Last updated: July 2026
Compare · Trading bot fees
Plug in your monthly volume — see the exact monthly fee on 8 Solana trading bots. At $100k/month volume, the gap between Banana Gun (0.5%) and the 1% bots is $500/mo — $6,000/year.
Fees pulled from each bot's public docs and announcements · calculator runs locally, no signup
The lineup
What's in the calculator.
Public-listed fees
Banana Gun
Photon · GMGN · …
From best to worst
The calculator
Move the sliders to match your volume and trade count. The table re-sorts cheapest-first and shows the dollar difference vs the lowest-fee option.
Your trading profile
Monthly trades
300
Avg trade size
$33.33
Max savings at this volume
$50.00/mo
by using Banana Gun (0.5%) instead of Bloom (1%).
| Bot | Fee | Per trade | Monthly | vs cheapest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Banana GunCheapest | 0.5% | $0.1667 | $50.00 | — | |
| 0.9% | $0.3000 | $90.00 | +$40.00 | ||
| 0.95% | $0.3167 | $95.00 | +$45.00 | ||
| 1% | $0.3333 | $100.00 | +$50.00 | ||
| 1% | $0.3333 | $100.00 | +$50.00 | ||
| 1% | $0.3333 | $100.00 | +$50.00 | ||
| 1% | $0.3333 | $100.00 | +$50.00 | ||
| 1% | $0.3333 | $100.00 | +$50.00 |
How it works
A bot is a transaction builder with a key. The fee you compared above is what it charges to do these steps for you on every trade.
The key
To trade from a chat message the bot must be able to sign. Telegram bots typically generate and custody a wallet key for you; non-custodial setups instead delegate or have you sign in your own wallet. Either way, signing authority is what lets a tap become an on-chain trade.
Build + sign
On a buy, the bot constructs a swap transaction against DEX or aggregator liquidity (often routing via Jupiter), signs it with the trading key, and attaches your slippage and priority-fee settings — all without you hand-building the instruction.
Submit
It submits to the network with a priority fee (a per-compute-unit tip that buys earlier inclusion) and may use Jito-style bundles or MEV-protected paths during congestion. Higher tips land launch buys faster; the trade reverts if price moves past your slippage limit.
vs terminal
A bot is chat- or button-driven and optimized for speed-to-trade from your phone. A web terminal does the same building-and-submitting but wraps it in charts, launch feeds, and multi-pane dashboards for active desk trading.
vs aggregator
An aggregator like Jupiter only finds and routes the best price — you still sign each swap yourself in a wallet. A bot adds the key handling, the one-tap UX, and automation (auto-buy, copy, snipes) on top of that routing.
Network cost
Every trade also pays the Solana base fee (fractions of a cent) plus whatever priority fee you set during congestion. The bot's percentage fee in the calculator is charged separately, on top of those network costs.
Beyond fees
Fees matter most for active traders, but they're not the only thing. The right bot also has the speed, features, reliability, and security profile you actually need.
Speed
How fast the bot lands trades, especially for new-token snipes. Latency to validators and Jito bundles can matter more than fee.
Features
Limit orders, copy-trading, auto-buy, chart integration, multi-wallet. The fee comparison ignores this — your trading style might need it.
Reliability
The bots get hit hardest during the moments you need them most. Read user reports for the last big market move before picking.
Security
Custodial (bot holds your keys) vs non-custodial (you sign). Telegram bots are typically custodial; web bots vary.
UX
Telegram bots are fast on mobile but constrained. Web/desktop bots give you charts, multi-pane workflows, and richer dashboards.
Network fees
You also pay Solana network fees (fractions of a cent) and priority fees during congestion. Same regardless of which bot you pick.
FAQ
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