Best Base trading bots in 2026: 11 tools compared
Finding the best Base trading bot comes down to what you want from the chain. The 11 tools below are ranked by 30-day fees tracked on DefiLlama, with fees, chains and custody taken from their official pages. Bankr and o1.exchange now earn nearly all their fees there; GMGN, Banana Gun and Maestro treat Base as one chain among many.
The ranking
Ordered by real usage: trailing 30-day fees on DefiLlama, all chains together.
GMGN
Web terminal + Telegram bots · Solana · EVM · Tron
You trade memecoins on several chains and want analysis and execution in one place.
- Platform fee
- 1%
- Where it runs
- Web, Telegram
- Referral perk
- None documented
DefiLlama, 30 days, all chains: about 88% of fees on EVM chains.
fomo
Social trading app · Solana · EVM
You trade from your phone and want a simple app with a social feed.
- Platform fee
- Shown per swap
- Where it runs
- iOS, Android, Web
- Referral perk
- None documented
DefiLlama, 30 days, all chains: about 66% of fees on EVM chains.
Terminal
pump.fun trading terminal (ex-Padre) · Solana · EVM
You live on pump.fun launches and want the terminal built by the launchpad itself.
- Platform fee
- Not published
- Where it runs
- Web
- Referral perk
- None documented
Bankr
AI trading agent (Base) · Solana · EVM · Hyperliquid
You trade on Base and prefer typing orders in plain language to clicking through a sniper.
- Platform fee
- Plan-based
- Where it runs
- Web, Telegram
- Referral perk
- None documented
DefiLlama, 30 days: 100% of fees on Base and Robinhood Chain.
Maestro
Multi-chain Telegram bot · Solana · EVM · Tron · TON
You want one Telegram bot for Solana plus EVM chains, TON and Tron.
- Platform fee
- 1%
- Where it runs
- Telegram, Desktop app
- Referral perk
- None documented
DefiLlama, 30 days, all chains: about 82% of fees on EVM chains.
Bloom
Telegram bot + browser extension · Solana · EVM
You like Telegram execution but read your charts on Axiom, GMGN or Photon.
- Platform fee
- 1%
- Where it runs
- Telegram, Extension
- Referral perk
- 10% off: 0.9% fee instead of 1%
copyfomo
Copy-trading Telegram bot · Solana · EVM
You want to mirror proven wallets on Base, BSC, Robinhood Chain or Solana without watching charts.
- Platform fee
- 2%
- Where it runs
- Telegram
- Referral perk
- None documented
DefiLlama, 30 days: about 95% of fees on EVM chains, mostly Robinhood Chain. Tracked since 17 Sep 2026.
o1.exchange
EVM web terminal (Base, BSC) · Solana · EVM · Hyperliquid
You trade Base or BSC from a desktop browser and want low net fees.
- Platform fee
- 1%
- Where it runs
- Web
- Referral perk
- 20% cashback from day one via a referral link
DefiLlama, 30 days: 99.9% of fees on EVM chains, mostly Base and BSC.
Banana Gun
EVM Telegram bot + Banana Pro web · Solana · EVM
You trade Ethereum, Base or BSC launches from Telegram and want the lowest documented manual-trade fee.
- Platform fee
- 0.5% / 1%
- Where it runs
- Telegram, Web
- Referral perk
- None documented
DefiLlama shows $7.2K over 30 days against $2.7M over the past year: its tracker looks broken, so this card number understates real use.
Sigma
EVM Telegram sniper bot · Solana · EVM
You snipe EVM launches from Telegram and want one flat fee.
- Platform fee
- 1%
- Where it runs
- Telegram
- Referral perk
- None documented
Not tracked by DefiLlama: no public usage figure exists.
Based Bot
Telegram bot on EVM and Solana + web terminal · Solana · EVM
You trade Base, Ethereum, BSC or Solana launches from Telegram and want one account that covers everything, from sniping to DCA.
- Platform fee
- 1%
- Where it runs
- Telegram, Web
- Referral perk
- None documented
Not tracked by DefiLlama: the only public figure is 141,604 monthly users on its Telegram bot.
