PolyBot vs Fireplace (2026): which one wins?
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The sharpest custody split in our lineup: a self-custodial Telegram bot whose Safe key you can export, against an institutional terminal that is custodial by its own Terms of Use — keys held by Enclave, liability capped at $1,000 — yet ships the most advanced order and exit engineering in the comparison.
Capability by capability
| Capability | PolyBot | Fireplace |
|---|---|---|
| Copy trading | Yes Mirrors chosen wallets automatically (up to 3 active copy subscriptions per wallet); sells are copied proportionally — the same percentage of the position, not the same dollar amount. | Unknown Whale and wallet tracking are intelligence surfaces; automated mirroring is not documented. |
| Copy filters & sizing controls | Yes The deepest documented filter set we verified: fixed or proportional sizing (0.01x–10x), odds-range filters (e.g. only 20–80¢ outcomes), daily spending caps, per-trade min/max, per-outcome purchase limits, slippage tolerance, market-expiry filters, leader trade-size thresholds, and category white/blacklists with Sports and Crypto subcategories. | Unknown Not documented. |
| Analytics on followed wallets | Yes Per-subscription performance view: realized/unrealized PnL, positions, win/loss and win rate, plus a 3-day log of executed, skipped, and failed copies. | Partial Wallet/whale/insider tracking plus a 'Qualified Holders' conviction metric; no per-wallet PnL analytics documented. |
| Strategy automation | Yes Auto Trader for crypto Up/Down markets (BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, BNB, DOGE, HYPE across 5m–24h timeframes) with entry-price and momentum trigger modes and multiple entry rules per strategy; Algo Lab listed as coming soon. | Partial Trigger-based standalone stop orders, plus an MCP server that lets AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) drive trading workflows — unique in this comparison. |
| Take-profit / stop-loss / trailing | Yes Take-profit and stop-loss (fixed price or % from entry) plus trailing stops (% or fixed cents below the highest observed price), with market-stop and stop-limit execution modes. Docs honestly note a stop-loss is a trigger plus an execution attempt, not a guaranteed maximum loss. | Yes The best exit tooling among terminals: TP/SL attachable to entries with up to 6 exits per order (progressive on partial fills), standalone stop market/limit orders, auto-cancel against overselling, and Sticky BBO re-pegging orders. |
| Auto-claim resolved positions | Yes Background auto-claim redeems eligible winning positions to tradable balance and clears losing shares after resolution (off by default, not instant); the Mini App adds bulk claim. | Unknown Not documented. |
| In-group Telegram trading | Partial Group bot brings market search and interactive market cards into any Telegram group with Trade buttons; execution itself happens in DM — groups are for discovery and sharing. None of the top-tier bots we verified ship an equivalent group surface. | Unknown Telegram is an access/alerts channel; in-group execution undocumented. |
| Cross-chain deposits | Yes Deposits from Polygon, Solana, Base, Ethereum, Bitcoin, and BNB route into a tradable balance on Polygon; supported networks and minimums are shown in a live picker. | Partial Custodial wallet accepts assets on compatible networks; third-party reporting cites multi-chain USDC via chain abstraction; specifics unpublished. |
| Wallet discovery & leaderboards | Yes Discovery leaderboard (profit/volume over 24h–all-time), Smart Wallet scoring with copyability assessment and suggested copy margin, and a standalone web Wallet Analyzer covering any Polymarket wallet end-to-end. | Yes Whale, wallet, and insider tracking with market discovery are core features. |
| Platform surface | Yes Telegram bot plus a full Telegram Mini App (same account and wallet, 9 languages) plus a website with the Wallet Analyzer. Docs cover 27 guides including parlays, competitions, alerts, and presets. | Yes Web terminal installable as a PWA, TradingView-powered charting, Telegram access channel, and an MCP API surface for AI agents. |
| Referral program | Yes Three-level referral program on trading fees (25% / 5% / 3% defaults), paid to balance with a ~$5 minimum claim. | Unknown Not documented. |
Editorial scores side by side
| Dimension (weight) | PolyBot | Fireplace |
|---|---|---|
| Security & Custody (20%) | 9.5 | 4.0 |
| Execution Speed (15%) | 9.0 | 8.0 |
| Configurability & Risk Controls (15%) | 9.5 | 7.5 |
| Feature Richness (15%) | 9.5 | 8.0 |
| Reliability & Uptime (10%) | 8.5 | 7.0 |
| Platform Surface & Mini App (10%) | 9.5 | 7.0 |
| Track Record & Reputation (10%) | 9.0 | 6.0 |
| Fees & Value (5%) | 8.0 | 5.5 |
| Weighted overall | 9.2 | 6.6 |
Scores follow the published rubric; every dimension score has a written rationale on each tool's review page.
