PolyCop vs PolyGun (2026): which one wins?
Both tools last verified · methodology · changelog
The budget end of the Telegram-bot market: PolyCop's documented 0.5% flat rate, preset AFK engine, and per-copy risk controls against PolyGun's contradictory fee claims and the Open Measures report of server-stored keys. Both carry custody questions and lookalike-domain warnings — but the questions differ sharply in weight.
Capability by capability
| Capability | PolyCop | PolyGun |
|---|---|---|
| Copy trading | Yes Real-time mirroring of pasted wallet addresses; vendor claims roughly 30% of copies fill in the same block. | Yes Mirrors chosen wallets at configurable ratios, with wallets browsable by category (Sports, Crypto, Politics, Insider). |
| Copy filters & sizing controls | Yes Well documented: proportional sizing, price offsets, expiration times, per-market caps, copy-at-minimum or skip handling, stop-loss/take-profit per copy, and sub-wallet isolation per copied target. | Partial Copy ratios and limits are referenced; no documented odds filters, per-market caps, or daily loss limits. |
| Analytics on followed wallets | Partial A web copy-backtesting tool and Polymarket leaderboard integration; no in-depth per-wallet PnL dashboard documented. | Partial Portfolio P&L cards and position tracking; a claimed analytics acquisition adding a large trader database is unverified. |
| Strategy automation | Yes AFK Auto Trade rule engine for BTC/ETH/SOL/XRP short-term markets: time windows, price bands, BTC-move triggers, optional MACD/KDJ/ATR indicator filters, running server-side 24/7. | 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 Adjustable take-profit and stop-loss on every copied or automated trade; trailing stops not documented. | 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. | Unknown Not documented. |
| In-group Telegram trading | Unknown No group features documented. | No Independent research describes a large announcement channel funneling users into private bot chats — not in-group trading. |
| Cross-chain deposits | Yes USDC/USDT deposits from Polygon, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and BSC. | Yes Deposits from Polygon, Ethereum, Solana, and BNB per third-party reviews; not confirmed on vendor pages. |
| Wallet discovery & leaderboards | Partial Polymarket leaderboard integration mentioned in docs; the primary flow is pasting wallet addresses you find yourself. | Partial Curated wallet lists by category in-bot; no full leaderboard product verified. |
| Platform surface | Yes Telegram bot as the primary surface, a web dashboard for copy-risk management, and a separate web backtester. The domain sprawl (polycopbot.com, polycop.ai, polycop.fun) plus third-party lookalike warnings make it important to verify which site you're on. | Partial Telegram bot only — no web app, Mini App, or dashboard documented. |
| Referral program | Yes 25% of referred traders' fees, scaling to a 45% revenue share with network volume. | Yes Multi-tier referral (25%/5%/3% of referred fees per third-party review), paid in USDC. |
Editorial scores side by side
| Dimension (weight) | PolyCop | PolyGun |
|---|---|---|
| Security & Custody (20%) | 6.0 | 2.5 |
| Execution Speed (15%) | 8.5 | 5.5 |
| Configurability & Risk Controls (15%) | 8.5 | 4.0 |
| Feature Richness (15%) | 8.0 | 5.0 |
| Reliability & Uptime (10%) | 7.5 | 4.0 |
| Platform Surface & Mini App (10%) | 7.5 | 5.0 |
| Track Record & Reputation (10%) | 7.0 | 3.0 |
| Fees & Value (5%) | 9.0 | 4.0 |
| Weighted overall | 7.6 | 4.1 |
Scores follow the published rubric; every dimension score has a written rationale on each tool's review page.
Two custody questions with different weight
It would be lazy to call this a wash because both bots face custody doubts. PolyCop’s record contains a contradiction between accounts: its safety page insists the key exists nowhere but your own Telegram session; Gain Gorilla’s review says it is stored encrypted on PolyCop’s servers to enable auto-trading; and the docs confirming 24/7 cloud execution of AFK strategies sit awkwardly with the vendor’s version. PolyGun’s record contains a finding: the independent research outlet Open Measures went on the record on July 14, 2026 — PolyGun, it reported, keeps users’ private keys on its servers despite marketing itself as non-custodial, with structural front-running risk flagged alongside. An unresolved dispute and an on-the-record adverse report are not the same thing. Both bots do support key export — PolyCop to MetaMask per all sources, PolyGun via Settings per DefiPill — and neither clears the bar the verified self-custodial leaders set; see the full ranking for those options.
