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3Commas vs Gunbot 3Commas leads by 2 points.

3Commas scores 2 points above Gunbot, led by true cost. 3Commas ranks #6 and Gunbot #8 of 9 published trading bots. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.

3Commas58
Gunbot56
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #6 and #8 of 9
Methodology v2026.10.18Ranking snapshot 4 published criteria5 score dimensions Receipt #cc-VS-3COMMAS-VS-GUNBOT-1c7caa97
Published verdictRanking snapshot 3 November 2026

3Commas leads by 2 points

3Commas scores 2 points above Gunbot, led by true cost.

3Commas #6 of 958
Gunbot #8 of 956
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by term3Commas leads on 1 of 4 published criteria; Gunbot on 2. The terms sum to the gap.
Term3CommasGunbotWeightPoints
Custody2/108/107.2−11.2for Gunbot−5.8 of 32
True cost5/101/106.2+6.5for 3Commas+3.3 of 32
Reliability2/103/104.8−1.2for Gunbot−0.6 of 32
Trust recordScore dimension6.43.28+8.3for 3Commas
Measured dataScore dimension6.98.318−3.6for Gunbot
FrictionScore dimension2.71.310+3.6for 3Commas
Net of the terms+2.3
Reproduced gap+2.3
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below5856+2.0

Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.

  • 3Commas's lead rests on lighter criteria: Gunbot is ahead on custody, which carries more weight (30) than any criterion 3Commas leads on (26).
Quick facts

At a glance

Fact3CommasGunbot
PricingSnapshotStarter $20/mo, Pro $50/mo, Expert $140/mo at monthly billing; annual billing $15 / $38 / $105 a month. Plan caps bind before price: Starter allows 1 active exchange API key, 5 DCA, 2 signal and 2 grid bots. EEA: 3Commas.eu closed on 1 July 2026 with no automatic migration of accounts, bots, orders, subscriptions or settings. New EEA registrations are closed, EEA country selection is blocked at sign-up, and Estonia remains a restricted location. In the company’s own incident FAQ, the December 2022 breach exposed ‘at least 100k Binance and Kucoin API keys and secrets’; 3Commas has never published a loss figure. Re-read 14 September 2026.One-time licence with contradictory official pricing. The plans page lists Standard €199, Pro €299 and DeFi €499 under ‘Summer deals’ at €44.25, €111.75 and €186.75 lifetime (about 78%, 63% and 63% off), with no stated end date. The support FAQ quotes $599 / $899 / $1,499 lifetime plus Gunbot Unlimited at $29/month, and the Unlimited preview page prices the same subscription at €29 per month. Lifetime licences link to a self-custodied, non-exchange ERC-20 wallet address and its GUNTHY token count; subscription users skip the wallet step. No defensible single price exists; reconcile with support before buying. Re-read 14 September 2026.
Asset coverageEditorialAny pair tradable on connected exchanges; bot logic asset-agnosticSelf-hosted spot (and venue-dependent futures) bot trading
Region fitSnapshotus, globalglobal
From the published criteria

Which should you pick?

3Commas

58#6 of 9
Leads
Pick it when
Pick 3Commas if true cost matters most — it scores 5/10 to Gunbot's 1/10 there (weight 26).
Strength
Multi-exchange portfolio rebalancing
Tradeoff
2022 API-key disclosure incident (at least 100k Binance and KuCoin API keys exposed, per 3Commas’ own incident FAQ) — verify current 2FA + IP-allowlist hygiene before connecting size

Gunbot

56#8 of 9
Pick it when
Pick Gunbot if custody matters most — it scores 8/10 to 3Commas's 2/10 there (weight 30).
Strength
Self-hosters preferring one-time licences over subscriptions
Tradeoff
The “lifetime” licence links to a wallet address and its GUNTHY token count, so it depends on that wallet and on the token-based validation system
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Which one is actually for you?

3CommasLeads

Choose 3Commas if true cost matters most

  • True cost: 5/10 against 1/10 for Gunbot (weight 26)
Gunbot

Choose Gunbot if custody matters most

  • Custody: 8/10 against 2/10 for 3Commas (weight 30)
  • Reliability: 3/10 against 2/10 for 3Commas (weight 20)
Criterion by criterion

Scorecard

Published criteria · weight in points of 868 of 8 cells scored. Strength is read from the evidence file; the weight is the published one. Methodology

Custody

by 6 of 10weight 7.2 of 86Gunbot leads
3Commas2 out of 10
Gunbot8 out of 10

True cost

by 4 of 10weight 6.2 of 863Commas leads
3Commas5 out of 10
Gunbot1 out of 10

Capability

weight 5.8 of 86Tie
3Commas5 out of 10
Gunbot5 out of 10

Reliability

by 1 of 10weight 4.8 of 86Gunbot leads
3Commas2 out of 10
Gunbot3 out of 10

Score dimensions

weights sum to 86

The published score is five dimensions, each weighted for the category. "Published criteria" is the criteria block above; the other four are the engine's own terms — availability, friction, trust record, measured data. Each bar is one side's points out of that dimension's maximum; the weight beside the name is its points of the 86-point weighted total. The published criteria above can fill 24 of the block’s 30.

Availabilityweight 20 of 86
3Commas20/20Gunbot20/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
3Commas8.4/30Gunbot10.7/30
Gunbot leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
3Commas2.7/10Gunbot1.3/10
3Commas leads
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
3Commas6.4/8Gunbot3.2/8
3Commas leads
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
3Commas6.9/18Gunbot8.3/18
Gunbot leads
Decision rulePublished order

Choose 3Commas unless the term Gunbot leads on is the one you are buying.

Pick Gunbot if custody matters most — it scores 8/10 to 3Commas's 2/10 there (weight 30).

The published order weighs every criterion the same way for everyone. To weigh them your way, run .

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How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Liveness failure: the operator stops, censors you or loses data.
    Scored by Operational reliability · 20% (3Commas 2/10, Gunbot 3/10)
  • Custody failure: whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.
    Scored by Key custody posture · 30% (3Commas 2/10, Gunbot 8/10)
Not assessed by this ranking: Execution failure, Exit failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means.
Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: True cost of operation (26%), Strategy capability (24%).
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3Commas scores 2 points above Gunbot, led by true cost. Published scores, out of 100: 3Commas 58 (rank 6 of 9 trading bots), Gunbot 56 (rank 8 of 9).

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Re-read due since The published cadence is 45 days; this page's next read was due on 29 October 2026.
Methodology v2026.10.18
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Reviewed means both products compared here was read against its sources on or after that date; every ranked category is re-read at least every 45 days. Models research, extract and parse. A deterministic engine ranks. Every quote passes an adversarial refute pass.

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