PolyBot vs Stand (2026): which one wins?
Both tools last verified · methodology · changelog
The tightest matchup in this comparison set: a Telegram-native bot covering the whole trade lifecycle against the strongest web terminal we verified, with custody stories close enough to call a draw. Stand undercuts on copy fees and adds Kalshi plus counter-trading; PolyBot answers with trailing stops, auto-claim, and three surfaces.
Capability by capability
| Capability | PolyBot | Stand |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Copy trading plus counter-trading (take the opposite side of a followed trader — unique among tools we verified). Buy modes: percentage of leader size, range with min/max dollar limits, fixed amount; sell modes include same-%, fixed, custom, manual. |
| 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. | Yes Category include/exclude filters, entry price ranges, separate buy/sell slippage caps, minimum volume and liquidity thresholds, per-market spend caps, resolution windows, order expiries, copy expiry dates. |
| 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. | Yes Copy Trade Dashboard and Followed Trader Dashboard; trader profiles with detailed stats and history. |
| 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 Automated TP/SL, pegged orders that auto-adjust to market price (usable to farm Polymarket liquidity rewards), batch buys, and Octobox parallel trading across 8 markets. No general strategy builder. |
| 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 Take-profit and stop-loss documented; trailing stops not documented. |
| 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. | Partial Automated redeems exist within copy trading (the 0.5% fee explicitly covers copy redeem/claims); standalone auto-claim for manual positions undocumented. |
| 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 Web terminal; Discord is community/support plus a whale-alert bot — no in-group execution. |
| 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 Via Glide: major EVM chains, Solana, and Bitcoin, with 100+ tokens supported. |
| 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 Watching (shrimp/dolphin/whale buckets), trader tracking, live feeds, trader profiles, Discover and Pulse surfaces. |
| 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 Web app usable on desktop and mobile browsers; no native app, Telegram bot, or Mini App. |
| Referral program | Yes Three-level referral program on trading fees (25% / 5% / 3% defaults), paid to balance with a ~$5 minimum claim. | Yes Tiered 30–50% of copy-trading fees from referred traders, recalculated daily. |
Editorial scores side by side
| Dimension (weight) | PolyBot | Stand |
|---|---|---|
| Security & Custody (20%) | 9.5 | 8.5 |
| Execution Speed (15%) | 9.0 | 7.5 |
| Configurability & Risk Controls (15%) | 9.5 | 8.5 |
| Feature Richness (15%) | 9.5 | 8.5 |
| Reliability & Uptime (10%) | 8.5 | 8.0 |
| Platform Surface & Mini App (10%) | 9.5 | 6.5 |
| Track Record & Reputation (10%) | 9.0 | 8.0 |
| Fees & Value (5%) | 8.0 | 8.5 |
| Weighted overall | 9.2 | 8.1 |
Scores follow the published rubric; every dimension score has a written rationale on each tool's review page.
Custody: two strong answers to one question
Both tools solve the automation-custody problem credibly, which almost nothing else in this niche manages. PolyBot’s docs describe a self-custodial Polygon Safe per account, a signer key exportable from Settings, and optional 2FA on withdrawals and key export — with the candid caveat that whoever holds that key controls the wallet. Stand’s docs describe Privy embedded wallets running in Trusted Execution Environments, a stated guarantee that only the user can export keys, and the most transparent automation-authority design we verified: an opt-in session signer killed with a single “Disable Auto Trades” setting. Stand adds named founders — Edward Ridgely and Roberto Berwa, unusual accountability here — while PolyBot adds 2FA, which Stand doesn’t document. Score it a split decision.
The fee ledger tilts toward Stand
Stated plainly: Stand is cheaper. Its 0.5% applies only to copy flows (including copy redeems), and manual market or limit orders carry no Stand fee at all — only Polymarket’s own 0.03%–0.07% taker fees pass through. PolyBot’s published 1% applies to every successful trade, manual or copied, with sponsored gas and a $1 deposit floor. A trader copying $5,000 a month pays Stand roughly $25 against PolyBot’s $50, and a manual-only trader pays Stand nothing. What the wider rate buys sits below.
Reach and exits are PolyBot’s rebuttal
Stand’s single web app, however capable, is a single surface — no Telegram bot, no Mini App, no native mobile. PolyBot spans a chat bot, a Mini App in nine languages, a public web Wallet Analyzer, and in-group market cards for discovery. On exits, PolyBot documents trailing stops and background auto-claim; Stand documents TP/SL but no trailing stops, and its automated redeems exist only inside copy trading. Stand counterpunches with capabilities PolyBot lacks entirely: Kalshi aggregation beside Polymarket (one of only two tools we verified covering both venues), counter-trading against wallets you think are wrong — unique in this comparison — plus Octobox parallel trading across eight markets and pegged orders usable to farm liquidity rewards.
Settling it
Habitat decides this one. A browser-based trader who wants two venues, counter-trading, and the lowest fee bill has no reason to leave Stand. A Telegram-based trader who wants protective trailing exits, hands-off claiming, and copy filters down to odds ranges and per-outcome caps gets all of it from PolyBot — and pays a documented premium for the depth.
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 |
Stand
| Trading fee | 0.5% on copy trading (including copy redeems); manual market/limit orders free of Stand fees flat |
|---|---|
| Custody | Privy embedded wallet, key exportable |
| Surfaces | web |
| Markets | polymarket, kalshi |
| Live since | 2025-10 |
| Polymarket Builders leaderboard | #11 by monthly volume (snapshot 2026-07-15) |
| Status | active |
Frequently asked questions
Is Stand cheaper than PolyBot?
For most flows, yes. Stand charges 0.5% on copy trades only — manual market and limit orders carry no Stand fee, though Polymarket's own taker fees (0.03%–0.07% by category) pass through and the copy fee also applies to copy redeems. PolyBot charges a flat 1% on all successful trades. A purely manual trader pays Stand nothing; a copier pays half PolyBot's rate.
Does Stand have trailing stops like PolyBot?
No. Stand documents take-profit and stop-loss, plus pegged orders that auto-adjust to market price, but trailing stops are absent from its docs. PolyBot documents trailing stops in percent or fixed cents below the highest observed price, alongside TP/SL with market-stop and stop-limit execution modes.
Which is safer, PolyBot or Stand?
Nearly a tie, by different routes. PolyBot documents a self-custodial Polygon Safe per account, signer-key export, and optional 2FA gating withdrawals and export. Stand documents Privy embedded wallets in Trusted Execution Environments, an only-you-can-export guarantee, and an opt-in session signer revocable via 'Disable Auto Trades' — with named founders but no 2FA documented. Neither has reported incidents.
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)
- Stand docs — Privy wallet architecture (vendor) (stand.gitbook.io, checked 2026-07-15)
- Stand docs — FAQ fees (vendor) (stand.gitbook.io, checked 2026-07-15)
- Stand docs — Fees (vendor) (stand.gitbook.io, checked 2026-07-15)
- Stand docs — overview (vendor) (stand.gitbook.io, checked 2026-07-15)
- Finance Magnates interview (third-party, 2026-02) (financemagnates.com, checked 2026-07-15)