Subglow vs GMGN
GMGN built a strong product around on-chain analytics and memecoin trading. For copy trading specifically — automated, low-latency, low-fee — the comparison narrows quickly.
gmgn.ai — On-chain analytics + Solana trading suite with web and Telegram surfaces
Published April 21, 2026 · Canonical: https://subglow.io/copy-trading/vs-gmgn
Head-to-head comparison.
| Feature | Subglow | GMGN |
|---|---|---|
| Execution latency (copy trades, end-to-end) | ✓200–400ms (private gRPC + Jito bundle) | 700ms–2s (public RPC) |
| Protocol fee per trade | ✓0.2% flat | ~1% (variable by product) |
| Custody for automated copy | Dedicated wallet w/ exportable key — signs autonomously | Custodial bot, or manual-sign web UI |
| Works while you're offline | Yes (executor signs server-side) | Custodial mode only |
| Jito bundle submission | Yes, always on | Optional |
| On-chain analytics / token scoring | Focused on execution | Extensive (their strongest area) |
| Leaderboard methodology | Public (kolscan.io) | Proprietary smart-money labels |
| Per-KOL SEO profile page | ✓Yes (/copy-trading/kols/*) | In-app only |
| Server-side risk rules (stop, loss cap) | ✓Yes | Limited |
| Monthly subscription | None | None (some features gated by fee tier) |
Different product philosophies
GMGN is a full-stack on-chain trading suite. It bundles a wallet analytics layer, a memecoin discovery feed, a web trading UI, and a Telegram bot into a single product. The surface area is wide, which is why it's popular — one login, many tools. For users who want a research-first workflow with integrated execution, GMGN is genuinely good.
Subglow is the opposite approach: we ship a narrow product (copy-trade execution on our own gRPC data plane) and do it better than anyone else. We don't have an analytics tab. We don't have a memecoin feed. We have one job — mirror target wallets with the lowest possible latency and fee — and that job is 100% of our engineering attention.
The execution stack matters for copy trading
GMGN runs on top of commodity public RPC providers. That's fine for manual sniping, where a human clicks buy and a few hundred milliseconds are absorbed by your own reaction time anyway. Copy trading is different — the target wallet's transaction is already on-chain before you even know about it, so every millisecond of detection and submission latency maps directly to worse entry prices.
Subglow operates its own Yellowstone gRPC cluster, the same infrastructure we sell to institutional gRPC customers. The copy executor reads directly from that stream, so wallet activity surfaces within 30–80ms of slot confirmation. Combined with Jito bundle submission for atomic same-slot inclusion, the end-to-end budget is 200–400ms. On a fast-moving memecoin, that's the difference between filling at the target's price and filling 20–40% higher.
Fees, in practice
GMGN's fee structure varies by product surface — the web UI, Telegram bot, and some premium features each have their own fee profile. In most configurations you're paying roughly 1% per swap plus whatever Jito tip you configure.
Subglow charges 0.2% per copied trade, full stop. No fee tiers, no variable spread, no subscription. The fee is collected on-chain in the same signed transaction as the swap, routed to a public treasury address. You see every satoshi in Solscan.
For on-chain research and discretionary sniping, GMGN is excellent — its analytics surface is one of the strongest on Solana.
For automated copy trading, Subglow is the better tool. Lower fee by 5x, private gRPC data plane, autonomous server-side signing with exportable key, and Jito bundles by default. Many users run both products side by side for this exact reason — they solve different problems.
Ready to try Subglow?
Open your non-custodial copy-trade account in under 60 seconds. Free to start, 0.2% per trade, export your key whenever you like.