Kreo vs PolyGun (2026): which one wins?
Both tools last verified · methodology · changelog
On custody and track record this is the most lopsided pairing we cover: Kreo documents enclave-generated keys, Safe wallets, and trade-only bot permissions with a clean incident history, while independent research from Open Measures reports users' private keys living on PolyGun's servers behind non-custodial branding. PolyGun's simplicity and huge community don't close that distance.
Capability by capability
| Capability | Kreo | PolyGun |
|---|---|---|
| Copy trading | Yes Tracks top Polymarket and Kalshi wallets on-chain and mirrors their entries and exits under user sizing rules. | Yes Mirrors chosen wallets at configurable ratios, with wallets browsable by category (Sports, Crypto, Politics, Insider). |
| Copy filters & sizing controls | Yes Fixed-amount or percent-of-balance sizing, daily loss limits, per-market caps, and 13 market-category filters (e.g. skip Sports). Less granular than PolyBot's per-outcome and odds-range controls. | Partial Copy ratios and limits are referenced; no documented odds filters, per-market caps, or daily loss limits. |
| Analytics on followed wallets | Partial Performance analytics and a top-trader leaderboard are advertised; per-wallet PnL/hit-rate depth is not documented. | Partial Portfolio P&L cards and position tracking; a claimed analytics acquisition adding a large trader database is unverified. |
| Strategy automation | Partial Limit orders with expirations and an auto-trade mode for 5m/15m crypto markets; no general strategy builder documented. | Partial Sniper/limit orders that fire at a target price; one vendor domain additionally claims Polygon mempool monitoring, not corroborated on its other sites. |
| Take-profit / stop-loss / trailing | Yes Take-profit, stop-loss, and trailing stop-losses advertised per trade. | Unknown No take-profit, stop-loss, or trailing features documented anywhere we reviewed. |
| Auto-claim resolved positions | Unknown Auto-redemption of resolved positions is not documented in the sources we reviewed. | Unknown Not documented. |
| In-group Telegram trading | Unknown No in-group trading or group discovery features documented. | No Independent research describes a large announcement channel funneling users into private bot chats — not in-group trading. |
| Cross-chain deposits | Yes Bridged deposits with $2–$7 minimums depending on chain; funds held as USDC.e on Polygon. | Yes Deposits from Polygon, Ethereum, Solana, and BNB per third-party reviews; not confirmed on vendor pages. |
| Wallet discovery & leaderboards | Yes In-product leaderboard of top traders to follow. | Partial Curated wallet lists by category in-bot; no full leaderboard product verified. |
| Platform surface | Yes Telegram bot plus a web app; no Telegram Mini App documented. Docs describe the bot as Telegram-only with the web surface as a separate terminal. | Partial Telegram bot only — no web app, Mini App, or dashboard documented. |
| Referral program | Yes Multi-tier: 30–35% level 1, 3% level 2, 2% level 3, plus 5–25% fee cashback by tier. | Yes Multi-tier referral (25%/5%/3% of referred fees per third-party review), paid in USDC. |
Editorial scores side by side
| Dimension (weight) | Kreo | PolyGun |
|---|---|---|
| Security & Custody (20%) | 8.5 | 2.5 |
| Execution Speed (15%) | 8.5 | 5.5 |
| Configurability & Risk Controls (15%) | 8.0 | 4.0 |
| Feature Richness (15%) | 8.5 | 5.0 |
| Reliability & Uptime (10%) | 8.0 | 4.0 |
| Platform Surface & Mini App (10%) | 8.5 | 5.0 |
| Track Record & Reputation (10%) | 7.5 | 3.0 |
| Fees & Value (5%) | 6.0 | 4.0 |
| Weighted overall | 8.2 | 4.1 |
Scores follow the published rubric; every dimension score has a written rationale on each tool's review page.
Custody: not close
Kreo’s security stack is spelled out in its documentation: Privy generates keys in hardware-level secure enclaves, Gnosis Safe provides the wallet infrastructure, the bot receives trading permissions only and cannot move funds to external addresses, and two-factor authentication is listed as a safety feature. PolyGun markets a similar-sounding promise — that it never takes custody of assets or keys — but on July 14, 2026 the independent research outlet Open Measures reported that, the non-custodial branding notwithstanding, users’ private keys are stored on PolyGun’s servers, and flagged the front-running exposure created when an operator can see incoming trades. We weight independent research over marketing copy. The fairest thing the record says for PolyGun here is DefiPill’s confirmation that the wallet key is exportable at any time from Settings.