Base memecoin bots: an AI agent, a Telegram bot or a web terminal
Base is covered by tools with very different shapes. Bankr is the most used EVM-first option here: $2.08M in 30-day fees, all of it on Base and Robinhood Chain, and an AI agent you talk to in Telegram or on the web to place limit, stop, DCA and TWAP orders. Its free tier allows five messages a day, and Bankr Club costs $20 a month.
o1.exchange is the opposite bet: a web terminal where 99.9% of tracked fees come from EVM chains, mostly Base and BSC, with a published cashback ladder that takes a 1% fee down to 0.60-0.80% net. Its weakness is size, $56K over 30 days, and it has no Telegram bot and no mobile app. Banana Gun, GMGN and Maestro let you trade Base from Telegram while also covering Ethereum, BSC and newer chains.
Base chain trading bots on Telegram: what to check before you deposit
Automation is usually the deciding feature on Base. Bankr documents limit, stop, DCA and TWAP orders and sponsors gas on Base, Polygon, Unichain, World Chain and BNB Chain. Banana Gun charges 0.5% on manual trades and 1% on snipes and adds an anti-rug system, but its DefiLlama tracker is broken ($7.2K over 30 days against $2.7M over a year), so that figure cannot tell you how much it is used today.
Look at the fee you actually pay rather than the headline rate. GMGN charges a flat 1% and publishes no discount for new users; Bloom gives referred users 0.9% instead of 1%; Maestro returns 15-30% automatically; copyfomo charges 2% a trade for copy trading only. Sigma publishes a flat 1% on EVM chains but is not tracked by DefiLlama, and its documentation disagrees with itself on which chains it supports.
Who is behind the bot: custody, incidents and mobile use
Custody differs sharply. GMGN, Banana Gun, Maestro and Sigma use non-custodial wallets or bot wallets you can export; Terminal, pump.fun's own terminal (ex-Padre), publishes no fee schedule and no custody model, only a cashback promise of up to 35%. Incidents are documented on the cards: Banana Gun refunded users after a September 2024 compromise drained about $3M, and GMGN compensated users hit by an MEV sandwich attack in October 2025.
If you trade Base from a phone, fomo is the only tool in this selection with native iOS and Android apps. It shows the swap cost before you confirm, but publishes no fee schedule and does not document key export. Every other tool here is a web terminal or a Telegram bot, and Bankr's agent needs the paid Club tier to answer on X.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Base trading bot?
Bankr is the most used tool whose activity sits almost entirely on Base, with $2.08M in 30-day fees on DefiLlama and documented limit, stop, DCA and TWAP orders. o1.exchange offers the lowest net fee we can document on Base (0.60-0.80% after cashback), but its tracked usage is far smaller.
Which Telegram bot can I use on Base?
GMGN, Maestro, Banana Gun, Bloom, Sigma, Bankr and copyfomo all document Telegram execution on Base. Maestro covers 15 chains with 15-30% automatic cashback, Bloom charges referred users 0.9% instead of 1%, and copyfomo mirrors wallets from fomo's leaderboard for 2% a trade. Base support is not the same as Base focus: check the fee each one applies.
Is there a cheap Base memecoin bot?
o1.exchange brings its 1% down to 0.60-0.80% net through published cashback tiers, and Banana Gun charges 0.5% on manual trades with 1% on snipes. Both undercut the flat 1% most bots charge. Nothing here is subscription-free except Bankr, whose paid Club tier costs $20 a month and whose free tier allows five messages a day.
Do Base trading bots need my wallet?
They all trade from a wallet, but not the same way. GMGN, Banana Gun and Maestro use non-custodial or bot wallets with key export; fomo creates an embedded wallet at sign-up, so there is no seed phrase to set up; Bankr and Terminal do not document their custody model. Only public addresses are needed for tracking tools.
Can I trade Base from my phone?
fomo is the only tool here with native iOS and Android apps. Telegram bots such as Maestro, Banana Gun, Bloom and copyfomo work anywhere Telegram runs. o1.exchange, GMGN, Axiom and Photon are desktop web terminals, and o1.exchange and Bankr document no mobile app at all.
Is Based Bot good for trading on Base?
Based Bot is a Telegram bot built around Base and 15 other networks, with a flat 1% fee, sniping, copytrading, limit orders and DCA, plus 141,604 monthly users on @based_eth_bot. DefiLlama does not track its fees, and it keeps your private key hashed on its servers, tied to your Telegram account.