Maestro: trading tools rating breakdown
Messaging-app bot
One of the original messaging-app trading bots and still a substantial business: $1.19m of fees collected over thirty days, with sniping and automation features that were genuinely ahead of the market when it launched.
One of the original messaging-app trading bots and still a substantial business: $1.19m of fees collected over thirty days, with sniping and automation features that were genuinely ahead of the market when it launched.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The take rate, computed | null take rate · computed · 2026-08-27 · source | 35% | 4 | 4.5 | 5 of 8 | -0.17 |
| Who holds the key | — | 25% | 2 | 3 | 7 of 8 | -0.25 |
| Is the fee disclosed before the trade? | — | 20% | 4 | 6 | 7 of 8 | -0.40 |
| What the routing actually does | $1.19m 30-day fees collected · sourced · 2026-08-27 · source | 12% | 6 | 7.5 | 6 of 8 | -0.18 |
| Chains and assets | — | 8% | 6 | 5 | 2 of 8 | +0.08 |
Measured 27 August 2026 · weights and method · decided by is the fee disclosed before the trade?, worth -0.40 points against the median
The take rate, computed: 4/10
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 4 of 10 against a category median of 4.5, which places it 5th of 8 among trading tools on this criterion. At a 35% weight that is 0.17 points below the median contribution of the weighted total. The best score in the category is 10, the worst 1.
Who holds the key: 2/10
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 2 of 10 against a category median of 3, which places it 7th of 8 among trading tools on this criterion. At a 25% weight that is 0.25 points below the median contribution of the weighted total. The best score in the category is 10, the worst 2.
Is the fee disclosed before the trade?: 4/10
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 4 of 10 against a category median of 6, which places it 7th of 8 among trading tools on this criterion. At a 20% weight that is 0.40 points below the median contribution of the weighted total. The best score in the category is 9, the worst 4.
What the routing actually does: 6/10
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 6 of 10 against a category median of 7.5, which places it 6th of 8 among trading tools on this criterion. At a 12% weight that is 0.18 points below the median contribution of the weighted total. The best score in the category is 9, the worst 6.
Chains and assets: 6/10
Chains supported with real routed volume, from public data at a stated timestamp.
Scored 6 of 10 against a category median of 5, which places it 2nd of 8 among trading tools on this criterion. At a 8% weight that is 0.08 points above the median contribution of the weighted total. The best score in the category is 9, the worst 3.
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Questions about this score
What does Maestro charge per trade?
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We could not establish it from public data, which is itself the finding. Its fees are recorded without matched routed volume, so unlike every other tool in this rating there is no way to compute an average take rate. Check the fee disclosed in the bot itself before your first trade, and compare a completed fill against the venue price.