Comparison
Exiled Exchange 2vsPOE Overlay
Short comparison between two in-game PoE 2 overlays focused on price-check and market tools.
Verdict
Exiled Exchange 2 if you want the direct spiritual successor of Awakened PoE Trade, focused only on fast price-checking. POE Overlay if you need extra features: market history, carry services integration, and a broader toolkit inside the same overlay.
Side-by-side
| Exiled Exchange 2 | POE Overlay | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | No |
| Official | No | No |
| Type | Overlay | Overlay |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux | Windows |
| Difficulty | Intermediate | Intermediate |
| License | MIT | — |
| Source | GitHub | — |
| Verified | May 4, 2026 | May 7, 2026 |
Which to use for what
- Coming from Awakened PoE Trade, want the same experience in PoE 2Better pick: Exiled Exchange 2
EE2 mirrors APT's hotkeys, layout, and flow almost 1:1. Zero re-learning curve.
- You need market history to see price trendsBetter pick: POE Overlay
POE Overlay includes historical price charts inside the overlay; EE2 shows current prices but not the trend.
- Want a broader toolkit (carry services, integrated calculators)Better pick: POE Overlay
POE Overlay groups several utilities in the same overlay. EE2 is deliberately focused on price-check.
When you get serious about trading in PoE 2, two overlays dominate the space: Exiled Exchange 2 (EE2) and POE Overlay. Both cover hotkey price-check, but they take different positions on how broad the toolkit should be. Picking depends on how focused or multi-feature you want your overlay.
Philosophy
EE2 is minimal and focused. Its single job is fast hotkey price-check: compact UI, clean output, zero ceremony. It follows the design line of Awakened PoE Trade — if you knew that tool, the transition to EE2 is immediate; if not, the learning curve is still small. For mappers who just want to know what something is worth in 1 second without alt-tab, this is all they need.
POE Overlay aims to be a complete toolkit. Beyond price-check, it includes market history with charts, integration with carry and crafting services, and other utilities living in the same overlay. The surface area is larger, which has its upside (everything in one place) and downside (more initial complexity, more things that can break or need updates after a patch).
Key differences
- Pure price-check: both equally fast. EE2 with a subtle edge in UI consistency.
- Market history: POE Overlay has integrated charts; EE2 shows current prices but not history.
- Carry services: POE Overlay has flows to find and hire carries from the overlay; EE2 doesn't touch that space (understood as out-of-scope).
- Tech stack: EE2 is open source (MIT on GitHub), POE Overlay doesn't expose its code.
- Platforms: EE2 covers Windows and Linux; POE Overlay currently Windows only.
Which one?
- If you only want price-check and nothing else → EE2. Does that single job better than anyone.
- If you value price history for evaluating trends before buying/selling → POE Overlay.
- If you want to hire carries or use services from the overlay → POE Overlay. EE2 doesn't aim there.
- If you use Linux → EE2. POE Overlay doesn't support Linux.
- If auditable open-source code matters to you → EE2. POE Overlay is proprietary.
As with most overlays, trying EE2 takes 5 minutes: download, run in the background while the game's open, hotkey on a hovered item and you're price-checking. Switching between overlays is trivial.
Most reasonable path for most players: start with EE2 because it's the lowest-friction route, and migrate to POE Overlay only if you miss specific features (history, services) that justify the broader toolkit.
Price-check overlay for PoE 2 — spiritual successor to Awakened PoE Trade
View Exiled Exchange 2In-game overlay for price checking, market history and carry services, with a dedicated PoE 2 build
View POE Overlay