A price you can verify versus a price you can’t
PolyCop publishes its rate — 0.5% per executed trade, the lowest hosted-bot number in our comparison, charging nothing on deposits or withdrawals — and Gain Gorilla’s third-party reporting corroborates the block-level speed claims around it (roughly 30% same-block copy fills). PolyGun’s pricing depends on the source: zero added fees per its own sites, a flat 1% per trade per DefiPill and PolyMart. Add PolyGun’s cluster of near-identical marketing domains — with PolyCop hardly innocent here, spread over polycopbot.com, polycop.ai, and the polycop.fun backtester domain, plus its own lookalike warnings — and only one of these products lets you compute costs before committing funds.
Presets, exits, and configuration
PolyCop’s tooling runs deeper across the board: proportional sizing, price offsets, expirations, per-market caps, copy-at-minimum handling, sub-wallet isolation per target, per-copy take-profit and stop-loss, plus an AFK engine combining trading windows, price bands, and BTC-movement triggers with optional MACD, KDJ, and ATR filters — all testable in a web backtester. PolyGun offers copy ratios, curated wallet categories (Sports, Crypto, Politics, Insider), and snipe orders — with no documented protective exits at all, and the one independent execution datapoint being a 30–60 second copy-lag complaint documented by Open Measures.
Verdict in the budget tier
Within this tier, PolyCop wins nearly every column: verifiable price, documented exits, deeper configuration, corroborated speed, and six-plus months without major incidents per Gain Gorilla. PolyGun’s ease of use doesn’t compensate for what the independent record says.
Key facts compared
PolyCop
| Trading fee | 0.5% per executed trade flat |
|---|---|
| Custody | Custody disputed/unclear, key exportable |
| Minimum deposit | $10 to trade; $50 to start copy trading |
| Surfaces | telegram, web |
| Markets | polymarket |
| Status | active |
PolyGun
| Trading fee | Unclear |
|---|---|
| Custody | Server-held keys (disputed), key exportable |
| Surfaces | telegram |
| Markets | polymarket |
| Status | active |
Frequently asked questions
Is PolyCop cheaper than PolyGun?
PolyCop is the one you can actually price: a documented 0.5% per executed trade, with free deposits and withdrawals. PolyGun's cost is contested — its sites claim zero added fees while both DefiPill and PolyMart put the real rate at a flat 1% per trade. If the third parties are right, PolyGun costs double PolyCop's rate while advertising free.
Which is safer, PolyCop or PolyGun?
Neither has fully settled custody, but the disputes differ in kind. PolyCop's is an ambiguity: vendor claims of a session-held key versus Gain Gorilla's description of encrypted server-side storage, unresolved by any audit. PolyGun's is an affirmative finding: Open Measures independently reported in July 2026 that PolyGun holds users' private keys server-side behind non-custodial branding, front-running exposure included. Both support key export; neither has a reported incident.
Does either bot have stop-losses?
PolyCop attaches adjustable take-profit and stop-loss to each copied or automated position per its docs, though trailing stops are not documented. PolyGun's materials document no take-profit, no stop-loss, and no trailing protection anywhere we reviewed — copied positions ride unprotected unless you intervene manually.
Sources
- PolyCop safety page (vendor) (polycopbot.com, checked 2026-07-15)
- Gain Gorilla review (third-party) (gaingorilla.com, checked 2026-07-15)
- PolyCop docs — cloud execution (vendor) (docs.polycop.ai, checked 2026-07-15)
- Predicts.guru review (third-party) (predicts.guru, checked 2026-07-15)
- PolyCop fees page (vendor) (polycopbot.com, checked 2026-07-15)
- PolyCop docs — copy minimum (vendor) (docs.polycop.ai, checked 2026-07-15)
- PolyCop — sniper page (vendor) (polycopbot.com, 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)