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Photon vs Maestro
Photon and Maestro 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 | Maestro | |
|---|---|---|
| Each buy/sell | 1 % | 1 % |
| Sign-up | none | none |
| Cashback | none | 30 % |
| Keys | You | Bot |
| Chains | Solana | Solana, Ethereum, BSC, Base +3 more |
What one trade costs (buy + sell)
| Your trade | Photon | Maestro |
|---|---|---|
| $100.00 trade | $2.00 | $2.00 |
| $500.00 trade | $10.00 | $10.00 |
| $2,000.00 trade | $40.00 | $40.00 |
Platform fee only, entry cashback tier. Run your own numbers on the cost board.
Which one should you pick?
On a $5,000 trade, Photon 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.
Maestro — The multi-chain veteran
Maestro is one of the oldest and most widely used Telegram trading bots, running on 14 chains including Solana, Ethereum, BSC, Base, Tron and TON. It charges a flat 1 % on every buy, sell and presale snipe, and its patented anti-rug and anti-MEV protection runs on every trade. A volume-based cashback of up to 30 % is paid in the native token of each chain, so we don't count it in the price.