A Pump.fun trending bot usually costs between a few SOL and a few dozen SOL per run, depending on how much volume it trades and for how long. The number that matters is the all-in cost: the fee plus any deposit, gas top-up or per-wallet charge. At PumpTrending a package costs 1% of the volume it trades, so a one-hour, 300 SOL package is 3 SOL with every cost included.
Before you compare quotes
- Ask for the all-in number, not the headline fee.
- Check whether you must deposit trading capital, and whether any of it is ever returned.
- Compare price per SOL of volume and per hour of activity, not price per package.
- Look at how the package pace compares with the live board, because an underpowered run is the most expensive one.
How are trending bots usually priced?
There is no standard. Some services sell a fixed package for a fixed time, some charge a percentage of the volume they trade, some charge per wallet or per transaction, and some advertise a small fee but ask you to fund the trading wallets yourself. Each model can be fair. The trouble starts when you compare a headline from one model with a headline from another and think they describe the same thing.
| Model | How it is quoted | What to ask |
|---|---|---|
| Percent of volume | A share of the SOL the run trades | Is the percentage all-in, or are network costs added on top? |
| Fixed package | A set price for a set window | How much volume and how many wallets are inside the window? |
| Per wallet or per trade | A price per unit of activity | How many units does a run need to reach board-level pace? |
| Low fee plus deposit | Small fee, you fund the trading wallets | How much of the deposit comes back, when, and who holds it meanwhile? |
| Subscription | Monthly or weekly access to a tool | Who pays for gas and wallet funding while it runs? |
What does a package actually have to pay for?
Whatever the pricing model, the same costs exist underneath. Every trade on Solana pays a base network fee and usually a priority fee when blocks are busy, which Solana documents on its fees page. Each wallet that buys a token needs a token account, and opening one locks a small amount of SOL as rent. Orders sent through Jito bundles pay a tip to the block builder. Each swap pays the venue's trading fee. Then there is the SOL that funds every wallet so it can trade at all.
- Network and priority fees on every buy and every sell.
- Token account rent for each wallet that holds the token.
- Jito tips for orders routed privately.
- Swap fees charged by the curve or the pool on each trade.
- Wallet funding, the working SOL each wallet needs to place orders.
- Replies and favorites, if the package posts on the token page.
A quote that leaves any of these out is not cheaper, it just moves the cost somewhere you have not looked yet. A package priced at 1% of volume at PumpTrending pays all of the above out of the fee. The only optional extra is creator follows, which the console adds to the total before you pay.
What do the packages here cost?
For reference, these are the fixed packages and what is inside each. The pace column is the average volume per five minutes, which is the number to hold against the board median. At the time of the last snapshot the median coin in the Pump.fun top 20 traded 41.6 SOL in five minutes.
| Package | Window | Volume | Wallets | Pace per 5 min | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spark | 1 hour | 300 SOL | 1,000 | 25 SOL | 3 SOL |
| Climb | 3 hours | 750 SOL | 2,500 | 20.8 SOL | 7.5 SOL |
| Peak | 6 hours | 1,200 SOL | 3,000 | 16.7 SOL | 12 SOL |
| Day | 24 hours | 3,600 SOL | 6,000 | 12.5 SOL | 36 SOL |
A custom plan starts at 100 SOL of volume, which is a 1 SOL fee. You can see every package priced against your own token in the console before paying anything, and the full list of what each one includes is on the home page.
How do you compare two quotes fairly?
Convert every quote into the same three numbers. The first is the all-in cost in SOL, including any deposit you will not see again. The second is the volume the run trades. The third is the length of the window. From those you get price per SOL of volume and volume per five minutes, and those two numbers are what actually decide whether a run is good value.
- Write down the total you will send, including deposits and top-ups.
- Ask how much volume the run trades and over how many hours.
- Divide the volume by the number of five-minute slots in the window to get the pace.
- Hold that pace against the current board median in the board data.
- Only then compare prices. A cheaper run that trades at a fraction of the board pace often buys very little.
When is a cheap package the expensive choice?
When it is too thin to matter. If the median coin on the board is doing 41.6 SOL every five minutes and your run adds a tenth of that, the token stays out of sight and the money is spent without the result you wanted. The same budget concentrated into a shorter window often does more than the same budget spread over a day. That is why the console shows the pace next to the board median instead of only a price.
The other expensive choice is a deposit you cannot check. If a service holds your SOL to trade with, ask how you can see what happened to it. With a fee-only model there is nothing to recover, because the only transaction you make is the payment itself.
Questions and answers
How much does a Pump.fun trending bot cost?
Usually from a few SOL to a few dozen SOL per run, depending on volume and window length. Here, a package costs 1% of the volume it trades: 3 SOL for one hour at 300 SOL, up to 36 SOL for a 24-hour, 3,600 SOL package, every cost included.
Are there hidden costs with trending bots?
There can be. Watch for deposits of trading capital, gas or priority fee top-ups, per-wallet charges and paid add-ons that only appear after you start. Ask for the all-in number in SOL before paying, and check whether any deposit is returned.
Is percent of volume pricing better than a fixed price?
Neither is better in itself. Percent of volume makes it easy to see what you pay per SOL traded, and a fixed package makes budgeting simple. What matters is the all-in cost and whether the pace of the run is close to the coins on the trending board.
Do I need to deposit SOL for trading?
Not here. The fee is the only payment and it already covers the SOL that funds each wallet. Some other services ask for a separate trading deposit; if they do, ask how much comes back, when, and how you can verify it on-chain.
What is the cheapest way to try a trending package?
A custom plan from 100 SOL of volume costs 1 SOL here. Check the pace against the board first, though: a very small plan on a busy board may not move the numbers enough to be worth it, and a short window usually helps.
See every package priced for your token
Paste your mint into the console and each package shows its price, its pace per five minutes and how that pace compares with the live board median, before you send anything.
We build the PumpTrending console and write these guides from the operator side: what a package spends, what settles on-chain and what a visitor sees on the board. Corrections are welcome at support@pumpfuntrending.net.