Execution and risk controls
Both bots sell speed; only one side of this pairing has an independent execution datapoint, and it’s unflattering: a user complaint documented by Open Measures describes PolyGun copies arriving 30 to 60 seconds after the Polymarket moves they mirror, shifting prices against the copier. Kreo advertises instant mirroring with seconds-level wallet alerts and carries a fast reputation across third-party reviews, though — like the whole niche — it publishes no audited latency numbers. The risk-control gap is wider still: Kreo advertises take-profit, stop-loss, and trailing stops on each trade plus daily loss ceilings, caps per market, and category filters across 13 groups; PolyGun documents copy ratios and limits, with no odds filters, no daily limits, and no protective exits of any kind that we could find.
Track record and the fee question
Kreo has a clean incident history, real mindshare, and a web app beside the bot; its soft spots are an unpublished launch date and undocumented key export. PolyGun’s footprint is young — an X account joined February 2026 per third-party observation — with an adverse independent research report published within a week of our verification, a fee schedule that contradicts itself (vendor zero versus a third-party-reported 1%), no docs site, and a cluster of near-identical domains. A roughly 206,000-member Telegram community, per Open Measures, is scale — but scale is not verification.
The call
Every axis with documentation behind it points to Kreo. PolyGun’s curated wallet categories and easy onboarding are real conveniences that don’t offset server-stored keys reported by independent research.
Key facts compared
Kreo
| Trading fee | 0.30% minimum, peaking around 1.75% at 50¢ odds (varies by odds) — max(0.3%, 7% × price × (1 − price)) |
|---|---|
| Custody | Self-custodial (Safe wallet) |
| Minimum deposit | None for direct Polygon deposits; bridge minimums $2–$7 by chain |
| Minimum trade | $1 per copied trade; $5 minimum for auto trade |
| Surfaces | telegram, web |
| Markets | polymarket, kalshi |
| Status | active |
PolyGun
| Trading fee | Unclear |
|---|---|
| Custody | Server-held keys (disputed), key exportable |
| Surfaces | telegram |
| Markets | polymarket |
| Status | active |
Frequently asked questions
Which is safer, Kreo or PolyGun?
Kreo, and the sourcing matters. Kreo's docs describe keys generated by Privy in secure enclaves, Gnosis Safe wallet infrastructure, trading-only permissions, and 2FA, with no incidents surfaced. For PolyGun, Open Measures — an independent research outlet — reported in July 2026 that user private keys sit on PolyGun's own servers behind non-custodial branding, flagging the front-running exposure that follows. DefiPill does confirm PolyGun's key is exportable via Settings.
Is PolyGun cheaper than Kreo?
Unknowable, which is its own answer. PolyGun's own sites promise no added fees, yet DefiPill and PolyMart each report a flat 1% per trade. Kreo's curve is published — max(0.3%, 7% × price × (1 − price)), about 1.75% at 50¢ — so even where Kreo is expensive, you can compute your cost in advance. With PolyGun you cannot.
Does PolyGun have stop-losses like Kreo?
No take-profit, stop-loss, or trailing feature is documented for PolyGun anywhere we reviewed. Kreo advertises all three — take-profit, stop-loss, and trailing stop-losses on each trade — alongside limit orders with expirations, giving copied positions documented downside protection PolyGun's materials never mention.
Sources
- Kreo official landing — security (vendor) (enter.kreo.app, checked 2026-07-15)
- KreoPoly docs — fee shape (kreopoly.app, checked 2026-07-15)
- CoinCodeCap review (third-party) (coincodecap.com, checked 2026-07-15)
- KreoPoly homepage (vendor) (kreopoly.app, checked 2026-07-15)
- Open Measures research (independent) (openmeasures.io, checked 2026-07-15)
- PolyGun site (vendor) (polygunsniperbot.com, checked 2026-07-15)
- DefiPill review — 1% fee (third-party) (defipill.xyz, checked 2026-07-15)
- PolyGun site — zero-fee claim (vendor) (polygun.app, checked 2026-07-15)