The Alpari Standard account represents the conventional option among the Alpari accounts recorded by Broker Alarab. The minimum deposit is $100, recorded spreads range from 1.2–1.7 pips with a 1.4-pip average, the separate commission is $0 and orders use Market Execution. We categorize the account for general traders, placing it between the lower-entry Micro account and ECN accounts that combine tighter spreads with separate commissions. From a pricing perspective, Standard relies on the spread without an additional trading commission. This makes the cost structure relatively straightforward to understand, but a $0 commission does not mean trading is cost-free. The recorded spread starts from 1.2 pips and extends to 1.7 pips with a 1.4-pip average, making the bid/ask spread the primary recorded cost component. Compared with Micro, the minimum deposit increases from $30 to $100, while the recorded spread range improves from 1.7–2.2 pips to 1.2–1.7 pips. Both accounts have no separate commission and use Market Execution. Standard therefore has a distinct role for traders seeking a general Alpari account without moving to an ECN commission structure while obtaining a tighter recorded spread than Micro. Compared with ECN, Standard requires $100 versus $300 for ECN and does not add a separate commission, while ECN has a tighter recorded 0.4–0.9 pip range with a $3 per-lot commission. There is therefore no universal answer to which account is cheaper; traders need to consider spread, commission and trading volume rather than account labels alone.