PolyBot vs PolyGun (2026): which one wins?
Both tools last verified · methodology · changelog
This matchup is about the distance between marketing and documentation. PolyBot's self-custodial Safe, key export, and 2FA are vendor-documented with no incidents on record; PolyGun markets non-custodial architecture that independent research outlet Open Measures reports actually involves server-stored private keys, alongside fee claims its own third-party reviewers contradict.
Capability by capability
| Capability | PolyBot | PolyGun |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Yes Mirrors chosen wallets at configurable ratios, with wallets browsable by category (Sports, Crypto, Politics, Insider). |
| 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. | Partial Copy ratios and limits are referenced; no documented odds filters, per-market caps, or daily loss limits. |
| 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 Portfolio P&L cards and position tracking; a claimed analytics acquisition adding a large trader database is unverified. |
| 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 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 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. | Unknown No take-profit, stop-loss, or trailing features documented anywhere we reviewed. |
| 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. | No Independent research describes a large announcement channel funneling users into private bot chats — not in-group trading. |
| 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. | Yes Deposits from Polygon, Ethereum, Solana, and BNB per third-party reviews; not confirmed on vendor pages. |
| 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. | Partial Curated wallet lists by category in-bot; no full leaderboard product verified. |
| 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. | Partial Telegram bot only — no web app, Mini App, or dashboard documented. |
| Referral program | Yes Three-level referral program on trading fees (25% / 5% / 3% defaults), paid to balance with a ~$5 minimum claim. | Yes Multi-tier referral (25%/5%/3% of referred fees per third-party review), paid in USDC. |
Editorial scores side by side
| Dimension (weight) | PolyBot | PolyGun |
|---|---|---|
| Security & Custody (20%) | 9.5 | 2.5 |
| Execution Speed (15%) | 9.0 | 5.5 |
| Configurability & Risk Controls (15%) | 9.5 | 4.0 |
| Feature Richness (15%) | 9.5 | 5.0 |
| Reliability & Uptime (10%) | 8.5 | 4.0 |
| Platform Surface & Mini App (10%) | 9.5 | 5.0 |
| Track Record & Reputation (10%) | 9.0 | 3.0 |
| Fees & Value (5%) | 8.0 | 4.0 |
| Weighted overall | 9.2 | 4.1 |
Scores follow the published rubric; every dimension score has a written rationale on each tool's review page.
What the independent research says
PolyGun’s sites market it as non-custodial — “the bot never holds your assets or requires custody of your keys.” Open Measures, an independent research outlet, reported on July 14, 2026 that despite that branding, PolyGun stores users’ private keys on its servers, and flagged the structural front-running risk of an operator who can see incoming trades. The same research documents a roughly 206,000-user Telegram community and a user complaint of copy executions landing 30–60 seconds behind Polymarket activity — the opposite of the sniper-speed pitch. We weight on-the-record independent research over marketing copy. PolyBot’s custody, by contrast, needs no adjudication: its docs state that each account gets its own self-custodial Polygon Safe, that the signer key exports from Settings, and that optional 2FA guards withdrawals and export — with zero incident reports found since its October 2025 launch.
What PolyGun gets right
An honest ledger has entries on both sides. PolyGun’s onboarding is genuinely simple — about two minutes from setup to first trade, per the vendor — and its curated wallet lists by category (Sports, Crypto, Politics, Insider) are a friendly discovery surface for beginners. DefiPill confirms the generated wallet’s private key is exportable at any time via Settings, which is real and matters. And a community that size is not nothing. But the feature floor is low: no take-profit, stop-loss, or trailing exits documented anywhere we reviewed, no docs site, no web app, and copy filters limited to ratios and limits — against PolyBot’s odds-range filters, per-outcome caps, daily limits, three exit types, and auto-claim.
Fees you can price versus fees you can’t
PolyBot’s rate is one number: a flat 1% on successful trades, stated on its homepage and docs. PolyGun’s rate depends on which source you believe — polygun.app advertises zero-fee on-chain trading while DefiPill and PolyMart independently report a flat 1% per buy and sell — and the brand’s cluster of near-identical domains makes even identifying the canonical vendor site hard. When a product’s price is unknowable before you trade, that opacity is itself the cost.
The verdict
This is the widest gap in our nine head-to-heads. PolyBot wins on verified custody, documented exits, filter depth, platform surface, and a fee that means what it says. Users committed to PolyGun anyway should follow our review’s advice: export the key immediately, and keep sizes small.
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 |
PolyGun
| Trading fee | Unclear |
|---|---|
| Custody | Server-held keys (disputed), key exportable |
| Surfaces | telegram |
| Markets | polymarket |
| Status | active |
Frequently asked questions
Is PolyGun safe compared to PolyBot?
The record says no. Research outlet Open Measures reported on July 14, 2026 that despite PolyGun's non-custodial branding it stores users' private keys on its servers, and flagged the structural front-running risk that creates. PolyBot's documentation, by contrast, covers a self-custodial Polygon Safe with an exportable signer key and optional 2FA, and we found no incident reports for it across vendor and third-party sources.
What does PolyGun charge compared to PolyBot's 1%?
Nobody can say for certain, and that is the problem. PolyGun's sites advertise zero added fees, while DefiPill and PolyMart independently report a flat 1% per executed trade. PolyBot documents one number — 1% flat on successful trades — plus a $1 deposit floor and sponsored gas: the same rate third parties say PolyGun quietly charges, minus the ambiguity.
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)
- 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)