Trojan Bot vs. Bananagun Bot

Trading bots are essential for any active crypto trader. If you’re getting in the meme coin trenches to stack Solamis, it’s practically standard tooling at this point. Without one you not only can’t compete, you can’t really even manage.

Like flying a hang glider in a hurricane.

Somewhere near 30,000 coins launch daily. And it’s not all one launchpad either. Just attempting to capture quality opportunities is going to have you hopping around all over the place. 

So I need a bot, you say, but there’s like 50. How do I find the best one?

Anon. You already did. But because we don’t want you living in the realm of “what if?” this is the fourth installment of our “vs blogs”. We’re detailing major players (including some history you might not know), how we stack up, and why we think you should choose us. 

But bro, that’s advertising the competition, why would you do that bro? We figure if we give you the information, you’ll come to the same conclusion 2 million others have: Trojan on Solana is the best horse in this race. So if we can help you see us stacked against the others, the search can end and the trading can begin.

Today, it’s Us vs. Bananagun. 

Gentlemen, start your engines.

If you’re new, we’ve got a blog that covers the basics of Telegram trading bots and if you’d like to read the rest of the “vs. series” it’s on our Trojan on Solana blog.

Who is Bananagun?

Launched in 2023 as an ETH bot, Bananagun subsequently expanded their coverage to Solana in January of 2024. They are most well known for their Ethereum sniper. Lifetime volume across all chains is a little under $13B with around 600K users. So roughly half the volume and a quarter the users of Trojan on Solana.

They run a non-custodial wallet model, good. The setup for things can be a little strange, but we’ll talk about that. Bananagun is also a little more diametric than some of the other bots we’ve covered. Most others either seem to be very complicated or overly simple. Banana seems to somehow be both, at the same time.

What are their Pros?

We’re going to do our best to give you a fair cross-section of the most interesting or positive traits for Bananagun, but just as a reminder, this is a strictly apples-to-apples rundown, so we won’t be hitting anything but Solana. 

Broad Dex Support

Bananagun seems to have made it a point to try and provide coverage for as many of the popular DEXs on the market as possible. With, seemingly, new ones coming into existence every few months, Telegram trading bot developers have to regularly update their infra to keep current in the space.

Auto Gas

A nice feature to try and minimize tweaking settings, while still providing some optimization. The bot registers the current network conditions and adjusts (at either Medium or Fast) the gas amount used for transactions.

Sell It All

If a user has purchased the same token from multiple wallets, they have the ability to sell from all wallets simultaneously without there being a need to swap between each one to run independent transactions.

Price Impact Limiter

When entering into smaller markets, price impact is a serious consideration. We wrote a whole blog on understanding price impact. Bananagun has a customizable limiter that prevents transactions from processing if the impact exceeds the parameters.

Hide the Little Stuff

Any active trader will end up with a slew of rugs or down horrendous positions clogging up the wallet. Bananagun offers a one-hit ability to hide anything worth less than a given threshold.

What are their Cons?

Now that we’ve detailed some of the positives, we’re going to touch on some of what sets Banana apart on the negative end of the spectrum. A quick note though: many, if not all, the links in the bot for “how to’s” go to dead/nonexistent web pages. 

Also, we would be remiss not to mention there was an exploit back in Sept. of 2024. Bananagun posted that it was limited to 11 users, $3 million, the issue was remedied and users refunded. Moving on. 

No Autos Run Here

Autobuy, the ability to just drop a CA (contract address) into the bot and have it purchase instantly has become something of a standard feature in recent time, but Banana doesn’t have it. Likewise, there’s no Autosell, as in you can’t preset limit orders that just automatically get set with any buy.

Forget the Fire

Like some other bots we’ve covered, Bananagun lacks a native token burning option. So if you’re looking to offload some of those rugs and rekt coins that have more liquidity than marketcap, you’re not doing it with Bananagun.

The USDCatch

In order to be able to swap with assets that are only trading with USDC you’ll need to swap SOL to USDC and then you’ll be able to trade. But first, you’ll have to manually switch modes into USDC trading. 

That Security Thing

Banana’s security option is better, in our opinion, than some of the other bots we’ve reviewed, though not great. Banana has implemented a pin function, but the only thing it does is lock the account until the pin is re-entered. In addition, it works on a timer, so a user sets a “session” time and then the account locks. This does not give users the ability to view their seed phrase, nor does it provide any protection should the current “session” still be active.

There are a few other annoyances, like not being able to formulate sells in “amount of SOL”, there (once again) being no DCA option, and the setup requiring users to start like three different Telegram bots. But we’ll move on as we’ve covered quite a bit of ground already. 

Who are We?

Since our launch in early 2024, Trojan on Solana has grown and expanded dramatically. Our proprietary routing engine was built from the ground up to be the fastest most accurate on the market. 