Read the Terms of Use first
This comparison starts, unusually, in a legal document. Fireplace is refreshingly explicit that it is custodial: per its own Terms of Use, private keys “are securely managed and stored by us (or our designated key management service provider),” users do not have direct access to or control over them, and Enclave’s aggregate liability is capped at $1,000 — with Hong Kong law and arbitration governing disputes. Stating that openly earns credit; the model itself is still the most operator-dependent in our comparison, and a $1,000 cap on a platform holding trading balances deserves a long look. PolyBot sits at the other pole: each account gets its own Polygon Safe, the signer key exports from Settings, and optional 2FA gates both withdrawals and export. One product can hand your wallet back; the other, by design, cannot.
Where Fireplace is simply better
Say it plainly: nobody in this comparison out-engineers Fireplace on execution. Up to six TP/SL exits attach to a single order, created progressively as fills arrive; standalone stop market and limit orders, anti-oversell protection, and Sticky BBO re-pegging round out the set. It routes across both Polymarket and Kalshi with smart order routing — the only cross-venue tool here — and it ships the comparison’s only MCP server, letting AI agents like Claude drive trading workflows programmatically. Behind it stand a named CEO, a named Hong Kong entity, and a $1.5M pre-seed round from February 2026. PolyBot’s trailing stops and market-stop/stop-limit modes are solid, but its exit brackets are not six legs deep.
The fee stack and the surface
Costs diverge on order style. Fireplace’s 1% taker fee sits on top of Polymarket’s own dynamic taker fees — the priciest aggressive-order path we verified — while makers ride free, rewarding patient limit orders. PolyBot’s 1% flat on successful trades is the whole bill, gas sponsored. Surfaces differ just as much: Fireplace is a web PWA with TradingView charting and a Telegram alerts channel; PolyBot lives natively in chat, with a Mini App in nine languages, in-group market cards, and a copy engine with odds-range filters, daily caps, auto-claim, and per-outcome limits — an automation column Fireplace largely leaves undocumented.
The call
Professionals who treat custody like an exchange account and want institutional exit tooling have a real reason to pick Fireplace. Everyone else should weigh the trade the way its own Terms frame it — keys they hold, liability capped at $1,000 — and take the bot whose wallet is actually theirs.
Key facts compared
PolyBot
| Trading fee | 1% flat on successful trades flat |
|---|---|
| Custody | Self-custodial (Safe wallet), key exportable |
| Minimum deposit | $1 |
| Minimum trade | Interface-validated per market; copy trading fixed mode from $1.10 per copied trade |
| Surfaces | telegram, miniapp, web |
| Markets | polymarket |
| Live since | 2025-10 |
| Status | active |
Fireplace
| Trading fee | 1% taker fee on top of Polymarket's own fees; maker (resting limit) orders free flat |
|---|---|
| Custody | Server-held keys (disputed) |
| Minimum trade | 5 shares and $1 notional minimum order |
| Surfaces | web, telegram |
| Markets | polymarket, kalshi |
| Live since | 2026-01 |
| Polymarket Builders leaderboard | #35 by monthly volume (snapshot 2026-07-15) |
| Status | active |
Frequently asked questions
Who holds the keys on Fireplace versus PolyBot?
Fireplace's Terms of Use state its wallet is custodial: private keys are managed and stored by Enclave (or its key-management provider) on the user's behalf, users do not have direct access to them, and Enclave's aggregate liability is capped at $1,000 under Hong Kong law. PolyBot's docs describe the opposite arrangement — a self-custodial Polygon Safe per account with a signer key exportable at any time and optional 2FA.
Does Fireplace have better stop-loss tools than PolyBot?
For pure order engineering, yes. Fireplace attaches up to six take-profit/stop-loss exits to a single order with progressive creation on partial fills, plus standalone stops, anti-oversell logic, and re-pegging Sticky BBO orders. PolyBot offers TP/SL and trailing stops on manual and copied positions — fewer legs, but attachable to an automated copy engine Fireplace doesn't document at all.
Which costs more, Fireplace or PolyBot?
For aggressive orders, Fireplace: its 1% taker fee stacks on top of Polymarket's own category taker fees — the most expensive taker path among terminals we verified — though resting maker orders pay no platform fee. PolyBot charges a single flat 1% on successful trades with sponsored gas and a $1 deposit minimum.
Sources
- PolyBot docs — Quickstart (vendor) (docs.polybot.trading, checked 2026-07-15)
- PolyBot homepage (vendor) (polybot.trading, checked 2026-07-15)
- PolyBot docs — Wallet guide (vendor) (docs.polybot.trading, checked 2026-07-15)
- PolyBot docs — Help & FAQs (vendor) (docs.polybot.trading, checked 2026-07-15)
- PolyMart review (third-party) (polymart.app, checked 2026-07-15)
- Fireplace ToU — liability cap (vendor) (docs.fireplace.gg, checked 2026-07-15)
- Fireplace docs — Fees (vendor) (docs.fireplace.gg, checked 2026-07-15)
- Fireplace funding press release (vendor via Newswire) (newswire.ca, checked 2026-07-15)