Solana trading bots and terminals compared
The big Solana trading platforms charge almost the same headline fee: 1% of every buy and every sell. They differ in what they give back, who holds your keys and which tools they are built around. Trojan and Axiom return part of the fee as cashback, GMGN is strongest at copy trading, Photon is the simplest, and Pump.fun's own app adds less than half of what the terminals charge when you trade Pump.fun coins.
Side by side
Fees checked November 2026 · how we check| Platform | Type | Fee per side | Lowest published | Your keys | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Axiom ↗ | Web terminal | 1.00% 0.95% net after base cashback | 0.75% top volume tier | Recovery phrase shown at sign-up and in settings | Open Axiom ↗Axiom guide |
 Trojan ↗ | Telegram bot and web terminal | 1.00% 0.90% net at the first rank | 0.65% Titan rank cashback | Private key exportable in wallet settings | Open Trojan ↗Trojan guide |
 GMGN ↗ | Web terminal and Telegram bots | 1.00% | 1.00% link discounts not published | GMGN wallets are not exportable. You can connect your own wallet instead | Open GMGN ↗GMGN guide |
 Photon ↗ | Web terminal | 1.00% | 1.00% flat for everyone | Private key shown once at setup | Open Photon ↗Photon guide |
 Pump.fun app ↗ | Launchpad app | 0.45% | 0.40% with a referral code | Connect your own wallet or use the app's wallet | Open Pump.fun ↗Pump.fun guide |
The fee column is what the platform itself charges. Every trade also pays the pool's own fee, for example 1.25% on a Pump.fun bonding curve, plus Solana network and priority fees. The platform names and "Open" buttons are referral links: solmath may receive a share of the platform's fee at no extra cost to you. The order of the table is not paid for.
Which one fits how you trade
You trade new launches all day
Axiom or Trojan. Both return part of the fee, so the more you trade the less each trade costs. Axiom keeps the feed, chart and order panel in one browser tab. Trojan also works from Telegram.
You want to copy other wallets
GMGN. Wallet tracking and copy trading are what it is built around. Budget for priority fees, which add up fast when you copy a busy wallet, and set up withdrawal security first.
You want something simple
Photon has one fee and few moving parts. Save the private key when it is shown, because it is shown once. If you mostly buy and hold Pump.fun coins, the Pump.fun app costs less per trade.
What 1% really costs
A percentage looks small until you multiply it by volume. Volume counts both sides: buying $500 of a token and selling it later is $1,000 of volume. This is the platform fee on $10,000 and $100,000 of monthly volume at each published rate.
| Rate | Where it applies | $10,000 volume | $100,000 volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.00% | Photon, GMGN, and the listed fee on Axiom and Trojan | $100 | $1,000 |
| 0.95% | Axiom at the base tier, after cashback | $95 | $950 |
| 0.90% | Trojan at the first rank, or a 10% referral discount on 1% | $90 | $900 |
| 0.75% | Axiom at its top tier | $75 | $750 |
| 0.65% | Trojan at Titan rank | $65 | $650 |
| 0.45% | Pump.fun app, on top of pool fees | $45 | $450 |
The fee is charged whether the trade wins or loses. At 1% per side, a position has to gain about 2% before it breaks even, and more once pool fees and priority fees are counted.
Bot or terminal?
A Telegram bot trades from a chat window. You paste a token address and tap a button. It is quick on a phone, and the wallet lives with the bot, so its safety depends on your Telegram account. Trojan and GMGN both offer bots.
A web terminal runs in the browser with charts, token feeds and order panels on one screen. Axiom and Photon are terminals, and Trojan and GMGN have one alongside their bots.
A sniper is a feature, not a product type. It places a buy automatically at a set moment, most often when a Pump.fun coin graduates to PumpSwap. Axiom and GMGN both document a migration sniper.
Whichever you pick, the platform needs a wallet it can sign with quickly. That is why most of them create a new trading wallet for you. Keep that wallet for trading only.
Before you deposit anywhere
- Sign up through a referral link if there is a discountSeveral platforms attach the referral when the account is created, so the link has to come before the sign-up.
- Find out how you get the key or get funds outAxiom shows a recovery phrase. Trojan lets you export the key. Photon shows it once. GMGN wallets cannot be exported and withdraw to a whitelisted address.
- Check the address or bot name yourselfClones of every platform on this page exist. No real support agent messages you first or asks for a seed phrase.
- Deposit a small amount and make one round tripRead the fee lines on the confirmation and compare the result with what you expected.
- Set a size and a stop before you trade for realFees are a known cost. An oversized position is the one that ends accounts.
Questions
Which Solana trading bot has the lowest fees?
Among the full trading platforms, Trojan has the lowest published effective fee, 0.65% at its top Titan rank, followed by Axiom at 0.75% at its top tier. For new users the rates are closer: 0.90% on Trojan, 0.95% on Axiom, and 1% on GMGN and Photon. Pump.fun's app charges 0.45%, but it only trades Pump.fun coins.
Are Solana trading bots safe?
The large ones have run for a year or more and are widely used, which rules out the crudest scams. The risks that remain are specific: the platform's wallet is a hot wallet, a Telegram bot is tied to your Telegram account, clone sites are everywhere, and the tokens themselves are high risk. Keep small balances and withdraw profits.
Do I need a bot to trade memecoins on Solana?
No. You can swap in a normal wallet. Bots and terminals are faster, show new launches and add limit orders and wallet tracking. That speed costs about 1% per side.
Is a referral code worth using?
If it lowers your fee, yes, because it costs nothing. Axiom documents 10% off and Pump.fun documents 0.40% instead of 0.45%. Photon's links give no discount, and GMGN and Trojan do not publish one in their documentation, so confirm the rate on your account.
Can I use more than one platform?
Yes. You can, for example, keep one terminal for fast entries and another for tracking wallets. Each platform has its own wallet, so funds do not move between them automatically.
How this page was put together
Fees and features come from each platform's own documentation and fee pages, read on 10 November 2026: docs.axiom.trade, docs.gmgn.ai, docs.trojan.com, Photon's GitBook and pump.fun/docs/fees. Where the documentation is silent, for example on a referral discount, this page says so and does not repeat numbers from review sites as fact. Each guide lists its sources at the bottom.
Last updated November 2026.