Since the release of the bot, Trojan on Solana has taken the number one spot and stayed there. We top all Telegram trading bot metrics, including lifetime users, volume, and rewards paid out. Onchain analytics are available here. 

What are our Pros

As in previous blogs, we’re going to try and hit our pros in contrast to Banana’s cons and vice versa. 

Autos in Full Effect

Yes, absolutely, we have Autobuy and Autosell. These are some of our favorite features. Autobuy dramatically cuts down on the time from learning about a coin to actually purchasing. Paste a CA in our bot, send, and the transaction is processed. It’s incredibly fast. Autosell, is an even more powerful option allowing users to pre-establish take profit and stop loss points so that when you buy something, you don’t have to watch it, the limit orders are instantly in place. Huge attention saver.

DCA All Day

It feels like we’ve brought this up in almost every vs blog so far, but, honestly, how this is not standard tooling in every bot is strange. Trading bots serve two primary purposes, to act faster than you can manually and to help automate your onchain trading. DCA is one of the most core automated trading activities out there. We’ve got it, they don’t. Nuff said.

USDCan

This one’s basic. You trade anything on the Solana blockchain with SOL, we deal with the routing issues. Crypto is already complicated enough, one of our goals is to simplify. Got a pair that only trades or has pools in USDC? You can still trade it with your SOL, just load up the CA, run your buy or sell, and the Trojan on Solana engine handles rest. You’ll get your coins, all from one interface.

The Heat is On

You can burn your unwanted or rugged tokens to recapture a little extra SOL. It’s all handled natively in the bot, no need to export your wallet or connect to any third party apps or websites. Simple.

A Quick Shoutout for the SAP

We still think our SAP (secure action password) is the best blend of security and simplicity in the Telegram trading bot sphere. Create it, and no one can move your funds or see your seed phrases without it. 

What are our Cons?

Trying to keep it as objective as possible, so let's talk about the other end of things.

Not-o Gas

There’s no settings that automatically run adjustments on gas for Trojan on Solana. But honestly the transaction fees on Solana are so low already, we figure that in the long run this is probably only going to save you a few bucks and we already give the option to customize your gas or select some of our presets. 

No Batch Hides

Admittedly a pretty cool feature, we don’t currently have a way to select a minimum position value and to hide everything underneath that value. But since positions in the bot are all automatically arranged according to their value anyway, we really didn’t see the need. We figure you can hide them individually if you want to, and really if they matter that little, you might end up burning them.

Impact Protection

We do not have a preset available for reverting transactions if the price impact is too high. We also believe that, frankly, in the trenches price impact is probably pretty low on the totem pole of items users are concerned with unless they are operating with size on low market cap coins. And if you’re doing that then you probably understand the impact of your activities. But in case you don’t, we wrote a whole blog on price impact just for you.

Rewards

Side discussion before we wrap things up. Bananagun has a token. There’s a whole system for earning rewards with them which requires you to hold a certain amount of their token in order to be able to claim cashback rewards and has a multiplier that affects how much you actually get but which the devs can simply adjust at will. In addition, their referral bonus is 10% for direct referrals and they charge 1% for all trades on Solana.

Trojan on Solana doesn’t require you to hold anything to earn. You trade, you get cashback. No catch. And as for the referral program, we are not aware of another Telegram bot that is as rewarding. We provide 5-tiers of referrals. The breakdown looks like this:

• Industry standard fee structure (0.9% with referral)... 

• We offer a 20% cashback program (essentially dropping the fee to 0.72%)...

• And, our five-tier referral program gives up to 35% for immediate referrals (other tiers are 3.5%, 2.5%, 2%, and 1%).

It’s not even close.

Which is better?

In our opinion, while functional, there’s just really not that much to get excited about when it comes to Bananagun. Maybe if you’re a big holder of their token there’s incentive. But if you’re looking for a Telegram trading bot on Solana, there’s nothing truly exceptional. 

Of course that’s your conclusion, you say, you’re the competition!

Read previous vs blogs. We have no issue with identifying when another bot may be the ideal for some users. But Banana’s documentation was convoluted at times, basic setup requires a number of, sometimes, confusing steps, and their rewards system just isn’t even close. 

So who would this bot be for? People who primarily trade ETH with a sprinkling of SOL trading. Really, that’s about it in our opinion. Here’s a table for easy reference:

Conclusion

That’s a wrap. We hope that in all this you’ve gotten some good data and insights. There’s a bunch of the digging and research that goes into these. More can always be said, there are always other avenues you can go down, but our aim is education and helpfulness. Also, we want you to come check out what we have to offer. We’ve poured ourselves into building the best tools on the market and we think you’ll agree.

If you’d like to get more info on how we operate we invite you to read through some of our excellent documentation.

And if you’re ready to jump in and start executing trades with a truly rewarding, truly exceptional platform we here at Trojan on Solana have got just the trading bot for you.