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Photon vs BonkBot / Telemetry
Photon and BonkBot / Telemetry side by side — fees, cashback, chains and who holds your keys, plus what a trade actually costs on each.
The two, side by side
| Photon | BonkBot / Telemetry | |
|---|---|---|
| Each buy/sell | 1 % | 1 % |
| Sign-up | none | none |
| Cashback | none | 25 % |
| Keys | You | You |
| Chains | Solana | Solana |
What one trade costs (buy + sell)
| Your trade | Photon | BonkBot / Telemetry |
|---|---|---|
| $100.00 trade | $2.00 | $1.90 |
| $500.00 trade | $10.00 | $9.50 |
| $2,000.00 trade | $40.00 | $38.00 |
Platform fee only, entry cashback tier. Run your own numbers on the cost board.
Which one should you pick?
On a $5,000 trade, BonkBot / Telemetry is the cheaper of the two. Beyond cost it comes down to which fits how you trade — here's each in short.
Photon — The simple one
Photon has been around since 2023 and keeps things simple. It is stable, well documented and easy to learn, but it offers neither a referral discount nor cashback, so you pay the full 1 % on every trade, and it has fallen behind the others on features in 2026.
BonkBot / Telemetry — The OG Solana bot, now a terminal
BonkBot was the first big Solana Telegram bot; Telemetry is its web and mobile terminal with sub-millisecond execution, wallet tracking for up to 800 wallets and a non-custodial passkey wallet. Both charge a flat 1 % per successful trade. On Telemetry a volume-based Level-Up program returns up to 25 % of fees in SOL. Volume has dropped a lot since the 2024 peak.