PolyBot vs WagerUp Pilot (2026): which one wins?
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A full-lifecycle copy bot meets a sports-only specialist with the most incentive-aligned pricing we verified: WagerUp Pilot charges nothing unless the trade wins. The trade-off is a self-custody claim resting on an undocumented key architecture, a narrower filter set, and no per-position exits.
Capability by capability
| Capability | PolyBot | WagerUp Pilot |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Core product: watches followed Polymarket wallets and mirrors their sports positions within seconds, with auto-mirror or per-trade approval modes. |
| 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 Max position size, sport/league filters, minimum trader ROI, stop-copy on drawdown. No odds filters, per-market caps, or daily limits 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 Live P&L, open/closed positions, sport-by-sport breakdown; per-wallet hit-rate analytics undocumented. |
| 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. | No Copy-driven entries only; no rule engine. |
| 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. | Partial Stop-copy on drawdown at the subscription level; no per-position TP/SL 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. | 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 Not documented. |
| 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 USDC on Polygon via direct deposit, Ethereum bridging, and on-ramp partners. |
| 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 Pick top-performing wallets in-product; no full leaderboard documented. |
| 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 Telegram bot plus a web app with a full market browser, ML/Spread/Totals tabs, and one-tap order entry. |
| Referral program | Yes Three-level referral program on trading fees (25% / 5% / 3% defaults), paid to balance with a ~$5 minimum claim. | Yes Public profile + referral link earning a share of fees; percentage undisclosed. |
Editorial scores side by side
| Dimension (weight) | PolyBot | WagerUp Pilot |
|---|---|---|
| Security & Custody (20%) | 9.5 | 5.5 |
| Execution Speed (15%) | 9.0 | 7.0 |
| Configurability & Risk Controls (15%) | 9.5 | 6.0 |
| Feature Richness (15%) | 9.5 | 6.0 |
| Reliability & Uptime (10%) | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Platform Surface & Mini App (10%) | 9.5 | 7.0 |
| Track Record & Reputation (10%) | 9.0 | 5.0 |
| Fees & Value (5%) | 8.0 | 7.5 |
| Weighted overall | 9.2 | 6.2 |
Scores follow the published rubric; every dimension score has a written rationale on each tool's review page.
The specialist’s honest pitch
WagerUp Pilot picks one lane and builds for it: watch chosen Polymarket wallets and mirror their sports positions within seconds, either automatically or with per-trade approval. Its filters are sports-native — leagues, minimum trader ROI, stop-copy on drawdown — and its web app renders markets the way bettors think, in Moneyline, Spread, and Totals tabs. Best of all is the pricing: free to install, 1.9% on winning copy trades, 0.9% on other winners, and zero on losses. No other tool we verified ties its revenue to your outcomes that directly. On the builders leaderboard it shows about $2.4M in monthly volume from just 51 users — a small base trading with conviction.
Where the paper trail thins out
The structural caution is custody. Pilot markets itself as self-custodial — “you hold your own keys” — while also creating the wallet and signing trades on your behalf, and nothing in its documentation explains how those keys are stored or whether they can be exported. That’s precisely the pattern this niche has learned to interrogate, and it’s why we mark the model unclear rather than self-custodial. Add an anonymous team, no published launch date, and third-party coverage starting only in May 2026. PolyBot answers the same questions in writing: a self-custodial Polygon Safe per account, signer-key export from Settings, optional 2FA on withdrawals and export, and no incident reports since October 2025.
Filters, exits, and everything that isn’t sports
Beyond the sports lane, the gap widens quickly. Pilot documents no odds filters, no per-market caps, no daily limits, and — most importantly for a copy product — no per-position take-profit or stop-loss; protection stops at subscription-level stop-copy. PolyBot’s copy engine runs the deepest filter matrix we verified (odds ranges, per-outcome purchase limits, daily spending caps, category white/blacklists with Sports and Crypto subcategories) and wraps positions in TP/SL and trailing stops, with auto-claim tidying up after resolution. Politics, crypto Up/Down automation, parlays, wallet discovery — all outside Pilot’s scope entirely.
The verdict
For a sports-only copier keeping size modest, Pilot’s pay-on-wins model is a legitimately attractive reason to accept the unknowns. For everyone else — and for anyone whose deposit is large enough that “trust us on the keys” isn’t enough — PolyBot wins on documentation, control, and range.
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 |
WagerUp Pilot
| Trading fee | Free to install; 1.9% on winning copy trades, 0.9% on other winning trades, 0% on losses flat |
|---|---|
| Custody | Custody disputed/unclear |
| Surfaces | telegram, web |
| Markets | polymarket, sports |
| Polymarket Builders leaderboard | #31 by monthly volume (snapshot 2026-07-15) |
| Status | active |
Frequently asked questions
Is WagerUp Pilot cheaper than PolyBot?
It depends on your hit rate. Pilot charges 1.9% on winning copy trades, 0.9% on other winners, and nothing on losses — the only pay-on-wins model in our comparison. PolyBot charges 1% flat on successful trades. A winning copy through Pilot effectively pays about double PolyBot's rate, but a losing streak costs nothing in fees.
Is WagerUp Pilot really self-custodial?
The claim couldn't be verified. Vendor pages say you hold your own keys while Pilot signs trades on your behalf, but the actual key architecture — session keys versus bot-managed storage — and any export path are undocumented. PolyBot's docs, by contrast, describe the Safe wallet, the signer-key export, and the 2FA that gates it.
Can WagerUp Pilot copy politics or crypto markets?
No — mirroring the sports positions of followed Polymarket wallets is the whole product, with league filters, minimum trader ROI thresholds, and stop-copy drawdown protection built for that job. Copying political, crypto, or other event markets requires a general-purpose bot with category filters.
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)
- WagerUp Pilot — pricing (vendor) (wagerup.com, checked 2026-07-15)
- WagerUp docs (vendor) (wagerup.com, checked 2026-07-15)
- WagerUp FAQ (vendor) (wagerup.com, checked 2026-07-15)