoE Overlay II, POE2k, Sidekick or Xiletrade.
To find gear for a build: Path of Building’s trade search or PoE2 Item Valuator for upgrades; poe2-build-trade or Almost to start from your guide’s item.
To check prices: poe.ninja and poe2scout.

PoE2 trade tools at a glance

Tool	What it does for you	Where it runs
The PoE2 trade site	What it does for youAny search, by hand	Where it runspathofexile.com/trade2
Exiled Exchange 2	What it does for youPrices an item you found	Where it runsOverlay over the game
PoE Overlay II	What it does for youPrices an item you found	Where it runsOverlay, Windows (Overwolf or standalone)
POE2k	What it does for youPrices an item you found	Where it runsOverwolf overlay
Sidekick	What it does for youPrices an item you found	Where it runsCompanion app
Xiletrade	What it does for youPrices an item you found	Where it runsOverlay over the game
poe.ninja	What it does for youPrices, top players’ builds and an item search	Where it runsWebsite
poe2scout	What it does for youShows prices and their history	Where it runsWebsite
Path of Building — trade search	What it does for youFinds the upgrade that helps your build most	Where it runsDesktop app
PoE2 Item Valuator	What it does for youCompares listings with your Path of Building build	Where it runsChrome extension
poe2-build-trade	What it does for youOpens a guide’s item on the trade site	Where it runsBrowser extension
Almost	What it does for youFinds the items for sale most like your guide’s, the best for their price	Where it runsChrome extension + website
Better PathOfExile Trading	What it does for youImproves the trade site of both games	Where it runsChrome extension
POE2 Trade Butler	What it does for youKeeps a sidebar and your search history	Where it runsChrome extension

We rank nothing and name no best. Each tool is described from its own page, read on 11 November 2026; poe.ninja’s page would not load and poe2scout’s does not describe itself, so their lines say what players use them for.

The PoE2 trade site

Most of the tools on this page search pathofexile.com/trade2 for you. It searches every listing in your league by base, mods and price, and Travel to Hideout lets you buy from most sellers without waiting for them. Read how to use it well in How to use the PoE2 trade site.

Price checkers and overlays: what is my item worth?

You pick up a rare and want to know what it is worth. An overlay shows what similar items are listed for, right over your screen, so you never alt-tab out.

Exiled Exchange 2 — an overlay that prices the item under your cursor; open source.
PoE Overlay II — price checks among other features; Windows only, as an Overwolf app or on its own; free, supported by optional ads that Premium removes.
POE2k — an overlay for trading in Path of Exile 2, on Overwolf; free, with ads.
Sidekick — prices items, warns of dangerous map modifiers, and more.
Xiletrade — a price check overlay for both games, open source.

Pick one; they all price the item you found.

PoE2 price sites: what is the going rate?

poe.ninja — currency and item prices, the builds top players run, and a search for items.
poe2scout — prices and how they changed over time.

Use them before you sell in bulk, or to learn what a currency is worth today.

Build tools: what should I buy for my build?

Path of Building’s trade search works inside the desktop build planner. It searches the trade site for the items that raise your build’s damage or defences most. You import your build once, then search one slot at a time.
PoE2 Item Valuator compares the items listed on the trade site against your Path of Building 2 build.
poe.ninja, among the price sites above, also shows the gear top players wear.
poe2-build-trade puts a search button on items in build guides, so a guide’s item opens on the trade site.
Almost, our own tool, starts from your guide’s item and finds the items for sale that come closest to it, each with what it gives up. Press the Almost badge on an item in a Mobalytics guide, or paste a trade link or a Path of Building code at almost.trade; in about 30 seconds you see the best of them for their price. Its search leaves uniques out, and the extension needs Chrome on a computer. See it at work in How to gear your PoE2 build from a guide — and pay less.

Install free, find your gear for lessOpens the Chrome Web Store in a new tab

Works on your computerOpen this page there to add the extension.

Safe for your account: the extension runs the trade site’s own searches, in your own session — see how.

PoE2 trade extensions for the trade site itself

Better PathOfExile Trading — improves the trade site of both games; 100,000 users on the Chrome Web Store, updated October 2025.
POE2 Trade Butler — a sidebar and search history for the PoE2 trade site; 871 users, updated June 2026.

They work on the trade site you already use.

Which PoE2 trade tools to use together

While you play: one price-check overlay, to know which drops are worth selling.
When you gear a build from a guide: a tool that starts from the guide’s item for the build’s rares, the trade site’s own search for its uniques, and Path of Building’s trade search once you know which slot to upgrade.
Before a big sale: poe.ninja or poe2scout for the going rate.

Questions players ask

Which tools work for PlayStation and Xbox players?

PC and console players trade on one market, so the prices on these sites hold for both. The overlays run over the game on a PC, so they do not help on a console. The browser extensions run on a computer; sign in there with your console’s account to buy what they find.