Overview
Best raw execution engine on Solana if you don't need social features.
Photon launched in 2023 and today serves crypto-native users looking for a trading bot that feels built for them. At time of writing, the highlight offer is 0.5% flat trading fee.
Key data
- Overall score
- 9.1 / 10
- Fee
- 0.5%
- Platforms
- Web
- Chains
- Solana, Base
- Limit orders
- Yes
- Copy trading
- No
- 24h volume
- — live data coming soon
- 24h users
- — live data coming soon
- 24h txs
- — live data coming soon
Pros & cons
- Lowest fee on the list at 0.5%
- Fastest execution engine on Solana
- Clean charts and full hotkey layout
- No copy trading
- Minimal support presence
Reviews & sources
- DEXTools trader talkTrader chatter across DEX aggregator communities.
- Reddit discussionUnfiltered community threads and complaints, sorted by top.
- Google news & reviewsLatest press coverage and independent reviews.
Aggregator scores drift daily. Numbers on this page reflect our last manual check on Jul 10, 2026. Follow the links above to see today's rating.
How we tested
Our rating for Photon combines four signals, each weighted per category and published in full on the methodology page:
- 40% hands-on testing by our team
- 25% aggregator consensus (Trustpilot, category sites)
- 20% price, fee and feature depth
- 15% incident history and transparency
We re-verify every trading bot at least once per quarter. If a provider suspends operations, changes ownership, or fails an audit, we push a same-week update and note it in the changelog.
Fees
Base swap fee is 0.5% per trade, on top of standard network priority fees. Additional charges may apply for copy trading or sniper features.