RugCheck vs Honeypot.is
Same checks, side by side: price, what each scanner verifies, chains and features, from their official pages.
| Line | RugCheck | Honeypot.is |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, API includedEvery page is free, including the public API quota; you can store your own RugCheck API key in Settings to stop sharing the public quota. No paid plan appears on the site or in the app bundle. | Free · public API, no keyFree and open: no account, and the v2 API answers without a key. A live call returned the full simulation, including taxes, gas, contract flags and pair liquidity. |
| Checks | 6 of 8 checksEdge | 3 of 8 checks |
| Mint / freeze authority or contract ownership | Yes | Not documented |
| Liquidity and LP lock | Yes | Yes |
| Top-holder concentration | Yes | Not documented |
| Snipers, bundlers and insiders | Yes | Not documented |
| Creator history | Not documented | Not documented |
| Honeypot and tax simulation | Not documented | Yes |
| Linked-wallet map | Yes | Not documented |
| Overall risk score | Yes | Yes |
| New-user perk | None documented | None documented |
| What it needs from you | No account for a report. The API runs keyless on a shared public quota, or with your own key saved in Settings. | Nothing to connect: paste an address, or call the API. The simulation runs on the chain, not from your wallet. |
| Where it runs | Web | Web, Telegram |
| Chains | Solana · FogoSolana, Fogo | EVMEthereum, BSC, BaseEdge |
| Documented features | 2 of 8 | 2 of 8 |
| New pairs feed | Yes | Not documented |
| Price charts | Not documented | Not documented |
| Alerts | Not documented | Not documented |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Browser extension | Not documented | Not documented |
| Telegram bot | Not documented | Yes |
| Mobile app | Not documented | Not documented |
| Trade from the tool | Not documented | Not documented |
Which one should you pick?
Pick RugCheck if
You trade Solana memecoins and want one free page that flags the obvious traps.
The default Solana check for a reason: paste a mint and you get a 0–100 risk score, the LP locked share, holder concentration, an insiders view and a token networks graph, all free, plus a free API for your own scripts. It stops at Solana and Fogo, with no charts, alerts or Telegram bot.
rugcheck.xyz
Pick Honeypot.is if
You are about to buy on BSC, Ethereum or Base and want the one answer that matters: can I sell it?
The narrowest tool of the series and the one with the fewest excuses: it actually buys and sells the token for you and reports the result, with buy, sell and transfer taxes, gas, the honeypot reason, open-source and proxy flags, and the pair's liquidity. Three chains only, and nothing about holders or wallets.
honeypot.is
