PolyBot vs PolyCop (2026): which one wins?
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PolyCop undercuts every hosted bot we verified at 0.5% per executed trade; PolyBot charges double that but pairs it with the clearest custody documentation in the niche, trailing stops, auto-claim, and a Mini App. This is price versus completeness — with a custody dispute sitting on PolyCop's side of the ledger.
Capability by capability
| Capability | PolyBot | PolyCop |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Real-time mirroring of pasted wallet addresses; vendor claims roughly 30% of copies fill in the same block. |
| 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 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. |
| 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 A web copy-backtesting tool and Polymarket leaderboard integration; no in-depth per-wallet PnL dashboard documented. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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 Adjustable take-profit and stop-loss on every copied or automated trade; 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. | Unknown Auto-redemption of resolved positions is 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 No group features 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. | Yes USDC/USDT deposits from Polygon, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and BSC. |
| 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 Polymarket leaderboard integration mentioned in docs; the primary flow is pasting wallet addresses you find yourself. |
| 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 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. |
| Referral program | Yes Three-level referral program on trading fees (25% / 5% / 3% defaults), paid to balance with a ~$5 minimum claim. | Yes 25% of referred traders' fees, scaling to a 45% revenue share with network volume. |
Editorial scores side by side
| Dimension (weight) | PolyBot | PolyCop |
|---|---|---|
| Security & Custody (20%) | 9.5 | 6.0 |
| Execution Speed (15%) | 9.0 | 8.5 |
| Configurability & Risk Controls (15%) | 9.5 | 8.5 |
| Feature Richness (15%) | 9.5 | 8.0 |
| Reliability & Uptime (10%) | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| Platform Surface & Mini App (10%) | 9.5 | 7.5 |
| Track Record & Reputation (10%) | 9.0 | 7.0 |
| Fees & Value (5%) | 8.0 | 9.0 |
| Weighted overall | 9.2 | 7.6 |
Scores follow the published rubric; every dimension score has a written rationale on each tool's review page.
The price gap is real
On pure rate, PolyCop wins without argument: 0.5% per executed trade is the cheapest hosted-bot pricing we verified, with 0% on deposits and withdrawals and sponsored gas. PolyBot’s flat 1% is exactly double. Over $10,000 of copy volume, that’s $50 versus $100 — a difference that compounds for high-frequency copiers. The entry economics partly offset it: PolyCop asks roughly $10 to trade and a $50 minimum specifically for copy trading, where PolyBot starts at a $1 deposit with copy trades from $1.10 in fixed mode.
Custody: documented versus disputed
This is where the extra 0.5% buys something concrete. PolyBot’s docs state it creates a self-custodial Polygon Safe per account, the signer key exports from Settings, and optional 2FA gates withdrawals and export — the docs even spell out the implication that whoever holds the signer key controls the wallet. PolyCop’s story can’t be settled from the record: its safety page claims the key is generated and managed entirely within your Telegram session and never stored on a server, while Gain Gorilla’s review describes encrypted server-side key storage enabling auto-trading — and PolyCop’s own docs confirm AFK strategies run on the cloud 24/7, which a purely client-held key doesn’t obviously explain. Key export to MetaMask is agreed by all sources, and no incidents are reported, but no independent audit closes the contradiction.
Where PolyCop punches above its price
Credit where due: PolyCop publishes the most specific speed claims in the niche — sniper execution within 0–2 Polygon blocks, roughly 30% of copies filling in the same block — and Gain Gorilla corroborates the block-level numbers. Its AFK Auto Trade engine layers time windows, price bands, BTC-move triggers, and optional MACD/KDJ/ATR indicator filters, backed by a web backtester, and its copy config includes price offsets, expirations, and sub-wallet isolation per copied target. PolyBot answers with odds-range and per-outcome filters PolyCop doesn’t document, trailing stops, background auto-claim, and a Mini App in nine languages — plus a single canonical domain, against PolyCop’s sprawl across polycopbot.com, polycop.ai, and polycop.fun with third-party lookalike warnings.
Which trader picks which
If fee minimization is the strategy and you size exposure to the custody unknown, PolyCop is a sharp, capable tool. If you want the position protected by documented custody, trailing exits, and auto-claim — and you’ll pay double the rate for it — PolyBot is the more complete product.
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 |
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 |
Frequently asked questions
Is PolyCop cheaper than PolyBot?
Yes, on the headline rate: 0.5% per executed trade versus PolyBot's flat 1% — $5 against $10 per $1,000 traded, both with sponsored gas. Entry minimums cut the other way: PolyCop requires about $10 to trade and $50 to start copy trading, while PolyBot's deposit minimum is $1.
Which is safer, PolyBot or PolyCop?
PolyBot's custody is documented end to end: one self-custodial Polygon Safe for each account, an exportable signer key, optional 2FA. PolyCop's is disputed — the vendor says the key lives entirely in your Telegram session and never touches a server, while third-party review Gain Gorilla describes encrypted server-side key storage, and PolyCop's own docs confirm AFK strategies execute in the cloud 24/7. No audit resolves it. Neither has reported incidents.
Does PolyCop have trailing stops like PolyBot?
Not that we could find. PolyCop documents adjustable take-profit and stop-loss on every copied or automated trade, but trailing stops are undocumented. PolyBot documents take-profit, stop-loss, and trailing stops (percent or fixed cents below the highest observed price), with market-stop and stop-limit execution modes.
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)
- 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)