GMGN: trading tools rating breakdown
Bot and web terminal · 10 chains
The cheapest of the paid tools we measured, at 0.9896%, and the widest: ten chains and $2.87bn of routed volume over thirty days, with genuinely good discovery and wallet-tracking features that explain why traders use it. Among tools that charge around one per cent, this is the one that at least routes serious size.
The cheapest of the paid tools we measured, at 0.9896%, and the widest: ten chains and $2.87bn of routed volume over thirty days, with genuinely good discovery and wallet-tracking features that explain why traders use it. Among tools that charge around one per cent, this is the one that at least routes serious size.
How the score is built
Each criterion is scored 0–10 and weighted. The median column is the middle score across every entry in this ranking, so a row reads as a position rather than a number.
| Criterion | What we measured | Weight | Score | Category median | Rank | Weighted gap |
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| The take rate, computed | 0.9896 take rate · computed · 2026-08-27 · source | 35% | 5 | 4.5 | 4 of 8 | +0.17 |
| Who holds the key | the service who holds the key in bot mode · sourced · 2026-08-27 · source | 25% | 3 | 3 | 4 of 8 | 0.00 |
| Is the fee disclosed before the trade? | — | 20% | 6 | 6 | 2 of 8 | 0.00 |
| What the routing actually does | $28.37m 30-day fees collected · sourced · 2026-08-27 · source | 12% | 8 | 7.5 | 3 of 8 | +0.06 |
| Chains and assets | — | 8% | 9 | 5 | 1 of 8 | +0.32 |
Measured 27 August 2026 · weights and method · decided by chains and assets, worth +0.32 points against the median
The take rate, computed: 5/10
Thirty days of fees collected divided by thirty days of volume routed, from public data. This is what the tool charges on top of whatever the underlying venue charges, and the spread is enormous: 0.0060% to 1.9287% across the tools measured here, against 0.0506% to 0.6639% at the decentralised exchanges they route into.
Scored 5 of 10 against a category median of 4.5, which places it 4th of 8 among trading tools on this criterion. At a 35% weight that is 0.17 points above the median contribution of the weighted total. The best score in the category is 10, the worst 1.
Who holds the key: 3/10
Whether the tool generates and holds a private key on its own servers — the model almost every messaging-app bot uses — or signs from a wallet you control. A bot that holds the key is a custodian you cannot audit, with no attestation, no licence and no recovery process, and that fact belongs above execution speed in any honest ranking.
Scored 3 of 10 against a category median of 3, which places it 4th of 8 among trading tools on this criterion. At a 25% weight that is exactly level with the median of the weighted total. The best score in the category is 10, the worst 2.
Is the fee disclosed before the trade?: 6/10
Whether the tool states its fee plainly in its own documentation and shows it at the point of trade, or buries it in a percentage of an amount the user never sees itemised. We compare what is disclosed against the take rate we computed.
Scored 6 of 10 against a category median of 6, which places it 2nd of 8 among trading tools on this criterion. At a 20% weight that is exactly level with the median of the weighted total. The best score in the category is 9, the worst 4.
What the routing actually does: 8/10
Documented routing behaviour: which venues it can reach, whether it uses private transaction relays, and what protection it offers against sandwiching. Speed claims that cannot be verified from public data are not scored.
Scored 8 of 10 against a category median of 7.5, which places it 3rd of 8 among trading tools on this criterion. At a 12% weight that is 0.06 points above the median contribution of the weighted total. The best score in the category is 9, the worst 6.
Chains and assets: 9/10
Chains supported with real routed volume, from public data at a stated timestamp.
Scored 9 of 10 against a category median of 5, which places it 1st of 8 among trading tools on this criterion. At a 8% weight that is 0.32 points above the median contribution of the weighted total. The best score in the category is 9, the worst 3.
Its nearest neighbours in this ranking
| # | Entry | Chains and assets | How it differs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Banana Gun | 5 | Behind by 4 on chains and assets. |
| 3 | BullX | 4 | Behind by 5 on chains and assets. |
| 5 | Photon | 3 | Behind by 6 on chains and assets. |
| 6 | Trojan | 3 | Behind by 6 on chains and assets. |
Questions about this score
How much does GMGN take from each trade?
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0.9896% of volume on our measurement — computed as thirty days of fees over thirty days of routed volume. That sits on top of the exchange's own fee, the network fee and price impact. On $10,000 of monthly trading it is about $99 for the tool alone.
Does GMGN control my wallet?
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In bot mode, yes — the wallet is generated by the service and the private key sits on its servers. That makes it a custodian: unlicensed, unaudited, with no proof of reserves and no recovery process. Keep only what you are actively trading there, and never treat it as storage.